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Einstein: His Life and Universe

by Walter Isaacson (Goodreads Author)

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What is Life? (Canto Classics) by Erwin Schrödinger

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None of his writings possesses more of this quality than his short classic What is Life? – which, as I now realize, must surely rank among the most influential of scientific writings in this century. It represents a powerful attempt to ...more

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Series)

by Neil deGrasse Tyson

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“Genius is nothing more nor less than childhood recaptured at will.”
― Charles Baudelaire, The Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays

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“To exist in this vast universe for a speck of time is the great gift of life. Our tiny sliver of time is our gift of life. It is our only life. The universe will go on, indifferent to our brief existence, but while we are here we touch not just part of that vastness, but also the lives around us. Life is the gift each of us has been given. Each life is our own and no one else's. It is precious beyond all counting. It is the greatest value we can have. Cherish it for what it truly is.”
― Terry Goodkind, Confessor

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