“Deutsch, Taleb, and Feynman mainly. Also Bohr, Schrödinger, Mandelbrot, Chait, Gödel, Rovelli, others (I know, some are mathematicians and some have never written a formal book on philosophy). On the non-physicist Western side, currently reading Schopenhauer.
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“I've got carlo ravelli's new book on pre-order. His last two books are great. If you haven't read those, read both of them. One's on quantum gravity and the other one's just on general physics.
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“Add Carlo Rovelli, Will and Ariel Durant, Osho, Ted Chiang, Cixin Liu, Taleb, Kevin Simler to this:
“Best book I've read in the last year. Physics, poetry, philosophy and history packaged in a very accessible form.
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