Neil deGrasse: Books every intelligent person should readopenculture.com 13 pointserikj5414 years ago5 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−cageface14yWas this list compiled 100 years ago? Surely there must now be better introductions to evolution, philosophy, economics, politics, physics etc. than these original texts.−bunderbunder14yWell, it's a list of free e-books. 100 years is approximately how long it takes for a work of literature to fall into the public domain.−zeroonetwothree14yI've read only 1 of those (out of 500+ books I've read). Oh well, I guess I'm not intelligent.−tzs14yIt's a list of books you should read, not a list of books you should have already read, so you've still got time to qualify. :-)−forensic14yThats a sad list. Provocative, political, vapid, with empty moralizing tacked for the sake of symmetry not substance.Another depressing display of the intellectual poverty of pop science.
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Was this list compiled 100 years ago? Surely there must now be better introductions to evolution, philosophy, economics, politics, physics etc. than these original texts.
Well, it's a list of free e-books. 100 years is approximately how long it takes for a work of literature to fall into the public domain.
I've read only 1 of those (out of 500+ books I've read). Oh well, I guess I'm not intelligent.
It's a list of books you should read, not a list of books you should have already read, so you've still got time to qualify. :-)
Thats a sad list. Provocative, political, vapid, with empty moralizing tacked for the sake of symmetry not substance.
Another depressing display of the intellectual poverty of pop science.