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    Physics, Space & Chemistry

    389 videos · 2,154 books · 365 blogs · 5 podcasts

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    The Quantum Conspiracy: What Popularizers of QM Don't Want You to Know

    HN commenters repeatedly recommend it as the talk that finally made quantum mechanics click, especially for programmers.

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    10:18

    Why You Should Put YOUR MASK On First (My Brain Without Oxygen) - Smarter Every Day 157

    SmarterEveryDay
    12M views • 10 years ago
    1:00:18

    Quantum Fields: The Real Building Blocks of the Universe - with David Tong

    The Royal Institution
    6.9M views • 9 years ago
    2:48:23

    A Portal Special Presentation- Geometric Unity: A First Look

    Eric Weinstein
    903k views • 6 years ago
    1:04:52

    'A Universe From Nothing' by Lawrence Krauss, AAI 2009

    Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science
    2.6M views • 17 years ago
    7:58

    The Backwards Brain Bicycle - Smarter Every Day 133

    SmarterEveryDay
    32M views • 11 years ago
    6:33

    The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Introduction

    Sean Carroll
    384k views • 6 years ago
    9:49

    How We're Redefining the kg

    Veritasium
    2.8M views • 9 years ago
    56:11

    A Brief History of Quantum Mechanics - with Sean Carroll

    The Royal Institution
    4.7M views • 6 years ago

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    Cover of Use of Weapons2007–2026

    Use of Weapons

    Iain Banks
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    Cover of Ready Player One2011–2026

    Ready Player One

    Ernest Cline
    123 recommend · 324
    Cover of Revelation Space2009–2026

    Revelation Space

    Alastair Reynolds
    78 recommend · 157
    Cover of Childhood’s End2008–2026

    Childhood’s End

    Arthur C. Clarke
    42 recommend · 84
    Cover of The Quantum Thief2010–2026

    The Quantum Thief

    Hannu Rajaniemi
    44 recommend · 99
    Cover of QED2008–2026

    QED

    Richard Phillips Feynman
    60 recommend · 118
    Cover of Infinite Jest2007–2026

    Infinite Jest

    David Foster Wallace
    145 recommend · 549
    Cover of Foundation2007–2026

    Foundation

    Isaac Asimov
    143 recommend · 568
    Cover of The Shockwave Rider2008–2026

    The Shockwave Rider

    John Brunner
    47 recommend · 113
    Cover of The Water Knife2015–2025

    The Water Knife

    Paolo Bacigalupi
    40 recommend · 72
    Cover of Accelerando2007–2026

    Accelerando

    Charles Stross
    160 recommend · 391
    Cover of Red Rising2015–2026

    Red Rising

    Pierce Brown
    48 recommend · 67
    Cover of Permutation City2008–2026

    Permutation City

    Greg Egan
    256 recommend · 542
    Cover of A Canticle for Leibowitz2007–2026

    A Canticle for Leibowitz

    Walter M. Miller Jr.
    69 recommend · 127

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    Lex Fridman

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