The Science of Can and Can't: A Physicist’s Journey Through the Land of Counterfactuals
By: Chiara Marletto
3.69
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A luminous guide to how the radical new science of counterfactuals can reveal the full scope of our…
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1. On the Plurality of Worlds
By: David Kellogg Lewis
4.19
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
This book is a defense of modal realism; the thesis that our world is but one of a plurality of wor… read more
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"We can imagine the impossible, provided we do not imagine it in perfect detail and all at once."-David Kellogg Lewis, On the Plurality of Worlds
2. The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
By: David Deutsch
4.18
Format: 487 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestseller: A provocative, imaginative exploration of the nature and progress o… read more
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3. Last and First Men
By: Olaf Stapledon
4.35
Format: None pages, Paperback
"No book before or since has ever had such an impact upon my imagination," declared Arthur C. Clark… read more
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4. The Joy of x: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity
By: Steven H. Strogatz
2.70
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A world-class mathematician and regular contributor to the New York Timeshosts a delightful tour of… read more
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5. Matter (Culture, #8)
By: Iain M. Banks
3.35
Format: 520 pages, Paperback
In a world renowned within a galaxy full of wonders, a crime within a war. For one brother it means… read more
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6. The Outer Limits of Reason: What Science, Mathematics, and Logic Cannot Tell Us
By: Noson S. Yanofsky
4.19
Format: 234 pages, Hardcover
Many books explain what is known about the universe. This book investigates what cannot be known. R… read more
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7. The State of the Art (Culture, #4)
By: Iain M. Banks
4.35
Format: None pages, Paperback
The first ever collection of Iain Banks' short fiction, this volume includes the acclaimed novella,… read more
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8. Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
By: Charles T. Munger , None
4.42
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
EXPANDED THIRD EDITION includes Charlie's 2007 USC Law School Commencement address. Edited by Peter… read more
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"What are the secret of success? -one word answer :"rational"-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
"The best armour of old age is a well spent life preceding it."-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
"The best armour of old age is a well spent life perfecting it."-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
"How to find a good spouse? -the best single way is to deserve a good spouse."-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
9. The Fabric of Reality: The Science of Parallel Universes--and Its Implications
By: David Deutsch
3.50
Format: 306 pages, Paperback
For David Deutsch, a young physicist of unusual originality, quantum theory contains our most funda… read more
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10. Relativity: The Special and the General Theory
By: Albert Einstein , Robert W. Lawson , Nigel Calder
4.08
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
An accesible version of Einstein's masterpiece of theory, written by the genius himself According t… read more
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11. The Character of Physical Law
By: Richard P. Feynman , James Gleick
4.64
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In the Messenger Lectures, originally delivered at Cornell University & recorded for TV by the BBC,… read more
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12. Being You: A New Science of Consciousness
By: Anil Seth
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Being You is not as simple as it sounds. Somehow, within each of our brains, billions of neurons wo… read more
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13. The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality
By: William Egginton
4.28
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A poet, a physicist, and a philosopher explored the greatest enigmas in the universe—the nature of … read more
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14. Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
By: Carlo Rovelli
4.08
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A startling new look at quantum theory, from the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physi… read more
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"But structures are processes are not there so that organisms can survive and reproduce. It is the other way round: organisms survive and reproduce because these structures have happened to gradually …"-Carlo Rovelli, Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
"Credo che uno dei grandi errori che fanno gli esseri umani quando tentano di capire qualcosa sia volere certezze. La ricerca della conoscenza non si nutre di certezze: si nutre di una radicale assenz…"-Carlo Rovelli, Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
"In qualunque angolo dell'universo troviamo vertiginosi pozzi di strati di realtà. In questi strati siamo riusciti a riconoscere regolarità, sulle quali abbiamo raccolto informazione rilevante per noi…"-Carlo Rovelli, Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
15. Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe
By: Steven H. Strogatz
4.30
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
Without calculus, we wouldn’t have cell phones, TV, GPS, or ultrasound. We wouldn’t have unraveled … read more
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"For reasons nobody understands, the universe is deeply mathematical. Maybe God made it that way. Or maybe it’s the only way a universe with us in it could be, because nonmathematical universes can’t …"-Steven H. Strogatz, Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe
"With the star up above and the blackness of space, I can't avoid feeling awe. How could we, Homo sapiens, an insignificant species on an insignificant planet adrift in a middleweight galaxy, have man…"-Steven H. Strogatz, Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe
16. The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't
By: Julia Galef
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
When it comes to what we believe, humans see what they want to see. In other words, we have what Ju… read more
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"At the end of the day, we're a bunch of apes whose brains were optimized for defending ourselves and our tribes, not for doing unbiased evaluations of scientific evidence. So why get angry at humanit…"-Julia Galef, The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't
"The scout isn’t indifferent. A scout might hope to learn that the path is safe, that the other side is weak, or that there’s a bridge conveniently located where his forces need to cross the river. Bu…"-Julia Galef, The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't
17. Prophet
By: Sin Blaché
3.68
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Daring, surprising and superbly plotted, this is a fresh, thrilling page-turner from a dynamic new … read more
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"He looks at Rao. Turns in his seat and looks. Sunil Rao, bane of Adam's career, world saver, royal pain in the ass, and genuinely the love of Adam's life."-Sin Blaché, Prophet
18. Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
By: Sabine Hossenfelder
3.92
Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “An informed and entertaining guide to what science can and cannot t… read more
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"Sometimes the only scientific answer we can give is 'We don't know."-Sabine Hossenfelder, Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
"Today I think they don't teach the principle of least action in school because then everybody would go and study physics."-Sabine Hossenfelder, Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
"There are no exact metaphors, not for quantum mechanics and not for anything else, because if they were exact, they wouldn't be metaphors."-Sabine Hossenfelder, Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
"Instead of thinking of ourselves as selecting possible futures, I suggest we remain curious about what's to come and strive to learn more about ourselves and the universe we inhabit."-Sabine Hossenfelder, Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
19. Beginners: The Joy and Transformative Power of Lifelong Learning
By: Tom Vanderbilt
3.67
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The best-selling author of Traffic and You May Also Like now gives us a thought-provoking, playful … read more
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"That word, which has an almost entirely pejorative meaning today as a hopelessly superficial dabbler, is derived from the Italian dilettare, which means “to delight."-Tom Vanderbilt, Beginners: The Joy and Transformative Power of Lifelong Learning
"A gulf was opening. Unless you were a professional, you were a mere dilettante or an "amateur." And what did this loaded word originally signify? "To love," derived from the French aimer. With the in…"-Tom Vanderbilt, Beginners: The Joy and Transformative Power of Lifelong Learning
"Children, in a very real sense, have beginners’ minds, open to wider possibilities. They see the world with fresher eyes, are less burdened with preconception and past experience, and are less guided…"-Tom Vanderbilt, Beginners: The Joy and Transformative Power of Lifelong Learning
20. The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion
By: Sean Carroll
3.96
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The most trusted explainer of the most mind-boggling concepts pulls back the veil of mystery that h… read more
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21. The Science of Can and Can't: A Physicist’s Journey Through the Land of Counterfactuals
By: Chiara Marletto
3.69
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A luminous guide to how the radical new science of counterfactuals can reveal the full scope of our… read more
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