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Welcome Austra, I'm so sorry for you. :D

Enjoy.

Hello everyone, I am Jim, a MD/PhD and I currently work as an interventional radiologist. Intensely interested in how people learn since I want to improve healthcare from the top down and bottom up. Always looking for new ideas.

Welcome Jim.

Hello fellow science enthusiasts. My name is Leslie (obviously) and I am a biologist. I don't have a lot of time for pleasure reading, but when I do have time, I like books that also teach me things. I think this group will expose me to more books of the sort that I enjoy!

Welcome Leslie.

Well , here we go. Who am I? I am a retired Grandmother of 5 ( how did we get so many) beautiful grandchildren. Prior to being a Grandmother I was a stay at home Mom and a very active Navy wife for 25 years. I have had the wonderful experience of living in some very interesting places. I never finished college, but studied Cultural Anthropology while in college which sparked an interest that continues to this day. I have insatiable curiosity (am a lousy speller) and will read ANYTHING that is printed material. I love history, things that explain how the human race came to be where we are now. I am interested in how science is opening new worlds of information as we learn more about how to interpret the data that we have in new ways. I feel that all my reading is going to help keep all two brain cells chugging along. My body might age but I will be damned if the brain will. I had the wonderful opportunity to have read (at one point) over 25 years of NatGeo as well as the Smithsonian Magazine and the Discovery magazine way back when it was called by another name. I love to communicate with people who have the same interests. I don't necessarily believe that formal education makes you smart. Common sense and curiosity go a long way to aid in self education. I am also lucky that my hubby and I reside full time in a 40 foot home with wheels. This allows us to let our curiosity take us where it will and so we get hands on learning as we travel this great country of ours. Ok...you asked for it...you got it. If you have any questions I would love to answer. My life has indeed been rich beyond my youthful expectations. Happy reading!

Welecome Debbie! :D

I think curiosity and reading are even more important than anything. Never stop learning as they say!

(yeah I intentionally misspellered Welcome. :p)

Hi fellow science readers! I'm Merien, I have a BS in Computer Science and enjoy reading pretty much any science books that make me think and learn. Looking forward to finding new books with this group!

Hi,

I'm Liana, from Bosnia and Herzegovina (Europe), 53, married, B.A. in English Language and Literature, eager to learn and curious to find out what's going on in the field of science. I'm particularly interested in Physics, Cosmology and Philosophy of Science for laypersons. Trying to make up for what I missed during the war and post-war period in my country, I'm currently reading Time's Arrow and Archimedes' Point: New Directions for the Physics of Time.

Recently, I took part in an untypical and, in my humble opinion, praiseworthy approach to writing science books for laypersons. Namely, my task was to pre-read Records of the Future - Classical Entropy, Memory, and the 'Arrow of Time' and inform the Author which sections of the draft I found confusing so that he could adapt and clarify them for the layperson like myself.

Glad to have found this group.

Hi Merien_took and BetseaK. Welcome to the group! There are a lot of discussions going on here, on a variety of topics--please jump in!

Welcome Merien and Liana.

Hello everyone, I'm tenpm. I'm a seventeen-years-old girl, and I live in Auckland, New Zealand. I'm currently in my last year of high school.

I've loved mathematics and science since I was little, and of course I'm a passionate reader. I hope I will be introduced to lots of great books through this group.

Welcome Tenpm. I'm sure you will find lots of good books here. Check out the various discussion folders, and feel free to browse our group bookshelves.

Hello. My name is Patrick. I graduated with a B.S. in Mathematics and I am currently working on my Master's degree, in math as well. I love reading about pretty much every area of science and math. If I could swap brains with one person, it would be Roger Penrose. Anyway, I am happy to be here!

Patrick wrote: "Hello. My name is Patrick. ... If I could swap brains with one person, it would be Roger Penrose. ...."

No! No! Don't do it!
Eeeeekk!

