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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I would take out his #2 as the others pretty much
cover it. I would substitute "The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas
Adams to remind us that we are just ridiculous and the Universe is
stranger than we even guess.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Debi Robinson-Smith</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=donaldrose@cpcinternet.com
href="mailto:donaldrose@cpcinternet.com">Rosemary Huskey</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, December 23, 2014 5:36
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Book list</DIV>
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<H1><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal">I
admire Neil deGrasse Tyson enormously so I was interested in his reading
list. I don’t agree with all of his choices, and although I find his
one-liners funny I don’t necessarily agree with some of them either. I
am curious what V2020 members would recommend as the five books every
intelligent person should read.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H1>
<H1><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Rose
Huskey<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H1>
<H1><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><A
title="Permanent Link to Neil deGrasse Tyson Lists 8 (Free) Books Every Intelligent Person Should Read"
href="http://www.openculture.com/2011/12/neil_degrasse_tyson_8_books_every_intelligent_person_should_read.html">Neil
deGrasse Tyson Lists 8 (Free) Books Every Intelligent Person Should
Read</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></H1>
<P class=byline><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 13pt">in <EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><A
href="http://www.openculture.com/category/audio_books">Audio Books</A>, <A
href="http://www.openculture.com/category/books">Books</A>, <A
href="http://www.openculture.com/category/e-books">e-books</A>, <A
href="http://www.openculture.com/category/physics">Physics</A></SPAN></EM> |
December 21st, 2011 <A
title="Comment on Neil deGrasse Tyson Lists 8 (Free) Books Every Intelligent Person Should Read"
href="http://www.openculture.com/2011/12/neil_degrasse_tyson_8_books_every_intelligent_person_should_read.html#comments">390
Comments</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><A
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 13pt">A
Reddit.com user <A
href="http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/ngd5e/i_am_neil_degrasse_tyson_ama/c38vowu?context=2">posed
the question to Neil deGrasse Tyson</A>: “Which books should be read by
every single intelligent person on the planet?”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Below,
you will find the book list offered up by the astrophysicist, director of
the Hayden Planetarium, and popularizer of science. Where possible, we have
included links to free versions of the books, all taken from our <A
href="http://www.openculture.com/freeaudiobooks">Free Audio Books</A> and <A
href="http://www.openculture.com/free_ebooks">Free eBooks</A> collections. Or
you can always download a professionally-narrated book for <U>free</U> from
Audible.com. <A href="http://www.openculture.com/audible">Details
here</A>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 13pt">If
you’re looking for a more extensive list of essential works, don’t miss
<EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><A
href="http://www.openculture.com/2011/07/the_harvard_classics_a_free_digital_collection.html">The
Harvard Classics</A></SPAN></EM>, a 51 volume series that you can now download
online.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 13pt">1.)
<EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">The Bible
</SPAN></EM>(<A href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10">eBook</A>) –
“to learn that it’s easier to be told by others what to think and believe than
it is to think for yourself.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 13pt">2.)
<EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">The System of the
World</SPAN></EM> by Isaac Newton (<A
href="http://www.archive.org/stream/newtonspmathema00newtrich/newtonspmathema00newtrich_djvu.txt">eBook</A>)
– “to learn that the universe is a knowable place.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 13pt">3.)
<EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">On the Origin of
Species</SPAN></EM> by Charles Darwin (<A
href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2009">eBook</A> – <A
href="http://librivox.org/the-origin-of-species-by-charles-darwin/">Audio
Book</A>) – “to learn of our kinship with all other life on
Earth.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 13pt">4.)
<EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Gulliver’s
Travels</SPAN></EM> by Jonathan Swift (<A
href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/829">eBook</A> – <A
href="http://www.archive.org/details/gulliver_ld_librivox">Audio Book</A>) –
“to learn, among other satirical lessons, that most of the time humans are
Yahoos.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 13pt">5.)
<EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">The Age of Reason
</SPAN></EM>by Thomas Paine (<A
href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3743">eBook</A> – <A
href="http://www.archive.org/details/age_reason_0910_librivox">Audio Book</A>)
– “to learn how the power of rational thought is the primary source of freedom
in the world.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 13pt">6.)
<EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">The Wealth of
Nations</SPAN></EM> by Adam Smith (<A
href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3300">eBook</A> – <A
href="http://www.archive.org/details/wealth_nations01_se">Audio
Book</A>) – “to learn that capitalism is an economy of greed, a force of
nature unto itself.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 13pt">7.)
<EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">The Art of
War</SPAN></EM> by Sun Tsu (<A
href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/132">eBook</A> – <A
href="http://www.archive.org/details/art_of_war_librivox">Audio
Book</A>) – “to learn that the act of killing fellow humans can be raised
to an art.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 13pt">8.)
<EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">The Prince
</SPAN></EM>by Machiavelli (<A
href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1232">eBook</A> – <A
href="http://www.archive.org/details/prince_pa_librivox">Audio
Book</A>) – “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.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Tyson
concludes by saying: “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.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 13pt">He has
also added some more thoughts in the comments section below,
saying:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Thanks
for this ongoing interest in my book suggestions. From some of your
reflections, it looks like the intent of the list was not as clear as I
thought. The one-line comment after each book is not a review but a statement
about how the book’s content influenced the behavior of people who shaped the
western world. So, for example, it does no good to say what the Bible “really”
meant, if its actual influence on human behavior is something else. Again,
thanks for your collective interest. -NDTyson<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><A
href="http://www.openculture.com/2011/12/neil_degrasse_tyson_8_books_every_intelligent_person_should_read.html">http://www.openculture.com/2011/12/neil_degrasse_tyson_8_books_every_intelligent_person_should_read.html</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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