2009 Books Read
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*BF Skinner's Beyond Freedom and Dignity | *BF Skinner's Beyond Freedom and Dignity | ||
| + | *Dennett's Consciousness Explained | ||
*The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald | *The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald | ||
*The Essential Muir | *The Essential Muir | ||
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*Hierarchy theory; the challenge of complex systems Pattee, H. H. | *Hierarchy theory; the challenge of complex systems Pattee, H. H. | ||
*The exploit : a theory of networks Galloway, Alexander R., 1974- | *The exploit : a theory of networks Galloway, Alexander R., 1974- | ||
| − | **(it is | + | **(Don't read it, it is bad, unless you are a starry-eyed adolescent pomo-techoboner fanboy.) |
*Maturana and Varela, the Tree of Knowledge | *Maturana and Varela, the Tree of Knowledge | ||
*New cautionary tales Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953. | *New cautionary tales Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953. | ||
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*Bertrand Russell's On Science and Religion | *Bertrand Russell's On Science and Religion | ||
*Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore Calvino, Italo. (but in English) | *Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore Calvino, Italo. (but in English) | ||
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===Constantly Reading:=== | ===Constantly Reading:=== | ||
*Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman | *Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman | ||
| + | *divers writing/typography/type/design/print/book books | ||
| + | *The same kids books over and over | ||
| − | ===To Read | + | ===To Read Sooner than later=== |
| + | *What computers still can't do. H. Dreyfus | ||
| + | *Holland's Hidden Order | ||
| + | *Adaptive individuals in evolving populations : models and algorithms Belew, Richard K. and Mitchell | ||
| + | *An introduction to genetic algorithms Mitchell, Melanie. | ||
*The Revolt of the Masses Ortega y Gasset | *The Revolt of the Masses Ortega y Gasset | ||
*Civilization and its Discontents by Freud | *Civilization and its Discontents by Freud | ||
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*Barthes's Mythologies | *Barthes's Mythologies | ||
*Barthes's Sade, Loyola, Fourier | *Barthes's Sade, Loyola, Fourier | ||
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*The affluent society Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006. | *The affluent society Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006. | ||
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*Thoreau, Selections from Walden | *Thoreau, Selections from Walden | ||
| − | *The Selfish Gene (Dawkins) | + | *The Selfish Gene andor Blind Watchmaker (Dawkins) |
*The Origin of Species (Darwin) | *The Origin of Species (Darwin) | ||
*On Growth and Form, D'Arcy Thompson | *On Growth and Form, D'Arcy Thompson | ||
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*Unbearable Lightness | *Unbearable Lightness | ||
| + | *Fleischman's Cultivating Inner Peace (Buddhist angle on many different people. Forrest's dad wrote this) | ||
*Secrets of the Temple by William Greider (recommended book about the Fed) | *Secrets of the Temple by William Greider (recommended book about the Fed) | ||
| + | *Dennett and Hotstadter's Mind's Eye | ||
| + | *Popper's Logic of Scientific Discovery | ||
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| + | ===To Read in the Long Term=== | ||
| + | http://thegreatbookslist.com/ | ||
Revision as of 07:01, 12 February 2009
Contents |
Read:
- BF Skinner's Beyond Freedom and Dignity
- Dennett's Consciousness Explained
- The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald
- The Essential Muir
- The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James
- The Worldly Philosophers (a 'great men' history of economics)
- Beyond Good and Evil by Nietzsche (which I always spell correctly)
- Nize baby Gross, Milt, 1895-1953.
- The man who loved only numbers : the story of Paul Erdos and the search for mathematical truth Hoffman, Paul, 1956-
- Vehicles, experiments in synthetic psychology Braitenberg, Valentino.
- Val Vygotsky's Mind and Society, 1930
- Hierarchy theory; the challenge of complex systems Pattee, H. H.
- The exploit : a theory of networks Galloway, Alexander R., 1974-
- (Don't read it, it is bad, unless you are a starry-eyed adolescent pomo-techoboner fanboy.)
- Maturana and Varela, the Tree of Knowledge
- New cautionary tales Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953.
- Cautionary verses; the collected humorous poems of H. Belloc
- Ladies and gentlemen Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953.
- A moral alphabet Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953.
Reading:
- Andy Clark's Mindware
- The Genealogy of Morals by Nietzsche
- Human Reasoning and Cognition (an argument to get reasoning a role in cognitive science again, not my bag but I'm open to having my mind changed)
- Bertrand Russell's On Science and Religion
- Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore Calvino, Italo. (but in English)
Constantly Reading:
- Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman
- divers writing/typography/type/design/print/book books
- The same kids books over and over
To Read Sooner than later
- What computers still can't do. H. Dreyfus
- Holland's Hidden Order
- Adaptive individuals in evolving populations : models and algorithms Belew, Richard K. and Mitchell
- An introduction to genetic algorithms Mitchell, Melanie.
- The Revolt of the Masses Ortega y Gasset
- Civilization and its Discontents by Freud
- Tristes Tropiques, Levi-Strauss
- The Savage Mind, Levi-Strauss
- Barthes's Mythologies
- Barthes's Sade, Loyola, Fourier
To Read:
- The affluent society Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006.
- Thoreau, Selections from Walden
- The Selfish Gene andor Blind Watchmaker (Dawkins)
- The Origin of Species (Darwin)
- On Growth and Form, D'Arcy Thompson
- Unbearable Lightness
- Fleischman's Cultivating Inner Peace (Buddhist angle on many different people. Forrest's dad wrote this)
- Secrets of the Temple by William Greider (recommended book about the Fed)
- Dennett and Hotstadter's Mind's Eye
- Popper's Logic of Scientific Discovery