Patrick wrote: "Hello. My name is Patrick. I graduated with a B.S. in Mathematics and I am currently working on my Master's degree, in math as well. I love reading about pretty much every area of science and math...."

Welcome, Patrick! I admire Roger Penrose also, but I agree with Kenny. Swapping brains is a messy business.

Salutations. I am Wise Owl, but you may refer to my shorter alias; Wise. I am thirteen years old and I am notably a huge nerd. I enjoy mathematics and science, and am proud to admit that I am a Grammar Nazi. Thus, any grammatical errors shall be attacked with my special red pen.

I tend to explore through rather mature areas for my age; I am not the stereotypical teenager who immerses herself in tabloid magazines, I assure you. Instead, I play chess, watch NOVA, and listen to lectures from professors at colleges.

One of the most important matter of which I concern myself mainly is the multiverse's existence. What with the inflation theory, the theory that suggests that the universe has been expanding ever since the original big bang, I believe there is possible truth in the multiverses's existence.

I am quite interested in biomedical engineering and it is one of the many careers I wish to pursue in my later life, medicine, literature, and astrophysics being my prime goals.

From what I have said, I believe most have deduced me to be the serious nerd I am. I am glad to have found this group. With my spasmodic references to intellectual subjects as the multiverse, it is quite difficult to find one my age whom is interested in these topics. Nonetheless, my interest will never waver and I hope here is where I finally meet people who appreciate science as much as I do.

Thank you very much.

~Wise

Welcome to the group, Wise! You have a very wide range of interests--and that's great! Please join in with our discussions--you will probably find many that will interest you.

Welcome aboard, Wise. I do hope you find some kindred souls here. It's comforting to know there are people of your age with your interests. I only wish there were more of you.

Hello, I'm an aerospace engineer at NASA who is fascinated by the world around him. I'm a student of all sciences and have basically been enrolled in one class or another since my Master's 8 years ago. It's surprisingly difficult to find people who want to talk about science and ideas. I hope this helps.

Welcome Jose. I think you've found the right place. And if you're looking for something you don't find, just ask.

Jose wrote: "Hello, I'm an aerospace engineer..."

Hola, Jose. Bienvenidos. Great to have someone with your background in the group.

Hello everyone! This community seems pretty awesome. Anyway, my name is Liz, I'm 24. Currently I work as a technician for a retinal specialist, although I hope to go back to school sometime in the near future. I am interested in just about everything, from physics and cosmology to natural history and psychology. I don't have many people in my life I can have discussions with about those kinds of things, so this community seems very interesting to me.

Welcome. Sorry but I can't help myself as you work with retinas and have such a wide range of interest:
"Focus Girl! Focus!"

It's a great place, enjoy!

You have no idea how apt that advice is for me, Kenny! Haha. Thanks for the welcome and it's good to be here. :)

Hello All,

I hold a B. S. in biology and an M.S. in teaching. I teach high school biology including 2 sections of special ed.

I hope to pursue a Ph.D. and teach at the collegiate level.

I am an avid naturalist and birder. I enjoy reading any science related books. I hope that being in this group will push me to actually finish books in a reasonable time.

Welcome aboard Michael. The "Compare Books" feature tells me you are also a Jared Diamond fan. I applaud your goal to get your "doc".

Hello all, I'm Marco, I'm 17, and I'm an A-Level student in the UK studying Chemistry, Physics, Biology and Mathematics. I will be studying Medicine next year (grades permitting) at the University of Oxford. The ultimate goal is to become a doctor as well as a research scientist, hopefully in Oncology. I attended an Oncology summer school at Oxford last year and that has heavily fuelled my decision to apply for Medicine at university.

Whilst my main interest is in Oncology and Medicine, I am also piqued by a wide range of other scientific fields including Cosmology, Particle Physics and Virology. Plant biology, however, is my worst nightmare!

Favourite science books include The Epigenetics Revolution, Virolution, Life Ascending and The Emperor of All Maladies.

Looking forward to being a member of this thriving community of scientists!

