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==Mathematics== | ==Mathematics== | ||
* [https://www.amazon.com/Shape-Space-Textbooks-Mathematics/dp/1138061212/ The Shape of Space] by Jeffrey R. Weeks | |||
* [https://www.amazon.com/Spin-Geometry-PMS-38-Blaine-Lawson/dp/0691085420 Spin Geometry] by Lawson and Michelson | * [https://www.amazon.com/Spin-Geometry-PMS-38-Blaine-Lawson/dp/0691085420 Spin Geometry] by Lawson and Michelson | ||
* [https://www.amazon.com/Einstein-Manifolds-Classics-Mathematics-Arthur/dp/3540741208 Einstein Manifolds] by Besse | * [https://www.amazon.com/Einstein-Manifolds-Classics-Mathematics-Arthur/dp/3540741208 Einstein Manifolds] by Besse | ||
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* [https://www.amazon.com/Double-Helix-Personal-Discovery-Structure/dp/074321630X Double Helix] by James D. Watson | * [https://www.amazon.com/Double-Helix-Personal-Discovery-Structure/dp/074321630X Double Helix] by James D. Watson | ||
* [https://www.amazon.com/Heraclitean-Fire-Sketches-Before-Nature-dp-0874700299/dp/0874700299 Heraclitean Fire: Sketches from a Life Before Nature] by Erwin Chargaff | * [https://www.amazon.com/Heraclitean-Fire-Sketches-Before-Nature-dp-0874700299/dp/0874700299 Heraclitean Fire: Sketches from a Life Before Nature] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Chargaff Erwin Chargaff] | ||
* [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0671225405 The Eighth Day of Creation: Makers of the Revolution in Biology] by Horace Freeland Judson | * [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0671225405 The Eighth Day of Creation: Makers of the Revolution in Biology] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Freeland_Judson Horace Freeland Judson] | ||
* [https://www.amazon.com/Selfish-Gene-Anniversary-Landmark-Science-dp-0198788606/ The Selfish Gene] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins Richard Dawkins] | |||
* [https://www.amazon.com/Extended-Phenotype-Oxford-Landmark-Science/dp/0198788916 The Extended Phenotype] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins Richard Dawkins] | |||
* [https://www.amazon.com/Emperor-Scent-Perfume-Obsession-Mystery-ebook/dp/B000FBFMR0 The Emperor of Scent: A Story of Perfume, Obsession, and the Last Mystery of the Senses] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandler_Burr Chandler Burr] | |||
* [https://www.amazon.com/Genetic-Switch-Third-Lambda-Revisited/dp/0879697164/ A Genetic Switch, Third Edition: Phage Lambda Revisited] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Ptashne Mark Ptashne] | |||
* [https://www.amazon.com/Thirty-Lectures-Biology-Salvador-Edward/dp/0262120682 36 Lectures in Biology] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Luria S. E. Luria] | |||
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51306.Mutual_Aid Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kropotkin Pyotr Kropotkin] | |||
Extracted from [https://jamesaltucher.com/podcast/472-eric-weinstein/ Episode 472 of the James Altucher podcast] @43:03 : | |||
* [https://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-Encyclopedia-Human-Evolution-Reference/dp/0521467861/ The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Evolution] by Stephen Jones | |||
==History of Science== | ==History of Science== | ||
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* [[Science Since Babylon]] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_J._de_Solla_Price Derek J. de Solla Price] | * [[Science Since Babylon]] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_J._de_Solla_Price Derek J. de Solla Price] | ||
==Economics== | ==Economics== | ||
* [https://www.amazon.com/More-Heat-than-Light-Perspectives-ebook-dp-B00I5QWBX0/dp/B00I5QWBX0 More Heat than Light: Economics as Social Physics, Physics as Nature's Economics (Historical Perspectives on Modern Economics)] by Philip Mirowski | * [https://www.amazon.com/More-Heat-than-Light-Perspectives-ebook-dp-B00I5QWBX0/dp/B00I5QWBX0 More Heat than Light: Economics as Social Physics, Physics as Nature's Economics (Historical Perspectives on Modern Economics)] by Philip Mirowski | ||
*[[The Physics of Wall Street]] by James Weatherall | |||
* [https://assets.cambridge.org/97811084/71275/frontmatter/9781108471275_frontmatter.pdf Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy] by Bill Janeway | |||
==From Eric's bookshelves== | ==From Eric's bookshelves== | ||
[https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1081207746655997954 Twitter photo of Eric's bookshelf]: | [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1081207746655997954 Twitter photo of Eric's bookshelf]: | ||
