Import: déjà lu
- R Feynman/Richard P Feynman/Edward Hutchings/Ralph Leighton, Surely You’re Joking, Mr Feynman.
- R P Feynman/RP Et Al Feynman/Robert B Leighton/Matthew Sanos, Feynman Lectures on Physics, source: Baez. Notes: Classic, must reread eventually
- Aristotle, Politics. Notes: Hardly readable but essential
- Aristotle, Metaphysics, The. Notes: All men, by nature, desire to know. Couldn’t agree more.
- Plato, Laws, The. Notes: Read the Republic instead
- Friedrich Nietzsche/Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Gay Science, The. Notes: Funny, good.
- Plotinus, Enneads, The, source: Russell, the history of western philosophy. Notes: Interesting, but profoundly wrong. For Plotinus:Beauty is Intelligence is Perfection is God is the Good.
- Albert Camus, L’ Etranger. Notes: Classic, classic.
- Albert Camus, Peste, La. Notes: Read l’�tranger instead
- Richard Phillips Feynman, QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter.
- Kevin Towes, Flash Communication Server MX. Notes: Not bad.
- Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra. Notes: Pr�t� � Same
- Rene Descartes, Meditations. Notes: Read the discourse instead
- Morris Kline, Mathematics and the Search for Knowledge.
- Rene Descartes, Discourse on Method. Notes: Truly brilliant, readable and concise, contemporary western philosophy starts here
- Niccolo Machiavelli, Prince, The. Notes: Gorgeous, read it!
- Saint Augustine, Confessions, The. Notes: Augustine is truly a fucked up guy. His long-winded discussions of his mother’s milk given by God is eerie.
- Colin Moock, Essential ActionScript 2.0. Notes: Nothing new under the sun
- John Stuart Mill, Utilitarism. Notes: Distinctly absurd, amusing
- Frederick Engels/Karl Marx, Communist Manifesto, The. Notes: Prol�taires du monde entier, unissez-vous!
- Alberts, Essential Cell Biology: An Introduction to the Molecular Biology of the Cell, source: Principles of neural science. Notes: An excellent primer on cell biology
- Noam Chomsky/Edward S Herman, Manufacturing Consent.
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Social Contract, source: Third course in philosophy.
- Immanual Kant, Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics. Notes: Slightly more readable than the critique of Pure reason, but still unreadable.
- Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, A, source: Vente de garage. Notes: Good, but not great. A great reference book and an immense source of pointers to reading material
- David Hume, Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, An. Notes: One of the most honest, ravaging, troubling, and beautiful books in western philosophy. