Will they please stop publishing great books!

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There is no such thing as a bad book only "bad" readers.
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Wow... you've been posting a lot of egotistical nonsense on this thread and nitro has responded in an exemplary fashion, calm and measured.

But here, you are just way over your head. There are plenty of bad books.

I can't remember seeing someone post here about whom it was so clear that they had a very very high opinion of themselves. You're almost as egotistical as I am :)
 
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you should give a synposis of each book you recommend. to simply say "read it" is without any value to the prospective reader. why should we bother? give us a reason..

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That is not an unreasonable suggestion. Most of the links already have reviews at Amazon from well informed readers.

However, all I am hoping to do here is to post ideas for good reading, not to convery value or that I am trying to convince you to bother to read them. This thread is more self indulgance than anything else, and as a side effect I share that excitement. I hope to create enough interest that it gets you into a bookstore or library and cracking the books open to see if you like it. I hope you don't just get it from Amazon. Go into the bookstores and browse around with these books maybe as a starting point in your search.

That journey is as important as the destination.

nitro
 
I have not read this one, but it was recommended to me by someone that says that this book would be a great addendum to "Nickled and Dimed":

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/15...273032/ref=sr_1_1/104-5965513-3271144?ie=UTF8

nitro
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A short book that can be read in one sitting:

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (Paperback)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805063897/002-8215686-0829648?v=glance&n=283155&v=glance

People on ET talk about lots of abstract politics that has little to do with the day to day life of most people. The solution (political ?) of this problem would hit home to several million people in this country.

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"The Trouble With Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next (Hardcover)
by Lee Smolin"

http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0618551050/ref=s9_asin_title/102-5936774-3189741

A must read. Lee Smolin is a careful and accurate teacher. And he comes off a super nice guy. And I love his writing style. I wish that PBS would have Lee do a special on the competing candidates for a theory of Quantum Gravity (Loop Quantum Gravity vs M-Theory vs Spinors etc.) I think he would do as good a job if not better than Michael Green.

Probably the most exciting book of the year to me.

nitro
 
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