SICP? How to win friends amd influence people? Math textbooks? Either everyone here is an incredible savant, or it's been too long since you were 14 to rememb

SICP? How to win friends amd influence people? Math textbooks? Either everyone here is an incredible savant, or it's been too long since you were 14 to remember what it was like. Looking at my own path, I agree with many of the SF suggestions (intelligent fiction of any kind os the best way to start, IMO). For me, Micheal Crichton was a huge boost to my early interest in science, objectivity, problems with the media, etc. I suspect Neil DeGrasse Tyson is a similar figure for today's generation (The new Cosmos is a great and entertaining introduction to the most fascinating aspects of the natural world).