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===1st (Top) Shelf:=== | ===1st (Top) Shelf:=== | ||
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*[https://www.amazon.com/Supermanifolds-2nd-Bryce-DeWitt/dp/0521413206 Supermanifolds: Second Edition] by Bryce DeWitt | *[https://www.amazon.com/Supermanifolds-2nd-Bryce-DeWitt/dp/0521413206 Supermanifolds: Second Edition] by Bryce DeWitt | ||
*[https://www.amazon.com/General-Relativity-Relativistic-Astrophysics-Monographs/dp/0387130101 General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics] by Norbert Straumann | *[https://www.amazon.com/General-Relativity-Relativistic-Astrophysics-Monographs/dp/0387130101 General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics] by Norbert Straumann | ||
* | *Quantum Mechanics and Integrals by Feynman and Hibbs | ||
*[https://www.amazon.com/Differential-Topology-AMS-Chelsea-Publishing/dp/0821851934 Differential Topology] by Victor Guillemin & Alan Pollack | *[https://www.amazon.com/Differential-Topology-AMS-Chelsea-Publishing/dp/0821851934 Differential Topology] by Victor Guillemin & Alan Pollack | ||
*[https://www.amazon.com/Morse-Theory-Annals-Mathematics-Studies-ebook/dp/B01N0DA4OD Morse Theory] by John Milnor | *[https://www.amazon.com/Morse-Theory-Annals-Mathematics-Studies-ebook/dp/B01N0DA4OD Morse Theory] by John Milnor | ||
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*[https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Theory-Computation-Harry-Lewis/dp/0132624788 Elements of the Theory of Computation] by Harry Lewis & Christos H. Papadimitriou | *[https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Theory-Computation-Harry-Lewis/dp/0132624788 Elements of the Theory of Computation] by Harry Lewis & Christos H. Papadimitriou | ||
*[https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Information-Theory-Telecommunications-Processing/dp/0471241954 Elements of Information Theory] by Thomas M Cover & Joy A. Thomas | *[https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Information-Theory-Telecommunications-Processing/dp/0471241954 Elements of Information Theory] by Thomas M Cover & Joy A. Thomas | ||
* A History of Economic Theory | *[https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/1020/history-economic-theory A History of Economic Theory] by Jürg Niehans | ||
*[https://www.amazon.com/Introductory-Econometrics-Modern-Approach-MindTap/dp/1337558869 Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach] by Jeffrey M. Wooldridge | *[https://www.amazon.com/Introductory-Econometrics-Modern-Approach-MindTap/dp/1337558869 Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach] by Jeffrey M. Wooldridge | ||
*[https://www.amazon.com/Peddling-Prosperity-Diminished-Expectations-Paperback/dp/0393312925 Peddling Prosperity] by Paul Krugman | *[https://www.amazon.com/Peddling-Prosperity-Diminished-Expectations-Paperback/dp/0393312925 Peddling Prosperity] by Paul Krugman | ||
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*Father to Son | *Father to Son | ||
*? | *? | ||
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Mathematics[edit]
- The Shape of Space by Jeffrey R. Weeks
- 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[edit]
- Double Helix by James D. Watson
- Heraclitean Fire: Sketches from a Life Before Nature by Erwin Chargaff
- The Eighth Day of Creation: Makers of the Revolution in Biology by Horace Freeland Judson
- The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
- The Extended Phenotype by Richard Dawkins
- The Emperor of Scent: A Story of Perfume, Obsession, and the Last Mystery of the Senses by Chandler Burr
- A Genetic Switch, Third Edition: Phage Lambda Revisited by Mark Ptashne
- 36 Lectures in Biology by S. E. Luria
- Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution by Pyotr Kropotkin
Extracted from Episode 472 of the James Altucher podcast @43:03 :
- The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Evolution by Stephen Jones
History of Science[edit]
Economics[edit]
- More Heat than Light: Economics as Social Physics, Physics as Nature's Economics (Historical Perspectives on Modern Economics) by Philip Mirowski
- The Physics of Wall Street by James Weatherall
- Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy by Bill Janeway
From Eric's bookshelves[edit]
Twitter photo of Eric's bookshelf:
1st (Top) Shelf:[edit]
- 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
- Teach Yourself Hindi by Rupert Snell
- Hindi & Urdu
- Hindustani for the Tourist - ?
- ?
