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* [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 | *[[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 | |||
== Other == | |||
* [https://www.amazon.com/Prison-Diary-Jayaprakash-Narayan/dp/0295956135 "Prison Diary"] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayaprakash_Narayan Jayaprakash Narayan] | |||
==From Eric's bookshelves== | ==From Eric's bookshelves== | ||
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*[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 | ||
*[https://www.amazon.com/Memoirs-Unregulated-Economist-Modernity-Paperback/dp/0226774406 Memoirs of an Unregulated Economist] by George J. Stigler | *[https://www.amazon.com/Memoirs-Unregulated-Economist-Modernity-Paperback/dp/0226774406 Memoirs of an Unregulated Economist] by [[George Stigler|George J. Stigler]] | ||
*[https://www.amazon.com/Accounting-Tastes-Gary-S-Becker/dp/0674543572 Accounting for Tastes] by Gary S. Becker | *[https://www.amazon.com/Accounting-Tastes-Gary-S-Becker/dp/0674543572 Accounting for Tastes] by Gary S. Becker | ||
*[https://www.amazon.com/More-Heat-than-Light-Perspectives/dp/0521426898 More Heat than Light] by Philip Mirowski | *[https://www.amazon.com/More-Heat-than-Light-Perspectives/dp/0521426898 More Heat than Light] by Philip Mirowski | ||
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*[https://www.amazon.com/Differential-Algebraic-Topology-Graduate-Mathematics/dp/0387906134 Differential Forms in Algebraic Topology] by Raoul Bott & Loring W. Tu | *[https://www.amazon.com/Differential-Algebraic-Topology-Graduate-Mathematics/dp/0387906134 Differential Forms in Algebraic Topology] by Raoul Bott & Loring W. Tu | ||
*[https://www.amazon.com/Analysis-Manifolds-Physics-Part-Basics/dp/0444860177 Analysis, Manifolds and Physics] by Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat & Cecile DeWitt-Morette | *[https://www.amazon.com/Analysis-Manifolds-Physics-Part-Basics/dp/0444860177 Analysis, Manifolds and Physics] by Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat & Cecile DeWitt-Morette | ||
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*[https://www.amazon.com/Atiyah-Singer-Index-Theorem-Introduction-Mathematics/dp/3540086609 Atiyah-Singer Index Theorem] by Patrick Shanahan | *[https://www.amazon.com/Atiyah-Singer-Index-Theorem-Introduction-Mathematics/dp/3540086609 Atiyah-Singer Index Theorem] by Patrick Shanahan | ||
*[https://www.amazon.com/Concepts-Particle-Physics-Kurt-Gottfried/dp/0195033922 Concepts of Particle Physics] by Kurt Gottfried & Victor F. Weisskopf | *[https://www.amazon.com/Concepts-Particle-Physics-Kurt-Gottfried/dp/0195033922 Concepts of Particle Physics] by Kurt Gottfried & Victor F. Weisskopf | ||
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== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
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|content=@GordoRabinowitz I loved it so much my mom destroyed it deliberately so she would never have to read it again. | |||
“Do you like my hat?”</br> | |||
“I do not.” | |||
The raw honesty of canine interlocutors was spell binding. | |||
And that fasciliated the dog party in the tree which, w/o honesty, would be impossible.;-) | |||
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|content=What is the most boring sounding book that changed & improved your life immeasurably? | |||
Three candidates from my life that, frustratingly, I can’t generically recommend to friends: | |||
A) Einstein Manifolds by Besse.</br> | |||
B) Turkish Grammar by Underhill</br> | |||
C) Science Since Babylon by Price. | |||
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|content=Tell us why in the replies if you can? Thx! | |||
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|content=@mister_duva Because it is a well written book that introduced me to a people, culture and civilization that enriched my life forever through their excruciatingly beautiful and logical language. | |||
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