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*36 Lectures in Biology | *[https://www.amazon.com/Thirty-Lectures-Biology-Salvador-Edward/dp/0262120682 36 Lectures in Biology] by S. E. Luria | ||
*Not Even Wrong | *[https://www.amazon.com/Not-Even-Wrong-Failure-Physical/dp/0465092764 Not Even Wrong] by Peter Woit | ||
*Projecting Science and Engineering Personnel Requirements for the | *[https://www.amazon.com/Projecting-science-engineering-personnel-requirements/dp/0160400090 Projecting Science and Engineering Personnel Requirements for the 1990s - How Good are the Numbers?] | ||
*Perfumes | *[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QF3RXPG Perfumes] by Luca Turin & Tania Sanchez | ||
*The Beat of a Different Drum | *[https://www.amazon.com/Beat-Different-Drum-Science-Richard/dp/0198539487 The Beat of a Different Drum: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman] by Jagdish Mehra | ||
*The Geometric Universe | *[https://www.amazon.com/Geometric-Universe-Science-Geometry-Penrose/dp/0198500599 The Geometric Universe: Science, Geometry, and the Work of Roger Penrose] by S. A. Huggett (Editor), L. J. Mason (Editor), K. P. Tod (Editor), S. T. Tsou (Editor), N. M. J. Woodhouse (Editor) | ||
*QED and the Men Who Made It | *[https://www.amazon.com/QED-Men-Made-Silvan-Schweber/dp/0691036853 QED and the Men Who Made It] by Silvan S. Schweber | ||
*Gravitation | *Gravitation | ||
*Encyclopedia of Cosmology | *Encyclopedia of Cosmology | ||
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*Out of My Later Years | *Out of My Later Years | ||
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Revision as of 06:50, 24 February 2020
Mathematics
- Spin Geometry by Lawson and Michelson
- Einstein Manifolds by Besse
- Geometric Quantization by Woodhouse
- Road to Reality by Penrose
- Gravitation, Gauge Theories And Differential Geometry Eguchi, Gilkey, and Hansen 1980
- Calculus on Manifolds by Spivak
- Heat Kernels and Dirac Operators by Ezra Getzler, Michèle Vergne, and Nicole Berline
- Differential Forms in Algebraic Topology by Loring W. Tu and Raoul Bott
- Morse Theory / Characteristic Classes by Milnor
- Quantum Mechanics and the Particles of Nature: An Outline for Mathematicians by Anthony Sudbery
From Eric's bookshelves
additional books that changed Eric's life:
1st (Top) Shelf:
- Turkish Phrase Book
- Russian Course
- The Loom of Language by Bodmer and Hogben
- Spoken and Written Hindi by Fairbanks and Misra
- Teach Yourself Hindi
- A Guide to Latex by Kopka and Daly
- Turkish Grammar
- Everyday Indonesian
- Colloquial Turkish
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- Hindi & Urdu
- Hindustani for the Tourist - ?
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- Basic Algebra I
- The Ideas of Particle Physics
- Pattern Classification by Duda, Hart & Stork
- Introduction to ? Field Theory ?
- Supermanifolds: Second Edition
- General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics
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- Differential Topology
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- Elements of the Theory of Computation
- Elements of Information Theory
- A History of Economic Theory
- Introductory Economics
- Peddling Prosperity by Paul Krugman
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- Accounting for Tastes
- More Heat than Light by Philip Mirowski
- The General Theory
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2nd Shelf:
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- Introduction to Linear Algebra
- Modern Elementary Particle Physics
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- Introduction to Superstrings
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- A Comprehensive Introduction to Differential Geometry IV
- A Comprehensive Introduction to Differential Geometry III
- A Comprehensive Introduction to Differential Geometry V
- Principles of Quantum Mechanics
- The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time
- A Comprehensive Introduction to Differential Geometry I
- A Comprehensive Introduction to Differential Geometry II
- An Elementary Primer for Gauge Theory
- Calculus on Manifolds
- Shelter Island II
- Topology and Analysis
- Representations of Compact Lie Groups
- Lie Algebras in Particle Physics
- Grand Unified Theories
- Quantum Field Theory and Topology
- Essential Relativity
- Modern Geometry I
- Differential Forms in Algebraic Topology
- Analysis, Manifolds and Physics
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- Concepts of Particle Physics
- General Relativity for Mathematicians
3rd Shelf:
- 36 Lectures in Biology by S. E. Luria
- Not Even Wrong by Peter Woit
- Projecting Science and Engineering Personnel Requirements for the 1990s - How Good are the Numbers?
- Perfumes by Luca Turin & Tania Sanchez
- The Beat of a Different Drum: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman by Jagdish Mehra
- The Geometric Universe: Science, Geometry, and the Work of Roger Penrose by S. A. Huggett (Editor), L. J. Mason (Editor), K. P. Tod (Editor), S. T. Tsou (Editor), N. M. J. Woodhouse (Editor)
- QED and the Men Who Made It by Silvan S. Schweber
- Gravitation
- Encyclopedia of Cosmology
- Encyclopedia of Physics
- Aspects of Quantum Field Theory in General Space-Time
- Advanced Scientific Computation
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- The Strangest Man by Graham Farmelo
- The Jazz of Physics by Stephon Alexander
- Heraclitean Fire by Erwin Chargaff
- A Literary Companion to Science
- The True Believer
- The Denial of Death
- The Jazz of Physics (That's right, he has two copies of this book)
- Ringside
- Out of My Later Years
4th Shelf:
- Einstein's Dream
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- Makam
- Save the Cat!
- The Theoretical Minimum
- Quantum Mechanics
- The Diary of Anais Nin
- Symmetry
- 100 Great Operas
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- Gauge Theories of the Strong, Weak, and Electromagnetic Interactions
- Eat the Rich
- The Diary of Anais Nin (Another double - different edition)
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- The Annotated Alice
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- Bloodlands
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- I Always Look Up the Word "e-gre-gious"
- Give War a Chance
- Age and Guile
- Necessary Illusions
- Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World
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- Daemon
- Father to Son
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