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I have done a lot of staying up until 4am playing scrabble. Having this book is useful for solving arguments while playing. It also makes a strangely good bathroom book because it only has one definition for each word, and the one they choose is often comical.

Yes, your friends will make fun of you for owning this.

Until you kick their butts in scrabble! (via wiredd)

Updated Feb 1, 2007

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Piled Higher and Deeper: comic and comic book

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Piled Higher and Deeper is an online comic strip about being a graduate student in the sciences. One of those incredibly funny and incredibly insightful comics that I keep sending to my science and non-science friends - to laugh at ourselves or to explain myself respectively.

The guy who does these, Jorge Cham, has published two books of this now, they are worth picking up. They are the perfect gift to your friend who is just starting graduate school.

Updated Jan 17, 2007

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Pubmed: bookshelf

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This collection of online textbooks and science literature is an absolute gold mine for students and researchers alike. If your protein of interst turns out to be involved in patterning you can look up Wnt signalling in Developmental Biology. If you need to understand the basics of DNA repair you can see a good overview in Molecular Cell Biology. If you're giving a talk and need a pretty diagram to show how DNA is arranged into chromatin you can search the entire library until you find your favorite (which you will of course reference in your talk).

This collection is often forgotten by scientists because we tend to look in journal articles for our most up to date information. But when you need a refresher on organic chemistry or bacterial nomenclature, sometimes the books are the place to go.

Updated Jan 16, 2007

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Classic Indian Vegetarian and Grain Cooking

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I love Indian food but in the past found the ingredient lists a bit daunting. Now I live a block from a good Indian grocery store and with the help of this and Julia Sahni's other book Classic Indian Cooking, have been steadily making some pretty tasty stuff.

Her directions and descriptions are wonderfully clear and will let you try out new dishes and techniques with limited worry. In terms of exposition, probably one of the best cookbooks I've every used.

Updated Dec 29, 2006

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Lost in Translation: A Life in a New Language

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Eva Hoffman's book describes her childhood divided between Poland/US and speaking Polish and English. If you've ever lived in another country and spoken another language, this book can explain the dissociation of living in a foreign language. Hoffman's writing is very good and the subject of the book is something that fascinates me. I've lived outside the US several times and now work in a multinational lab where I, as a native English speaker, am in a minority of one.

Updated Dec 28, 2006

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Akira

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The six volume set of comic books is physically and intellectually beautiful. Whether you have seen the movie or not, these books are well worth tracking down even if you have to sit in a bookstore for hours reading them. The artwork by Otomo Kasuhiro is beautiful and precise, and the storyline is intricate and compelling.

The movie is also worth watching, but, while exciting, the books have a greater depth and make the story come alive.

Updated Dec 28, 2006

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Watchmen

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For those unbelievers who think that comic books are reserved for the mouth breathers. Watchmen is intelligent, well drawn and thought-provoking.

In college, I found this underneath a futon in a dormroom when I moved in. Three years later I had to return it to the original owner and went out and immediately bought myself a copy. I've given copies to a few people and they've all been absorbed by it and loved it.

Watchmen is about a group of crime fighters who have been forcibly retired by the government. Jumping back and forth in time, it looks at a series of murders while broaching some politics. (via Sasha)

Updated Aug 20, 2008

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Origamic Architecture

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Masahiro Chatani has published several books on origamic architecture. Requiring only an Exacto knife, thick paper and good spatial sense, origamic architecture is fun and beautiful. They also make impressive cards, or, put into a shadow box, they look good hung up on the wall.

For a complete list of books on the subject, go to the following website (mostly in Japanese)
http://www.japandesign.ne.jp/IAA/chatani/books/index.html

There is also a nice gallery of examples from which a few of the pictures here have been taken.

Updated Dec 23, 2006

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The Stars: A New Way to See Them

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You may know H. A. Rey from his children's book series Curious George, but he also published two books on astronomy. This one is a good introduction for kids or adults to the constellations. If you've ever been outside on a dark night and wondered what the names of the constellations were, this is the book for you. (via my dad)

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