# HG changeset patch # User rlm # Date 1401818818 14400 # Node ID b9e760a9b54932b7426addd6af1f941444ae77e3 # Parent dc6a0ea8e2dd92d1648eb06467e509e6e56bd509 complete highschool section annotations. diff -r dc6a0ea8e2dd -r b9e760a9b549 org/sussman-reading-list.org --- a/org/sussman-reading-list.org Tue Jun 03 13:47:39 2014 -0400 +++ b/org/sussman-reading-list.org Tue Jun 03 14:06:58 2014 -0400 @@ -17,34 +17,35 @@ * Some /Real/ Highschool Reading - - Bernard F Schultz "A first course in general relativity" - - readable - - not too heavy - - you can just go through it... - - minimal dependencies + - [[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. - - Mermin, Space and time in special relativity - - can be read by H.S. student - - will change your life - - you will understand special relativity! + - [[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! - - faynman lectures - - learn something - - understandable + - [[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! - - Society of Mind, by Marvin Minsky + - [[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. -- Scott Aaronson "Quantum Computing since Democratus" - - everything you might want to know about QM, w/ phiospphical - outlook - - -- Bible + friends - - whether or not you believe it - - read between the lines - - discover what people were actually thinking - - very interesting document + - 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