Books Recommended by Eric Weinstein
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Heraclitean Fire
Sketches from a Life Before Nature
Erwin Chargaff
Source: "When I heard that there was somebody who bet against Watson and Crick, I thought, 'well, this is just gonna be the laugh of the century.' But it turned out, just to short those guys required another genius." - Eric Weinstein
1 recommenderZero to One
Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Peter Thiel
Source: "If you really understand something that the rest of the world is confused about, and it’s an important truth, [this book] says here are all the ways you might want to make that work." - Eric Weinstein
All the Trouble in the World
The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty
P. J. O'Rourke
Source: "Politics aside, I envy more of his sentences than of anyone else writing today." - Eric Weinstein
1 recommenderA Comprehensive Introduction to Differential Geometry (5 books)
Michael Spivak
Source: Eric Weinstein recommended this series on Twitter.
1 recommenderScience Since Babylon
Derek De Solla Price
Source: Eric Weinstein recommended this book at a Sam Harris event in Boston.
1 recommenderThe Emperor of Scent
A Story of Perfume, Obsession, and the Last Mystery of the Senses
Chandler Burr
Source: "A wonderful introduction to how the dissident voice is marginalized." - Eric Weinstein
1 recommenderPrison Diary
Jayaprakash Narayan
Source: "I suggest [this book] for this moment in our democracy." - Eric Weinstein
1 recommenderThings Hidden Since the Foundation of the World
Rene Girard
Source: Eric Weinstein tweet about books that mattered enough to him.
2 recommendersThe Theoretical Minimum
What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics
Leonard Susskind
Source: Eric Weinstein tweet about books that mattered enough to him.
1 recommender- 3 recommenders
Not Even Wrong
The Failure of String Theory and the Search for Unity in Physical Law for Unity in Physical Law
Peter Woit
Source: Eric Weinstein tweet about books that mattered enough to him.
1 recommenderNecessary Illusions
Thought Control in Democratic Societies
Noam Chomsky
Source: Eric Weinstein tweet about books that mattered enough to him.
1 recommenderA History of Economic Theory
Classic Contributions, 1720-1980
Jürg Niehans
Source: Eric Weinstein tweet about books that mattered enough to him.
1 recommenderI Always Look Up the Word Egregious
Maxwell Nurnberg
Source: Eric Weinstein tweet about books that mattered enough to him.
1 recommenderThe Strangest Man
The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom
Graham Farmelo
Source: Eric Weinstein tweet about books that mattered enough to him.
2 recommendersSave The Cat!
The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
Blake Snyder
Source: Eric Weinstein tweet about books that mattered enough to him.
The Whole Shebang
A State-of-the-Universe(s) Report
Timothy Ferris
Source: Eric Weinstein tweet about books that mattered enough to him.
1 recommenderAccounting for Tastes
Gary S. Becker
Source: Eric Weinstein tweet about books that mattered enough to him.
1 recommenderEat the Rich
A Treatise on Economics
P. J. O'Rourke
Source: Eric Weinstein tweet about books that mattered enough to him.
1 recommenderThe True Believer
Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
Eric Hoffer
Source: Eric Weinstein tweet about books that mattered enough to him.
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