What are you reading now?

**hailtotheking** · 23-03-2007 05:40 PM

For anyone interested, i have "Letter to a Christian Nation" by Sam Harris. Its only 40 pages, and it is an excellent read. PM me your address and i'll send it to you (its in Word document form)

**MJ.23** · 02-01-2012 05:34 PM

As there is a thread for fitness/nutrition literature I decided to bump up an old thread for general books we are reading.

I pretty much stick to scientific books (non fiction mainly) Fictional books never hold my attention.

Books I have read recently which i recommend:

- In search of time - Dan Falk

Personally this was incredibly basic for me, but for an armchair physicist this will be a good read. Well written and a good flow of information.

- Deciphering the cosmic number - The strange friendship of Wolfgang Pauli and Carl Jung. - Arthur I miller (Currently reading)

I purchased this book ages ago and read some of it but then lost the book! I recently found it again and have started it again. Pauli and Jung are two minds on the opposite end of the spectrum, Pauli being a pure born physicist and Jung being a psychoanalyst/philosopher. This is a book centred around their meetings which are incredibly fascinating as each man had a common goal which was to understand the universe around them. It wanders into Jungs' theory of synchronicity which I have been fascinated with for a long time now. Highly recommend.

I am trying to find a rare book which was co authored by Wolfgang Pauli and Carl Jung. It is titled 'The interpretation of nature and the psyche." The ones I have found retail for astonishing prices and if anyone stumbles across one could you please let me know!

- The Principia mathematica, Isaac Newton.

If anyone wants a challenge then here it is. This is a collection of Isaac Newton's work on the mathematical principles of natural philosophy. You need to have a very good understanding of physics and mathematics to even make it past the first page. I feel it is a book which everyone should experience, as the work which it covers is responsible for the entire 17th,18th,19th,20th and 21st centuries discoveries.

- The road to reality - Roger Penrose.

This is a big brute this book. He claims it is aimed at the layman but I would disagree. A lot of the content is mirrored with stuff I covered in my first year degree. Tbh you can probably skip over the mathematical sections and still follow the physics to a good extent. Definately recommend.

- Einsteins' miraculous year - John Stachel

A highly recommended book indeed. An amazing look over Einsteins' 5 most famous papers, as well as a good history behind the man himself. Will make for a very thought provoking read!

Anyone reading anything good?

**Pkant2002** · 02-01-2012 06:40 PM

I recently read "My Story: A Child Called It, The Lost Boy, A Man Named Dave" By Dave Pelzer.

Completly heart breaking and makes you sick to the very bottom as to what some people can do to others, but truley a fantastic read

My Story: A Child Called It, The Lost Boy, A Man Named Dave: Amazon.co.uk: Dave Pelzer: Books

**munch** · 02-01-2012 07:32 PM

1. The lean startup by eric ries - if you want to build your own startup,
2. House of Bush House of Saud - still banned I think, but well worth getting a copy of . Also get the sequel 'The fall of the house of bush"
3. Street Boys - Good book depicting the story of gangs in places like streatham - London
4. The 4 hour body, the guy is insane the amount of stuff he does to his body in order to garner maximum efficiency
5. Secrets of the Pulse - Indian pulse measurements.....still have not managed to find the 21 different pulses
6. The saint, the surfer and the ceo - simply an awesome book, about a guys journey in life, where he meets 3 people, all of whom teach him a lesson

Dan

**sendos** · 02-01-2012 07:42 PM

I've committed myself to reading one book a week in 2012! Alternating between non-ficiton and classical fiction. Currently reading a Tale of Two Cities by ****ens, next on the table is the Greek Myths by Robert Graves. The only issue is that some of the non fiction books are pretty hefty so getting through them and digesting the content may be a bit of a stretch in a week!

**MJ.23** · 02-01-2012 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by sendos

I've committed myself to reading one book a week in 2012! Alternating between non-ficiton and classical fiction. Currently reading a Tale of Two Cities by ****ens, next on the table is the Greek Myths by Robert Graves. The only issue is that some of the non fiction books are pretty hefty so getting through them and digesting the content may be a bit of a stretch in a week!

Quite a goal there. Good luck with it. Might I suggest the Mr men series

There are 49 of them so that is pretty much the entire year covered.