GREAT Science Books You Should Read
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- Опубликовано: 7 окт 2024
- The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat - Oliver Sacks amzn.to/4dgIUqR
Salt, Sugar, Fat - Michael Moss amzn.to/4bTvPmc
The Making of the Atomic Bomb - Richard Rhodes amzn.to/4fcj1Kt
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers - Mary Roach amzn.to/4dacCh2
When Breath Becomes Air - Paul Kalanithi amzn.to/4cThOpL
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer - Siddhartha Mukherjee amzn.to/3WhJugR
Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer amzn.to/4bX3Py7
Stonehenge - Mike Parker Pearson amzn.to/46eMTBG
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What do You Care What Other People Think? - Richard Feynman amzn.to/3WxtWqL
Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! - Richard Feynman amzn.to/46lfcyr
The Meaning of it All - Richard Feynman amzn.to/4cQW5Pn
The Stranger Beside Me - Ann Rule amzn.to/3LCUaSk
Truth Doesn’t Have a Side: My Alarming Discovery about the Danger of Contact Sports - Bennet Omalu amzn.to/3WvH27Y
Midnight in Chernobyl - Adam Higginbotham amzn.to/46iTEma
Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance - Atul Gawande amzn.to/3SehbP9
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End - Atul Gawande amzn.to/3WyxQQ7
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"The man who mistook his wife for a hat" and "Surely you're joking, Mr Feynman!" were two of my dad's favourites, they sat in his study bookshelf alongside Olaf Stapledon, Isaac Asimov, Philip K Dick and Arthur C Clarke.
Hey Ed unrelated but apparently Orion (the telescope company) completely disappeared from internet they stopped making telescopes too you should look into it, Orion was the budget telescope brand you recommended last year
That's because they're a subset of Meade and Meade filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. They shut down their California store front. And I haven't heard if anyone has bought them out
Yes, Orion, Meade, Coronado. All gone in one fell swoop.
I have been involved in amateur astronomy since the nineties. Hence, your vintage equipment reviews have been very inspirational for me. That said, this has been one of my favorite videos you have launched so far. I thank you so much for recommending such great books.
I am also a very enthusiastic cyclist, so I would be honored to ride with you anytime. And yes, the one on "From Lance to Landis" has caught my attention.
Cheers, and keep these great videos coming. This is such a brilliant community.
Ed, any insight on Orion and Meade Instruments shutting down ?
Hi Ed, this was wonderful. I'm always on the lookout for book suggestions and I would value your suggestions on books just as much as I would on astronomy. With our amazing digital age, I checked my local public library and most of these books were still available and I've now checked out "Midnight in Chernobyl" and a different book by Oliver Sacks called "Hallucinations" because "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat" wasn't available. The books by Ann Rule sound interesting... but I want to be able to sleep at night, so they're on my wish list. Thanks again and this deserves a part 2 in a few months.
Excellent recommendations. I read "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" while serving in the Air Force working the nuclear test monitoring mission. It was very helpful at getting me up to speed on essential concepts.
I also recommend "The Lady Tasting Tea" by David Salsburg about the development of statistical sciences.
Excellent video. Thank you for all the recommendations.
Thanks for the recommendations! I have read several of the books on your list and am now interested in the others.
In this vein I can recommend two other books: Longitude by Dava Sobel - which tells the story of John Harrison and his solution to the problem of determining longitude; Chaos: The Making of a New Science by Jame Gleick - which talks about the revolution in the study of non-linear dynamics, e.g. how complex behaviour can arise from simple interactions.
Longitude is the more approachable, but Chaos is a great read as well.
Gleick also wrote a good biography of Feynman entitled Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman.
Ed, enjoyed your reviews very much; winter is my season for reading books and I look forward to picking up some that you recommended soon. One of my favorites is "Electric Universe" by David Bodanis. I found it fascinating and have read it more than once.
Into Thin Air I bought in Kathmandu in 2007... I just forgot I had it on my shelves... will read it again. Thank you.
Great review Ed. Thank you.
interesting selection, thank you for this list! Its always nice to get to know new science books
I’ve read all but four of those, and I think I’ll check those out. I’ll add that everything Richard Rhodes has written is worth reading. (BTW, “Saved by the bell” is from boxing.)
The composer, Michael Nyman, wrote a short chamber opera about "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat", which was recorded on CBS Masterworks. I'm not sure it's still in print, but fans of modern opera might like to seek it out.
Edit: I just remembered that another version was released fairly recently on the Naxos label, and IS still available. Not as good as the original (with Nyman himself directing and playing the piano), but worth a punt at bargain price.
Interesting list! It was nice seeing a wide range of topics covered, there were several books mentioned that I'll have to checkout.
I actually started The Emperor of All Maladies recently, so it it was cool seeing it mentioned.
I’d add Oliver Sacks’ book “Gratitude” as an end of life complement to “Being Mortal” and “When Breath Becomes Air.” Actually, I’d recommend everything Sacks wrote, and I’d add everything by his partner, Bill Hayes, but especially “The Anatomist; A True Story of Gray’s Anatomy”. Great list. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for the list, Ed! 👍👍
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Great lineup! Here are a few of my recent favorites: Command and Control by Eric Schlosser (terrifying look at safety issues surrounding nuclear weapons), The Body Builders: Inside the Science of the Engineered Human by Adam Piore (fascinating look at new advancements in prosthetics) and Adventures in the Anthropocene by Gaia Vince (a collection of accounts about how different communities around the world are dealing with climate change). PS: The sequel to The Making of the Atomic bomb (Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb) is no slouch either!
