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Any recommendations on what is good to read in science, math, etc books meant for a general audience. For example, Song of the Cell was recently mentioned to m

• Jun8 3y ago
  I found David Deutsch’s Beginning of Infinity worldview changing.
• enkid 3y ago
  Song of the cell is quite good, as are his other books. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs is an excellent intro to paleontology. The Story of Earth is an excellent introduction to Geology.
• cthalupa 3y ago
  I'm a big fan of Carlo Rovelli's books. I don't know if loop quantum gravity is true, but if it is he provides very entertaining and understandable explanations of the ramifications if it does end up being correct. It will have interesting implications for time and human existence, and he isn't afraid to tackle the philosophical portions of it without getting preachy. The Order of Time is my favorite from him.
  • vehemenz 3y ago
    I second this. Helgoland was incredible. More physicists need to be taking relational quantum mechanics seriously. Not so much because it's true—whatever that would mean—but because so many physicists struggle with the intuition and find the interpretation so unsatisfying. Deep down, physicists are metaphysicians at heart, and they need to be shaken to their core if they find something like the many-words interpretation compelling.