Re:Ask HN: Which non-fiction books changed your life?
by steerpike on Sunday November 29, 2015 @11:17PM
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Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius - some of the greatest words penned on living a simple, elegant life. I'm more of an Epicurus fan now, but this book made me a Stoic for quite a long time.
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter, by Richard Feynman - for someone who never got science, this book was a beautiful revelation of just how extra-ordinary our natural world is.
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century, by Barbara Tuchman. Probably the best history book I've ever read. There's a reason the woman won two Pulitzer's - such a fantastic writer.
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter, by Richard Feynman - for someone who never got science, this book was a beautiful revelation of just how extra-ordinary our natural world is.
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century, by Barbara Tuchman. Probably the best history book I've ever read. There's a reason the woman won two Pulitzer's - such a fantastic writer.