One of my favorites is "Facts and Mysteries in Elementary Particle Physics" by Martinus Veltman.
Here are 3 computer books I would recommend
Hackers - By Steven Levy
The Soul of a New Machine - By Tracy Kidder
The Cuckoos Egg - By Cliff Stoll
I enjoyed The Disappearing Spoon, if you’ve ever read that.
That’s a very interesting selection, Ed, and thank you for sharing it. I have copies of several of Feynman’s books and I agree he was an exceptional man and scientist. I shall definitely try a few of the others you mentioned.
Here are three books I would recommend to you and your other viewers.
First: Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R Hofstadter.
Ultimately this deals with the ideas behind Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorem, which turned the world of mathematics on its head in the 1930s. However, it includes sections on many aspects of mathematics, computing, genetics, art and music, and alternates normal chapters with Dialogues between characters including Achilles, a Tortoise and several others that bring out relevant points in an amusing and clever way.
Second: The Earth - An Intimate History by Richard Fortey.
This is a book about our knowledge of the Earth and its geology, and in particular the way discovery of plate tectonics has informed our understanding of how the world as we see it today came into being. It is beautifully written and lives up to the promise of its title.
Third: The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins.
Some of Dawkins’ books get a hostile reception because of his anti-religious stance, but those ideas are completely absent from this book. The subtitle is The Evidence for Evolution, and it is a very accessible and lively account of that evidence from fossils, embryology, genetics and many other areas of science. Some of the arguments he makes were unknown to me before I read it, and of these three it would be the one I would start reading again as soon as I finished it.
Some excellent choices there Ed. I own and recommend "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat," "Stiff," "Into Thin Air," "The Emperor of All Maladies," and all of your Feynman suggestions. "Into Thin Air" was one of the most gripping true adventure books I've ever read, I can't even think of how many people I've recommended that book to. Thanks!
Great choices, sir.
Feynman , The Pleasure of Finding Things Out is also highly recommended . Feynman was simply an astounding individual .
Ignition ! by the late Dr John D Clark , is an absolute gem .
Yet another is The Planet in a Pebble by J. A. Zalasiewicz .
Feyan , The Pleasure of Finding Things Out is also highly recommended . Feynman was simply an astounding individual .
Ignition ! by the late Dr John D Clark , is an absolute gem .
Yet another is The Planet in a Pebble by J. A. Zalasiewicz .
I cannot recommend "What's Gotten Into You: The Story of Your Body's Atoms, from the Big Bang Through Last Night's Dinner" by Dan Levitt enough. It covers so much of scientific history.
Where are Feynman Lectures on Physics and Mathematics by Gullberg?
Do you think science is the end all of everything or do you think there is a spiritual side of life? Thanks!
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looking at the selection here, I would highly recommend "do no harm" by Henry marsh
Thanks, interesting list Here are my two cents to try: K.Mendelssohn The Quest for Absolute Zero (1977) on how the Physics research of extremely low temperatures went; M.Pupin From Immigrant to Inventor (1922) autobiography of famous Mihailo/Michael Pupin, Physicist and engineer most famous for his telephony contributions [Original Serbian title for me speaks more, direct translation would have been From a shepherd boy to a Scientist] ; R.Sheldrake Morphic Resonance (1981) about novel biological theory, so far "fringe science" but that is how real science should work Happy reading!
“The Soul of an Octopus” by Sy Montgomery. You might never eat a cephalapod again. Thanks for the nice list Ed. Just in time for winter in New England!
I'll get that. I remember My Octopus Teacher from a couple of years ago.
Thank You Ed
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I've read both "Midnight in Chernobyl" and "The Making of the Atomic Bomb"; both very good reads.
If only more people would take the time to educate and enrich themselves, we would have a much nicer news cycle than the daily dreck we must now endure.
"Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica", by Isaac Newton.
I appreciate this list. I’ve read about a third of them. I’ll add the others to my ever growing list! Chernobyl is first in the list. I keep that anniversary plus the Exxon Valdez on my calendar as reminders of what can happen. I’m not a Luddite but there is a reality.
Thank you for these recommendations. I'll offer An Immense World by Ed Yong. It is a fascinating report on the sensory mechanisms animals have developed to navigate the world.
Most of them are a bit too morbid for my taste...
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Animal fats are good for you and full of nutrients. You have bought into the big fat lie Ed.
The fat lie was brought in by the sugar industry to distract the population from the real health issues associated with high sugar content in processed foods and soft drinks.
Fats are a critical component of a healthy diet
It's not just animal fat, but salt is also extremely necessary for our diet. Studies have shown that the government is severely understating how much salt we need.
The issue is processed food, not salt.
If you are on a low carb diet, you absolutely need salt and a lot of it to make your body operate at efficiency. Our bodies use salt and magnesium and other elements as electrolytes. And when we sweat, we lose them and they have to be replaced.
Humans have eaten salt for thousands of years without issue. Salt isn't the problem.
@@maethore.8843 Indeed. You are both absolutely correct. Of those three, too much sugar really is bad for you. It causes an inflammatory response in our body and triggers weight gain, amongst other issues. But if you don't have high BP, eat as much salt as you wish. Animal fat is fine as long as you count the calories and don't overdo it. It is metabolized in the body normally, unlike seed oils, etc.