Science Book Challenge 2011

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[[image:Sbc2011.jpg|right|thumb|The image is a photograph of the DNA from a mashed-up strawberry (red at bottom) being drawn up a propanol column, captured by  [http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/ Steve Jurvetson ([http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/133261764/ source; used under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en Creative Commons License]. Please use this image in your own blog to publicize the 2011 Science Book Challenge.]] <center><b>Read a book for science literacy!<br>This is our fourth annual challenge, bigger and better than ever!!</b></center>
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[[image:Sbc2011.jpg|right|thumb|The image is a photograph of the DNA from a mashed-up strawberry (red at bottom) being drawn up a propanol column, captured by  [http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/ Steve Jurvetson] ([http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/133261764/ source]); used under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en Creative Commons License]. Please use this image in your own blog to publicize the 2011 Science Book Challenge.]] <center><b>Read a book for science literacy!<br>This is our fourth annual challenge, bigger and better than ever!!</b></center>
The Science Book Challenge is easy as pi: read 3 (or 3.14!) science books during 2011, then tell us and others about the books you've read and help spread science literacy.
The Science Book Challenge is easy as pi: read 3 (or 3.14!) science books during 2011, then tell us and others about the books you've read and help spread science literacy.
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In truth, there's nothing you have to do to take the challenge except start reading. But when you've finished a book, please do share your book note with us and others through the [[Special:BooknoteForm | book-note form]] or the [[Special:CommentForm | comment form]].
In truth, there's nothing you have to do to take the challenge except start reading. But when you've finished a book, please do share your book note with us and others through the [[Special:BooknoteForm | book-note form]] or the [[Special:CommentForm | comment form]].
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We'd like you to make your participation in the Science Book Challenge public by adding you to the list of challengers on this page. Send us your name and a link to your blog, if you have one, using our [[Special:CommentForm | comment form]], or join our [http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_167376576631317 Facebook group] for this year's challenge. Putting your name here will encourage others to do the same.
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We'd like you to make your participation in the Science Book Challenge public by adding you to the list of challengers on this page. Send us your name and a link to your blog, if you have one, using our [[Special:CommentForm | comment form]], or join our [http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_167376576631317 Facebook group]. Putting your name here will encourage others to do the same.
When you use your own blog to spread the word, make liberal use of our gorgeous Science Book Challenge 2011 graphic to make it pretty.
When you use your own blog to spread the word, make liberal use of our gorgeous Science Book Challenge 2011 graphic to make it pretty.
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Everyone should feel free to accept the challenge any time before the end of 2011. There are no grades, just an opportunity to enjoy some science reading and help others. Be spontaneous and choose your books as you go or decide on your book list at the beginning--or any combination that suits your taste.
Everyone should feel free to accept the challenge any time before the end of 2011. There are no grades, just an opportunity to enjoy some science reading and help others. Be spontaneous and choose your books as you go or decide on your book list at the beginning--or any combination that suits your taste.
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Let us know that you're taking the challenge and we'll put your name here with other challengers, along with updates about your notes as you contribute them. You can use the handy [[Special:CommentForm | comment form]] to reach us. You can also sign up by joining our [http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_167376576631317 2011 SBC Facebook group]. You might find it interesting to look at previous years' list of challengers in the [[Science Book Challenge 2010]], the [[Science-Book Challenge 2009]], or the [[Science-Book Challenge 2008]].
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Let us know that you're taking the challenge and we'll put your name here with other challengers, along with updates about your notes as you contribute them. You can use the handy [[Special:CommentForm | comment form]] to reach us. You can also sign up by joining our [http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_167376576631317 SBC Facebook group]. You might find it interesting to look at previous years' list of challengers in the [[Science Book Challenge 2010]], the [[Science-Book Challenge 2009]], or the [[Science-Book Challenge 2008]].
Here are the people we are aware of who have accepted the Science-Book Challenge 2011. If you're taking the Challenge, please [[Special:CommentForm | let us know]]. Your participation will inspire others to join.
Here are the people we are aware of who have accepted the Science-Book Challenge 2011. If you're taking the Challenge, please [[Special:CommentForm | let us know]]. Your participation will inspire others to join.
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Lisa W. ([[:Category:LFW | LFW ]])   
| valign="top" align="left"  | Lisa W. ([[:Category:LFW | LFW ]])   
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| valign="top" align="left"  | [[Brown: How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming | Mike Brown, ''How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming'']]
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| valign="top" align="left"  | W. Byron W. ([[:Category:WBW | WBW ]])   
| valign="top" align="left"  | W. Byron W. ([[:Category:WBW | WBW ]])   
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| valign="top" align="left"  | books about neurology, physics, or quirky topics in science
| valign="top" align="left"  | books about neurology, physics, or quirky topics in science
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Cyd Melcher 
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| valign="top" align="left"  | sponaneous
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Yvonne Langenberg 
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| valign="top" align="left"  | spontaneous
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Cyndi 
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| valign="top" align="left"  | to begin: ''Genome: An Autobiography in 23 Chapters'', by Matt Ridley
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Jacqueline Boytim 
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| valign="top" align="left"  | [http://laboratoryliteracy.wordpress.com/ laboratory literacy]
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| valign="top" align="left"  | spontaneous
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Arestelle
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| valign="top" align="left"  | [http://arestelle.wordpress.com Arestelle]
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| valign="top" align="left"  | some possibles:<br>''Minds and Computers'', by Matt Carther<br>''Introducing Artificial Intelligence'', by Henry Brighton<br>''1089 and All That'', by David Acheson<br>''The Undercover Economist'', by Tim Harford
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Melanie  ([[:Category:MKI | MKI ]])
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| valign="top" align="left"  | [http://tigermel.blogspot.com/ Cynical Optimism]
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| valign="top" align="left"  | to start : Rebecca Skloot, ''The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks''
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| valign="top" align="left"  | raidergirl3  ([[:Category:RG3 | RG3 ]])
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| valign="top" align="left"  | [http://raidergirl3-anadventureinreading.blogspot.com/ an adventure in reading]
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| valign="top" align="left"  | [[Bell: Lavoisier in the Year One | Madison Smartt Bell, Lavoisier in the Year One : the Birth of a New Science in an Age of Revolution]]
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Gavin  ([[:Category:GG | GG ]])
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| valign="top" align="left"  | [http://page247.wordpress.com/ Page247]
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| valign="top" align="left"  | [[Quammen: Monster of God | David Quammen, ''Monster of God : The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind'']]
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Chris Waigl 
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Beth M  ([[:Category:BM | BM ]])
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| valign="top" align="left"  | [http://libraryfrog.blogspot.com/ Library Chicken]
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| valign="top" align="left"  | [[Brian: The Curies | Denis Brian, ''The Curies : A Biography of the Most Controversial Family in Science'']]<br>[[Sykes: The Seven Daughters of Eve | Bryan Sykes, ''The Seven Daughters of Eve : The Science that Reveals our Genetic Ancestry'']]<br>[[Goldsmith: Obsessive Genius | Barbara Goldsmith, ''Obsessive Genius : The Inner World of Marie Curie'']]<br>[[Jurmain: The Secret of the Yellow Death | Suzanne Jurmain, The Secret of the Yellow Death : A True Story of Medical Sleuthing]]
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Scout ([[:Category:MSJ | MSJ ]])
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| valign="top" align="left"  | &nbsp;
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| valign="top" align="left"  | [[Zuk: Sex on Six Legs | Marlene Zuk, ''Sex on Six Legs : Lessons on Live, Love, and Language from the Insect World'']]
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