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"The Molecular Biology of the Cell", an actual textbook. It's like the owners' manual for your cells.
Atul Gawande - Better or Being Mortal Non-technical but very interesting and emotive to most people. Healthcare analytics
"The Molecular Biology of the Cell", an actual textbook. It's like the owners' manual for your cells.
any physics book for hs... but without penalty of failing tests etc. Why sky is blue, how does heat get to earth from sun, how do computers work, how does magnet work, how to tell how far ball will go if i throw it, why do balloons stick to wall when rubbed, etc....
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20613616-ways-of-curatin...
For me personally this helped a lot with the decision to create an international art center (small, and still under construction!) instead of just pounding my artist head against the wall of the market forever.
But generally speaking, it’s an eye opener and a great illustration of how to generate influence from enthusiasm. It’s probably hard to read if you aren’t already familiar with European contemporary art, but it rewards patience.
Original poster: Did you mean "tome" when you said "epitome"?
A very tough question. I feel that it might be quite hard to lure a curious person into Computer Science, who doesn't know anything about the field yet. One of the books I liked (since I actually studied Linguistics in my Bachelor's) and what drew me towards CS was "Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software" by Charles Petzold.
What about a book for Linguistics? I also studied Linguistics and now while I still find the knowledge useful (getting to describe to my son a voiced vs unvoiced plosive) I am not as interested in it anymore.
I am not a cryptographer but I do work in security and The Code Book by Simon Singh is an excellent history of the history of cryptography/cryptanalysis presented as periods through history where the pendulum swung between giving the edge to the code makers or breakers. The code makers have been ahead since about the 1970s.