# HG changeset patch # User rlm # Date 1401820837 14400 # Node ID b04069810d4e2a638b0787f87265c9dc3e382ac3 # Parent b9e760a9b54932b7426addd6af1f941444ae77e3 adding more links to the bookshelf section diff -r b9e760a9b549 -r b04069810d4e org/sussman-reading-list.org --- a/org/sussman-reading-list.org Tue Jun 03 14:06:58 2014 -0400 +++ b/org/sussman-reading-list.org Tue Jun 03 14:40:37 2014 -0400 @@ -8,83 +8,67 @@ #+babel: :mkdirp yes :noweb yes :exports both * TODO something about the point of this +* TODO add sicm and other sussmans If you want to cite any of these papers, [[./sussman-recs.bib][here]] is a bibtex format file that contains all of these papers in the order they appear on the page. ([[./sussman-recs.bib]]). -# NEEDS WORK - -* Some /Real/ Highschool Reading - - - [[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 - - ISBN: 9780521277037 - - Readable, not too heavy. - - Minimal dependencies - - You can just go through it slowly and understand at each step. - - - [[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]] - - ISBN: 0881334200 - - HIGHLY accessible. - - This will change your life. - - You will understand special relativity! - - - [[http://www.feynmanlectures.info/][The Feynman Lectures on Physics]] - - Highly understandable - - Just go there and learn something already! - - - [[http://aurellem.org/society-of-mind/][Society of Mind]], by [[http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/][Marvin Minsky]] - - A trove of wonderful ideas! - - - [[http://www.cambridge.org/us/knowledge/discountpromotion/?site_locale=en_US&code=L3QCSD][Quantum Computing since Democratus]], by [[http://www.scottaaronson.com/][Scott Aaronson]] - - Everything you might want to know about computing with QM, with - a philosophical outlook. - - - Bible, Talmud, Koran - - Read them whether or not you believe them! - - Be sure to read between the lines, and you can discover what - people were actually thinking back then. - - Very interesting documents! - - [[http://jhom.com/topics/voice/bat_kol_bab.htm][Bava Metzia 59b]] is an interesting story! - * From Sussman's Bookshelf - - Network Theory, Bose + Stevens - - beautiful, best book. - - obsolete, only linear - - get the real story about RLC circuits + - [[http://www.amazon.com/Introductory-Network-Theory-Amar-Bose/dp/B0000CMXS1][Introductory Network Theory]], by A.G. Bose and K.N. Stevens + - ASIN: B0000CMXS1 + - Get the real story about RLC circuits! + - Obsolete -- it only covers linear circuits. - - Linear and nonlinear circuits, Chua Sesoler kuh - - more up-to-date than /Network Theory/ + - [[http://www.amazon.com/Linear-Nonlinear-Circuits-Leon-Chua/dp/0070108986][Linear and Nonlinear Circuits]], by Chua, Desoler, and Kuh + - ISBN: 0070108986 + - More up-to-date than /Network Theory/ - 10/10 would teach - - mathematically very clear + - Mathematically very clear - - "Art of electronics practice" horowitz & hill - - practical + - [[http://frank.harvard.edu/aoe/][The Art of Electronics]], by Horowitz & Hill + - ASIN: B001ERDQVI + - Practical + - Beautiful - - Grey + meyer (2nd or 3rd) edition "analysis and design of analogue - and integrated circuits" + - [[http://www.amazon.com/Analysis-Design-Analog-Integrated-Circuits/dp/0471574953/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1401819423&sr=1-1&keywords=Analysis+and+Design+of+Analog+Integrated+Circuits+3rd+edition][Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits]], by Grey and + Meyer + - ISBN: 0471574953 + - Get the 2nd or 3rd edition, not later ones. - - A survey of modern algebra Birkhoff + macland - - all the wau to gaoias theory - - clear + - [[http://www.maa.org/publications/maa-reviews/a-survey-of-modern-algebra][A Survey of Modern Algebra]], by Garrett Birkhoff and Saunders + MacLane + - ISBN: 9781568814544 + - Goes all the wau to Galois Theory! + - Clear! - - Visual Complex Analusis, Needham + - [[http://usf.usfca.edu/vca//][Visual Complex Analysis]], Needham + - ISBN: 0198534469 - Easy reading, well written + - Wonderful use of graphics! - - Solid shape, Jan Koenderink - - just good + - [[http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/solid-shape][Solid Shape]], Jan Koenderink + - ISBN: 026211139X + - Just good! - - Probability: the Logic of Science, Jaynes + - [[http://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/physics/theoretical-physics-and-mathematical-physics/probability-theory-logic-science][Probability: the Logic of Science]], by E.T. Jaynes + - ISBN: 9780521592710 + - OMG just read this already! + - Here's [[http://www-biba.inrialpes.fr/Jaynes/prob.html][some]] [[http://omega.albany.edu:8008/JaynesBook.html][links]] to the book. + - This book will change your life, and make probability make + sense. Truly excellent book. + - Why aren't you reading this!? - - Calculus on Manifolds, Spivak - - great notation, inspiration for SICM - - great flame + - [[http://www.perseusacademic.com/book.php?isbn=0805390219][Calculus on Manifolds]], Spivak + - ISBN: 9780805390216 + - Great Mathematical notation! + - Was an inspiration for [[http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/gjs/6946/sicm-html/book.html][SICM]]. + - Book contains a great flame! - - Variational Princ. Mech. Lanczos - - very phisolic - - deep - - read 100 times, learn something new each time + - The Variational Principles of Mechanics, by Cornelius Lanczos + - Very philosophical; deep. + - You could read it 100 times and learn something new each time! - radio amateur's handbook ARRL - /practical/ electronics book @@ -115,9 +99,6 @@ - The harmonic mind vol 1+2 smolenck + legendre - -# DONE - * Marvin Minsky Minsky really made me as a person. He was my advisor when I was a student at MIT, and he got me my first job. He had the "magnetisim" @@ -250,6 +231,38 @@ - Is a completely new way to program computers. - Under active development. You can get the latest code [[http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/gjs/propagators/propagator.tar][here]]. +* Some /Real/ Highschool Reading + + - [[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 + - ISBN: 9780521277037 + - Readable, not too heavy. + - Minimal dependencies + - You can just go through it slowly and understand at each step. + + - [[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]] + - ISBN: 0881334200 + - HIGHLY accessible. + - This will change your life. + - You will understand special relativity! + + - [[http://www.feynmanlectures.info/][The Feynman Lectures on Physics]] + - Highly understandable + - Just go there and learn something already! + + - [[http://aurellem.org/society-of-mind/][Society of Mind]], by [[http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/][Marvin Minsky]] + - A trove of wonderful ideas! + + - [[http://www.cambridge.org/us/knowledge/discountpromotion/?site_locale=en_US&code=L3QCSD][Quantum Computing since Democratus]], by [[http://www.scottaaronson.com/][Scott Aaronson]] + - Everything you might want to know about computing with QM, with + a philosophical outlook. + + - Bible, Talmud, Koran + - Read them whether or not you believe them! + - Be sure to read between the lines, and you can discover what + people were actually thinking back then. + - Very interesting documents! + - [[http://jhom.com/topics/voice/bat_kol_bab.htm][Bava Metzia 59b]] is an interesting story! + * For Fun - [[http://prce.hu/w/TAAP.html][Time's Arrow and Archemdedes' Point]], by Huw Price - ISBN: 0195117980