[TriLUG] Books that inspired us

[Peter Neilson via TriLUG]

On Thu, 17 Sep 2015 14:09:48 -0400, Chris Knowles via TriLUG  
<trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> Ah... lists of books, one of my favorite things.
>
> *I Robot* - Isaac Asimov (and any of the laws of robotics short stories)

Same author: Word of Carbon, World of Nitrogen. Both non-fiction.

Various authors: biographies of Humphrey Davy, Thomas Edison, Nathaniel  
Bowditch, among others.

The Bowditch biography was unfortunately "Carry on, Mr. Bowditch," which  
is highly fictionalized. It's written for children, and does not adhere to  
the truth, as if the mathematics involved (spherical trigonometry) were  
not sufficiently exciting, I guess.