Neil deGrasse Tyson's Book Recommendations

"The Art of War by Sun Tsu, to learn that the act of killing fellow humans can be raised to an art."

"To learn that the act of killing fellow humans can be raised to an art."

"Gulliver's Travels by Swift, to learn, among other satirical lessons, that most of the time humans are Yahoos."

"To learn, among other satirical lessons, that most of the time humans are Yahoos."

"To learn how the power of rational thought is the primary source of freedom in the world."

"To learn that it’s easier to be told by others what to think and believe than it is to think for yourself."

"To learn that it's easier to be told by others what to think and believe than it is to think for yourself."

"A cute little tiny book that tells you all the things who people who want to fool you into thinking something that’s true, that’s not, and how they manipulate statistics in order to accomplish this."

"To learn that the universe is a knowable place."

"The man was connected to the universe in ways that I've never seen another human being connect."

"To learn that people not in power will do all they can to acquire it, and people in power will do all they can to keep it."

"@star_stufff @BadAstronomer "One Two Three Infinity", By George Gamow. The single most influential book on my budding scientific mind."

"The crowning achievement of a geocentric universe. Of course, the whole concept was wrong, but it was interestingly wrong."

"To learn of our kinship with all other life on Earth."

"I can’t do that. I’m sorry. I’ll never be a novelist."

"The Wealth of Nations by Smith, to learn that capitalism is an economy of greed, a force of nature unto itself."

"In #Interstellar, if you didn’t understand the physics, try Kip Thorne’s highly readable Bbook “The Science of Interstellar""

"The challenges and joys of 2D living: "Flatland" (1884) by Edwin A. Abbott & "The Planiverse" (1984) by Alexander K. Dewdney"

"The challenges and joys of 2D living: "Flatland" (1884) by Edwin A. Abbott & "The Planiverse" (1984) by Alexander K. Dewdney"

"If this book does not become required reading for us all, we may well see modern civilization unravel before our eyes."

"On the Origin of Species (Darwin), to learn of our kinship with all other life on Earth."