Sean Carroll's Book Recommendations

"A great resource."

"For a great resource, check out Data Feminism, the book by Catherine and Lauren Klein."

"Argues that evolution is a little more predictable than some would have us believe."

"Conway Morris argues that evolution is a little more predictable than some would have us believe. His recent book is From Extraterrestrials to Animal Minds: Six Myths of Evolution."

"I still don’t understand why this gripping book hasn’t been adapted into a prestige TV drama."

"I still don’t understand why this gripping book hasn’t been adapted into a prestige TV drama."

"A fascinating look at the special psychology of Western educated folk."

"I have to mention Joe Henrich @JoHenrich, who hasn't appeared yet but will soon. His book "The WEIRDest People in the World" is a fascinating look at the special psychology of Western educated folk."

"Sean Carroll recommended this book on Twitter."

"Read all about it in his book Morality and Mathematics, which came out last year:"

"Lovely book!"

"@TheMayaBenowitz @JimiSommer It’s not T_ab that matters, it’s h_ab (the metric perturbation tensor). Read more in this lovely book!"

"Great book, but not about his physics career."

"@CraigMahoney @AstroKatie @neiltyson Only one I’ve read is Newton and the Counterfeiter! Great book, but not about his physics career. @TomLevenson"

"A great book!"

"@neurograce Thanks for writing a great book!"

"A great book about information, astrobiology, and the future."

"Pub day for @caleb_scharf's The Ascent of Information. A great book about information, astrobiology, and the future."

"A way of quantifying the information flow between two stochastic systems."

""Transfer entropy" is a way of quantifying the information flow between two stochastic systems. Cool, but: there's a whole book on it! There's too much knowledge in the world, how is anyone supposed to learn everything they should?"