Books Recommended by Ed Cooke
Touching the Rock
John Hull
Source: "The story of a guy who goes blind very, very gradually for 20 years and then finally becomes completely blind. Many interesting things about it." - Ed Cooke
The Sorrows of Young Werther
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Source: "Wonderful story of a young man who falls in love and it doesn't really work out so well." - Ed Cooke
The Age of Wonder
How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
Richard Holmes
Source: Ed Cooke recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.
Maxims and Reflections
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Source: "I read and reread this book." - Ed Cooke
The Joyous Cosmology
Adventures in the Chemistry of Consciousness
Alan Watts
Source: "Well worth the read." - Ed Cooke
In Praise of Idleness
Bertrand Russell
Source: "A great book." - Ed Cooke
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