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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
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4.22 avg rating — 1,986,746 ratings
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Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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4.15 avg rating — 388,735 ratings
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The Lord of the Rings
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4.54 avg rating — 721,890 ratings
score: 695,
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The Foundation Trilogy (Foundation, #1-3)
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4.42 avg rating — 107,639 ratings
score: 495,
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5 people voted
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Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
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Nick Bostrom (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 20,640 ratings
score: 489,
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5 people voted
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Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down
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4.14 avg rating — 3,632 ratings
score: 390,
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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
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Walter Isaacson (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 148,612 ratings
score: 389,
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Einstein: His Life and Universe
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Walter Isaacson (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 199,502 ratings
score: 384,
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Ignition!: An informal history of liquid rocket propellants
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4.12 avg rating — 2,797 ratings
score: 294,
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Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
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4.17 avg rating — 7,888 ratings
score: 200,
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The Machine Stops
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4.07 avg rating — 20,032 ratings
score: 199,
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Surface Detail (Culture, #9)
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4.26 avg rating — 29,854 ratings
score: 199,
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Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era
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James Barrat (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 3,877 ratings
score: 199,
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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
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4.15 avg rating — 137,659 ratings
score: 197,
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Howard Hughes: His Life and Madness
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3.88 avg rating — 1,834 ratings
score: 192,
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Compassionate Artificial Superintelligence AI 5.0
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4.73 avg rating — 51 ratings
score: 100,
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The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
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4.28 avg rating — 79,200 ratings
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Excession (Culture #5)
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4.20 avg rating — 33,674 ratings
score: 98,
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