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Reading Diversions Book Club Reading Diversions is a special Scientific Library collection of books written in an informative and entertaining way. People read these books for scientific INTEREST rather than for scientific RESEARCH. The Reading Diversions Book Club is coordinated by Scientific Library staff and offers you an opportunity to read and discuss books on fascinating scientific topics, generally from the Library's Reading Diversions collection. We are also offering fiction compainions to some titles. You may choose to read the fiction or non-fiction choice, or both. It is NOT required that you read both books to attend the discussions. All are welcome to participate, and we meet approximately every five weeks at lunch time in the Conference Center in Building 549. Feel free to bring your lunch along to the discussion. See a list of our discussions below for dates and locations. If you prefer not to buy a copy of the books, the Library may be able to borrow a copy for you. Please contact either Robin Meckley (x5840) or Tracie Frederick (x1094), if you would like to join the group or if you have questions.
Topic:
Fraudulent Science Non-fiction Option: Voodoo
Science: The Road from Foolishness to
Fraud Fiction
Option: Intuition
Topic:
Charles Darwin Non-fiction Option: The
Reluctant Mr. Darwin Fiction
Option: The Darwin Conspiracy
Topic:
Nanotechnology Non-fiction Option: The Dance
of Molecules: How Nanotechnology Is Changing Our Lives
Fiction
Option #1: The Diamond Age: or a Young Lady's Illustrated
Primer Fiction
Option #2: Prey
Topic:
Use of Human Cadavers Non-fiction Option: Stiff:
The Curious Lives Of Human Cadavers Fiction Option: The Bone
Garden
Topic:
AIDS Non-fiction Option: The
Invisible Cure: Why We Are Losing the Fight Against AIDS in
Africa Fiction
Option: Kennedy's Brain
Topic: Use
of Stem Cells Non-fiction Option: The
Proteus Effect: Stem Cells And Their Promise For
Medicine Fiction
Option: My Sister's Keeper: a Novel
Topic:
Science of Scent Non-fiction Option: The
Emperor of Scent: a Story of Perfume, Obsession, and the Last Mystery of the
Senses Fiction
Option: Perfume: the Story of a
Murderer
Topic: Marie
Curie Non-fiction Option: Madame
Curie: A Biography Fiction
Option: The Book About Blanche and
Marie
Topic:
Typhoid Non-fiction Option: Typhoid
Mary: Captive to the Public's Health Fiction
Option: The Last Adam |
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