Daily Archives: 25/04/2008
Life-changing books
En la revista New Scientist se publica un listado interesante de libros que han afectado profundamente a algunos científicos (renombrados o no tanto). Habrá que leerlos!
1. Farthest North – Steve Jones, geneticist
2. The Art of the Soluble – V. S. Ramachandran, neuroscientist
3. Animal Liberation – Jane Goodall, primatologist
4. The Foundation trilogy – Michio Kaku, theoretical physicist
5. Alice in Wonderland – Alison Gopnik, developmental psychologist
6. One, Two, Three… Infinity – Sean Carroll, theoretical physicist
7. The Idea of a Social Science – Harry Collins, sociologist of science
8. Handbook of Mathematical Functions – Peter Atkins, chemist
9. The Mind of a Mnemonist – Oliver Sacks, neurologist
10. A Mathematician’s Apology – Marcus du Sautoy, mathematician
11. The Leopard – Susan Greenfield, neurophysiologist
12. Darwin and the Emergence of Evolutionary Theories of Mind and Behavior – Frans de Waal, psychologist and ethologist
13. Catch-22 / The First Three Minutes – Lawrence Krauss, physicist
14. William James, Writings 1878-1910 – Daniel Everett, linguist
15. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep – Chris Frith, neuroscientist
16. The Naked Ape – Elaine Morgan, author of The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis
17. King Solomon’s Ring – Marian Stamp Dawkins, Zoologist
Son-Of-A-Bitch Mouse Solves Maze
LOL
“We were unable to observe any statistically significant behavioral changes in the subject, largely due to the fact that he was in such a goddamn hurry to finish the maze,” said Dr. Richard Barret, who was forced to estimate the mouse’s various reaction times after one of his assistants smashed the lab’s stopwatch in anger. “Further analysis will be required to garner any useful knowledge regarding this particular mouse’s neurological processes, his reflex response to stimuli, and how in the hell that stupid jerk reached the goal without screwing up once.”
Son-Of-A-Bitch Mouse Solves Maze Researchers Spent Months Building