The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics by Leonard Susskind
50 books read – 22 audiobooks – 72 books absorbed in 2008!!!!
| 1. |
Make new friends
2 cheers |
12,210 people |
| 2. |
exercise regularly
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10,185 people |
| 3. |
Write more
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3,410 people |
| 4. |
Meet Barack Obama
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112 people |
| 5. |
Publish a book
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2,043 people |
| 6. |
have a book published
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139 people |
| 7. |
invent a card game
|
3 people |
| 8. |
insulate my house
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10 people |
| 9. |
landscape my yard
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279 people |
| 10. |
organize my closet
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287 people |
| 11. |
organize my basement
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34 people |
| 12. |
repair my back fence
|
2 people |
| 13. |
finish my basement
|
122 people |
| 14. |
Write a science fiction or fantasy novel
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39 people |
| 15. |
Complete my novel
1 entry |
21 people |
| 16. |
write a comic book
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176 people |
| 17. |
find out what my blood type is
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1,287 people |
| 18. |
build a robot
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410 people |
| 19. |
Learn to play the guitar
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12,287 people |
| 20. |
Cliff Dive
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95 people |
| 21. |
scuba dive
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2,115 people |
| 22. |
Swim with dolphins
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7,138 people |
| 23. |
go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
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18,104 people |
| 24. |
Go white water rafting
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1,178 people |
| 25. |
learn to ski
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803 people |
| 26. |
Skydive
1 cheer |
9,856 people |
| 27. |
Shower in a waterfall.
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416 people |
| 28. |
Attend TED
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33 people |
| 29. |
Watch every Best Picture Oscar winner
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2 people |
| 30. |
visit all 50 states
1 entry |
6,876 people |
| 31. |
Get a PhD
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2,670 people |
| 32. |
own a horse
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641 people |
| 33. |
be a scoutmaster
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1 person |
| 34. |
own a cabin
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15 people |
| 35. |
own a vacation home
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74 people |
| 36. |
Learn to fly
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2,081 people |
| 37. |
Own a Sail Boat
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25 people |
| 38. |
sail around the world
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865 people |
| 39. |
Design and build my own house
1 cheer |
1,465 people |
| 40. |
be financially independent
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1,490 people |
| 41. |
become a spy
1 cheer |
352 people |
| 42. |
travel into outer space
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18 people |
How I did it: I did what I could to grab moments here and there to read whatever I could. I also read on a lot of diverse topics, so that I never got bored. I didn't hesitate to read some short books, as well, to keep me motivated when I began to feel like I was getting bogged down. Read how I did it…
The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics by Leonard Susskind
50 books read – 22 audiobooks – 72 books absorbed in 2008!!!!
Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott
Sphereland by Sionys Burger
49 BOOKS READ! – 22 audiobooks – 71 books total!
1 book left to read in 2008!
Hiding in the Mirror: The Mysterious Allure of Extra Dimensions, from Plato to String Theory and Beyond by Lawrence M. Krauss
47 books read – 22 audiobooks – 69 total!