Books by Tag

physics

Surely Youre Joking, Mr. Feynman!

Adventures of a Curious Character
Richard P. Feynman 1985

When I read it June 2021. Part and first of the biographies I intended to read. Is this really a biography?

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neuroscience

Elastic

The power of flexible thinking
Leonard Mlodinow 2019

When I read it Early august 2021 (still going at the time of writing).

The Brain

The story of you
David Eagleman 2016

We think color as a fundamental quality of the world around us. But in the outside world, color does not actually exists.

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Physics

The Strangest Man

The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Quantum Genius
Graham Farmelo 2009

Beautiful account

The Man Who Changed Everything

The Life of James Clerk Maxwell
Basil Mahon 2003

Dry and factual Biography of one of the greatest minds of 19th century.

Physics and Philosophy

The Revolution in Modern Science
Werner Heisenberg 1958

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Greek History

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Religion

The Darkening Age

The Christian Destruction of the Classical World
Catherine Nixey 2017

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WW2

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brain

Elastic

The power of flexible thinking
Leonard Mlodinow 2019

When I read it Early august 2021 (still going at the time of writing).

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Star Trek

The Physics of Star Trek

with a foreword by Stephen Hawking
Lawrence Krauss 1996

When it all fits together… pt. 2

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calculus

Fermat’s Last Theorem

The story of a riddle that confounded the world's greatest minds for 358 years
Simon Singh 2011

Cubum autem in duos cubos, aut quadratoquadratum in duos quadratoquadratos, et generaliter nullam in infinitum ultra quadratum potestatem in duos ejusdem nom...

Infinite Powers

The story of Calculus, the language of the Universe
Steven Strogatz 2019

I wonder why I am knowing about this stuff only now!

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Consciousness

Darwin’s Dangerous Idea

Evolution and the Meanings of Life
Daniel Dennett 1995

A monumental book. Very dense, very challenging, but really worth the effort.

The Future of the Mind

The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance and Empower the Mind
Michio Kaku 2014

Remarkable yes, great not sure. Let us say interesting…

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Machine Learning

Hello World

How to Be Human in the Age of the Machine
Hannah Fry 2018

Very light…

Artificial Intelligence

A Guide for Thinking Humans
Melanie Mitchell 2019

Just right

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Jekyll

Welcome to Jekyll!

You’ll find this post in your _posts directory. Go ahead and edit it and re-build the site to see your changes. You can rebuild the site in many different wa...

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Welcome to Jekyll!

You’ll find this post in your _posts directory. Go ahead and edit it and re-build the site to see your changes. You can rebuild the site in many different wa...

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Economy

Talking to My Daughter

A Brief History of Capitalism
Yanis Varoufakis 2013

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Biology

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thinking

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History

The Darkening Age

The Christian Destruction of the Classical World
Catherine Nixey 2017

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Uncertainty Principle

Physics and Philosophy

The Revolution in Modern Science
Werner Heisenberg 1958

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Copenhagen Interpretation

Physics and Philosophy

The Revolution in Modern Science
Werner Heisenberg 1958

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Quantum Physics

Physics and Philosophy

The Revolution in Modern Science
Werner Heisenberg 1958

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multiverse

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anthropic principle

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inflation

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biographies

Surely Youre Joking, Mr. Feynman!

Adventures of a Curious Character
Richard P. Feynman 1985

When I read it June 2021. Part and first of the biographies I intended to read. Is this really a biography?

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evolution

The Selfish Gene

40th Anniversary Edition (2016)
Richard Dawkins 1976

When I read it I chose not to read this book all at once, but instead looking at specific things at specific times. It was between 2019-21.

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biology

The Selfish Gene

40th Anniversary Edition (2016)
Richard Dawkins 1976

When I read it I chose not to read this book all at once, but instead looking at specific things at specific times. It was between 2019-21.

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brains

The Brain

The story of you
David Eagleman 2016

We think color as a fundamental quality of the world around us. But in the outside world, color does not actually exists.

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reality

The Brain

The story of you
David Eagleman 2016

We think color as a fundamental quality of the world around us. But in the outside world, color does not actually exists.

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internal model

The Brain

The story of you
David Eagleman 2016

We think color as a fundamental quality of the world around us. But in the outside world, color does not actually exists.

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maths

Fermat’s Last Theorem

The story of a riddle that confounded the world's greatest minds for 358 years
Simon Singh 2011

Cubum autem in duos cubos, aut quadratoquadratum in duos quadratoquadratos, et generaliter nullam in infinitum ultra quadratum potestatem in duos ejusdem nom...

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elastic thinking

Elastic

The power of flexible thinking
Leonard Mlodinow 2019

When I read it Early august 2021 (still going at the time of writing).

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teleportation

The Physics of Star Trek

with a foreword by Stephen Hawking
Lawrence Krauss 1996

When it all fits together… pt. 2

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anti-matter

The Physics of Star Trek

with a foreword by Stephen Hawking
Lawrence Krauss 1996

When it all fits together… pt. 2

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Cosmic Radiation Background

The First Three Minutes

A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe - Updated Edition 1993
Steven Weinberg 1977

Seminal book. Seemingly comfortable book to read, it was instead very challenging and to the limit of my understanding given the implied maths knowledge

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Big Bang

The First Three Minutes

A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe - Updated Edition 1993
Steven Weinberg 1977

Seminal book. Seemingly comfortable book to read, it was instead very challenging and to the limit of my understanding given the implied maths knowledge

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Brain

The Future of the Mind

The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance and Empower the Mind
Michio Kaku 2014

Remarkable yes, great not sure. Let us say interesting…

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Quantum Consciousness

The Future of the Mind

The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance and Empower the Mind
Michio Kaku 2014

Remarkable yes, great not sure. Let us say interesting…

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Maths

How to Count to Infinity

Marcus Du Sautoy 2017

Tiny fun book to read while waiting for lunch to be ready, in one go.

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Infinity

How to Count to Infinity

Marcus Du Sautoy 2017

Tiny fun book to read while waiting for lunch to be ready, in one go.

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Electromagnetism

The Man Who Changed Everything

The Life of James Clerk Maxwell
Basil Mahon 2003

Dry and factual Biography of one of the greatest minds of 19th century.

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Evolution

Darwin’s Dangerous Idea

Evolution and the Meanings of Life
Daniel Dennett 1995

A monumental book. Very dense, very challenging, but really worth the effort.

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Darwin

Darwin’s Dangerous Idea

Evolution and the Meanings of Life
Daniel Dennett 1995

A monumental book. Very dense, very challenging, but really worth the effort.

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Neural Networks

Artificial Intelligence

A Guide for Thinking Humans
Melanie Mitchell 2019

Just right

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Paul Dirac

The Strangest Man

The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Quantum Genius
Graham Farmelo 2009

Beautiful account

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Quantum Mechanics

The Strangest Man

The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Quantum Genius
Graham Farmelo 2009

Beautiful account

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