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It's already too late for that. This is a pretty good book on the subject. In short, access to the latest and best medicine has always, and will always be better for the wealthy/elite. But once that technology makes the jump to gene editing & nanites, we will see a separate type of human being emerge (homo deus.) Being smarter, stronger, more resilient to illness & injury and possibly immortal (or substantially longer natural lifespans,) they will in every way outclass regular humans. And we have no reason to think they'll treat homo sapiens any better than homo sapiens treated homo neanderthalensis.
TL;DR: You'd be lucky if things turn out as well as they do in the movie Elysium.
I lost my 6th version and recently bought the 8th. I don't know where you're shopping, but it's under $100 on Amazon. Even the list price is only $135. Are you looking at the gold plated collectors edition?
I love Feynman, but this biography outshines "Surely You're Joking" by a huge margin. It's very deep, goes into excruciating detail. You get to see not only the clownish, childlike Feynman, but also the intellectual, the widower, the caretaker for his dying first wife, the man coming to terms with his own death from cancer, and many other facets. It also explains a lot of the science that he was working on.
If you buy one of the used paperbacks for a penny, and you don't like the book, I'll personally give you your money back.
I didn't like any of the books he wrote himself, as nearly as much as I loved the biography Genius written by James Gleick. I've read this book maybe three times and I get drawn in every time. It's literally my favorite book.
If you buy a copy and don't like the book, let me know, I'll PayPal you the cost. I'm 100% honest.
Making a basic submarine is actually pretty easy if you don't care about going very deep. If you're happy just going down 10 feet you could probably whip something up in your garage using fiber glass and plexi. You can actually experience a lot of underwater life without going deeper than that. Going deeper safely is more difficult, you have to be confident in your calculations and fabrication. If you really wanted to design a serious submarine this is the book to get - https://www.amazon.com/Roarks-Formulas-Stress-Strain-8th/dp/0071742476 since it gives every formula you need.
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But like really, please don't try and build your own submarine. If you just have to do it, get dive training and equipment beforehand.
The Feynman Lectures on Physics, boxed set: The New Millennium Edition
$129.04
https://www.amazon.com/Genius-Life-Science-Richard-Feynman/dp/0679747044
Much more easily approachable than the Lectures, and a quicker read.
One, I'm not attacking anyone and particularly not the youngsters. I'm trying to speed their progress. I provided plenty of directions on what they should be reading. Go up to my initial comment here. I didn't dismiss Graham completely; instead I suggested people read Zhang first for some proper framework. In particular, his approach is compatible with efficient markets so the premiums are there to be earned by everyone. (More broadly I like to live with an abundance mindset. It's not always zero sum, mi amigo, especially since we are not talking about alpha here.)
You present yourself as a thinking man and professional, but sometimes I wonder if you have a reading comprehension problem or alternatively your reading ability is fine but you are so resistant to the viewpoints of others that you fail to understand them properly before you lash out. I'm no psychologist so I will leave that to your therapist.
Second, go knock yourself out with his lectures (https://www.amazon.com/Feynman-Lectures-Physics-boxed-set/dp/0465023827/) . Not a real test since you are smarter than the average /r/investing bear but give it an honest effort and report back in a month.
Robert B. Laughlin, Nobel Laureate in Physics, endowed chair in physics, Stanford University, had this to say about aether in contemporary theoretical physics (source):
"It is ironic that Einstein's most creative work, the general theory of relativity, should boil down to conceptualizing space as a medium when his original premise [in special relativity] was that no such medium existed [..] The word 'ether' has extremely negative connotations in theoretical physics because of its past association with opposition to relativity. This is unfortunate because, stripped of these connotations, it rather nicely captures the way most physicists actually think about the vacuum. . . . Relativity actually says nothing about the existence or nonexistence of matter pervading the universe, only that any such matter must have relativistic symmetry. [..] It turns out that such matter exists. About the time relativity was becoming accepted, studies of radioactivity began showing that the empty vacuum of space had spectroscopic structure similar to that of ordinary quantum solids and fluids. Subsequent studies with large particle accelerators have now led us to understand that space is more like a piece of window glass than ideal Newtonian emptiness. It is filled with 'stuff' that is normally transparent but can be made visible by hitting it sufficiently hard to knock out a part. The modern concept of the vacuum of space, confirmed every day by experiment, is a relativistic ether. But we do not call it this because it is taboo."
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Roarks-Formulas for Stess and Strain
That book has endless examples of different geometry and load cases.
If you look at some existing examples, like here you'll see that they are basically a cone with a dome on the top and bottom.
Shells of Revolutions, Pressure Vessels, pipes are Chapter 13 in the Eighth Edition.
Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology by Eric Drexler.
Published in 1987 and still just as relevant today.
Amazing book!
I haven't scanned the entire thread, but on a cursory look, I don't see any nonfiction books.
My favorite book, by far, is a nonfiction biography of the physicist Richard Feynman called Genius.
I've only read it twice. I'd read it more often if it wasn't such a large book with a lot of heavy material. Even the font seems smaller than most books. But it's easily my favorite book.
I recommend the Feynman Lectures on Physics, they are very clear and reaches up to quantum theory. If you feel that you don't know enough mathematics then you can read Schaum's Outline series on Calculus, and whatever other topic you feel is stopping you.
I learned from Gaskell and I thought it was a good textbook. That said, thermodynamics is a difficult subject to grasp and it takes a lot of work to really internalize it, no matter what the source you're learning from.
http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Thermodynamics-Materials-David-Gaskell/dp/1560324325
Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman
Yes I would highly recommend it. Especially if you have even the slightest interest in physics. And famous people who frequently...well...had loose morals.