Ask HN: Are books worth it?

Re:Ask HN: Are books worth it? by keiferski on Sunday January 05, 2020 @06:01AM (#21960705)

These are all pseudo, pop-science books. I would recommend reading the works of actual scientists and philosophers directly, or textbooks.

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Re:Ask HN: Are books worth it? by peteforde on Monday January 06, 2020 @08:42AM (#21969024)

This is not a contribution. Telling someone asking for enjoyable books to read to skip bestselling books by Nobel laureates to instead read textbooks, whitepapers and other raw sources makes you sound like a pretentious asshole.

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Re:Ask HN: Are books worth it? by phosfox on Sunday January 05, 2020 @06:40AM (#21960831)

Are there any particular ones you could recommend?

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Re:Ask HN: Are books worth it? by keiferski on Sunday January 05, 2020 @11:58AM (#21962191)

FiveBooks.com is a good place to find books. Here are some relevant lists:

https://fivebooks.com/category/philosophy/

https://fivebooks.com/category/mathematics-and-science/

https://fivebooks.com/category/technology/

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