The Galactic Question Center

I'd pick mathematics. The other subjects can be memorized to a reasonable degree, and even understood, but mathematics is difficult to decipher. Plus I feel that I understand math conceptually, but not numerically, and I would welcome the opportunity to understand and memorize ten very difficult math books.
 

I would cheat and use one book: the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Especially since complete understanding was included in the deal.
 

I would chose mathematics, as it is a fundamental tool in all sciences and many other disciplines such as architecture, engineering, and statistics-based jobs. Being able to do high level mathematics without any trouble is probably one of the most useful skills a person could have.
 

Religeon. To understand the words of th worlds greatest prophetswould be... useful.
 

biology.
 

I think 10 FAT world history-books would be a good idea, since it lacks in my shelf.
 

Historical anthropology. Nothing helps me understand the world (or rather, the parts of the world that interest me) like a historical study of how societies form. One of the ten books would have to be "Cannibals and Kings" by Marvin Harris.
 

Musical theory books would be for me, there's not much else i would care to know.
 

I would choose astronomy. To know so much more bout the universe would provide great pleasure.
 

I would choose philosophy: 5 western and 5 eastern.
 

zen
 

Probably geography, as I'm poor in this subject.
 

Religion/philosophy, drawing from both western and non-western sources; I feel like I could figure out pretty much anything else in the course of a lifetime.


Theoretical physics is a close runner up, though...

Difficult question, since so many "fields of knowledge" are anthropomorphically delineated anyway, and in actuality there's a whole lot more overlap than we'd like to admit.
 

Definitely History, particularly concerning the last 2-3 hundred years. Even though I'm mainly interested in mathematics, history is so important in order to understand the way the world is now
 

Psychology. If you understood the workings of a human mind interactions between others would become simple and easy. Understanding motives and ideals helps on a politcal platform as well, not being in politics (never i don't have enough patience for ignorance) but seeing what the people are REALLY doing would be nice.
 

Ten books on the new phisics. The other books I can read & at least partially understand.
There is so much in the new phisics for possible answers of the universe, philosophy, and spirituality.
As it is I need pencil and paper to add double digit numbers, so I need all the help I can get.
 

I would choose philosophy but since you did not include that in the list I will settle for the second best category - religion. Good philosophy is religion and good religion is philosophy.
 

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