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     1.4  that contains all of these papers in the order they appear on the
     1.5  page. ([[./sussman-recs.bib]]).
     1.6  
     1.7 -* Recommendations
     1.8 -  - Computers and Thought, by Edward A. Feigenbaum (Editor), Julian
     1.9 -    Feldman (Editor). 
    1.10 -    - [[http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/computers-and-thought][MIT Press]]
    1.11 -    - ISBN: 0262560925
    1.12 -    This book includes some of the very interesting early papers in
    1.13 -    AI, and is overall a great book. Of course, some of the included
    1.14 -    papers are not very interesting. 
    1.15 -
    1.16 -  - The Configuration Space Method for Kinematic Design of Mechanisms,
    1.17 -    by Elisha Sacks and Leo Joskowicz
    1.18 -
    1.19 -    [[http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/configuration-space-method-kinematic-design-mechanisms][MIT Press]], ISBN: 9780262013895
    1.20 -
    1.21 -    - I learned a lot reading this. (RLM should read this!)
    1.22 -
    1.23 -* Things Micah should read
    1.24 -  
    1.25 -  - Wolpert Principles of development
    1.26 -  - A geneti switch Mark Ptashne
    1.27 -  - Lawrence the making of a fly
    1.28 -  - Frankel "Pattern Formation" (my type of book!)
    1.29 -
    1.30 -* Things rlm should read
    1.31 -  - The harmonic mind vol 1+2 smolenck + legendre
    1.32 -  
    1.33  * For fun
    1.34    - Time's Arrow ad Archemdedes's ???? (price)
    1.35      - a reasonable philisopher
    1.36    - was einstein right? (clifford will)
    1.37  
    1.38 -* Everybody should know:
    1.39 -  - fundamental physics
    1.40 -    - classical mechanics
    1.41 -    - E & M
    1.42 -    - relativity
    1.43 -    - QM
    1.44 -  - mathemeatics
    1.45 +  - Stranger in a strange land 
    1.46  
    1.47 +  - Hackers, by Steven Levy
    1.48 +    - Accuracy is not to good - people's names are spelled wrong, for
    1.49 +      example. 
    1.50 +    - But the /feelings/ are exactly right!
    1.51 +
    1.52 +* Some /Real/ Highschool Reading
    1.53  
    1.54  - Bernard F Schultz "A first course in general relativity"
    1.55    - readable
    1.56 @@ -57,6 +31,17 @@
    1.57    - you can just go through it...
    1.58    - minimal dependencies
    1.59  
    1.60 +  - Mermin, Space and time in special relativity
    1.61 +    - can be read by H.S. student
    1.62 +    - will change your life
    1.63 +    - you will understand special relativity!
    1.64 +
    1.65 +  - faynman lectures
    1.66 +    - learn something
    1.67 +    - understandable
    1.68 +
    1.69 +
    1.70 +  - Society of Mind, by Marvin Minsky
    1.71  
    1.72  - Scott Aaronson "Quantum Computing since Democratus"
    1.73    - everything you might want to know about QM, w/ phiospphical
    1.74 @@ -69,22 +54,7 @@
    1.75    - discover what people were actually thinking
    1.76    - very interesting document
    1.77  
    1.78 -- Stranger in a strange land 
    1.79 -
    1.80 -
    1.81 -- radio amateur's handbook ARRL
    1.82 -  - /practical/ electronics book
    1.83 -  - done for 100 years
    1.84 -
    1.85 -- Radiotron Designer's handbook RCA, 4th edition
    1.86 -  - "I'm very interested in hi-fi."
    1.87 -
    1.88 -- Hackers, by Steven Levy
    1.89 -  - Accuracy is not to good - people's names are spelled wrong, for
    1.90 -    example. 
    1.91 -  - But the /feelings/ are exactly right!
    1.92 -
    1.93 -* From house interview
    1.94 +* From Sussman's Bookshelf
    1.95  
    1.96    - Network Theory, Bose + Stevens
    1.97      - beautiful, best book. 
    1.98 @@ -123,15 +93,34 @@
    1.99      - deep
   1.100      - read 100 times, learn something new each time
   1.101      
   1.102 -  - Mermin, Space and time in special relativity
   1.103 -    - can be read by H.S. student
   1.104 -    - will change your life
   1.105 -    - you will understand special relativity!
   1.106 +  - radio amateur's handbook ARRL
   1.107 +    - /practical/ electronics book
   1.108 +    - done for 100 years
   1.109  
   1.110 -  - faynman lectures
   1.111 -    - learn something
   1.112 -    - understandable
   1.113 +  - Radiotron Designer's handbook RCA, 4th edition
   1.114 +    - "I'm very interested in hi-fi."
   1.115  
   1.116 +  - Computers and Thought, by Edward A. Feigenbaum (Editor), Julian
   1.117 +    Feldman (Editor). 
   1.118 +    - [[http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/computers-and-thought][MIT Press]]
   1.119 +    - ISBN: 0262560925
   1.120 +    This book includes some of the very interesting early papers in
   1.121 +    AI, and is overall a great book. Of course, some of the included
   1.122 +    papers are not very interesting. 
   1.123 +
   1.124 +  - The Configuration Space Method for Kinematic Design of Mechanisms,
   1.125 +    by Elisha Sacks and Leo Joskowicz
   1.126 +
   1.127 +    [[http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/configuration-space-method-kinematic-design-mechanisms][MIT Press]], ISBN: 9780262013895
   1.128 +
   1.129 +    - I learned a lot reading this. (RLM should read this!)
   1.130 +
   1.131 +  - Wolpert Principles of development
   1.132 +  - A geneti switch Mark Ptashne
   1.133 +  - Lawrence the making of a fly
   1.134 +  - Frankel "Pattern Formation" (my type of book!)
   1.135 +
   1.136 +  - The harmonic mind vol 1+2 smolenck + legendre
   1.137  
   1.138  * Marvin Minsky 
   1.139    Minsky really made me as a person. He was my advisor when I was a
   1.140 @@ -264,3 +253,4 @@
   1.141      - By [[http://web.mit.edu/~axch/www/][Alexey Andreyevich Radul]], 2009
   1.142      - Is a completely new way to program computers.
   1.143      - Under active development. You can get the latest code [[http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/gjs/propagators/propagator.tar][here]].
   1.144 +