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Read Sylvia Nasar's A Beautiful Mind, ~ extraordinary biography of Nobel prize winner John Nash. Also, rent the movie.

Read Henry Hickam's memoir, Rocket Boys, ~ or rent the movie October Sky. Hickam has other books you might enjoy. Engineers can write!

Keep an eye out for:

Steve Martin's Picasso at the Lapin Agile (yes, that Steve Martin) ~ was in Philly a few years ago. Picasso and Einstein meet in Paris cafe.

David Frayn's Tony award winning Copenhagen (still in New York) ~ Niels Bohr, former student Werner Heisenberg and Bohr's wife Margrethe meet in Copenhagen during WW II.

Tom Stopard's Arcadia ~ Phylosophy, science, history and literature woven into a drama. Is it really about the second law of thermodynamics? Last in Philly about three years ago. Better seen than read.

David Auburn's Pulitzer prize winning Proof search for the truth behind a mysterious mathematical proof. ~ was in Philly last year.