(December 29, 2008 at 5:20 am)Darwinian Wrote: I nominate 'A Brief History of Time' by Stephen Hawking.
How many people have actually read this I wonder?
Yep! I recommend Brain Greene's "The elegant universe"
It gives a layman's introduction to string theory. I'm sure Adrian will second this
Galileo was a man of science oppressed by the irrational and superstitious. Today, he is used by the irrational and superstitious who claim they are being oppressed by science - Mark Crislip