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“When I tried to show him how an electromagnet works by making a little coil of wire and hanging a nail on a piece of string, I put the voltage on, the nail swung into the coil, and Jerry said, “Ooh! It’s just like fucking!”
― Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
― Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
“Confidence is ignorance. If you're feeling cocky, it's because there's something you don't know.”
― Artemis Fowl
― Artemis Fowl
“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality”
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“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool. So you have to be very careful about that. After you’ve not fooled yourself, it’s easy not to fool other scientists. You just have to be honest in a conventional way after that.”
― Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Adventures of a Curious Character
― Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Adventures of a Curious Character
“What we do see depends mainly on what we look for. ... In the same field the farmer will notice the crop, the geologists the fossils, botanists the flowers, artists the colouring, sportmen the cover for the game. Though we may all look at the same things, it does not all follow that we should see them.”
― The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live in
― The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live in
Shiv’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Shiv’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
6,521 books
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109 friends
238 books
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91 friends
36 books
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100 friends
200 books
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133 friends
30 books
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57 friends
29 books
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556 friends
41 books
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182 friends
374 books
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129 friends
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Classics, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Music, Mystery, Psychology, Romance, Science, Suspense, Spirituality, and Thriller
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