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The Less Wrong Sequences by Eliezer Yudkowsky

The Less Wrong Sequences

Eliezer Yudkowsky

1007 pages • first pub 1100 (editions)

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nonfiction philosophy science informative slow-paced
The Sword of Good by Eliezer Yudkowsky
The Sword of Good
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Eliezer Yudkowsky

The Sword of Good

Eliezer Yudkowsky

missing page info • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0perfi's review
fiction fantasy short stories informative slow-paced
The Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard P. Feynman

The Feynman Lectures on Physics

Richard P. Feynman

1552 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

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nonfiction reference science challenging informative slow-paced
Classical Mechanics by Herbert Goldstein, Charles Poole, John Safko

Classical Mechanics

Herbert Goldstein, Charles Poole, John Safko

664 pages • first pub 1950 (editions)

5.0perfi's review
nonfiction science informative slow-paced
Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: With Applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Engineering by Steven Strogatz

Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: With Applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Engineering

Studies in Nonlinearity

Steven Strogatz

528 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0perfi's review
nonfiction mathematics science challenging informative medium-paced
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P. Feynman

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

Richard P. Feynman

352 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

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nonfiction memoir science informative lighthearted medium-paced
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter by Richard P. Feynman

QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter

Richard P. Feynman

158 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

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nonfiction science challenging informative medium-paced
Cosmos by Carl Sagan

Cosmos

Carl Sagan

384 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

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nonfiction science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Contact by Carl Sagan

Contact

Carl Sagan

580 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

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fiction science fiction adventurous inspiring reflective slow-paced
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space by Ann Druyan, Carl Sagan

Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

Ann Druyan, Carl Sagan

381 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

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nonfiction science challenging informative reflective slow-paced