David Deutsch Book Recommendations
David Deutsch is a British physicist at the University of Oxford.
(Read more on Wikipedia)62 Books Recommended
The Meme Machine
by Susan Blackmore
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity." (Source)
Critical Rationalism
A Restatement and Defence
by David Miller
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality." (Source)
Gödel's Proof
by Ernest Nagel
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality." (Source)
Introduction to the Philosophy of Science
by Anthony O'Hear
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality." (Source)
The Emperor's New Mind
Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics
by Roger Penrose
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality." (Source)
A Comprehensive Grammar Of The English Language
by Randolph Quirk
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality." (Source)
The Unity of the Universe
by D. W. Sciama
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality." (Source)
Does God Play Dice?
The New Mathematics of Chaos
by Ian Stewart
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality." (Source)
The Physics of Immortality
Modern Cosmology, God and the Resurrection of the Dead
by Frank J. Tipler
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality." (Source)
Gravitation and Cosmology
Principles and Applications of the General Theory of Relativity
by Steven Weinberg
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality." (Source)
The First Three Minutes
A Modern View Of The Origin Of The Universe
by Steven Weinberg
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality." (Source)
Dreams of a Final Theory
The Scientist's Search for the Ultimate Laws of Nature
by Steven Weinberg
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality." (Source)
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A Journey into Gravity and Spacetime
by John Archibald Wheeler
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality." (Source)
The Unnatural Nature of Science
by Lewis Wolpert
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality." (Source)
Virtual Worlds
A Journey in Hype and Hyperreality
by Benjamin Woolley
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality." (Source)
The Anthropic Cosmological Principle
by John D. Barrow
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity." (Source)
A Pocket Popper
by David Miller
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality." (Source)
The Character of Physical Law
by Richard P. Feynman
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity." (Source)
The Meaning of It All
Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist
by Richard P. Feynman
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity." (Source)
Words and Things
An Examination of, and an Attack on, Linguistic Philosophy, A Special Issue of Cognitive Neuropsychology
by Ernest Gellner
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity." (Source)
An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice
by William Godwin
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity." (Source)
Gödel, Escher, Bach
An Eternal Golden Braid
by Douglas R. Hofstadter
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity." (Source)
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Kevin Kelly, Steve Jurvetson, Naval Ravikant, Demis Hassabis, Sahil Lavingia, Chris Hayes
Popper
by Bryan Magee
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity." (Source)
Euthyphro
by Plato
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity." (Source)
In Search of a Better World
Lectures and Essays from Thirty Years
by Karl Popper
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity." (Source)
The World of Parmenides
Essays on the Presocratic Enlightenment
by Karl Popper
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity." (Source)
Enlightenment
Britain and the cCeation of the Modern World
by Roy Porter
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity." (Source)
Just Six Numbers
The Deep Forces That Shape The Universe
by Martin Rees
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity." (Source)
The Lunar Men
A Story of Science, Art, Invention and Passion
by Jenny Uglow
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity." (Source)
I Am a Strange Loop
by Douglas R. Hofstadter
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity." (Source)
With the Zionists in Gallipoli
by J. H. Patterson
"Has more on [the history of Palestine 1917-20] plus a very interesting perspective on Gallipoli." - David Deutsch (Source)
The Logic of Scientific Discovery
by Karl Popper
David Deutsch recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
The Open Society and Its Enemies
by Karl Popper
"My starting point [into the author's philosophy]." - David Deutsch (Source)
How We Invented Freedom & Why It Matters
by Daniel Hannan
"Gives a minor but telling example of amazing differences between Euro/Anglo inheritance law." - David Deutsch (Source)
The Emergent Multiverse
Quantum Theory according to the Everett Interpretation
by David Wallace
David Deutsch recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
The History of England
by Thomas Babington Macaulay
David Deutsch recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
With the Judaeans in the Palestine Campaign
by J. H. Patterson
"Anyone interested in the history of Palestine 1917-20 [read this book]." - David Deutsch (Source)
On Numbers and Games
by John H. Conway
"See [this book] for how one can nevertheless reason consistently about such monsters." - David Deutsch (Source)
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
"It's pretty clear from [this book] that [the author] was in sympathy with [her father's] educational philosophy." - David Deutsch (Source)
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Fall; or, Dodge in Hell
A Novel
by Neal Stephenson
"Great." - David Deutsch (Source)
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The Moral Landscape
How Science Can Determine Human Values
by Sam Harris
"[The author] wrote [this book] to defend civilisation from two dangers: religious dogmatism and moral relativism." - David Deutsch (Source)
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Enlightenment Now
The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
by Steven Pinker
"There are a few philosophical errors and poor arguments in [this] otherwise excellent book." - David Deutsch (Source)
Also recommended by:
Bill Gates, Sam Harris, Jordan Peterson, Yuval Noah Harari, A.J. Jacobs, Richard Dawkins, David Friedberg, Michael Mauboussin
The Selfish Gene
by Richard Dawkins
"Influenced my books." - David Deutsch (Source)
Also recommended by:
Charlie Munger, Matt Ridley, Phil Libin, Nick Szabo, Ev Williams, Brian Armstrong, Mr. Money Mustache, Bob Metcalfe, Mark Manson, Elon Musk, Tai Lopez
The Science of Can and Can't
A Physicist's Journey through the Land of Counterfactuals
by Chiara Marletto
"Will open the doors to a dazzling, deep set of new concepts and ideas that will change and affect deeply the way you look at the world." - David Deutsch (Source)
The Extended Phenotype
The Long Reach of the Gene
by Richard Dawkins
"I suggest reading [this book]." - David Deutsch (Source)
Objective Knowledge
An Evolutionary Approach
by Karl Popper
"See Popper’s essay *Epistemology Without a Knowing Subject* in [this book]." - David Deutsch (Source)
The Myth of the Framework
In Defence of Science and Rationality
by Karl Popper
"I'm very fond of [this book]." - David Deutsch (Source)
On Computable Numbers
by Alan Turing
David Deutsch quoted this book in his paper "Machines, Logic and Quantum Physics." (Source)
The Ascent Of Man
by Jacob Bronowski
"Everyone should read [this book]." - David Deutsch (Source)
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Science and Human Values
by Jacob Bronowski
"Everyone should read [this book]." - David Deutsch (Source)
Conjectures and Refutations
The Growth of Scientific Knowledge
by Karl Popper
"Everyone should read [this book]." - David Deutsch (Source)
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The Blind Watchmaker
Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design
by Richard Dawkins
"Everyone should read [this book]." - David Deutsch (Source)
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The Ghost in the Atom
A Discussion of the Mysteries of Quantum Physics
by P. C. W. Davies
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality." (Source)
Darwin's Dangerous Idea
Evolution and the Meaning of Life
by Daniel C. Dennett
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality." (Source)
The Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
by Bryce Seligman Dewitt
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality." (Source)
Freedom and Rationality
Essays in Honor of John Watkins From his Colleagues and Friends
by F. D'Agostino
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality." (Source)
Galileo Galilei
A Biography and Inquiry into His Philosophy of Science
by Ludovico Geymonat
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality." (Source)
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
by Thomas S. Kuhn
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality." (Source)
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Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Paul Graham, Stanislav Grof, Brad Delong
Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge
by Imre Lakatos
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality." (Source)
Mind, Brain, and the Quantum
The Compound 'I'
by Michael Lockwood
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality." (Source)
