It is no exaggeration to say that the SUHB is a complex work, and probably not that easy to understand. The following are reading suggestions made by various individuals involved in the SUHB and may help on the journey of understanding:
Bear (Thomas Cox):
Royden Real Analysis
Gellert: Nuts come in Pairs
Feynmann: Surely you must be joking Mr. Feynmann
Fran Biley:
F Capra: The Toa of Physics
Michael Talbot: The Holographic Universe
Florence Nightingale: Notes on Nursing
Jack Kerouac: On the Road
James Redfield: The Celestine Prophecy
Sheila Cheema:
Fields Within Fields...Within Fields, Man's Emergent Evolution, Vol.3 # 1, 1970, World Institute (journal).
Teilhard de Chardin: The Phenomenon of Man
Arthur Koestler: The Ghost in the Machine
Arthur Koestler: The Roots of Coincidence
Ludwig von Bertalanffy: Modern Theories of Development, An Introduction To Theoretical Biology
Antoine de Saint-Exupery: The Little Prince
F Capra: The Web of Life
Gary E.R Schwartz and Linda G.S. Russek: The Living Energy Universe
Magic Eye Books (wonderful visual examples of the whole being more than and different from the sum of its parts. A good teaching tool though not everyone is able to see the picture within the picture.
Violet Malinski and Elizabeth Barrett: Martha E. Rogers: Her Life and Her Work
Joanne Griffin:
Rene Dubos: Man Adapting
Teilhard deChardin
Flatland,
von Bertalanffy's Systems Theory,
Madeline L'Engle: Wrinkle in Time,
A Toffler: Future Shock
? Author: The Voices of Time
A Koestler: The Ghost in the Machine
Any science fiction by Heinlein
John Phillips:
Abbott, E. A. (1991). Flatland. New Jersey: Princeton University. (Martha used this book to help understand her postulate of pandimensionality)
Capra, F., & Steindl-Rast, D. (1991). Belonging to the universe: Explorations of the frontiers of science and spirituality. San Francisco, CA: HarperSanFrancisco.
Roads, M. J. (1994). Journey into oneness: A spiritual odyssey. Tiburon, CA: J. J. Kramer Inc.
Talbot, M. (1992). The holographic universe. New York: HarperCollins.
Vidette Todaro-Franceschi:
The Elegant Universe
Flatland
Michael Talbot: The Holographic Universe
Edgar Mitchell: The Way of the Explorer
Gary Zukav: Seat of the Soul
Alan Lightman: Einstein's Dreams
Anne Rice: The Witching Hour
Also you might like to check out Vidette's own book!
If anybody has found any books particularly useful please email me the details and I will add them to the list.