Reading List

Beyond Innocence
Letters of Jane Goodall.

Genes, Girls, and Gamow by James Watson
Autobiography of JW picking up around the time he and Francis Crick discovered the structure of DNA. Something of a sequel to "The Double Helix".

The Terrible Hours by Peter Maas
The story of the accidental sinking of the Squalus submarine just before WWII. A tragic and gripping tale of a new sub with a new crew doing a routine test dive when something goes terribly wrong, and submarine rescue operations are only a theoritical untested endeavor in its infancy. I don't like the writing style of the author, but the story is fascinating and worth the read. You'll be glad you're alive.

Mind Tools by Rudy Rucker
Exploring different levels of mathematical reality.

Hitler's Willing Executioners
An incredibly disturbing examination of how ordinary Germans, not just hardcore SS or Nazi officers, were involved in the wholesale slaughter of fellow citizens who happened to be Jews.