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==General== |
==General== |
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* [https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-single-most-useful-book-you-have-ever-read What is the single most useful book you have ever read?] |
* [https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-single-most-useful-book-you-have-ever-read What is the single most useful book you have ever read?] |
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** Quiet: The power of Introvert in a world that cant stop talking - Multiple Recommendations... |
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** Mini Habits, by Stephen Guise - It does away with the notion that one requires great motivation or super will power to change habits and life. |
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===[https://www.gatesnotes.com/Books#All Bill Gates]=== |
===[https://www.gatesnotes.com/Books#All Bill Gates]=== |
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* Stuff Matters |
* Stuff Matters |
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* How Not To Be Wrong: The Power of Mathmatical Thinking |
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* Seveneves - Neal Stephenson |
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* The Black Swan |
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* A Life Decoded (Craig Venter) |
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===[http://blog.longnow.org/category/manual-for-civilization/ Manual for Civilisation]=== |
===[http://blog.longnow.org/category/manual-for-civilization/ Manual for Civilisation]=== |
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=Books= |
=Books= |
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[http://blog.longnow.org/02014/02/06/manual-for-civilization-begins/ The Comments Section] |
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==General Self Improvement== |
==General Self Improvement== |
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* Visual Group Theory |
* Visual Group Theory |
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* C. Pinter Group Theory |
* C. Pinter Group Theory |
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* Mathematics: Its Content, Methods, and Meaning - Multiple (x2) recommendations |
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* Calculus - Michael Spivak - Multiple recommendations |
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* What is Mathematics? - Multiple recommendations |
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* Algebra by Israel M. Gelfand - Multiple recommendations |
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* Mathematics for the Million - A few stack overflow recommendations |
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* The Princeton Companion to Mathematics - Kind of huge, maybe just the interesting bits. |
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* Fearless Symmetry |
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* Love & Math - That book by that Russian guy? |
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* How to Solve it |
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* Concrete Mathematics - Knuth |
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* The Road to Reality |
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* No Bullshit Guide to Mathematics |
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* <strike>Letters to a Young Mathematician</strike> |
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[http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~abhishek/chicmath.htm Chicago Undergraduate Mathematics Bibliography] |
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[http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/book-recommendation?sort=votes&pageSize=15 Stack overflow recommendations] |
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[http://math-blog.com/mathematics-books/ Math Books: Recommended books about mathematics] |
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===Recreational Mathematics (Puzzles)=== |
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[https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-of-the-best-books-on-recreational-mathematics-and-or-mathematical-puzzles What are some of the best books on recreational mathematics and/or mathematical puzzles?] |
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[http://www.york.cuny.edu/~malk/biblio/martin-gardner-biblio.html Martin Gardner puzzle books] [http://martin-gardner.org/PuzzleBooks.html Official list] |
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* My Best Mathematical Puzzles |
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[http://www.amazon.com/Raymond-M.-Smullyan/e/B000AQ1NF0 Raymond M. Smullyan] |
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===Geometry=== |
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* The Four Pillars of Geometry |
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* Heathstone |
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===Other Books Relevant=== |
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* Godel's Proof |
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===[https://medium.com/@amathstudent/learning-math-on-your-own-39fe90c3536b#.zlhsct9il This persons list]=== |
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* 1089 and All That by Acheson - NOT ON LIBGEN - The very best introduction to math. This is an amazing little book that gives you a glimpse of practically every feature of math and is fantastically written and very entertaining. |
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* Indra’s Pearls by Mumford - idea was to explain a piece of completely grown-up, cutting-edge mathematics but assuming you didn’t touch mathematics after school. There’s no book like it — beautifully written, beautifully illustrated, beautifully made. |
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* Measurement by Lockhart - If you’re struggling with the school curriculum essentially covers all of school mathematics (including calculus) after arithmetic |
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* Mathematics: Its Content, Methods, and Meaning - Once you get interested in the university curriculum. it covers an entire undergraduate mathematics degree — yet, lucid — for many topics, it has the clearest explanations I’ve seen. |
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Misc: In increasing order of difficulty: |
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* The Enjoyment of Mathematics by Rademacher & Toeplitz |
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* What is Mathematics? by Courant & Robbins |
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* Geometry and the Imagination by Hilbert & Cohn-Vossen |
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* How to Solve It by Pólya |
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* The Development of Mathematics in the 19th Century by Klein |
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Three other books I’d like to point out at the beginner’s level are |
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* Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes by Taimina, if you crochet |
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* From Calculus to Chaos by Acheson |
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* if you like physics, and Polyhedra by Cromwell |
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* Finally, if you become interested in the cutting edge, browse the enormous Princeton Companion to Mathematics. |
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==Science== |
==Science== |
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Latest revision as of 15:00, 3 August 2016
Recommendation Links[edit | edit source]
General[edit | edit source]
- What is the single most useful book you have ever read?
