Name: A Literary Companion to Science
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Author: Walter Gratzer

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The collection features more than two hundred extracts from literature, biographies, memoirs, reportage and poetry that introduce the giants of science and explore science's impact on the world. 

Eric Weinstein is an American mathematician and economist. He earned his PhD in mathematical physics from Harvard University in 1992, is a research fellow at the Mathematical Institute of Oxford University, and is a managing director of Thiel Capital in San Francisco.

Eric

A Literary Companion to Science

Learn how the world works in the best Science and Nature books by respected experts, educators and authors in a variety of fields.

science & nature

How did it really happen? Find out in top-rated History books covering every period of human existence from a range of perspectives.

history

Charles

Naval Ravikant (born in 1974) is an Indian born American Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Founder, and CEO from New York. He is best known as AngelList's Founder. In addition, he is presently serving as the Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and owner of AngelList Company.

Naval

Tim Ferriss has been listed as one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and one of Fortune’s “40 under 40.” He is an early-stage technology investor/advisor and the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers. The Tim Ferriss Show podcast has now exceeded 400 million downloads.

The Origin of Species

Bill

Cleo Abram is a video journalist currently making Huge If True. She was previously a producer on Vox’s Netflix show Explained, and a host and producer on Vox’s YouTube Originals show Glad You Asked.

Cleo

Sophie Bakalar is a founder and venture capitalist offering advice on all things related to consumer brand startups. She is the co-founder and CEO of Fable and Venture Partner at Collaborative Fund.

Sophie

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Elizabeth

Bill Gates is an American business magnate, software developer, investor, and philanthropist. He is best known as the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation.

Adam M. Grant is an American psychologist and author who is currently a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania specializing in organizational psychology. He received academic tenure aged 28, making him the youngest tenured professor at the Wharton School.

Adam

The Sixth Extinction

Paul Graham is an English-born American computer scientist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, author, and essayist. He is best known for his work on Lisp, his former startup Viaweb, co-founding the influential startup accelerator and seed capital firm Y Combinator, his blog, and Hacker News.

Paul

Patrick Collison is an Irish billionaire entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of Stripe, which he started with his younger brother, John, in 2010. He won the 41st Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in 2005 at the age of sixteen. Collison lives in San Francisco, California.

Patrick

The Old Way

Steven

Michael Mauboussin is Head of Consilient Research at Counterpoint Global.

Michael

Infinite Powers

Stephen

James Clear is a personal development keynote speaker and New York Times bestselling author of Atomic Habits. His entertaining talks teach audiences about small habits, decision-making, and continuous improvement.

James

Nat Eliason is the CEO and founder of Growth Machine, an SEO-focused growth agency, and co-founder of Cup & Leaf Tea. He is also the author of “Come Again?” and writes about psychology, sex, money, travel, entrepreneurship, drugs, and everything else you’d find interesting at nateliason.com.

A Brief History of Time

Travis

Aubrey Marcus is an American Fitness Expert, Entrepreneur, CEO, Author, Podcast Host, and Social Media Star from Santa Monica, California. He is well-recognized as the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Onnit (Wellness Company).

Aubrey

Dominic D’Agostino, Ph.D. is a researcher and professor with a diverse background in neuroscience, molecular pharmacology, nutrition and physiology. He is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology at the University of South Florida (USF) Morsani College of Medicine. He is also a Research Scientist at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC).

Dominic

Tripping Over the Truth

Catharine

Guy Spier is a Zurich-based investor. He is the author of The Education of a Value Investor. Spier is the manager of the Aquamarine Fund with $300 million in assets.

Balaji S. Srinivasan is an angel investor and entrepreneur. Formerly the CTO of Coinbase and General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, he was also the cofounder of Earn.com (acquired by Coinbase), Counsyl (acquired by Myriad), Teleport (acquired by Topia), and Coin Center.

Balaji S. Srinivasan

Pandemic 1918

Richard

Chris Dixon is an American internet entrepreneur and investor. He is a general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, and previously worked at eBay. He is also the co-founder and former CEO of Hunch.

Chris

Lewis Cantley is an American cell biologist and biochemist who has made significant advances to the understanding of cancer metabolism.

Lewis

The Making of the Atomic Bomb

David

Who We Are and How We Got Here

Safi Bahcall is an American physicist, technologist, business executive, and author.

A Literary Companion to Science

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