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C wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm going to be studying abroad next semester in Budapest,
> Hungary, and thinking ahead for the 10+ hour plane ride I'm going to
> have (along with loads of downtime the first week or so), I was
> wondering if anyone could suggest an interesting math or physics book I
> could read during that time. I'm not looking for any kind of textbook
> or anything here, but still something intelligent that I can pick up at
> a Barnes & Noble or Borders or something along those lines. I've seen
> the book "Not Even Wrong" by Peter Woit a couple of places, has anyone
> been fortunate enough to read that yet?
>
> Any input / suggestions would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
>
> Corey
Another suggestion: "Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized
Science in the 20th Century" by David Salsburg, which is a nontechnical
but fascinating history of modern statistics.
http://www.amazon.com/Lady-Tasting-Tea-Statistics-Revolutionized/dp/0805071342/sr=8-1/qid=1167590976/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-1139339-4029617?ie=UTF8&s=books
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