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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
*[https://www.amazon.com/Atiyah-Singer-Index-Theorem-Introduction-Mathematics/dp/3540086609 The Atiyah-Singer Index Theorem] by Patrick Shanahan
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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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“Do you like my hat?”</br>
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And that fasciliated the dog party in the tree which, w/o honesty, would be impossible.;-)
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Topic Eric's Most Important Books
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Start Date 27 January 2020
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Eric Weinstein

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.
B) Turkish Grammar by Underhill
C) Science Since Babylon by Price.

2:40 PM · Nov 13, 2022
 
Eric Weinstein

Tell us why in the replies if you can? Thx!

2:44 PM · Nov 13, 2022
 
Eric Weinstein

@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.

2:48 PM · Nov 13, 2022
 
Eric Weinstein

@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?”
“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.;-)

3:01 PM · Nov 13, 2022
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