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Pop Science Recommended Reading

  • 16-08-2018 07:19PM
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    Fathom
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    The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics. By Penrose and Gardner. Dated at 2002, but useful. Steal This Computer Book 4.0 by Wallace Wang. Also dated 2006, but interesting read. CompTIA security+ study guide. Web and Internet details. Security focus.


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    Fathom
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    Popular Science is an American quarterly magazine carrying popular science content, which refers to articles for the general reader on science and technology subjects.


  • #3
    igCorcaigh
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    Anything by Nick Lane, on the topic of evolutionary biology.

    My all time favourite though: Godel Escher Bach by Douglas Hoffstader.


  • #4
    Fathom
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    Scientific American is an American popular science magazine.


  • #5
    Manach
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    "The Pebbles on the Beach" - a guide to the geology of pebbles on a beach. So far an interesting read.


  • #6
    Fathom
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    Manach wrote: »
    "The Pebbles on the Beach" - a guide to the geology of pebbles on a beach. So far an interesting read.
    Book Review: The geology of pebbles and the poetry of onshore phenomena in a beautifully produced guide, first published in 1954.


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    Fathom
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    RADIUM GIRLS By Kate Moore.


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