Bacaan wajib menurut Neil deGrasse Tyson

Di subreddit r/IAma (reddit), Neil deGrasse Tyson (Astrophysicist) menjawab pertanyaan ini:

Which books should be read by every single intelligent person on the planet?

Jawabannya:

1. The Bible – “to learn that it’s easier to be told by others what to think and believe than it is to think for yourself.”
2. The System of the World by Isaac Newton – “to learn that the universe is a knowable place.”
3. On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (free) – “to learn of our kinship with all other life on Earth.”
4. Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift – “to learn, among other satirical lessons, that most of the time humans are Yahoos.”
5. The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine (free) – “to learn how the power of rational thought is the primary source of freedom in the world.”
6. The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith (free) – “to learn that capitalism is an economy of greed, a force of nature unto itself.”
7. The Art of War by Sun Tsu (free) – “to learn that the act of killing fellow humans can be raised to an art.”
8. The Prince by Machiavelli (free) – “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.”

Sumber: reddit

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