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Shorter than a novel, but longer than a magazine article -- a TED Book is a great way to feed your craving for ideas anytime. Our ebooks can be read in about an hour, in the spare moments when your schedule has slowed but your mind still craves fresh and exciting ideas worth spreading. The online and print worlds provide a number of options for taking a nibble or a gulp of information, depending on whether you’re on the go or settling down for a while. TED Books fits right in.

Tweet: 4 seconds

TEDTalk: 18 minutes

Magazine article: half hour

TED Book: an hour

Non-fiction book: a week

Moby Dick: never really get around to finishing it.

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  A comment on Conversation: How can we make science, technology, engineering, and math education more fun for kids? Join our live Q&A on February 13th at 3PM Eastern

  Feb 13 2013: Changing the world certainly isn't easy, and Ainissa, thank you so much for your contribution! I'm afraid our time is just about up. Do you have any closing remarks?

• A comment on Conversation: How can we make science, technology, engineering, and math education more fun for kids? Join our live Q&A on February 13th at 3PM Eastern

  Feb 13 2013: Can you point to any books that are doing it right that can be used in schools?

• A comment on Conversation: How can we make science, technology, engineering, and math education more fun for kids? Join our live Q&A on February 13th at 3PM Eastern

  Feb 13 2013: How would like to see what Obama said unfold and what are the best steps?

• A comment on Conversation: How can we make science, technology, engineering, and math education more fun for kids? Join our live Q&A on February 13th at 3PM Eastern

  Feb 13 2013: Why do we associate math and physics with drudgery? And why are women especially afraid of STEM? In your book you explain a fascinating history that explains womens' attitudes.

• A comment on Conversation: How can we make science, technology, engineering, and math education more fun for kids? Join our live Q&A on February 13th at 3PM Eastern

  Feb 13 2013: Anissa - Maybe you want to talk a little about why STEM is taught wrong and how that can be improved? I have a memory as a child of creating a styrofoam model of the planets - it was so much fun to paint them and so creative, but this was science!

• A comment on Conversation: How can we make science, technology, engineering, and math education more fun for kids? Join our live Q&A on February 13th at 3PM Eastern

  Feb 13 2013: Yes, that was exciting! Why is it so important to get kids going to with STEM in pre-school?
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  A comment on Conversation: How can we make science, technology, engineering, and math education more fun for kids? Join our live Q&A on February 13th at 3PM Eastern

  Feb 13 2013: Hello all, and welcome to this live Q&A with author Ainissa Ramirez, thank you for joining us!
  
  Welcome Ainissa!
  
  Your book, "Save Our Science: How to Inspire a New Generation of Scientists" makes a vital call to improve science, technology, engineering and math education in the US.
  
  You must have been happy to hear President Obama make this exact point in h is State of the Union address last night, saying that we need the commitment to STEM that we had during the space race. What are the important steps we need to take now?

• A comment on Conversation: How much of your information do you share? How much should corporations share? TED Books Q&A Friday at 3pm Eastern!

  Feb 8 2013: We're almost out of time. Any closing comments from Don or Anthony?

• A comment on Conversation: How much of your information do you share? How much should corporations share? TED Books Q&A Friday at 3pm Eastern!

  Feb 8 2013: Those are great examples, but what about Facebook or Instagram, everyone sharing everything. It's clearly good for the companies...but Is there a point where it's too much to share everything - are we losing something here?

• A comment on Conversation: How much of your information do you share? How much should corporations share? TED Books Q&A Friday at 3pm Eastern!

  Feb 8 2013: Let's move into our personal lives a bit with this concept. Clearly, radical openness can help with political revolutions and making companies more innovative and competitive, but is it really necessary to share on the level that we are these days? What is the good of living our lives in public?