SOURCE · [1032] · READING LIST
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Recommended by Donald Knuth
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Feynman
“vivid, witty, hilarious, poignant: I laughed, I cried, I learned; demonstrates the unreasonable effectiveness of a graphic novel”
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Mountains Beyond Mountains
“About how Paul Farmer's local and global life combines theory and practice.”
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Lifeline Rule
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The Counterfeit Murder in the Museum of Man
“Delicious caricature of academic follies.”
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The Abominable Man
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Blasphemy
“The best novel to deal with 'science versus religion' that I've ever encountered.”
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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America
“Has graffiti even better than the marginal notes in Concrete Mathematics.”
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The Travels of Ibn Battutah
“Fascinating and eye-opening journal by a 14th-century Muslim scholar.”
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The Story of Civilization: The Age of Faith
Recommended on Knuth's Retrospective recommendations page.