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Whatever your field of expertise, are there any popular science books you'd recommend that do a good job of presenting it to the public?

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Whatever your field of expertise, are there any popular science books you'd recommend that do a good job of presenting it to the public?

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Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

I’ve been hoodwinked too many times by well-reviewed pop-sci books which I later discovered to be hated by the actual scientists who do the work. Quantum Supremacy by Michio Kaku was the final straw 😆

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Two books I found really useful at the time:

The Little LISPer by Daniel P Friedman

Applied Cryptography by Bruce Schneier

Both are rather niche, but helped me understand general computing and design concepts.

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