God's Debris by Scott Adams

Gödel, Escher, Bach

Fuck yeah.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, seriously.

On The Shoulders Of Giants - Hawking

ANYTHING BY RICHARD DAWKINS

>>403245
The ones about SCIENCE are good, the ones about religion suck.

>>403255
The ones about religion are fucking great, why didn't you like them?

>>403255

That is because anytime we have to use Science to disprove Fairies people get butt hurt.

Amazing book.

>>403264
>>403266
He's right about religion but his science ones are much better.

>>403281
I've got that, it's in my book que but is it very good?

>>403281

Got that lined up next... Also recently finished emperors new mind.

>>403300
>>403291

oh snap!

>>403307
??????

>>403291
It's a hard call. You won't get as much out of it if you don't have the math, but if you do have the math it's quite possible you already know a good deal about what's in it.

Still, there are some really excellent elucidations. My only real gripe is that it's not nearly as comprehensive as I'd been expecting. There is a tradeoff here because he does spend about half of the book going over the math involved, which is also worthy.

Richard Dawkins gets butthurt too easily by religion to take anything he says seriously.

Richard Feynman - Surely Joking Mr. Feynman!

>>403309
HURR DURR

>>403300
Thankfully he refrains from that kind of (what I presume to be) nonsense in The Road to Reality. I haven't read The Emperor's New Mind, but the motivation behind it turns me off.

Why does everyone hate richard dawkins?

This guy seems pretty delicious.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFjoEgYOgRo&feature=related

>>403318
But dat gene man, dat fucking gene.

>>403332
He's strayed out of his field, and has been showing off his ignorance. He was way better before.

>>403332
Because he looks disturbingly similar to Emma Watson?

>>402940
read it
>>402964
read it
>>403207
skip it, by a biology book, and read the chapter on evolution (like 30 pages long)
>>403242
history is pretty useless and hawking just wants notoriety for his big bang theory
>>403268
read it. it is very well-structured in light of how much it covers.
>>403281
not recommended. it tries to cover too much

Flatland.

Pic very related.

Really anything by Carl Zimmer. Great popular science author.

You're all small time. Learn to read scientific papers first then read the primary research.

>>403359

fucking chubby chaser

>>403345
His job was the public understanding of science, if that means knocking down ideas that magic man made all of it then that's fine with me.

This hasn't been posted? I must be posting in a troll thread.

>>403372
yeah because reading journal articles is my idea of a fun, relaxing read.

>>403408
gay

/sci/ is full of mainstream borefags

>>403408
Nah, you're posting a troll in a thread. Slight difference. IHBT.

>>403345
>>403345

Oh, you mean he talks about things outside of his expertise?

>>403408

Fabric of the cosmos is better-a

A pretty good read and probably the only book with language dumbed down for creationists.

>>403426

Dawkins has issues letting people live their own lives. He's no different than a religious zealot.

Anyone read and god created integers?

>>403387

She's "healthy"!

Maybe this will be more to your tastes, if you get my drift...

>>403349
The only part of this post I agree with is the bit about Origin.

>>403434
He has issues with letting people believe shit and teach their kids shit so their kids will be taught shit and believe in magic men. It is not enough that the people who want to be are smart, the people who don't want to be have to be to.

>>403475

>>403434
No different alright!

>>403475

So, you think it's right for some kid instead of having truth(science), shoved down his throat to have relgion(fantasy), shoved down his throat?

>>403487
laughingelf.jpg

>>403502
Please restructure that sentence so I can understand it.

I've always considered myself more of a history nerd over a science nerd. This book bridged the gap for me.

Bloody populist books.
Experimental Methods, Kirkup!

>>403518

Which is better?

1. Having the truth(scientific theory), or as close to it as we can get, shoved down your throat.

B. Having fantasy shoved(religion) down your throat. Which pretty much contradicts it's self since their are so many different religions. All of them can't possibly be correct.

>>403540

Fact or not, Christianity serves its function quite well; it gives many people the foundation necessary to lead healthy and productive lives. Live and let live.

>>403556
lol, good one anon

>>403567

=P

>>403556

Required for any science major.

>>403587
WTF. Didn't upload my image.

>>403556
>>403556

"Good luck, for your sake I hope heaven and hell
are really there, but I wouldn't hold my breath."
You wasted life, why wouldn't you waste death?
You wasted life, why wouldn't you waste death?

>>403556

yeah cus thats what christians do, live and let live.....wait a minute....

>>403593

Never said I was Christian. I just see religion as a means to structure a society.

>>403540
Having science shoved down your throat, it's like you have a choice to be raped by one of two huge cocks, one of them, the religion one has aids and it will be bare back, the other one, science, doesn't have aids and will also use a condom.

>>403606

>>403610

>>403610

And the dick of science will also be very gentle.
>>403606
>>403606

Dude, I never said you were christian.

I've had my fucking fill of layman level science books. Anyone recommend anything meatier?

>>403638

Mah bad

Anything by Isaac Asimov. (I'm not referring to his science fiction, but that is fine too.)
Richard Feynman's Lectures on Physics (and anything else with his name on it.)
Synaptic Self (Joseph LeDoux.)

Bertrand Russell - Principles of Mathematics, Principia Mathematica is a good to have handy when you are considering breaking math.
Modern Logic (Normal L. Thomas) - probably not the very best book on the subject, but it is quite good and easy to learn from.

