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Re:Climbing the cosmic distance ladder: Terence Tao book ann... by geertj on Sunday October 11, 2020 @08:29AM (#24745334)
> with the tentative format being non-technical chapters interspersed with some more mathematical sections to give some technical details

Looking forward to trying out this format. I like popular science books but it usually leaves me unsatisfied because I feel the actual story was hidden from me. Are there examples of other books that follow this format?

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Re:Climbing the cosmic distance ladder: Terence Tao book ann... by dunce2020 on Sunday October 11, 2020 @08:57AM (#24745460)
"The Theoretical Minimum" series by Susskind.
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Re:Climbing the cosmic distance ladder: Terence Tao book ann... by dunce2020 on Sunday October 11, 2020 @11:01AM (#24746228)
Naked Money/Naked Statistics/Naked Economics by Wheelan.
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Re:Climbing the cosmic distance ladder: Terence Tao book ann... by djohnston on Sunday October 11, 2020 @10:08AM (#24745884)
Godel Escher Bach
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