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Figuring

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Figuring

Name: Figuring
Author: Maria Popova

by Maria Popova

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Recommended by Cleo Abram and Robert Macfarlane

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Recommended by 2 sources.

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY ESQUIRE AND BOOKPAGEFiguring explores the complexities of love and the human search for truth and meaning through the interconnected lives of several historical figures across four centuriesbeginning with the astronomer Johannes Kepler, who discovered the laws of planetary motion, and ending with the marine biolog...

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Recommended by 2 sources.

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Cleo Abram

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Robert Macfarlane

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Cleo Abram

“Figuring is such a book, it really is.”

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Who recommended Figuring?: 2 people have recommended Figuring in the interviews, articles and reading lists we track, including Cleo Abram and Robert Macfarlane. Each name links to their full reading list.

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