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The following books were suggested by Josie Glausiusz
(Discover Magazine Reviews Editor), listener phone calls,
and by host Ira Flatow during our Dec 5, 2003 'Science Books'
segment.
"Stiff:
The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers." by Mary Roach. (WW Norton,
2003).
"Solitary
Sex: A Cultural History of Masturbation," Thomas W. Laqueur.
(Zone Books, 2003)
"How
to Keep Dinosaurs." by by Robert Mash and Richard Dawkins.
(Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, 2003)
"A
Short History of Nearly Everything." by Bill Bryson. (Broadway,
2003.)
"The
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime" by Mark Haddon.
(Doubleday, 2003)
"The
Fabric of Reality: The Science of Parallel Universes-And Its
Implications" by David Deutsch (Penguin USA, 1998)
"Monster
of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History
and the Mind." by David Quammen. (WW Norton, 2003.)
"The
Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown. (Doubleday, 2003)
"Angels
and Demons." by Dan Brown. (Pocket Star, 2001.)
"Extraordinary
Pigeons." by Stephen Green-Armytage. (Harry N Abrams, 2003.)
"Darwin
and Evolution for Kids: His Life and Ideas with 21 Activities."
by Kristan Lawson. (Chicago Review Press, 2003)
"Isaac
Newton" by James Gleick. (Pantheon Books, 2003).
The following high-tech gifts suggested were David Pogue
(NY Times "State of the Art" Columnist), Suzanne Kantra Kirschner
(Technology Editor at Popular Science Magazine), by listeners,
and by host Ira Flatow during our Dec 5, 2003 'High-Tech Gifts'
segment.
rechargeable nickel metal hydride batteries-- Rayovac charger
will charge them up in 15 minutes
these self-retracting cables-- T-span. Zip-Linq
Bushnell Instant Replay binoculars,
Apple iSight video camera.
the Logitech QuickCam Orbit.
Samsung SPH-i500 cell phone / Palm PDA
Treo 600, phone / PDA
Pioneer DVD recorder/TiVo machine.
Design Science Toys' Strange Attractors. magnetic rods construction
set (link)
Maytag Neptune Drying Center.
Radio Your Way by PoGo.
ZVUE, portable video player for kids
iPod and accessories for it:
Belkin makes an FM transmitter for $30.
voice recorder--a little microphone for $50 that snaps onto
the iPod
a media reader for a hundred dollars
Netflix, video rental subscription
Audiovox 8600 cell phone
audible.com subscription
Tungsten T3 PDA
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