MoChus

I am often filled with wonder about the world around me: such as the early morning mist rising in the valleys; or the grain growing in the fields; but as well the geometries of a Gothic cathedral, the fresh water from the tap, or the beauty of a mathematical equation. Thus, I love reading popular science books, "So that I may perceive whatever holds // The world together in its inmost folds."

Writing is a way of telling stories, exchanging ideas, perceptions, insights – a lovely way of having a dialogue. And, with some luck, one not only meets interesting people, but even gets to know some friends.

And, interesting stamps are like little postcards on an envelop, like greetings from a distant land.

are those from foreign lands and distant shores, which makes me yearn to travel once again. Interesting stamps are a lovely add-on.

oh, where to begin?

• Navid Kermani´s "Along the Trenches, A Journey through Eastern Europe to Isfahan"
• Tim Birkhead´s "The Most Perfect Thing: Inside (and Outside) a Bird´s Egg"
• Johnjoe McFadden´s "Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology"
• Jan Zalasiewic´s "The Planet in a Pebble: A journey into Earth´s deep history"
• Matthew Walter´s "Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams"
• Neil Shubin´s "Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body"
• Nick Lane´s "The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex LIfe"
• Brian Greene´s "The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality"
• Thomas Leverson´s "The Hunt for Vulcan: ... And How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet, Discovered Relativity, and Deciphered the Universe"
• Menno Schilthuizen´s "Darwin Comes to Town: How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution"
• Philip Hoare´s "The Whale: In Search for the Giants of the Sea"
• Siddhartha Mukherjee´s "The Gene: An Intimate History"
• Steven Pinker´s "The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language"
• Joshua Greene´s "Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason and the Gap Between Us and Them"
• Sean Caroll´s "Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo and the Making of the Animal Kingdom"
• Simon Singh´s "Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe"

and the list goes on and on and on...