Kas
Fabula rasa
- Joined
- Apr 22, 2015
- Messages
- 2,554
Post non-fiction books you enjoyed. May be science, history, art ,biography, travel etc. - best with link or short description.
PS: If you have found something interesting on string theory or A.N.Whitehead thoughts on philosophy and cosmology (it seems impossible for me to get "Process and Reality") please mention me
Two books I enjoyed a lot during last year were:
"A brief history of time" by Stephen Hawking - It's a classic, so I suppose I don't have to recommend/advertise it, but I was really surprised by the way it's written: relatively simple way still without treating reader from above. I can't say I comprehend everything that was said there, but there was only one moment when I really got lost because met limits of my imagination. I think it's very good introduction to contemporary physics and cosmology.
"The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum" by Temple Grandin- It's interesting position as study of what are the autistic and non-autistic brains like, what is the way they process (usually we see only comparison on how autistic brain is different). I also appreciate the scientific approach and practical advices (based on her own experiences). But mostly there is a lot of freshness in what she says about patterns in the world. It's big advantage of perceiving world in different manner, that we notice different aspects of it.
PS: If you have found something interesting on string theory or A.N.Whitehead thoughts on philosophy and cosmology (it seems impossible for me to get "Process and Reality") please mention me
Two books I enjoyed a lot during last year were:
"A brief history of time" by Stephen Hawking - It's a classic, so I suppose I don't have to recommend/advertise it, but I was really surprised by the way it's written: relatively simple way still without treating reader from above. I can't say I comprehend everything that was said there, but there was only one moment when I really got lost because met limits of my imagination. I think it's very good introduction to contemporary physics and cosmology.
"The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum" by Temple Grandin- It's interesting position as study of what are the autistic and non-autistic brains like, what is the way they process (usually we see only comparison on how autistic brain is different). I also appreciate the scientific approach and practical advices (based on her own experiences). But mostly there is a lot of freshness in what she says about patterns in the world. It's big advantage of perceiving world in different manner, that we notice different aspects of it.