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great litt le pitch that says, “The only book used in both grade
school and graduate school.” It’s true. It’s all
simple physics
puzzles that can be explained to a twelve-year-old child and
can be explained to a twenty-five-year-old grad student in
physics. They all have fundamental insights in physics. They’re
all kind of tricky, but anyone can
get to the answer through
purely logical reasoning. [4]
The Lessons of History by Will and Ariel Durant
This is a great book I really like
that summarizes some of the
larger themes of history; it’s very incisive. And unlike most
history books, it’s
actually really small, and it covers a lot of
ground. [7]
The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the
Information Age by James Dale
Davidson and Lord William
Rees-Mogg
This is the best book I’ve read since
Sapiens (far less main-
stream, though).
Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Wit and
Wisdom of Charles T. Munger by
Charlie
Munger (edited by Peter Kaufman)
This masquerades as a business book,
but it’s really just Charlie Munger (of
Berkshire Hathaway)’s advice on overcoming oneself to live a
successful and virtuous life. [7] [80]
Reality Is Not What It Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity
by Carlo Rovelli
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This is the best book I’ve read in the last year. Physics, poetry,
philosophy, and history packaged in a very accessible form.
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