I am looking for nonfiction non-historical books that aren’t too dumbed-down/light (essentially, a book that needs careful reading, not something skimmable), but still readable on an e-reader such as Kindle (so equations should be very scarce, and the book should be available in a reflowable format such as EPUB).
Some examples:
- Darwin‘s Dangerous Idea (and other books by Dennett)
- Thinking, Fast and Slow
- Norton’s Introduction to Philosophy
- LW’s sequences and The Codex (generally, most equation-less LW posts fit the bill)
- Most Programming books (though I prefer a hands-on approach for learning these, which is not possible on an e-reader)
The strategy of conflict is condensed instrumental rationality. Much of the content is covered elsewhere, but I don't know of a superior qualatative presentation.
Talking about qualatative presentations, thinking physics is a set of hundreds of physics problems, designed to show how important conservation laws and infinitesimals are. The problems are all solvable with some careful thought, and cover quite a deal of ground. I wish more books were written in this way.
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