>>403657
>>403657

I can't find Richard Feynman's Lectures on Physics. Is it only a book? Or is it like taped or something?

A text book but fucking brillant

if your doing a degree in physics this will save your life

>>403610
indeed, but still shut the fuck up

>>403670
3 books.

http://scienceblogs.com/builtonfacts/2008/10/the_bible_of_physics.php

Virus of the Mind should be read by every one on a 4chan science board.

I would also recommend "The Beginner's Guide to Scientific Method" Stephen Carey. As well as any beginning Algebra text book.

If the people on this board who are here to actually talk about science read those two books the quality of posts here would improve immensely.

>lol can i have that pic where pi is proven to equal 3?

http://4chanarchive.org/brchive/57646/Required+Reading+/

>>403712
Heh, I remember that thread.

>>402940
>>I'd say no trolling
>>Give Richard Dawkin's "The Selfish Gene" as a must-read

Sigh, biased Scientific literature is not a 'must read'. Richard Dawkin's is a smart man, but he's no author.

I recommend Alastair Reynold's Revelation Space. Very enjoyable book whether you're a fan of science or not.

>>403743

forget that 'is'

>>403743

/sci/ brofist for Alastair Reynolds

>Richard Dawkins on the first post

lol troll or little kid

sage for anti-religion shit

moot needs some mods

>>403670
http://jsomers.net/papers/feynman-lectures-on-physics/

I wish /sci/ wasn't full of these moronic anti Dawkins trolls

>>403813
nobody recommended the god delusion you idiot, this is a book about biology.

>>403834
this.

>>403817
>>403817

Thank you very much anon.

Russell was well-versed in science and he puts it in perspective, maybe more for the mathfags

Not strictly /sci/ but more relevant to /sci/ than any other board:

Steve Grand - Creation

Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman (to understand why we have a collective hard on for Richard Feynman)

Demon Haunted World (to understand why we have a collective hard on for Carl Sagan)

A Short History of Nearly Everything (to understand why we have a collective hard on for science)

Bonk (to understand why we get collective hard ons)

For the raging man boner /sci/ has for carl sagan...

WHERE THE FUCK IS COSMOS

Death From the Skies by Phil Plait

find out all the probable (and improbable) ways the world could end

>>405375
Ehh, after watching the series, the book (word for word at times from the series) is good to have around to look up a specific quote, or browse the pictures. Hell I even used it to brush up on the glycolosis cycle.

By no means a must read, but I would definitely recommend this book.

It's a stange book filled both with physics knowledge and eastern philosophy.

It does at times delve into metaphysics, but they do a good job informing you when they are about to do so.

>>403408
>>403408
>>403408

Brian Greene is a String theorist piece of trash.

>>405789
stop hating. He is a very smart lad, regardless of your opinions on string theory.

>>405804
Aside from writing a pop sci book, what has he done?

Itzhak Bentov's book "Stalking The Wild Pendulum" Its a weird hybrid between string theory and new age. Basically we exist at infinite speeds, that pulsate in and out existence here on Earth and out into the infinite reaches of space. But the pulsation happens at such fast speeds, that we're unaware of it. Pick it up, its a good read

>>405998
Sounds like a trip, and I don't mean that in a good way.

>>406022

and this

>>406015
Its good shit, read it fag

>>406095
String theory and newage? Good? You're kidding right?

>>406102
Nature gave much to us but at the same time, always allowed for us to be killed.

>>406168
not a good read, after genisis it gets really boring, and the plot really sucks and is very predictable. Plus there is alot of stuff in it that is unrelavent to the rest of the story

>>406186
y so retarded

>>406315
you so silly, i was being serious, read the whole bible, like you would anyother novel, and you find out it sucks as a read. All the characters are so 1-d, and the plot sucks.

>>403491
you are right

>>406168
goddamn it I was waiting for that

Does anyone know of any books on Holonomic Brain Theory?

>>406379
christfag...THIS IS /SCI/ GTFO!!!

>>406504
Um, I think you mistook his meaning.

>>406517
could be...

>>405375

>>403606
Atheists have done a lot of stupid stuff in the past, though arguably not over their atheism.
>>403491
Well, it is a structuring tool. Just not a good one.

>>403817
>>403817
>>403817

Fucking THIS

Also this

>>403381

I implore all of you to read this.

>>403681
>In which a Dawkins fanboy tries to pass off social Darwinism as science.

Ideas do not evolve. That is an abuse of biology and the book is trash.

>>403556
<facepalm>

>>408573
you would be surprised that progress, advancement and evolution are the same word in Greek "εξέλιξη"

the concept is the same for all similar situations (almost like a counterbalancing law to entropy) though it happens by different mechanisms

it is expressed for open systems tending to increase in complexity and organising as time passes

and NO it does not violate the 2nd law of thermodynamics as all these systems are open to external energy income

Pale Blue Dot, Origin Of Species, Elegant Universe, Consciousness Explained, etc.

>>402964

Essential reading for anyone who wants to try really hard to appear "sciencey". Provides the perfect mental masturbation material, in between bouts of memorizing digits of pi, and posting on the xkcd fora.

>>403524

Ask any A.T. thru-hiker: 'Bill Bryson is a candy-ass'.