Glaucon

These books are all FREE.

Neil deGrasse Tyson Selects the Eight Books Every Intelligent Person on the Planet Should Read
In December of 2011, Neil deGrasse Tyson – champion of science, celebrator of the cosmic perspective, master of the soundbite – participated in Reddit's Ask Me Anything series of public questions and answers. One reader posed the following question: "Which books should be read by every single intelligent person on the planet?" Adding to history's notable reading lists – including those by Leo Tolstoy, Alan Turing, Brian Eno, David Bowie, Stewart Brand, and Carl Sagan – Tyson offers the following eight essentials, each followed by a short, and sometimes wry, statement about "how the book’s content influenced the behavior of people who shaped the western world":

1. The Bible (public library; free ebook), to learn that it's easier to be told by others what to think and believe than it is to think for yourself
2. The System of the World (public library; free ebook) by Isaac Newton, to learn that the universe is a knowable place
3. On the Origin of Species (public library; free ebook) by Charles Darwin, to learn of our kinship with all other life on Earth
4. Gulliver's Travels (public library; free ebook) by Jonathan Swift, to learn, among other satirical lessons, that most of the time humans are Yahoos
5. The Age of Reason (public library; free ebook) by Thomas Paine, to learn how the power of rational thought is the primary source of freedom in the world
6. The Wealth of Nations (public library; free ebook) by Adam Smith, to learn that capitalism is an economy of greed, a force of nature unto itself
7. The Art of War (public library; free ebook) by Sun Tzu, to learn that the act of k*****g fellow humans can be raised to an art
8. The Prince (public library; free ebook) by Machiavelli, to learn that people not in power will do all they can to acquire it, and people in power will do all they can to keep it
If you read all of the above works you will glean profound insight into most of what has driven the history of the western world.

cesspool jones Loc: atlanta

i thought you read playgirl magazine.

elk6x6 Loc: In the bushes by your house.

2 more books you can get free and should read.

1. Cabelas 2014 / 2015 Winter Sports Catalogue.

2. Your states 2015 Hunting and Fishing Regulations.

no propaganda please Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun

I would add to that list Why Nations Fail and the Road to Serfdom which are generally available at your local library or even as audio books.

elmer

That is what big government want you to do. Read your kind of books so will be dumb down and won't interested in what they are doing to you and all the rest. By the time you figure it out, then it will be to late.

Glaucon

Tyson added a sentence to each suggested book to indicate what the purpose for reading the each book would be. Who wrote the Road to Serfdom and what would the reader get from the book?

cesspool jones Loc: atlanta

they would get where this country iz going...you braindead moron.

Glaucon

I sense from your response that you are cute--the iz for is---and that you haven't read any of these books or would be capable of understanding them if you attempted to read them.

Sicilianthing

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Prettymuch !

Homestead

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6. The Wealth of Nations (public library; free ebook) by Adam Smith, to learn that capitalism is an economy of greed, a force of nature unto itself
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Obviously you haven't read the, "Wealth of Nations," by Adam Smith.
Adam Smith was a Historian that looked through history with an eye towards economies.

As Issac Newton thought the falling of an apple represented something basic and more profound, within the universe, than the event itself, Adam Smith noticed that there were certain financial principles at play throughout the history of the world.

When Nations followed certain principles, there was success within the society. When those societies ignored those principles, there was financial collapse and failure.

To understand that Mr. Glaucon, you'd have to read his book, understand it and then you'd have to know your history to grasp the context of it.

Something you are not capable of.

cesspool jones Loc: atlanta

i do like the first one you mentioned. have you read 'green eggs and ham'?

America Only Loc: From the right hand of God

For a clear picture of facts and events that Obama has planned for,. you can simple read any book on how to be a muslim, or c****e. Or you can do what top democraps have been doing for years...read comic books.

archie bunker Loc: Texas

Wasn't that one written by some famous Dr.?

cesspool jones Loc: atlanta

right on mulberry street located in springfield, mass.

VladimirPee

Tyson should stick to science. Anyone who hasn't read the C*******t Manifesto by Karl Marx has no understanding of the western world.