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Books and ideas are the most effective weapons against intolerance and ignorance.
Lyndon B. Johnson
There is no better tool to get people to think than a good book.  For this reason I plan on updating this page as I read new books.  My plan is to write a short review of each.  However, time may not be on my side for that goal.
Any Book I give a four out of four rating, should be read by teachers and students.  While not all the books i rate are physics related, they are life-related.  In doing this rating, I hope to cause a discussion about each of the books.  For now, I will not include books that i would rate lower than a three out of four - even though most books fall into this category. 

Rating     

(out of 4)

  Title Author Synopsis
         
 4  A Short History of Nearly Everything  A Short History of Nearly Everything  Bill Bryson  
3.6 A History of the World in 6 Glasses A History of the World in 6 Glasses Tom Standage  
 3.8  Altered Carbon: A Takeshi Kovacs Novel (Takeshi Kovacs Novels) Altered Carbon Richard K. Morgan  
 4  The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century The World is Flat  Thomas Friedman  
 4  The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time  Mark Haddon  
 3  Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking Blink  Malcolm Gladwell  
 3.5

 The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

The Tipping Point

 Malcolm Gladwell  
 3.2  Spin State Spin State  Chris Moriarty  
 3.0  Thirteen  Thirteen Richard K. Morgan  
 3.3  Market Forces  Market Forces Richard K. Morgan  

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Jacob Doyle said

at 10:34 am on Feb 24, 2009

The World is Flat! That is a great book! Also, I did not like Blink as much as you did...

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