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Poem about the dash between birth and death on a gravestone

  • The Bob
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What Are Your Thoughts on Tolstoy's A Confession?

  • dekoi
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What do you think about these two textbooks?

  • Wong
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The Elegant Universe: Superstring Theory Explained for Layman

  • Mentat
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Stories about trees and flowers

  • Vance
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What do you think of Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel?

  • Adam
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Have you read 'The Genome' by Matt Ridley? A physicist's take on genetics.

  • Alliance
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The most interesting physics book

  • kurious
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Pls suggest Best Book on Maxwell

  • praveen
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The large, the small and the human mind

  • meteor
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Just Two Good Books – (With Comments Enclosed)

  • Tigers2B1
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Science and fantasy book recommendations for Singapore

  • recon
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Are We All Natural-Born Cyborgs?

  • Mentat
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About quantum mechanics textbook

  • guo_xiaobo
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Tenenbaum and Pollard's Ordinary Differential Equations textbook review

  • zeronem
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Brian Greene's new book: worth reading?

  • Peter Pan
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Fiction Books: Interesting Stories Requested

  • Deniel
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What Are Some Possible Truths About Life's Meaning?

  • Kerrie
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How Do You Approach Unique Physics Problems?

  • Gokul43201
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The Best Poem - What do you Think?

  • quddusaliquddus
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Barton Zwiebach's "A First Course in String Theory": Info & Review

  • selfAdjoint
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Best introductory analysis book?

  • DarkEternal
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Books on the physics of sound and electrical circuitry.

  • wasteofo2
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What are some recommended audio/video resources for learning physics?

  • thermonuclear
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How Does Use and Disuse Influence Evolution in Darwin's Theory?

  • nautica
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Laws of Form" by G. Spencer-Brown: Is It Worth a Read?

  • mercmisfire
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My Review of Stephen Wolfram's "A New Kind of Science

  • laserblue
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Who are your favorite authors in both nonfiction and fiction?

  • Imparcticle
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Dictionary of symbols across cultures and disciplines

  • honestrosewater
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Is Dr. David R. Hawkins' Power vs. Force Credible?

  • SeveredNebula223
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Quantum Field Theory: A Modern Introduction

  • rick1138
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Comparing Halliday, Resnick & Walker vs Halliday, Resnick & Krane physics texts

  • ElectroPhysics
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What Are the Best Easy-to-Read Science Books?

  • deltabourne
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What is the best introduction to representations of elementary particles?

  • Alamino
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Is Scientific American Online Worth Subscribing To?

  • physicsisphirst
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Comprehensive cosmology textbook recommendations

  • hellfire
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Sharing science and math ebooks and papers

  • DeepSky
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Any recommendations on easy to read books about The Big Bang

  • nautica
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“The Demon Haunted World”, by Carl Sagan review

  • MirabileAuditu
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Which book would you take to an isolated island

  • Chen
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Share books that changed your perspective

  • quddusaliquddus
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What classic books are you reading?

  • Xiox
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Is Mu Alpha Theta's Problem Solving Text Worth It for Competition Math Prep?

  • Ebolamonk3y
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Euclid's Window by Leonard Mlodinow

  • Mentat
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Warning - Poetry Shortens Your Life

  • Ivan Seeking
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Looking for free science Online Books

  • RuiMonteiro
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A Critique of “Cosmos” by Carl Sagan

  • MirabileAuditu
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What insights can Flatland offer about understanding higher dimensions?

  • Mentat
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How u guys find pdf,docs,or textbooks over the internet?

  • peter308
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Hardest Shakespeare books to read

  • Dooga Blackrazor
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Do You Have Sagan's Ebooks in Ebook Format?

  • garagegraphyx
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Find Pictures of "Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe

  • franz32
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Slaughterhouse-Five review: time travel and mortality

  • Lrdmora
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Carlos Castaneda's "Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Life"

  • Gale
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The Book of Nothing: Reader's Opinion?

  • Morgan
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K.C. Cole's Book "First You Make a Cloud" - Reader Reviews

  • photon
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Killing Freud: 20th-century culture and the death of psychoanalysis

  • Carlos Hernandez
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Is Lord of the Rings worth reading?

  • Hypercase
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The Da Vinci Code Book by Dan Brown

  • Kerrie
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What are the benefits of using Scheme/Lisp for programming?

  • The Grimmus
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What Shakespeare plays should I read next?

  • maximus
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Why do fantasy writers set stories with elves and dwarves in the Middle Ages?

  • devil5_advocate
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What are some recommended physics textbooks for a grade 12 student?

  • PiRsq
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Master Problem-Solving with G.Polya's How to Solve It Book

  • Moni
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How Does Three Roads to Quantum Gravity Simplify Complex Concepts?

  • meteor
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Is Stephen King Finally Finishing the Dark Tower Series?

  • Zantra
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Good introductory book on quantum physics

  • benzun_1999
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Intermediate-level science books for physics graduates

  • cragwolf
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How Things Work by David Macaulay

  • RuroumiKenshin
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Online Technical Engineering Books - Find the Best Resources Here

  • sayhaitopalani
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Where Can I Find Collisonal Physics Thesis on Atomic Hydrogen Ionization?

  • schwinger55
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How many books have you read this year?

  • maximus
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Physics - for scientists and engineers vol. 2

  • anomaly
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Graham Hancock's books on lost civilizations and archaeology

  • Beren
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Who writes Sci Fi? Who tries or would like to?

  • Ivan Seeking
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Is Universe In A Nutshell the Best Book for Understanding Theoretical Physics?

  • RuroumiKenshin
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Recommended books on energy

  • Astrophysics
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Which Book to Read First: Smolin's Quantum Gravity or Wolfram's New Science?

  • MathematicalPhysicist
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Constructive criticism on fiction

  • Pyrite
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Comparing Dummies and Idiots Books for Learning

  • Dagenais
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Need Mathematica for Understanding Motion Mountain Textbook?

  • Grover
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Is Science Fiction My Favorite Fiction Genre?

  • Nicool003
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Isaac Assimov: The Greatest S-F Author of All Time?

  • Ace-of-Spades
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Physics meets philosophy at the Planck scale by Callender and Huggett

  • marcus
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Looking for Math Books with a Theoretical Twist?

  • LakeMountD
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Is Julian Barbour's The End of Time worth reading?

  • Mahlonslee
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Why Is Syme Enthusiastic About Rewriting Newspeak Dictionary in 1984?

  • kyle_soule
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Redemption from Egotism by Richard Rorty

  • RageSk8
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Book review here is for Hyperspace

  • Eh
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Disappointing Schrodinger Cat Book Review: Vipers' 4/10 Rating

  • Viper
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Anguished English: A Riotous Look at Bloopers and Blunders

  • Mentat
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Why did McCaffrey call them Talents in the Pegasus trilogy?

  • Mentat
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Sci-fi book about cloning or robotics for interstellar travel

  • false_prophet
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I need a book about relativity.(what would you advice)

  • string_theory
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