> I am 12 years old. I am a 4.0 student and am in a gifted science
> class. We have just finished a unit on evolution and i thought that i
> would read some books on that subject, one of the many great books that
> I read was,"Darwin's Dangerous Idea."
> This book tought me alot. I could not put it down. It entertained and
> challanged me. I was also provoked by all of it's arguements.
> I would reccomend this book to anybody that has a brain and has an
> intrest in this subject.
> Highest reccomendation!!
Thanks for the recommendation, L---. _Darwin's Dangerous Idea_ is on my
to-read list, but I haven't gotten to it yet. I love Dennett's book
_Consciousness Explained_. If you liked _Darwin's Dangerous Idea_, you
would probably really like Stephen Jay Gould's books of essays on natural
history and evolution, starting with the book _The Panda's Thumb_. They're
a lot of fun, and very interesting stuff. You might also be interested in
some of the other books in the Church of Virus reading list at
www.lucifer.com/virus/books/ . I'd particularly recommend _Virus of the
Mind_ (an introduction to memetics by our own Richard Brodie) and _Godel,
Escher, Bach_ (an exploration of various aspects of pattern as found in
art, music, and mathematics, by Douglas Hofstadter).
--Eva
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