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Staff Picks: My Book Selections

By Steve Black March 21st, 2020

I really haven’t had any additional free time, but in case it comes to that I did pick up two new books this week. Here are the two I’m reading now and 3 more I recently finished.

I felt the need recently for a deeper understanding of Quantum Physics and this, so far has been delivering.

Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime (Signed Book)|Signed Book

Caltech physicist and New York Times bestselling author Sean Carroll shows that there are multiple copies of you. And everyone else. Really.Something Deeply Hidden begins with the news that physics is in a crisis. Quantum mechanics underlies all of modern physics...

I’ve also wanted this one for a while and can’t wait to take it all in. The Steve Lukather Bio:

The Gospel According to Luke|Paperback

The outrageous and often hilarious autobiography of legendary session musician and lead guitarist and singer of Toto. "...one of the most entertaining rock memoirs of recent years..." - Houston Press No one explodes one of the longest-held misconceptions of music history better than Steve Lukather and his band Toto.

 

Not only do I enjoy the quantum world I dig things on a galactic scale too and thoroughly enjoyed this one from Astrophysicist Michio Kaku:

The Future of Humanity: Our Destiny in the Universe|Paperback

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The #1 bestselling author of The Future of the Mind traverses the frontiers of astrophysics, artificial intelligence, and technology to offer a stunning vision of man's future in space, from settling Mars to traveling to distant galaxies. We are entering a new Golden Age of space exploration.

This was good, but a littler darker than most Zeppelin books:

Jimmy Page: The Definitive Biography|Hardcover

An in-depth biography of Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page by the acclaimed biographer of Bob Marley and Joe Strummer, based upon the author's extensive research and interviewsThe original enigmatic rock star, Jimmy Page is a mass of contradictions. A towering presence in the...

I read this one about a year ago and it was one of the best music bios I’ve ever read:

Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan|Hardcover

An oral history is only as good as its sources, and 'Texas Flood' is thorough and far-reaching, with Vaughan's bandmates, crew and family taking center stage."

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