- Quiet: The power of Introvert in a world that cant stop talking - Multiple Recommendations...
- Mini Habits, by Stephen Guise - It does away with the notion that one requires great motivation or super will power to change habits and life.
Bill Gates[edit | edit source]
- Stuff Matters
- How Not To Be Wrong: The Power of Mathmatical Thinking
- Seveneves - Neal Stephenson
- The Black Swan
- A Life Decoded (Craig Venter)
Manual for Civilisation[edit | edit source]
Books[edit | edit source]
General Self Improvement[edit | edit source]
- Quiet: The power of Introverts
Math[edit | edit source]
- Visual Group Theory
- C. Pinter Group Theory
- Mathematics: Its Content, Methods, and Meaning - Multiple (x2) recommendations
- Calculus - Michael Spivak - Multiple recommendations
- What is Mathematics? - Multiple recommendations
- Algebra by Israel M. Gelfand - Multiple recommendations
- Mathematics for the Million - A few stack overflow recommendations
- The Princeton Companion to Mathematics - Kind of huge, maybe just the interesting bits.
- Fearless Symmetry
- Love & Math - That book by that Russian guy?
- How to Solve it
- Concrete Mathematics - Knuth
- The Road to Reality
- No Bullshit Guide to Mathematics
Letters to a Young Mathematician
Chicago Undergraduate Mathematics Bibliography
Stack overflow recommendations
Math Books: Recommended books about mathematics
Recreational Mathematics (Puzzles)[edit | edit source]
What are some of the best books on recreational mathematics and/or mathematical puzzles?
Martin Gardner puzzle books Official list
- My Best Mathematical Puzzles
Geometry[edit | edit source]
- The Four Pillars of Geometry
- Heathstone
Other Books Relevant[edit | edit source]
- Godel's Proof
This persons list[edit | edit source]
- 1089 and All That by Acheson - NOT ON LIBGEN - The very best introduction to math. This is an amazing little book that gives you a glimpse of practically every feature of math and is fantastically written and very entertaining.
- Indra’s Pearls by Mumford - idea was to explain a piece of completely grown-up, cutting-edge mathematics but assuming you didn’t touch mathematics after school. There’s no book like it — beautifully written, beautifully illustrated, beautifully made.
- Measurement by Lockhart - If you’re struggling with the school curriculum essentially covers all of school mathematics (including calculus) after arithmetic
- Mathematics: Its Content, Methods, and Meaning - Once you get interested in the university curriculum. it covers an entire undergraduate mathematics degree — yet, lucid — for many topics, it has the clearest explanations I’ve seen.
Misc: In increasing order of difficulty:
- The Enjoyment of Mathematics by Rademacher & Toeplitz
- What is Mathematics? by Courant & Robbins
- Geometry and the Imagination by Hilbert & Cohn-Vossen
- How to Solve It by Pólya
- The Development of Mathematics in the 19th Century by Klein
Three other books I’d like to point out at the beginner’s level are
- Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes by Taimina, if you crochet
- From Calculus to Chaos by Acheson
- if you like physics, and Polyhedra by Cromwell
- Finally, if you become interested in the cutting edge, browse the enormous Princeton Companion to Mathematics.
Science[edit | edit source]
- The Structures of Scientific Revolutions (there' s also a 50 years later version)
Finance[edit | edit source]
- The Millionaire Next Door
- The richest man in babylon