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Neil deGrasse Tyson Selects the Eight Books Every Intelligent Person on the Planet Should Read
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
The System of the World
(public library; free ebook)
by Isaac Newton, to learn that the universe is a knowable place
On the Origin of Species
(public library; free ebook)
by Charles Darwin, to learn of our kinship with all other life on Earth
Gulliver’s Travels
(public library; free ebook)
by Jonathan Swift, to learn, among other satirical lessons, that most of the time
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
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
The Art of War
(public library; free ebook)
by Sun Tzu, to learn that the act of killing fellow humans can be raised to an art
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
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