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11 Jun 2021, 9:05 pm

I’m sure this has been asked before - but here’s an updated post.

Does anyone have any non fiction book recommendations?



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11 Jun 2021, 9:12 pm

Do you have a topic in mind?


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11 Jun 2021, 9:57 pm

Well Since we all Love Cosmology.

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https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Com ... frontcover



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11 Jun 2021, 10:45 pm

the long walk by slavimir rawicz

its an amazing story of survival.



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11 Jun 2021, 11:53 pm

funeralxempire wrote:
Do you have a topic in mind?


I like science, space, primates, neuroscience, anything about the brain, anatomy, medicine, chemistry. Pretty much anything science/space related I’m interested in. I’m
Open to anything non fiction though.



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11 Jun 2021, 11:53 pm

The_Znof wrote:
Well Since we all Love Cosmology.

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https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Com ... frontcover


Very nice! Will check it out.



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16 Jun 2021, 11:22 pm

Brainiac42 wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
Do you have a topic in mind?


I like science, space, primates, neuroscience, anything about the brain, anatomy, medicine, chemistry. Pretty much anything science/space related I’m interested in. I’m
Open to anything non fiction though.


The Knife Man: Blood, Body Snatching, and the Birth of Modern Surgery by Wendy Moore

Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla by Marc j Seifer

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird

I enjoyed all of them, but the first was a little disturbing, that doctor was definitely a bit of a sociopath at least thats my assumption after reading the book. I mean he was clearly a genius but I could never do those things even in the pursuit of science and saving lives.

This isn't a book but I thought I'd add it. The movie Radioactive on Amazonprime. It's about marie curie, me and my family really enjoyed it.


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17 Jun 2021, 1:11 am

"Sapiens" by Yuval Noah Harari

"How the Mind Works" by Steven Pinker

"The Greatest Show on Earth" by Richard Dawkins

"Fooled by Randomness" by Nassim Taleb

"The Black Swan" by Nassim Taleb

"Anti-Fragile" by Nassim Taleb


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17 Jun 2021, 1:23 am

Oh I forgot to add another really great book I'm currently reading:

"Hacking Darwin" by Jamie Meltzl


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