- Basic Algebra I by Nathan Jacobson
- The Ideas of Particle Physics by G. D. Coughlan & J. E. Dodd
- Pattern Classification by Duda, Hart & Stork
- Introduction to Gauge Field Theories by Masud Chaichian (Author), Nikolai F. Nelipa (Contributor)
- Supermanifolds: Second Edition by Bryce DeWitt
- General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics by Norbert Straumann
- Quantum Mechanics and Integrals by Feynman and Hibbs
- Differential Topology by Victor Guillemin & Alan Pollack
- Morse Theory by John Milnor
- Characteristic Classes by John Willard Milnor & James D. Stasheff
- Elements of the Theory of Computation by Harry Lewis & Christos H. Papadimitriou
- Elements of Information Theory by Thomas M Cover & Joy A. Thomas
- A History of Economic Theory by Jürg Niehans
- Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach by Jeffrey M. Wooldridge
- Peddling Prosperity by Paul Krugman
- Memoirs of an Unregulated Economist by George J. Stigler
- Accounting for Tastes by Gary S. Becker
- More Heat than Light by Philip Mirowski
- The General Theory by John Maynard Keynes
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2nd Shelf:[edit]
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- Particle Physics: A Los Alamos Primer by Necia Cooper
- Introduction to Linear Algebra by Gilbert Strang
- Modern Elementary Particle Physics by Gordon Kane
- ?
- Introduction to Superstrings
- INVARIANCE THEORY, THE HEAT EQUATION, AND THE ATIYAH-SINGER INDEX THEOREM by Peter B. Gilkey
- A Comprehensive Introduction to Differential Geometry IV by Michael Spivak
- A Comprehensive Introduction to Differential Geometry III by Michael Spivak
- A Comprehensive Introduction to Differential Geometry V by Michael Spivak
- Principles of Quantum Mechanics by R. Shankar
- The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time by Hawkins, Ellis, et al.
- A Comprehensive Introduction to Differential Geometry I by Michael Spivak
- A Comprehensive Introduction to Differential Geometry II by Michael Spivak
- An Elementary Primer for Gauge Theory by K. Moriyasu
- Calculus on Manifolds by Michael Spivak
- Shelter Island II
- Topology and Analysis by B. Booss & D. D. Bleecker
- Representations of Compact Lie Groups
- Lie Algebras in Particle Physics by Howard Georgi
- Grand Unified Theories by Graham Ross
- Quantum Field Theory and Topology by Albert S. Schwartz, E. Yankowsky, S. Levy
- Essential Relativity by W. Rindler
- Modern Geometry I by B. A. Dubrovin & S. P. Novikov
- Differential Forms in Algebraic Topology by Raoul Bott & Loring W. Tu
- Analysis, Manifolds and Physics by Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat & Cecile DeWitt-Morette
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- Atiyah-Singer Index Theorem by Patrick Shanahan
- Concepts of Particle Physics by Kurt Gottfried & Victor F. Weisskopf
- General Relativity for Mathematicians by R. K. Sachs & H. Wu
3rd Shelf:[edit]
- 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? by United States Congress
- 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 by Charles W. Misner, Kip S. Thorne, & John Archibald Wheeler
- Encyclopedia of Cosmology by Norriss S. Hetherington
- Encyclopedia of Physics by Rita G. Lerner and George L. Trigg
- Aspects of Quantum Field Theory in Curved Space-Time by Stephen A. Fulling
- Topics in Advanced Scientific Computation by Richard E. Crandall
- The Whole Shebang by Timothy Ferris
- The Strangest Man by Graham Farmelo
- The Jazz of Physics by Stephon Alexander
- Heraclitean Fire by Erwin Chargaff
- A Literary Companion to Science edited by Walter Gratzer
- The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements by Eric Hoffer
- The Denial of Death
- The Jazz of Physics by Stephon Alexander (That's right, he has two copies of this book)
- Ringside: A History of Professional Wrestling in America by Scott Beekman
- Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words by Albert Einstein
4th (Bottom) Shelf:[edit]
- Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman
- Harvard Dictionary of Music by Willi Apel
- Makam by Karl L. Signell
- Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need by Blake Snyder
- The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics by Leonard Susskind & George Hrabovsky
- Quantum Mechanics by Leonard Susskind
- The Diary of Anais Nin Volume Six
- Symmetry by Hermann Weyl
- 100 Great Operas by Henry W. Simon
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- Gauge Theories of the Strong, Weak, and Electromagnetic Interactions by Chris Quigg
- Eat the Rich by P. J. O'Rourke
- The Diary of Anais Nin Volume Three
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- ?
- The Annotated Alice: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass
- The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferris
- Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder
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- I Always Look Up the Word "e-gre-gious" by Maxwell Nurnberg
- Give War a Chance by P. J. O'Rourke
- Age and Guile: Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut by P. J. O'Rourke
- Necessary Illusions by Noam Chomsky
- Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World by René Girard, Stephen Bann, & Michael Metteer
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- Daemon by Daniel Suarez
- Father to Son
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