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20 Science Books Every Scifi Fan (and Writer) Shold Read
io9.com — You can't have great science fiction writing without great books about science. Some of these books are well-known, and you will no doubt have heard of them. Others made it onto the list for exploring scientific discoveries that are less well-known but are nevertheless inspiring and mind-blowing. I've listed them in chronological order
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- SaintDogbert, on 04/29/2008, -4/+3These aren't all science books, but there's enough good ones on the list to give it a Digg.
- fabiosantos99, on 04/30/2008, -3/+2interesting
- dougvfr750, on 04/30/2008, -2/+3Totally agree
- craighoxton, on 04/30/2008, -1/+5Excellent list - reading Simon Singh's Code Book helped me enjoy Neal Stephenson's Necronomicon even more. And Carl Sagan's Cosmos is a must-read.
- walom, on 04/30/2008, -0/+2Code Book is a good read. You should also check out Stephenson's Cryptonomicon, also really good.
- rootneg2, on 04/30/2008, -0/+3yeah, Singh's book was indispensable deciphering the means to summon the Old Ones.
- heypetray, on 04/30/2008, -0/+1Made me think of this:
http://pbfcomics.com/archive_b/PBF130-Book_World.g ...
- bosssmiley, on 04/30/2008, -1/+1Good list, but David Landes "Wealth & Poverty of Nations" is far superior to Diamond's "Guns, Germs & Steel".
- blast_flame, on 04/30/2008, -1/+2Get rid of animal liberation, replace it with the singularity is near.
- ghidorahnotweak, on 04/30/2008, -0/+2Illegal Beings is a law book, not a science book, but since it's about cloning I think it counts.
- ironicsans, on 04/30/2008, -6/+21 Great Tech Tool Every Digg Submitter Shold Use: Inline Spell-check.
- Platinumwolf, on 04/30/2008, -0/+2— it's as if he's written a robotics guide for science fiction fans who want to know what could really, plausibly happen if robots were to revolt. Plus, there are a lot of tips for avoiding being killed by robots, which is always helpful.
Dugg for avoiding death by killer robot :) And because there are other good books on here of course. - DRINKxREDxBULL, on 04/30/2008, -1/+120 Philosophy Books Every Atheist Should Read
- fasda, on 04/30/2008, -1/+1Philosophy- a series of beliefs strung together that are subjective from person to person
Science- a series of facts found through empirical method arranged in a way to form a testable verifiable pattern that can be confirmed through further experimentation
I hope you see which category these books fall in to
- fasda, on 04/30/2008, -1/+1Philosophy- a series of beliefs strung together that are subjective from person to person
- SmellyFingers, on 04/30/2008, -5/+2Should*
Buried for topic creator being a retard.- scallon, on 04/30/2008, -0/+1Yay for burying good content because of a typo! *thumbs up*
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