Read a chapter of "Modern Mind" that covered the all-too-human aspects of scientific discovery in the invention of the transistor and the discovery of the structure of DNA. Mentioned Kuhn's "The strcture of scientific revolutions"; I'm going to have to borrow that from Susan some time.
Watched Ep 5 of "French in Action". I'm really impressed at their skill in building things up slowly and illustrating new words situationally.