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 Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 10:17 pm Post subject: What non fiction books are you reading? |
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I enjoy a good non fiction book a couple times a month. Right now I am looking for Brian Greenes The Elegant Universe. I'm currently reading Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle but I'm almost done. After I finish I'm going to begin reading The Science of Leonardo by Fritjof Capra.
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Currently, The God Delusion. I also just recently purchased From So Simple A Beginning which I'm going to read together with my son.
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I was recently gifted Blink by Malcom Gladwell (which I'm reading right now), as well as a collection of works by the Russian behaviorist Konrad Lorenz. I'm also working through Primate Behavioral Ecology by Karen Strier, the Human Career by Richard Klein, and Natural Selections by David Barash. One that I finished a few months ago that I highly recommend is Baboon Metaphysics by Cheney and Seyfarth.
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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Oliver Sacks.
The tales of musical hallucinations, suddenly acquired musical ability after being struck by lightning, and other mental phenomena are further evidence of the strictly biological basis of our individuality. |
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Dark Nature: A Natural History of Evil - Lyall Watson (quite good)
Has Hawking Erred? - Gerhard Kraus (not so good  )
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| Currently, The God Delusion. I also just recently purchased From So Simple A Beginning which I'm going to read together with my son. |
The God Delusion is a good book and the first of the authors books which I've read. Reading various personal reviews posted on the web concerning the book though I've learned that it no where near one of his best but still a good read in my peronal opinion.
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| I always enjoy reading the stories of Stanislaw Lem, the late Polish author. The most famous one is probably "Solaris", but there are dozens more and maybe even better. I often find that whatever sophisticated idea someone seems to have for a brilliant Sci-Fi movie, you find it already in Lem's stories. Just brilliant. He was the master of combining philosophical lectures of varying degree with intriguing and sometimes even funny or absurd plots. My favourites are: The star daries, Return from the stars, Fiasco, The invincible, The futurological congress |
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| paralith |
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| Dishmaster wrote: |
| I always enjoy reading the stories of Stanislaw Lem, the late Polish author. The most famous one is probably "Solaris", but there are dozens more and maybe even better. I often find that whatever sophisticated idea someone seems to have for a brilliant Sci-Fi movie, you find it already in Lem's stories. Just brilliant. He was the master of combining philosophical lectures of varying degree with intriguing and sometimes even funny or absurd plots. My favourites are: The star daries, Return from the stars, Fiasco, The invincible, The futurological congress |
Those are fiction books. We're talking about non-fiction here.
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Kick ass Paralith! Go girl!
I am currently studying religion as part of my degree so i am reading
The Open University, Christianity, A217 Introducing Religions,
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Woodhead, Linda. Christianity: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press
These Very Short Introductions the Oxford U. Press has released are very good. Small books you can slip in a pocket but packed through with very good information. There's loads of titles in the series across the board!
and i have just been to the library and i am attempting to read:
Jung, Carl Gustav. Modern Man In Search Of A Soul. Routledge.
Always interesting, i love Jung!
Sheldrake, Rupert. The Sense Of Being Stared At. Arrow Books.
Interesting stuff, makes you wonder harder! Sheldrake, a biologist, has done tests on telepathy, proper experiments that have come up with interesting results that definitely point to humans and animals having this capacity. Always good to keep an open mind (But not too open so that....yes...we...know!)
Broks, Paul. Into The Silent Land. Atlantic Books.
Story of a neuropsychologist and his dealings with patients with brain damage with interesting insights on how they perceive the world
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