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Amazon.com: Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace) eBook: Chade-Meng Tan, Daniel Goleman, Jon Kabat-Zinn: Kindle Store July 27, 2016, at 06:37 PM
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Amazon.com: The Cartoon Guide to Statistics (9780062731029): Larry Gonick, Woollcott Smith: Books February 11, 2016, at 04:37 PM
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Hooked:how To Build Habit-forming Products: Nir Eyal: 9780670069323: Books - Amazon.ca January 05, 2016, at 08:43 PM
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When Computers Can Think July 20, 2015, at 03:39 PM
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Schizophrenia Finds Its Virgil - Download The Universe April 23, 2015, at 08:23 PM
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Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do (Issues of Our Time): Claude M. Steele: 9780393339727: Amazon.com: Books March 24, 2015, at 06:36 PM
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Diaspora: A Novel: Greg Egan: 9781597805421: Amazon.com: Books March 12, 2015, at 06:16 PM
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"The Three Body Problem" by Liu Cixin March 10, 2015, at 08:09 PM
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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing: Marie Kondo: 0884327095983: Amazon.com: Books January 21, 2015, at 03:28 PM
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Dave Eggers' novel The Circle November 17, 2014, at 09:14 PM
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Telling Writing: Ken Macrorie: 9780867091533: Amazon.com: Books November 14, 2014, at 06:54 PM
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Book Review: Countdown To Zero Day - Slashdot October 09, 2014, at 06:54 PM
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Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes: Maria Konnikova: 9780670026579: Amazon.com: Books The Mathematical Recreations of Lewis Carroll: Pillow Problems and a Tangled Tale (Dover Recreational Math): Lewis Carroll, C. L. Dodgson: 9780486204932: Amazon.com: Books September 02, 2014, at 03:06 PM
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The Better Angels of Our Nature - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia June 17, 2014, at 04:48 PM
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25 YA Novels Everyone — Even Adults — Should Read – Flavorwire June 06, 2014, at 07:55 PM
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Amazon.com: The 4-Hour Workweek, Expanded and Updated: Expanded and Updated, With Over 100 New Pages of Cutting-Edge Content. eBook: Timothy Ferriss: Kindle Store April 21, 2014, at 07:18 PM
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Science Fiction Stories with Good Astronomy & Physics: A Topical Index « Astronomical Society April 08, 2014, at 05:08 PM
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The Glass Bead Game - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia April 07, 2014, at 03:45 PM
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Sports from Hell: My Search for the World's Most Outrageous Competition By Rick Reilly March 13, 2014, at 02:33 PM
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Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia March 07, 2014, at 03:24 PM
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Musicophilia | Oliver Sacks, M.D., Physician, Author, Neurologist March 03, 2014, at 05:21 PM
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Inside of a Dog December 18, 2013, at 05:47 PM
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The Pragmatic Bookshelf | Seven Languages in Seven Weeks December 02, 2013, at 02:40 PM
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The 12-Hour MBA Program: The Key Concepts and Techniques in a Fraction of the Time: Milo Sobel: 9780130979162: Amazon.com: Books November 01, 2013, at 03:00 PM
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Blood Music (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia October 23, 2013, at 07:38 PM
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The Halo Effect: ... and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers: Phil Rosenzweig: 9780743291262: Amazon.com: Books October 02, 2013, at 01:31 PM
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martiLaney.com » The Introvert Advantage September 17, 2013, at 05:25 PM
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The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks: Amy Stewart: 9781616200466: Amazon.com: Books September 17, 2013, at 05:25 PM
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True Enough: Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society: Farhad Manjoo: 9780470580080: Amazon.com: Books August 30, 2013, at 02:53 PM
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Ten books about negotiating to put on your shelf - The Globe and Mail August 14, 2013, at 06:48 PM
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Book Review: The Healthy Programmer - Slashdot June 19, 2013, at 06:42 PM
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Book Review: The Plateau Effect: Getting From Stuck To Success - Slashdot May 17, 2013, at 08:08 PM
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If you have not read [Gene Wolfe], do it. The Book of the New Sun is a literary masterpiece independent of genre. But he wasn't a one hit wonder, Home Fires (his latest) is amazing. Gene Wolfe is the kind of author that puts most pieces of "literary" fiction to shame. May 02, 2013, at 06:45 PM
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Ido in Autismland: Climbing Out of Autism's Silent Prison: Ido Kedar: 9780988324701: Amazon.com: Books April 25, 2013, at 05:38 PM
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Bill Gates says you should read these 5 books in 2013 - GeekWire April 25, 2013, at 05:23 PM
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Austin Grossman's YOU: brilliant novel plumbs the heroic and mystical depths of gaming and simulation - Boing Boing April 25, 2013, at 05:18 PM
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Lauren Beukes's Shining Girls: a serial killer thriller with a time-travel twist - Boing Boing April 23, 2013, at 06:09 PM
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A Short History of Nearly Everything: Amazon.ca: Bill Bryson: Books April 03, 2013, at 06:04 PM
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College Study Skills: Becoming a Strategic Learner: Dianna L. Van Blerkom: 9780534645403: Amazon.com: Books October 22, 2012, at 09:16 PM
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Book Review: Everyday Cryptography - Slashdot October 17, 2012, at 07:42 PM
