Reading record

Bookshelf.

A personal shelf of books finished, still open, and worth returning to.

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Philosophy & Literature

ReadMeditationsMarcus AureliusRead · Brief notes that become sharper when read without ceremony.ReadMan’s Search for MeaningViktor FranklRead · A compact argument for choosing one’s response.

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Mathematics

ReadingGödel, Escher, BachDouglas HofstadterReading · Slow, playful, and still unmatched at making abstraction feel alive.ReadHow to Solve ItGeorge PólyaRead · A direct companion for getting unstuck without faking certainty.ReadEmmy Noether’s Wonderful TheoremDwight NeuenschwanderRead · A brief bridge between symmetry and the way physics conserves things.

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Computer Science

ReadThe Pragmatic ProgrammerHunt & ThomasRead · Practical habits that age better than particular frameworks.ReadDesigning Data-Intensive ApplicationsMartin KleppmannRead · A patient map of the tradeoffs hidden beneath simple product ideas.ReadClean ArchitectureRobert C. MartinRead · Useful vocabulary, best balanced with concrete system constraints.ReadingIntroduction to AlgorithmsCormen et al.Reading · The shelf reference for when intuition needs a proof.

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Machine Learning

ReadingDeep LearningGoodfellow, Bengio & CourvilleReading · A dense reference that rewards return visits more than linear reading.

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Science

ReadCosmosCarl SaganRead · Wonder and precision turn out to be excellent neighbors.ReadFactfulnessHans RoslingRead · A correction for the drama instinct and the single-story impulse.

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Psychology

ReadThinking, Fast and SlowDaniel KahnemanRead · A useful reminder that a convincing answer is not always a careful one.

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Design

ReadThe Design of Everyday ThingsDon NormanRead · Every confusing interface is a small lesson in misplaced responsibility.

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Biography

ReadSurely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!Richard FeynmanRead · Curiosity is more powerful when it stays irreverent.ReadThe SnowballAlice SchroederRead · A biography of patience, compounding, and unusually long attention.

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Learning

ReadRangeDavid EpsteinRead · A good defense of breadth before premature specialization.

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Startups

ReadZero to OnePeter ThielRead · Strong prompts about contrarian work, read with skepticism.