How We Know What's Really True
by Richard Dawkins
Recommended by Bill Gates
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Philosophy, and Science.
An elegant, textonly paperback edition of the New York Times bestseller that?s been hailed as the definitive authority on?everything.Richard Dawkins, bestselling author and the world?s most celebrated evolutionary biologist, has spent his career elucidating the many wonders of science. Here, he takes a broader approach and uses his unrivaled expla...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Philosophy, and Science.
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Bill Gates
Co-founder of Microsoft; co-chair of the Gates Foundation
“An engaging, wellillustrated science textbook offering compelling answers to big questions, from how the universe formed to what causes earthquakes.”
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Consider The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. Recommended by 8 sources.
“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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