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Godel's Theorem: An Incomplete Guide to Its Use and Abuse: Torkel Franzén: 9781568812380: Amazon.com: Books September 21, 2012, at 09:05 PM
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Daemon: Amazon.ca: Daniel Suarez: Books September 13, 2012, at 01:45 PM
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Amazon.com: The Trivium: The Liberal Arts of Logic, Grammar, and Rhetoric (9780967967509): Sister Miriam Joseph, Marguerite McGlinn: Books August 03, 2012, at 09:22 PM
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I've Got Nothing to Hide and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy" (paper available online) August 03, 2012, at 09:22 PM
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Book Review: Digital Vertigo - Slashdot May 10, 2012, at 08:31 PM
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Book Review: Google+: the Missing Manual - Slashdot April 28, 2012, at 10:36 PM
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The (Mis)Behavior of Markets by Benoît B. Mandelbrot - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists April 25, 2012, at 05:13 PM
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Aspectj in Action: Enterprise AOP with Spring Applications: Amazon.ca: Ramnivas Laddad: Books April 12, 2012, at 08:49 PM
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Ask Slashdot: Good, Forgotten Fantasy & Science Fiction Novels? - Slashdot March 21, 2012, at 09:46 PM
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Amazon.com: Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts (9780151010981): Carol Tavris, Elliot Aronson: Books Amazon.com: "e": The Story of a Number (Princeton Science Library) (9780691141343): Eli Maor: Books February 08, 2012, at 11:53 PM
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Amazon.com: Interface (9780553383430): Neal Stephenson, J. Frederick George: Books December 07, 2011, at 05:54 PM
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The Lights In the Tunnel - Automation, Accelerating Technology and the Economy of the Future (Free PDF) November 25, 2011, at 08:17 PM
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Amazon.com: From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time (9780525951339): Sean Carroll: Books November 22, 2011, at 05:34 PM
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Suggested reading: The Speed of Dark (Score:5, Interesting) On the topic of Autism, I suggest everybody read "The Speed of Dark" by Elizabeth Moon. It puts the condition into a very approachable context that allows the reader to live through the eyes of an Autistic. It also has a great science/research back story that us geeks like. Table of Contents | Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking Book Review: Ghost In the Wires - Slashdot New Society Publishers - A Nation of Farmers Makers » Download for Free Book Review: 15 Minutes Including Q&A - Slashdot The Neanderthal Parallax - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Foreskin's Lament: A Memoir:Amazon:Books Book Review: The Clean Coder - Slashdot Flat Earth News: An Award-winning Reporter Exposes Falsehood, Distortion and Propaganda in the Global Media: Amazon.co.uk: Nick Davies: Books Rainbows End - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ted Chiang: List of Works - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hugo Award Winners: The City and the City, The Graveyard Book, and The Yiddish Policemen's Union Reamde: Neal Stephenson November 21, 2011, at 09:43 PM
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QED http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QED_ came out in 1985, making it only 23 years old. It'd definitely go on my favorite science book list. It explained virtual photons and summing of probability amplitudes quite well, I though, without calling in the heavy math. July 22, 2008, at 11:12 PM
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From a Slashdot article about good science books. Hofstadter's Goedel, Escher, Bach was a great favorite. Don't know how many people made it past the predicate calculus but though. Tough read past that point but you can make it if you mind your P's and Q's. Recommend "Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West" instead. That book was DAMN creepy, though beautifully written. No Country For Old Men was also good, as was "The Crossing", which also was haunting, but dark. Not science books though. I like the "Einstein File", "The Mismeasure of Man" (can't go wrong with Gould), and the book on eugenics by the guy who wrote "IBM and the Holocaust". Good cautionary, or eye opening, tales of when science gets mixed with politics, for good or ill (ill for mankind, or Einstein's reputation) As for more "pure" science, "Goedel, Escher, Bach." is up there, I recommend it to anyone who can sit through it without bleeding through their ears. Sagan's Demon Haunted World, and Dragon's of Eden are also winners (anything by Sagan, like Gould, is gonna be good). "The World Without Us" was also brilliant, even if contentious. Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan "The Demon-Haunted World: Science As A Candle In The Dark" (1996) Carl Sagan "Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space" (1994) If I had to pick just one book it would be Demon Haunted World. If I could pick a second I would add Dawkin's "Unweaving The Rainbow" to counter the common belief that only the religious can trully appreciate the awe inspiring beauty of the Universe. Also it's hard to go past Brownowski's "The Acsent of Man" for a general history of science. Feynman was a character, wasn't he? "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman" doesn't really fall into the category of a science book per se, but it was a great read. Safecracking at Los Alamos as a practical joke? Priceless. "The Science Class You Wish You Had" http://www.amazon.com/Science-Class-You-Wish-Had/dp/0399523138 It covers a LOT of ground in very short time, and makes everything accessible. This is definitely for people who think that Harry Potter is the #2 best book of the last 25 years. QED (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QED_(book)) came out in 1985, making it only 23 years old. It'd definitely go on my favorite science book list. It explained virtual photons and summing of probability amplitudes quite well, I though, without calling in the heavy math. I'm also a fan of The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene. --sabre86 Gravity, George Gamow Thirty Years That Shook Physics: The Story of Quantum Theory, George Gamow Birth of a New Physics, I Bernard Cohen |