links for 2008-08-31

• RIP Geoffrey Perkins of Hitchhikers' Guide
  Perkins, producer of the original BBC radio series, died yesterday. "I feel confident in saying that he was probably one of the reasons it became such a huge success."
• The Thousand Best Popular-Science Books
  Jennifer at Cocktail Party Physics is compiling a list. (Via Sean at Cosmic Variance, via Digg)
  (tags: science books)