What does astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson recommend for reading? According to Brain Pickings, Tyson (pictured, via) participated in a Reddit AMA session and named the books he feels “every intelligent person on the planet should read.”
Below, we’ve collected links to download free digital editions for all eight titles which include a mix of both fiction and nonfiction choices. Will you be tackling Tyons’s suggestions in the year 2015?
Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Reading List
The System of the World by Isaac Newton
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine
The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
The Art of War by Sun Tzu
The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli