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Einstein's Dreams

Alan Lightman

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Fiction: Mordecai Roshwald, Level 7 Alexander Dewdney, The Planiverse Joseph Heller, God Knows Alan Lightman, Einstein's Dreams Non-fiction: Jane Goodall, In the Shadow of Man Gian-Carlo Rota, Indiscrete Thoughts C. S. Lewis, The Discarded Image Michael E. Brown, How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming Robert Kegan, In Over Our Heads Michael Harris, The Atomic Times I may add guilty pleasures like the Legacy of the Force series, but I don't think this is what people here are looking for.
SJMosley
Recommendations: 1) Einsteins Dreams - This book is a quick read, but shows a bunch of different perceptions of time. Fantastic. 2) Rock warriors way - Even if you aren't a climber, I feel like this book has a lot of great lessons about committing without fear. Much more accessible as a climber though. 3) Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art - Quick read, I learned a lot about storytelling in general. 4) Agnotology: The Making and Unmaking of Ignorance - This is a series of essays and the first few were great views into companies creating ignorance in the 50's around smoking and link to cancer. Gets a little dense after a while. Full list: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/18975415-samuel-mosley... (https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/18975415-samuel-mosley?shelf=read-2017)