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    Have you read 'The Genome' by Matt Ridley? A physicist's take on genetics.

    Has any1 else read The Genome by Matt Ridley? Just 4t I'd start a post about it, as despite prefering Physics as a science to Biology, I read it and thought it was really good. It's all about genetics and although some knowledge of Biology is helpful (Im doing A level and I could understand...
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    Time travel in Einsteins universe

    I'm reading it at the moment, and I agree wiv u it's really good. I keep getting a bit confused tho, but that's probably more me than the book. The first chapter is really good anyway wiv references to science fiction and whether it could actually happen in real life. I'm on Chapter 3 at the mo...
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    POLL - geographic location of our members

    Female, England
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    We Should Work on Complining Book Lists

    The documentary can b seen on this link just found it on anotha thread http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program.html Hope its right don't have time to check Bye!
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    We Should Work on Complining Book Lists

    Hi Just saying that if wud b useful if u cud include authors in ur list and perhaps a desc. of how hard they look etc. (as am only a beginner really in Physics really) tho wud really appreciate a list of books to read. Have read: Brief History of time by Stephen Hawking (V.good tho had to...
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    Philosophy: Should we eat meat?

    I definitely agree with Dan's side of the argument here (and well done to him by the way for all the great points he's making) as I'm a vegetarian myself. Firstly I don't know how people can say a vegetarian diet is less healthy than a meat eaters diet. I agree with KingNothing in that you can't...