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Best space books for programmers?

ZosiaNOP

After the Project Hail Mary references in the articles, I need more. Fiction or non-fiction, anything with a bit of science and problem solving.

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  1. Grace_42 Solutionreplies: 2

    The Martian, obviously. Same author, same "science the problem" energy, and plenty of maths you could actually code.

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    1. ElaKowalskareplies: 1

      Second The Martian. I wrote a little script to check his potato calorie maths after reading it.

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      1. ZosiaNOP

        Ha, that's exactly the kind of thing I'm after.

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    2. JackStack

      "Packing for Mars" by Mary Roach — non-fiction, hilarious, and full of weird details about how astronauts live.

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      1. BellaRossi

        "Hidden Figures" if you haven't read it. Real people doing orbital calculations by hand. Very humbling.

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        1. AmeliaRuns

          The Expanse series for fiction. Long, but the physics is taken seriously.

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