If you could only hand on one book that has already been handed on to you, which would it be?
Probably something like Euclid's The Elements. Or just about any good introduction to calculus published in the 70s. The calculus would probably be more useful to the future generations.
If you had to choose one book among the books published in your lifetime, which would it be?
University Physics by Young and Freedman, 13th edition. (As it happens, even though this was supposed to be the book I found myself, it was quite literally handed to me by Freedman himself, after he had signed it, just last week.)
Fram kamerater!
This message last edited by Tor on 01/04/2011 at 09:22:36 PM
If you could pass on only one book to the next generation, what would it be?
01/04/2011 10:29:47 AM
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The Kama Sutra *NM*
01/04/2011 01:35:42 PM
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Well, it WOULD help insure that there would be at least 1 more generation after that... *NM*
01/04/2011 07:49:30 PM
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GRRM's SoIaF, maybe they will live long enough to see the series ended
01/04/2011 07:59:58 PM
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Norton's Anthology *NM*
01/04/2011 08:44:18 PM
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Lord save me. *NM*
01/04/2011 08:46:13 PM
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quantiy over quality
03/04/2011 07:16:13 PM
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Re: quantiy over quality
03/04/2011 07:18:13 PM
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I was mostly pissed that I had to $60 for it and everything we read was available for free
03/04/2011 11:27:24 PM
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Someone needs to mention the important stuff
01/04/2011 09:21:48 PM
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I'm tempted to say 1984
02/04/2011 01:32:22 PM
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Yeah, that seems like the obvious choice for me as well... but in my lifetime, no idea either. *NM*
02/04/2011 06:23:54 PM
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I'd go with Brave New World, actually.
02/04/2011 10:36:20 PM
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I think Huxley has a better understanding of human nature and less politcal motive
03/04/2011 04:48:19 AM
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Some parts of Orwell's dystopia did in fact come true, though.
03/04/2011 03:07:07 PM
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you really need to read Brave New World
03/04/2011 07:14:04 PM
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We agree again. *NM*
03/04/2011 07:45:06 PM
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stop that your scaring me *NM*
03/04/2011 11:27:52 PM
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I can berate you for writing "your" instead of "you're" if it makes you feel better. *NM*
03/04/2011 11:30:14 PM
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Can't recommend many published in my life that I've read;the Sprawl Trilogy if I can count a series.
03/04/2011 12:18:30 AM
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