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1 #+title: Prof. Sussman's Reading List 1 #+title: Prof. Sussman's Reading List
2 #+author: Gerald Sussman (compiled by Robert McIntyre) 2 #+author: Gerald Sussman (compiled by Robert McIntyre)
3 #+email: rlm@mit.edu 3 #+email: rlm@mit.edu
4 #+description: sussman's reading recommendations 4 #+description: Professor Sussman's reading recommendations
5 #+keywords: sussman physics computer science reading list MIT 5 #+keywords: sussman physics computer science reading list MIT
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11 * Recommendations 10 * Recommendations
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14 - Computers and Thought, by Edward A. Feigenbaum (Editor), Julian 11 - Computers and Thought, by Edward A. Feigenbaum (Editor), Julian
15 Feldman (Editor). 12 Feldman (Editor).
16 13 - [[http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/computers-and-thought][MIT Press]]
17 - [[http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/computers-and-thought][MIT Press]], [[http://www.amazon.com/Computers-Thought-Edward-Feigenbaum/dp/0262560925][Amazon]]
18 - ISBN: 0262560925 14 - ISBN: 0262560925
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20 This book includes some of the very interesting early papers in 15 This book includes some of the very interesting early papers in
21 AI, and is overall a great book. Of course, some of the included 16 AI, and is overall a great book. Of course, some of the included
22 papers are not very interesting. 17 papers are not very interesting.
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25 - [[http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/papers/steps.html][Steps towards Artificial Intelligence]], by Marvin Minsky.
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27 - Perceptrons, by Marvin Minsky
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29 - [[http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/perceptrons][MIT Press]], ISBN: 9780262631112
30 - Really good for "Math types."
31 - Uses geometry for proving things.
32 - People unwisely consisdered it to kill off Neural Nets
33
34 - Society of Mind, by Marvin Minsky
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36 - Music, Mind, and Meaning, by Marvin Minsky
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38 Minsky really made me as a person...
39 18
40 - The Configuration Space Method for Kinematic Design of Mechanisms, 19 - The Configuration Space Method for Kinematic Design of Mechanisms,
41 by Elisha Sacks and Leo Joskowicz 20 by Elisha Sacks and Leo Joskowicz
42 21
43 [[http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/configuration-space-method-kinematic-design-mechanisms][MIT Press]], ISBN: 9780262013895 22 [[http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/configuration-space-method-kinematic-design-mechanisms][MIT Press]], ISBN: 9780262013895
163 - Hackers, by Steven Levy 142 - Hackers, by Steven Levy
164 - Accuracy is not to good - people's names are spelled wrong, for 143 - Accuracy is not to good - people's names are spelled wrong, for
165 example. 144 example.
166 - But the /feelings/ are exactly right! 145 - But the /feelings/ are exactly right!
167 146
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169 * From house interview 147 * From house interview
170 148
171 - Network Theory, Bose + Stevens 149 - Network Theory, Bose + Stevens
172 - beautiful, best book. 150 - beautiful, best book.
173 - obsolete, only linear 151 - obsolete, only linear
211 - you will understand special relativity! 189 - you will understand special relativity!
212 190
213 - faynman lectures 191 - faynman lectures
214 - learn something 192 - learn something
215 - understandable 193 - understandable
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196 * Marvin Minsky
197 Minsky really made me as a person. He was my advisor when I was a
198 student at MIT, and he got me my first job. He had the "magnetisim"
199 to attract the most talented people to MIT to work on AI, and the
200 right amount of negligence and delagaion to create an environment
201 where people could thrive. He is certainly the reason that I was
202 seduced into working on AI. Minsky has vast and deep Scientific
203 knowledge -- he could walk into almost any class: Chemistry,
204 Physics, Math, Computer Science, and teach the class without
205 preparation!
206
207 - homepage :: http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/ Much of Minsky's
208 work is here, including his book, /The Emotion
209 Machine/, and several essays and papers. Check it out!
210
211 - Society of Mind, by Marvin Minsky
212 http://aurellem.org/society-of-mind/
213 Read it online! Each chapter of this book is a short,
214 self-contained essay about the various
215
216 - Music, Mind, and Meaning, by Marvin Minsky
217 https://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/papers/MusicMindMeaning.html
218 Minsky is one of a few living people who can /improvise/
219 complicated Baroque era fugues. You can hear one of these
220 improvisations here: http://aurellem.org/mmm/
221
222 - [[http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/papers/steps.html][Steps towards Artificial Intelligence]] Here, Minsky outlines how we
223 might begin to build an AI. This is considered to be one of the
224 founding papers of the field, along with Turing's "Computing
225 Machinery and Intelligence" [[http://www.loebner.net/Prizef/TuringArticle.html][paper]].
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227 - Perceptrons, by Marvin Minsky
228 - [[http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/perceptrons][MIT Press]], ISBN: 9780262631112
229 - Really good for "Math types."
230 - Uses geometry for proving things.
231 - People unwisely consisdered it to kill off Neural Nets; In fact,
232 it only shows the limitations of certain simple kinds of Neural
233 Nets.