I might be unusual in the sense that in my teens I absolutely adored Asimov as a writer of non-fiction rather than as a sci-fi author.
For the current generation I never miss a chance to mention Gamow's non-fiction.
It's unfortunate that works of great non-fiction writers gradually evaporate away from our cultural consciousness after the authors die.
It makes me sad to know there will be a generation, or maybe it's already here, one that has not delighted in Martin Gardner.
> I absolutely adored Asimov as a writer of non-fiction rather than as a sci-fi author.
I am the same, though frustratingly he still somehow managed to weave his casual misogyny into even his non-fiction works.
I don't know if it says good or bad things about me, but I never noticed that.
But maybe it's just because I started reading his works long after their initial release. In particular, I was quite surprised to later learn that "Asimov's New Guide to Science" was originally published as "The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science".
Dr David Tong is great ad his talk really created my interest in quantum physics.
I had the thought that maybe the Australian airline had started a book side business, a la Stripe, but no, the airline is actually Quantas. Still seems like an imprint to follow.
Launched by Thomas Lin, the founding editor of Quanta Magazine, in
partnership with Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Quanta Books is an editorially
independent subsidiary of the Simons Foundation, a nonprofit organization
dedicated to advancing the frontiers of research in mathematics and the basic
sciences.