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Memories, Dreams, Reflections

Carl Jung, James Cameron Stewart, et al.

4.7 on Amazon

3 HN comments

The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket

Benjamin Lorr

4.4 on Amazon

3 HN comments

Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia

Christina Thompson

4.6 on Amazon

3 HN comments

Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries

Safi Bahcall, William Dufris, et al.

4.6 on Amazon

3 HN comments

Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder

Richard Louv

4.6 on Amazon

3 HN comments

Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe

Robert Lanza and Bob Berman

4.4 on Amazon

3 HN comments

Organic Chemistry

Paula Bruice

4.4 on Amazon

3 HN comments

The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes

Donald Hoffman, Timothy Andrés Pabon, et al.

4.4 on Amazon

3 HN comments

Language at the Speed of Sight: How We Read, Why So Many Can't, and What Can Be Done About It

Mark Seidenberg

4.6 on Amazon

2 HN comments

A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence

Jeff Hawkins, Richard Dawkins - foreword, et al.

4.4 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Math with Bad Drawings: Illuminating the Ideas That Shape Our Reality

Ben Orlin

4.6 on Amazon

2 HN comments

The Art of Invisibility: The World's Most Famous Hacker Teaches You How to Be Safe in the Age of Big Brother and Big Data

Kevin Mitnick

4.5 on Amazon

2 HN comments

The Big Fat Surprise (Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet)

Nina Teicholz

4.6 on Amazon

2 HN comments

The Lost Words

Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris

4.8 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Teaming with Nutrients: The Organic Gardener’s Guide to Optimizing Plant Nutrition

Jeff Lowenfels

4.8 on Amazon

2 HN comments

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kolinkoonDec 28, 2020

I used:
- Vincent’s Racaniello virology iTunesU course (viruses exploit all biology systems to hack the body)
- introduction to Genetics on inkling

Many people also recommend the book „Cell”.

You will also want to start with a first few chapters of Organic Chemistry from any course/book

thrweo42343onNov 2, 2020

Is there anything new here ? I remember reading about the negative EROEI of ethanol back in school (~ 15y back) in 'Organic Chemistry by Morrison & Boyd'.

JunkDNAonMar 28, 2009

I recall spending hundreds of dollars a semester on books. I distinctly remember my Organic Chemistry text was well in excess of $100. The cost of a computer amortized over the entire college experience is not a whole lot compared to other costs. For most people, a netbook would be able to get the job done. It might not be ideal, but you could make it work. Even for CS majors, you could just use a netbook and fire up an EC2 small instance if you needed something more powerful. You can get a lot done on EC2 before hitting the price of two slices of pizza and a coke.
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