Currently Reading:
| Lord of Light – Roger Zelazny |
Category: Books
Recommended reading
Brian Greene
Octavia E. Butler
| Kindred |
| Lilith’s Brood (Xenogenesis Trilogy) | |
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| Lilith’s Brood: Dawn, Adulthood Rites, and Imago | |
| Earthseed | |
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| Parable of the Sower | |
| Parable of the Talents | |
Avoiding Academic Work
Stanisław Lem
Maritime History
| Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time – Dava Sobel | |
| The Endurance : Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition – Caroline Alexander | |
| The Bounty: The True Story of the mutiny on the Bounty – Caroline Alexander | |
| The Pirate Wars – Peter Earle | |
| The Civil War at Sea – Craig L. Symonds | |
| War at Sea: A Naval History of World War II – Nathan Miller | |
| The Vikings: A History – Robert Ferguson | |
| Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania – Erik Larson |
John Hodgman
Adam Rutherford
Anti-intellectualism
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'” Isaac Asimov, born on this day in 1920 pic.twitter.com/ijhBkxkMfO
— Ray E. Boomhower (@RayBoomhower) January 2, 2020
Newtonian Swag: 2019
| Humanimal: How Homo sapiens Became Nature’s Most Paradoxical Creature―A New Evolutionary History – Adam Rutherford | |
| Medallion Status: True Stories from Secret Rooms – John Hodgman | |
| Terraformer – Thank You Scientist | |
| LEGO Steamboat Willie Building Kit |