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16 # NEEDS WORK 16 # NEEDS WORK
17 17
18 * Some /Real/ Highschool Reading 18 * Some /Real/ Highschool Reading
19 19
20 - Bernard F Schultz "A first course in general relativity" 20 - [[http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/physics/cosmology-relativity-and-gravitation/first-course-general-relativity][A First Course in General Relativity]], by Bernard F Schultz
21 - readable 21 - ISBN: 9780521277037
22 - not too heavy 22 - Readable, not too heavy.
23 - you can just go through it... 23 - Minimal dependencies
24 - minimal dependencies 24 - You can just go through it slowly and understand at each step.
25 25
26 - Mermin, Space and time in special relativity 26 - [[http://www.amazon.com/Space-Special-Relativity-David-Mermin/dp/0881334200][Space and Time in Special Relativity]], by [[http://www.lassp.cornell.edu/mermin/][David Mermin]]
27 - can be read by H.S. student 27 - ISBN: 0881334200
28 - will change your life 28 - HIGHLY accessible.
29 - you will understand special relativity! 29 - This will change your life.
30 30 - You will understand special relativity!
31 - faynman lectures 31
32 - learn something 32 - [[http://www.feynmanlectures.info/][The Feynman Lectures on Physics]]
33 - understandable 33 - Highly understandable
34 34 - Just go there and learn something already!
35 35
36 - Society of Mind, by Marvin Minsky 36 - [[http://aurellem.org/society-of-mind/][Society of Mind]], by [[http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/][Marvin Minsky]]
37 37 - A trove of wonderful ideas!
38 - Scott Aaronson "Quantum Computing since Democratus" 38
39 - everything you might want to know about QM, w/ phiospphical 39 - [[http://www.cambridge.org/us/knowledge/discountpromotion/?site_locale=en_US&code=L3QCSD][Quantum Computing since Democratus]], by [[http://www.scottaaronson.com/][Scott Aaronson]]
40 outlook 40 - Everything you might want to know about computing with QM, with
41 41 a philosophical outlook.
42 42
43 - Bible + friends 43 - Bible, Talmud, Koran
44 - whether or not you believe it 44 - Read them whether or not you believe them!
45 - read between the lines 45 - Be sure to read between the lines, and you can discover what
46 - discover what people were actually thinking 46 people were actually thinking back then.
47 - very interesting document 47 - Very interesting documents!
48 - [[http://jhom.com/topics/voice/bat_kol_bab.htm][Bava Metzia 59b]] is an interesting story!
48 49
49 * From Sussman's Bookshelf 50 * From Sussman's Bookshelf
50 51
51 - Network Theory, Bose + Stevens 52 - Network Theory, Bose + Stevens
52 - beautiful, best book. 53 - beautiful, best book.