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Bugmaster comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 12 - Less Wrong Discussion

5 Post author: Xachariah 25 March 2012 11:01AM

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Comment author: moritz 27 March 2012 03:01:39PM 9 points [-]

Maybe this is the wrong place to ask, but are there any other cool pieces of "edufiction" like HPMoR? I mean fiction where you can learn about science, economics or other topics just by reading the story, and thinking along with it.

There is lots of historic fiction material, so I'd like to exclude that genre from my question.

Comment author: Bugmaster 28 March 2012 01:53:44AM 1 point [-]

Terry Pratchett's Maurice and his Educated Rodents (as well as his other books) is educational, though probably not about science.