Cover of Sex, Drugs, Einstein, & Elves: Sushi, Psychedelics, Parallel Universes, and the Quest for Transcendence

Sex, Drugs, Einstein, & Elves: Sushi, Psychedelics, Parallel Universes, and the Quest for Transcendence

by Clifford A. Pickover · 2005

+ Want to read

A smorgasbord of subjects designed to bend reality and stretch the reader's mind.

Subject
sciencescienceMore like thisLess of this
Themes
addictionaddictionMore like thisLess of thisphilosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 318 pages
Form
essaysessaysMore like thisLess of this

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

BuyAmazonGoogle Books

BorrowOpen LibraryA library near you

MoreCompare pricesHardcover

Liked Sex, Drugs, Einstein, & Elves: Sushi, Psychedelics, Parallel Universes, and the Quest for Transcendence? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked Sex, Drugs, Einstein, & Elves: Sushi, Psychedelics, Parallel Universes, and the Quest for Transcendence. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. How to Make a Zombie: The Real Life (and Death) Science of Reanimation and Mind Control Frank Swain · 2012 Shares nonfiction, science, essays
  2. When You Were a Tadpole and I Was a Fish and Other Speculations About This and That Martin Gardner · 2009 Shares nonfiction, science, essays
  3. The Dreaming Universe: A Mind-Expanding Journey into the Realm Where Psyche and Physics Meet Fred Alan Wolf · 1994 Shares nonfiction, science
  4. The Mind's Sky: Human Intelligence in a Cosmic Context Timothy Ferris · 1992 Shares science, nonfiction
See more recommendations →

“People who read Sex, Drugs, Einstein, & Elves: Sushi, Psychedelics, Parallel Universes, and the Quest for Transcendence tend to reach for these next.”

  1. Metallic Dreams Mark Rice · 2010
  2. High Priest Timothy Leary · 1995
  3. Getting Away With It Steven Soderbergh, Richard Lester · 2000
  4. The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul: What Gnarly Computation Taught Me About Ultimate Reality, the Meaning of Life, and How to Be Happy Rudy Rucker · 2005

“If you want more of the same (science about addiction), start with these.”

  1. Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics By Its Most Brilliant Teacher Richard Feynman · 1962
  2. Understanding Linguistics: The Science of Language John McWhorter
  3. Essential Environment: The Science Behind the Stories Jay H. Withgott, Scott R. Brennan · 2008
  4. Drugs, Society & Human Behavior Carl Hart, Charles Ksir, Oakley Ray · 1972

“Readers describe these the same way.”

  1. Dark Remedy: The Impact of Thalidomide and Its Revival as a Vital Medicine Trent D. Stephens, Rock Brynner · 2001
  2. Malcolm Gladwell: Collected Malcolm Gladwell · 2010
  3. Soaring Stones: A Kite-Powered Approach to Building Egypt's Pyramids Daniel Cray, Maureen Clemmons · 2011
  4. The Science of Everyday Life: Why Teapots Dribble, Toast Burns and Light Bulbs Shine Marty Jopson · 2015

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. Brain building Marilyn Vos Savant, Leonore Fleischer · 1990
  2. Moon Mark Scarlett Dawn · 2016
  3. Just Around The Bend: Más o Menos · 2014
  4. Heads Up Philosophy Marcus Weeks · 2014

Report a problem