Apollo's Children


	The Demon Haunted World Carl Sagan demonstrates how scientific thinking is necessary to safeguard our democratic institutions and our technical civilization. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid Linking the music of J.S. Bach, the art of Escher and the mathematical theorems of Gödel, Douglas Hofstadter illuminates one of the greatest mysteries of modern science: the nature of human thought processes. Cosmos Carl Sagan tells the story of fifteen billion years of cosmic evolution, of how science and civilisation grew up together, and of the forces and individuals who helped shape modern science. Genius: Richard Feynman and Modern Physics by Jame Gleick A brilliant interweaving of Richard Feynman's colourful life and a detailed and accessible account of his theories and experiments. What Do You Care What Other People Think? Richard Feynman - Nobel Laureate, teacher and iconic intellect - possessed an unquenchable thirst for an adventure and an unparalleled gift for telling the extraordinary stories of his life. Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman Feynman's conversations with Ralph Leighton were first taped, then set down as they appear here, giving a wise, funny, passionate and totally honest self-portrait of one of the greatest men of our age.

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Two million years ago we were apemen. Now we are spacemen. That has happened, as far as we know, nowhere else. That is worth celebrating.