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100 or so books that shaped a century of science
- hubb 16y agopersonally mostly interested in the fiction section: cat's cradle is indeed awesome. it contains what is among my favorite quotes from a character of vonneguts', "Any scientist who can't explain to an eight-year old what he is doing is a charlatan". gravity's rainbow is next on my to-read list
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- nsrivast 16y agoWhat a great list! It contains 8 books I've read, all of which have been fantastic. So I think I'll make my way through the rest (maybe skipping the OED).
- arfrank 16y agoI just quickly analyzed the list by year, and plotted it out by decade and it seems to be slightly skewed to the latter part of the 20th century. This sort of bias isn't surprising considering when the article is written and more importantly that there has definitely been a significant increase in the number of publications in recent times. Graph: http://i.imgur.com/B4Lqt.png http://i.imgur.com/B4Lqt.png Data: 1900-1909 1 1910-1919 3 1920-1929 6 1930-1939 10 1940-1949 11 1950-1959 11 1960-1969 15 1970-1979 15 1980-1989 20 1990-1999 13
- linhir 16y agoI've always been annoyed that the list doesn't include one of the foundational books of modern statistics/casual inference, such as Ronald A. Fisher's The Design of Experiments (1935). What do people think are some books from 2000-2010 that might make such a list in 2100?