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* [https://www.amazon.com/Morse-Theory-Annals-Mathematic-Studies/dp/0691080089 Morse Theory] / [https://www.amazon.com/Characteristic-Classes-AM-76-John-Milnor/dp/0691081220 Characteristic Classes] by Milnor | * [https://www.amazon.com/Morse-Theory-Annals-Mathematic-Studies/dp/0691080089 Morse Theory] / [https://www.amazon.com/Characteristic-Classes-AM-76-John-Milnor/dp/0691081220 Characteristic Classes] by Milnor | ||
* [https://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Mechanics-Particles-Nature-Mathematicians/dp/0521277655 Quantum Mechanics and the Particles of Nature: An Outline for Mathematicians] by Anthony Sudbery | * [https://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Mechanics-Particles-Nature-Mathematicians/dp/0521277655 Quantum Mechanics and the Particles of Nature: An Outline for Mathematicians] by Anthony Sudbery | ||
==Biology== | |||
[https://www.amazon.com/Double-Helix-Personal-Discovery-Structure/dp/074321630X Double Helix] by James D. Watson | |||
==History of Science== | |||
[https://www.amazon.com/Science-Since-Babylon-Derek-deSolla/dp/0300017987 Science Since Babylon] by Derek de Solla Price | |||
==From Eric's bookshelves== | ==From Eric's bookshelves== | ||
Revision as of 06:57, 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
Biology
Double Helix by James D. Watson
History of Science
Science Since Babylon by Derek de Solla Price
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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