Hey experts, recommend a book from your field

[Anonymous No.15307674]

So, I desire to get a basic idea of the things that defines our world and living. Like, after my studies in laws I feel like I understand (world) events and their impacts so much better (I worked a while before I studied).

Please, if you are an expert in any field and feel like a certain book would help an outsider to understand the world or the corresponding field, share (History, Physics, Biology, Arts, Craftmanship, Medicine, etc.).

Thank you very much.

I´ll start off with something not specifically my field but I am working in management:

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahnemann

[Anonymous No.15307834]

Naked Economics by Charles Wheelan is an easy read and will give you a halfway decent layman's understanding of mainstream academic economics

[Anonymous No.15307869]

Communication skills for mental health nurses.

If you want general thinking concepts from different fields, look up Farnham street blog and their book on general thinking concepts.

[Anonymous No.15307967]

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Weber to understand core of religious studies

[Anonymous No.15308047]

Thorkild Jacobsen's The Treasures of Darkness is both an incredibly accessible look into Mesopotamian religion and a study on the general interpretation of mythology as a whole.

Walt Whitman's Song of Myself should be read before reading any other american poetry-one of the first free verse experts discussing an american ideal summed up best with "Every atom belonging to me/as good, belongs to you."

[Anonymous No.15308174]

A Sand County Almanac is a great read to get acquainted with ecological philosophy. The real stuff that people actually use -- not the gay ecofash twitter shit.

[Anonymous No.15308214]

How fuck white 16 yr old hoes while selling crack outta the back of a VW Bus - Malcolm Douglas PHD MDD ADD IVID

[Anonymous No.15308224]

Early Greek Concept of the Soul - this is a good book for understanding religion and the spiritual essence of the soul. Akso good for Greek theology, mythology and the afterlife

[Anonymous No.15308227]

>>15307674
Are you at all interested in mathematics? If so, I would like to suggest David Hilbert's masterpiece "Geometry and the Imagination".
It introduces basic concepts in mathematics in a very beautiful way and even provides insight into some topics that working mathematicians can be surprised by. All written to be accessible to the general audience. It's great!

[Anonymous No.15308231]

>>15307674
>Physical Rehabilitation by O'Sullivan

It's fucking huge.

[Anonymous No.15308948]

>>15307869
This looks interesting. I will also have a closer look at the podcast.

>>15308227
Sure. Somebody else recommened me already the shape of space by Jeffrey Weeks

[Anonymous No.15308960]

>>15307834
How does this compare with Basic Economics by Sowell?

[Anonymous No.15309091]

>>15308960
Basic economics should be instead be called "Understanding the tenets of economic libertarianism"

[Anonymous No.15309127]

I'm a psychologist.

Read The Bell Curve.

[Anonymous No.15309666]

Handbook of Attachment, Shaver & Cassidy

Attachment theory may be one of the most interesting theories there is in psychology.

[Anonymous No.15309701]

>>15307674
Static & Dynamic Electricity by Smythe
Classical Mechanics by Goldstein
Quantum Mechanics by Bohm
Am a physicist in case it weren't obvious

[Anonymous No.15309711]

>>15309701
Oh sorry I forgot these aren't really accessible to the layman.
Roger Penrose and David Bohm's popular stuff are good. Gribbin's Schrödinger's Cat and Schrödinger's Kittens are both good as well.

[Anonymous No.15309725]

>>15309091
So you haven't read it, nevermind.

[Anonymous No.15309745]

>>15307834
>mainstream academic economics
Which is complete garbage.

[Anonymous No.15310275]

It is interesting which fields are represented in this thread.

[Anonymous No.15310433]

>>15307674
Honestly, any archaeological or geological book about physical sciences and practices are helpful, along with books about procedure.

Mostly I've seen people in my field fawn over books on artifacts from the region/time of their professional interest.

Pic related and Hume's other works are mostly what I see