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Math/Science/philosophical Leisure reading books

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ben.tien

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Nov 7, 2010

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Can anyone recommend any leisure reading books related to math/science? i.e. elegant universe by brian greene or feynman, etc.

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Nov 8, 2010

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I am reading two right now that are pretty good, although definitely more on the "leisure" side of things:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0767908171/?tag=pfamazon01-20

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0385495323/?tag=pfamazon01-20

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ben.tien

Nov 13, 2010

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The Code book by Simon Singh sounds interesting and I've read the Big Bang by him as well. Thanks.

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