EPTNo subject is too esoteric, I'd be willing to read about anything as long as the presentation is interesting and engaging. Any suggestions?
Interesting Non-Fiction?
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DoctorHelvetica
United States15034 Posts
No subject is too esoteric, I'd be willing to read about anything as long as the presentation is interesting and engaging. Any suggestions? | ||
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zerodahero
United States358 Posts
Cool book about the way war is being affected by technological changes. | ||
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Headlines
United States482 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i55.tinypic.com/34fia1h.jpg) Amazon link The art of seducing women. Actually picked this book up after someone else had mentioned it in the "2010 - What are you reading?" topic. | ||
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DoctorHelvetica
United States15034 Posts
On September 19 2010 14:32 Headlines wrote: Amazon link The art of seducing women. Actually picked this book up after someone else had mentioned it in the "2010 - What are you reading?" topic. seducing women is on the bottom of the list of things i find interesting or desirable | ||
Zelniq
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Smoothie
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DoctorHelvetica
United States15034 Posts
On September 19 2010 14:38 Zelniq wrote: if you're looking to pass the time, then why not some great fiction? and by fiction I mean epic fantasy.. I would highly recommend A Song of Ice and Fire (soon to become an HBO series) and The First Law series i just picked up a game of thrones actually | ||
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konadora
Singapore66364 Posts
On September 19 2010 14:32 Headlines wrote: FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU- + Show Spoiler + In another note, is freakonomics good? I see that title everywhere. | ||
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DoctorHelvetica
United States15034 Posts
On September 19 2010 14:48 konadora wrote: FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU- + Show Spoiler + In another note, is freakonomics good? I see that title everywhere. yeah, it was really interesting and is a surprisingly light read | ||
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konadora
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DoctorHelvetica
United States15034 Posts
On September 19 2010 15:39 konadora wrote: what is it about? a brief summary please? economics applied to interesting real world situations in ways that are creative i.e using economics to explain an issue like "why drug dealers still live with their moms" very easy to read, you don't need to know shit about econ really | ||
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konadora
Singapore66364 Posts
guess i'll buy it tmr heh, thanks! | ||
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ZERG_RUSSIAN
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The Game is also a really good read, even if you don't like picking up women. It's a really interesting sociological field study and it's not a guide to picking up women. He tells you what he's doing but doesn't encourage you to do it in any way. That's honestly one of the best books I've read as far as non-fiction goes. Freakonomics was like a pop song. Yeah, it was catchy, but it wasn't worth rereading. His other books are. | ||
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konadora
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BroOd
Austin10833 Posts
On September 19 2010 15:55 ZERG_RUSSIAN wrote: If you liked Freakonomics you should read Malcom Gladwell's other books which are 100x better. Blink, The Tipping Point, Outliers, etc. Blink is by far the best one, it's about the power of intuition and snap decisions. The Game is also a really good read, even if you don't like picking up women. It's a really interesting sociological field study and it's not a guide to picking up women. He tells you what he's doing but doesn't encourage you to do it in any way. That's honestly one of the best books I've read as far as non-fiction goes. Freakonomics was like a pop song. Yeah, it was catchy, but it wasn't worth rereading. His other books are. Malcolm Gladwell didn't write Freakonomics | ||
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Kwidowmaker
Canada978 Posts
What is it? It's hard to say. I'm halfway through and I can't place it. Every other chapter is a dialogue between Achilles and his pal the Tortoise, as well as their acquaintances, which is used to introduce topics in the proceeding chapter. The topics include Godel's incompleteness theorem, Escher's art and Bach's music of course, but also Zen Buddhism, hierarchies of meaning, computers, and artificial intelligence. It doesn't presuppose any kind of expertise in any of these, and each is explained and discussed brilliantly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gödel,_Escher,_Bach -e- thinking over my description, I haven't done it any justice. Just fucking read it | ||
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DoctorHelvetica
United States15034 Posts
On September 19 2010 16:37 Kwidowmaker wrote: Godel, Escher, Bach - Douglas Hofstadter What is it? It's hard to say. I'm halfway through and I can't place it. Every other chapter is a dialogue between Achilles and his pal the Tortoise, as well as their acquaintances, which is used to introduce topics in the proceeding chapter. The topics include Godel's incompleteness theorem, Escher's art and Bach's music of course, but also Zen Buddhism, hierarchies of meaning, computers, and artificial intelligence. It doesn't presuppose any kind of expertise in any of these, and each is explained and discussed brilliantly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gödel,_Escher,_Bach -e- thinking over my description, I haven't done it any justice. Just fucking read it That sounds really interesting. I might buy it if I can't find it in a library. | ||
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BroOd
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konadora
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HCastorp
United States388 Posts
Don't know if you are interested in US History, but I just read James McPherson's "Battle Cry of Freedom". It is supposed to be the best one volume history of the Civil War. Its the first history book I've read since school, where I didn't have mush interest in the subject, and I found it really fascinating. | ||
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