H. L. Mencken
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Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) Confucius Analects (Or click here to hear it on YouTube) Lao Tzu Tao Te Ching (Or click here to hear it on YouTube) Eric Ladizinsky (The individual most responsible for the rich content of this Library page) Magical Science More Magical Science The Ascent of Man by Jacob Bronowski (Video Presentation) Laurence G. Boldt Zen and the Art of Making a Living Albert Camus Wise Arabic Sayings (Desert Wisdom) Aesop (Click here for condensed version of Fables) Aesop's Fables (Or click here to hear it on YouTube) |
Nick Lane
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Why Energy Shapes Evolution, An Essay The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life (Information, Energy, and Living System) Life Ascending: Ten Great Inventions of Evolution Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and The Meaning of Life Erwin Schroedinger Mind and Matter (An early, brilliant definition of life) Yuval Noah Harari Sapiens, A Brief History of Humankind (The most recent work on human origins, and the best.) Douglas Hofstadter Godel, Esher, Bach, The Eternal Golden Braid (A great and stunning work of explanation and understanding that is wholly unique and encompassing.) Davis, Hersh The Mathematical Experience Murray Gell-Mann (Among the greatest minds on Earth) The Quark and the Jaguar (Explorations in the simple and the complex) |
Complexity, A Guided Tour (The most recent worthwhile book on complexity) Richard Feynman Q.E.D. (Quantum Electrodynamics) The Strange Theory of Light and Matter The Meaning of It All   The Character of Physical Laws (Advanced Reading) The Feynman Lectures (Extremely Advanced Reading) |
Programming the Universe The Universe as a Quantum Computer Julian Brown Minds, Machines, and the Mutiverse Hugh D, Young Fundamentals of Waves, Optics, and Modern Physics Paul Davies The Forces of Nature Desmond Morris The Naked Ape (An examination of the character of the human animal) Michael Pollan In Defense of Food (Healthy Eating) Siddhartha Gautama (The Buddah) Eugene Herrigel Zen and the Art of Archery Gabriel Garcia Marquez A Hundred Years of Solitude (Not exactly fiction) Cien Años de Soledad (No es precisament ficción, pero chido lo es) Kahlil Gibran The Voice of the Master (Among other considerations, the disadvantages of power) Miyamoto Musashi 1 2 3 The Book of Five Rings (Journey of a homeless samurai) Lance Fortnow The Golden Ticket P, NP, and the Search For the Impossible |
John C, Taylor
Hidden Unity in Nature's Laws David Berlinski Tour of the Calculus |