My thinking list - puplic wishlist
Explore a curated public wishlist of thought-provoking books, including Does God Play Dice by Ian Stewart, Wasted by Marya Hornbacher, and Forbidden Archeology—spanning science, history, and memoir.
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Does God Play Dice
by Ian Stewart
The revised and updated edition includes three completely new chapters on the prediction and control of chaotic systems. It also incorporates new information regarding the solar system and an account of complexity theory. This witty, lucid and engaging book makes the complex mathematics of chaos accessible and entertaining. Presents complex mathematics in an accessible style. Includes three new chapters on prediction in chaotic systems, control of chaotic systems, and on the concept of chaos. Provides a discussion of complexity theory.
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Scientific Literacy and the Myth of the Scientific Method (Illini Books)
by Bauer, Henry H.
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Wasted
by Marya Hornbacher
The author shares her lifelong battle with bulimia and anorexia, chronicling her secret life of bingeing and purging and her obsession with food and body image, substance abuse, and sex.
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Forbidden Archeology
by Michael A. Cremo
Over the centuries, researchers have found bones and artifacts proving that humans like us have existed for millions of years. Mainstream science, however, has supppressed these facts. Prejudices based on current scientific theory act as a knowledge filter, giving us a picture of prehistory that is largely incorrect.
