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not sure I wanted to stick this in /lit/ or /sci/ but anyone read this? Thoughts? I love Asimov's more science based attempts at story telling. It's more so essays and what I think are attempts at facts.. but some of it is either dated and no longer factual or his best guesses at science of the cosmos. It takes some pretty heavy swipes at religion which I enjoyed

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>>20848358
>t.

>> No.20848402

>>20848392
Fpbp

>> No.20849183

>>20848358
I used to have several paperback books of his collected essays, but let them go years ago - they may have been well-written and even somewhat interesting, but as you say they quickly became out of date and no longer of much use for someone who wants to know the current information.

I also used to have a book of his about using a sliderule, which I also let go and regret it now that I have one. Ah, well ...

>> No.20849221

I've read one of his nonfiction books on astronomy and enjoyed it plenty. Sometimes it is refreshing to read books on science not to learn information but to just savor the exposition of interesting scientific ideas. In that sense, out of date books can be better because the quality and tone of the writing in older popular science is immeasurably superior to that of today, and also the vague melancholic feeling that comes from reading superseded discoveries is neat.

>> No.20849228

>>20849221
Have you ever read Physics and Philosophy by Heisenberg?

>> No.20849257

>>20849228
I haven't, you'd recommend it?

>> No.20849783

>>20849257
Yes