'nuther Blog Meme...

Last month I created and sent a "science book lovers meme" along its merry way (and richly enjoyed people's varied responses), so will do an encore 'nature book lovers meme' in the same vein this month....

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==> A Nature Book Lovers' Meme :

Increasingly our daily lives are bound by a man-made technological world, yet most believe it important to maintain a connection to the natural world. Cite a half-dozen-or-so books you would recommend every young person read by the end of their school years to help them maintain a sense of connection to, and value in, the natural world.
After posting your list, forward the meme to a half-dozen-or-so bloggers of your choosing.

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The variety and range of books that one might name is huge, but I'll throw out these 6 to get things started:

1) "Pilgrim At Tinker Creek" by Annie Dillard
2) "The Norton Book of Nature Writing" edited by Finch and Elder
3) "Speaking For Nature" by Paul Brooks
4) "Kinship With The Animals" edited by Michael Tobias
5) any anthology of Thoreau writings
6) ...and for an old, off-the-wall pick (but I still think a fun read), "The Secret Life of Plants" by Peter Tompkins

And I'm tagging the following blogs:

Nature Remains
Monarch's Nature Blog
Susan Gets Native
Gossamer Tapestry
Rambling Woods
Foothills Fancies

....each of whom better pass along this meme, or 7 years bad blogging luck may befall you ;-)
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A Blog Meme

I've never tried starting a blog meme before, but here goes....

A science book lovers' meme:

Imagine: YOU are asked to assign a half-dozen-or-so books as required reading for ALL science majors at a college as part of their 4-year degree; NOT technical or text books, but other works, old or new, touching upon the nature of science, philosophy, thought, or methodology in a way that a practicing scientist might gain from.
Post your list, and forward the meme to a half-dozen-or-so other science-oriented bloggers of your choosing.

I'll start the ball rolling with this sundry list (in no particular order):

1. Godel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter
2. How Mathematicians Think by William Byers
3. The Pleasure of Finding Things Out by Richard Feynman
4. The Night Is Large by Martin Gardner
5. Skeptics and True Believers by Chet Raymo
6. Paradigms Lost by John L. Casti

And I'm tagging these blogs:

Living the Scientific Life
Clancy On Science and Nature
Uncertain Principles
Greg Laden's Blog
Bootstrap Analysis
Oh For the Love of Science

'Commenters' can send in your own mini-lists if you wish...

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