On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 8:18 PM, Venkat Mangudi's Silk Account <s...@venkatmangudi.com> wrote: > A short history of nearly everything by Bill Bryson is an interesting read. > > http://www.amazon.com/Short-History-Nearly-Everything/dp/0767908171
*cough* top-post *cough* Speaking of that book there was a good AskMefi thread about similar books about History: http://ask.metafilter.com/120433/Is-there-a-book-in-the-same-vein-as-Brysons-A-Short-History-of-Nearly-Everything-only-covering-history-instead-of-science And AskMefi seems to have some good threads on book recommendations: http://www.metafilter.com/contribute/search.mefi?site=ask&q=science+book What is your friend's level of education wrt to Science? And exactly what sort of book is she looking for? "Nice and interesting" are pretty vague filters to apply on the thousands of science books out there. S. > > On 5/6/09, Bharat Shetty <bharat.she...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi *, >> >> A friend asked me minutes ago - "suggest to me, a nice and interesting >> science book to read", and I was clueless on what to suggest, except >> some science fiction. >> >> So venerable silk-listers, I would like to know what would have been >> your answer, if you were asked the same question ? >> >> -- Bharat | http://twitter.com/shettyb >> >> > > -- > Sent from my mobile device > > -- "You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel." -- Homer J. Simpson
