What's on your reading list?


What do you plan to read this summer? What are you reading now?
I am currently reading "Degrees Kelvin" by David Lindley, published by Joseph Henry Press. The biography of Sir William Thomson, Lord Kelvin. He was a 19th century physicist probably best known for dicsovering the temperature at which atoms cease to move: -273.15 degrees Celsius (0 degrees Kelvin or absolute zero). He also performed a lot of the early groundwork for theories of electromagnetism and thermodynamics. Lord Kelvin devised a new compass for ships that would work well when surrounded by steel as the world's ship building began to move from wooden to iron vessels. A fascinating figure from history.
slipknot1
applied equity analysis by jack english

practical speculation by victor niederhoffer (a lousy book so far)

in an uncertain world by robert rubin

body of secrets by james bamford (re: the NSA, no such agency)

(fwiw, the nicked & dimed book is excellent)
Florida Roadkill was a fun read. Frankly all of that series is great airplane fodder.

While modern fiction is my normal fare, I seem to have taken a detour into Jeffrey Steingarten's world, having just polished off _It Must Have Been Something I Ate_ and being now in the midst of _The Man Who Ate Everything_. JS is the food editor for Vogue (who ever thought Vogue readers actually *ate*?). In terms of obsessiveness, he'll give any audiophile a run for the money, 'cept his gig is the eaten arts. Damn funny guy.
AVguygeorge, May I recommend "I'm OK, Your OK", I would recommend more but I gotta go and see if I finally got that FR headshell on ebay
Who Cut the Cheese: A Cultural History of the Fart by Jim Dawson

I also read the back of a can of dehydrated prunes from California just the other day. If you liked one, make sure to read the other!

Marco