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DNA, is it in you?

Song of the Day: Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark
T-Minus: 6 Days! Ai Ya!

Totally stole this title from a friend on MSN. Studying (or at least trying to) for biotechnology II. It's a totally content course with emphasis on knowing absolutely every detail. The book is really damn good. Just don't know if I can understand all this by Wednesday. There's a lot of recurring themes such as using TI plasmids or binary vector system. Too blahzay about school. The weather is nice, the sun is out, no motivation...

I also drove my roomie to the local Chapters bookstore. When I arrived in the science section, I couldn't believe how many books I want to read. Like I'm already up to my ears with science, but damn so many good books I want to throw myself into for a while. Reading for Leisure, haven;t heard that concept thrown around these parts for a while. So back to some interesting science-y books any dear science kid can love:

The Red Queen by Matt Ridley

  • I have to thank my professor, Kirsten Muller for this one. She boasted about how well-written it was. I'm totally down with evolution and fascinated on how and why organisms have evolved just to survive. The title of the book is reference to the character in the popular Alice in Wonderland.

Dancing Naked in the Mind Field by Kary Mullis
  • Professor Christine Dupont pitched this book to us in a Biotechnology I class a couple of years back. This guy is a living legend. Quite the character. Anyways, a friend was reading it in the library today and made me want a copy for myself. Kind interesting that a Nobel Prize winner is so fascinating and interesting to read about. Check out his thoughts on AIDS. Very very interesting. Google it and see how many hits you get. I smell CONSPIRACY.
"Exercise your mind, read" - PBS

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“DNA, is it in you?”