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Looks like a random sampling. My personal favourites: The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell The Ascent of Man by Jacob Bronowski The Pleasure of Finding Thing

by stiff 13y ago

Looks like a random sampling. My personal favourites: The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell The Ascent of Man by Jacob Bronowski The Pleasure of Finding Things Out by Richard Feynman Little Dieter Needs to Fly by Werner Herzog

dredmorbius 13y ago
A good list, at least based on the first three (which I've seen and/or heard a great deal about).
ordinary 13y ago
The Ascent of Man is amazing. It's old, somewhat outdated, very slow... but amazing. I rewatch it at least once a year.
- 3stripe 13y ago
  My parents have the book at home. Loved reading it when I was a kid. In another career...
cypherpunks01 13y ago
The first thing I did was search the 300-item list for "The Power of Myth". Little Dieter is really great too, thanks for the list.
- hansjorg 13y ago
  Interesting aside, much of TPM was filmed at George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch. From Wikipedia: > Campbell and Lucas became friends when Lucas publicly acknowledged the influence Campbell's writings had on the development of his hugely successful film "Star Wars." Campbell expresses great enthusiasm for this film; a film that he says conforms to classical mythological legends.
WickyNilliams 13y ago
I love The Ascent of Man. Bronowski's presentation style and the camera work (e.g. a wide shot of some landscape with Bronowski narrating then you notice actually he's a couple of hundred metres in the distance walking by) amuses me to no end, but it's a great watch. I haven't heard of the others you list, so I'll check them out, thanks. Some of my favourites: Microcoosmos Anything by David Attenborough Capturing The Friedmans Anything by Louis Theoroux The Music of the Primes (this was technically a 3 part series, but it's a great look at the mathematicians who have tried to find the secret to the prime numbers, most of whom drove themselves insane) The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique - a documentary about political activist/musician, great watch

by stiff 13y ago

dredmorbius 13y ago

A good list, at least based on the first three (which I've seen and/or heard a great deal about).

ordinary 13y ago

The Ascent of Man is amazing. It's old, somewhat outdated, very slow... but amazing. I rewatch it at least once a year.

3stripe 13y ago
My parents have the book at home. Loved reading it when I was a kid. In another career...

cypherpunks01 13y ago

The first thing I did was search the 300-item list for "The Power of Myth". Little Dieter is really great too, thanks for the list.

hansjorg 13y ago
Interesting aside, much of TPM was filmed at George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch. From Wikipedia: > Campbell and Lucas became friends when Lucas publicly acknowledged the influence Campbell's writings had on the development of his hugely successful film "Star Wars." Campbell expresses great enthusiasm for this film; a film that he says conforms to classical mythological legends.

WickyNilliams 13y ago

I love The Ascent of Man. Bronowski's presentation style and the camera work (e.g. a wide shot of some landscape with Bronowski narrating then you notice actually he's a couple of hundred metres in the distance walking by) amuses me to no end, but it's a great watch. I haven't heard of the others you list, so I'll check them out, thanks. Some of my favourites: Microcoosmos Anything by David Attenborough Capturing The Friedmans Anything by Louis Theoroux The Music of the Primes (this was technically a 3 part series, but it's a great look at the mathematicians who have tried to find the secret to the prime numbers, most of whom drove themselves insane) The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique - a documentary about political activist/musician, great watch