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Michael Nielsen

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Michael Aaron Nielsen (born January 4, 1974) is a quantum physicist, science writer, and computer programming researcher living in San Francisco.

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Michael Nielsen @michael_nielsen · Feb 24, 2024
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One of my favourite letters, insightful & humane, from Richard Feynman to a former student who was having a rough time I was reflecting on it as an argument in favour of scope insensitivity, or even in favour of smaller problems:

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A letter from Richard Feynman
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Michael Nielsen @michael_nielsen · Dec 29, 2023
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Favourite book of the year: "Molecular Biology of the Cell" Honorable mentions, no particular order: + Cormack McCarthy's "Stella Maris" (ht @emiyazono @wjzeng ) + C. S. Lewis's "A Grief Observed" + Huston Smith's "The World's Religions" (ht @mayli)

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A Grief Observed
by Clive Staples Lewis
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Michael Nielsen @michael_nielsen · Dec 29, 2023
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Favourite book of the year: "Molecular Biology of the Cell" Honorable mentions, no particular order: + Cormack McCarthy's "Stella Maris" (ht @emiyazono @wjzeng ) + C. S. Lewis's "A Grief Observed" + Huston Smith's "The World's Religions" (ht @mayli)

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The World's Religions
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Michael Nielsen @michael_nielsen · Dec 29, 2023
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Favourite book of the year: "Molecular Biology of the Cell" Honorable mentions, no particular order: + Cormack McCarthy's "Stella Maris" (ht @emiyazono @wjzeng ) + C. S. Lewis's "A Grief Observed" + Huston Smith's "The World's Religions" (ht @mayli)

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Stella Maris
by Cormac McCarthy
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Michael Nielsen @michael_nielsen · Dec 29, 2023
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Favourite book of the year: "Molecular Biology of the Cell" Honorable mentions, no particular order: + Cormack McCarthy's "Stella Maris" (ht @emiyazono @wjzeng ) + C. S. Lewis's "A Grief Observed" + Huston Smith's "The World's Religions" (ht @mayli)

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Molecular Biology of the Cell
by Bruce Alberts and 5 others
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Michael Nielsen @michael_nielsen · Aug 7, 2023
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Similar: I enjoyed Oppenheimer the first time, but enjoyed it *much more* the second

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Oppenheimer
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Michael Nielsen @michael_nielsen · Aug 4, 2023
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Another striking thread about recent progress on LK-99:

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There's much interest in whether the material known as #LK99 is a room-temperature superconductor. I'd like to address a much simpler question: Is there evidence that LK-99 has an unusually low room-temperature resistivity?
by Prof. Michael S Fuhrer
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Michael Nielsen @michael_nielsen · Aug 3, 2023
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I found this thread enlightening:

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I am seeing a lot of newcomers lately to the room-temperature superconductor rodeo. They might not be aware of the long history of these events, and I think there’s some cross-cultural communications difficulties going on because of that.
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Michael Nielsen @michael_nielsen · Jul 22, 2023
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I found the Goodreads reviews of Feyerabend's "Against Method" - one of the most important books in my life - very interesting & diverse:

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Against Method
by Paul Karl Feyerabend
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Michael Nielsen @michael_nielsen · Jul 22, 2023
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Finished rereading Bryson's "A Short History of Nearly Everything". Beautiful stylized history & pop science, w/an emphasis on how we gradually improve our understanding in fits & starts, & of how ignorant we remain

One of the best appreciations of science& scientists ever IMO

Book May 6, 2003
A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson
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Michael Nielsen @michael_nielsen · Jul 22, 2023
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American Prometheus, great book, here's my overly greedy review

Book Apr 5, 2005
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
by Kai Bird
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Michael Nielsen @michael_nielsen · Jul 14, 2023
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I do very much enjoy Alison Gopnik's short memoir

Article Sep 14, 2015
How David Hume Helped Me Solve My Midlife Crisis
by Alison Gopnik
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