Welcome Marco. You sound like an interesting guy with a bright future!

Hello, everyone. I am a popular science neophyte and I especially enjoy reading about neuroscience, but I am also interested in other areas of medical science, genetics, and anthropology, as well as astronomy and computer technology.
I do not have a science background. My degrees are in journalism and film studies (history and aesthetics) and my current profession is marketing communications in higher ed. One of the very happy benefits of working for a highly ranked research university is that every day, I'm in the midst of an environment where scientists are pursuing fascinating advances (mainly in medicine), and I sometimes have the opportunity interact with the researchers personally—even if only fleetingly.
I have become so much more interested in science as I have gotten older and wish I had been as interested in it when I was in college.
It's unlikely I will ever pursue anything overly technical in my scientific reading, but many layman-friendly science books populate my "to-read" list.
The most recent I've read is "Brain on Fire," which I tore through in two sittings.
I'm looking forward to interacting with the group members here and to finding new books to add to my impossibly long reading list.

Welcome Jolie.

Have you read Bill Bryson's work?

Welcome aboard, Jolie. I see you have Krakatoa on your TR list. You'll love it.

Hi Kenny,
I have read some of his work, but quite awhile back. I did enjoy it and need to read some more.
Any one in particular that you recommend the most?
Kenny wrote: "Welcome Jolie.

Have you read Bill Bryson's work?"

Steve wrote: "Welcome aboard, Jolie. I see you have Krakatoa on your TR list. You'll love it."

Thanks, Steve. Too many books, too little time. We've had that one on our library shelf at home for years and I still haven't gotten to it. With a new recommendation, though, perhaps I ought to move it up higher on my 'to-read' list.

Jolie wrote: "Hi Kenny,
I have read some of his work, but quite awhile back. I did enjoy it and need to read some more.
Any one in particular that you recommend the most?
Kenny wrote: "Welcome Jolie.

Have you r..."

All of them. :D
(at the one's I've read)
Also Mary Roach.

Mary Roach is excellent. Also funny!

Hello,
My name is Kyan, I'm 23 years old and I'm majoring in Wildlife and Fisheries currently. I'm very interested in all of areas of science and I hope to be exposed to many great books and discussions through this group.

Welcome Kyan. I'm sure you'll be pleased by the range of books discussed in the group.

I noticed you're currently reading Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World. Sounds like an interesting thesis. I'll be interested to hear what you think of it.

I'm really enjoying it so far. Paul Stamets makes me want to become a mycologist.

You could do a lot worse, Kyan. Mycology is a cool topic. I am a botanist/geneticist, and if I were to do my PhD all over again, I think I would focus on events in the soil (bacterial/fungal interactions with plants). Very cool! I'm going to go look for that book, Mycelium Running.

I was planning on going to graduate school for botany after I finish my bachelor's, but I doubt my life will be fungi free. They're just too fascinating.

Hello Everyone, I am Prabodh from Bangalore, India. I have completed my MS in Genetics and at the moment apprenticing in a research lab where I work on muscle related diseases.
I am an active reader and like multiple genres but thrillers are my favorite. I am new to this group and on goodreads as well so getting to know people and the books they read is really amazing.

Welcome Prabodh.

Welcome, Prabodh!

My name is Cleo and I have inadvertently stumbled upon an interest in science. My latest book I finished and enjoyed was The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science. I am looking forward to joining some interesting conversations!

Welcomd Cleo.

I am master of Pharmacy after Wroclaw Medical University in my hometown and work in pharmaceutical industry, but my scientific interests are much wider than professional ones. I'm an enthusiast of life sciences mostly evolutionary biology and paleontology, Earth sciences and also particle physics.

Welcome Ewa!

Hello,

I graduated BS Biology and I'm bound for Medical School. It's great to find this group since I saw one intended for students of medicine that is closed to a particular university.

I'd love to be active in the group and contribute.

Welcome, Marco Paulo. Please jump right in. We look forward to your participation.