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Becky;

Hear are two that have been recommended to me by a colleague, Ann 
Marie Cunningham.

1. Exuberance, by Kay Redfield Jamieson (Knopf, 2004)
She's an MD/PhD who has manic-depressive illness, and has written two 
books about the disease.  Exuberance focuses on passion and joy as 
personality traits.    It includes a lot on the biology of laughter, 
andon exuberance playing a big role in the work of scientists, 
including James Watson, Jane Goodall, Robert Gallo, virologist 
Carleton Gajdusek, molecular biologist Samuel Barondes, 
astrophysicists Robert Farquhar and Andrew Cheng.  Jamieson also 
talks about exuberant lovers of science, including Theodore Roosevelt 
and John Muir.

2. Curious MInds: How a Child Becomes a Scientist, edited by John 
Brockman (Pantheon 2004)
This is a collection of essays by scientists, recalling what/who in 
their childhoods made them interested in science.  Murray Gell-Mann 
mentions the AMNH.  Other well-known contributors include Alison 
Gopnik, Freeman Dyson, Steven Pinker, Mary Catherine Bateson, Lynn 
Margulis, Richard Dawkins, Howard Gardner, Rodney Brooks.

Martin

>I am looking for scientists (current or past, but not your 
>"standard" ones like Einstein, Edison, etc.) with inspirational 
>stories to tie in with the following themes:
>
>Creativity and Invention
>Space Science
>Earth Science
>Health Science
>Sound and Light
>Energy (broader area)
>
>Any suggestions will be appreciated.  Thanks!
>
>Becky Fox Matthews
>Educator/Special Projects
>Adventure Science Center
>800 Ft. Negley Blvd.
>Nashville, TN 37203
>615-401-5073
>  <http://www.adventuresci.com> www.adventuresci.com
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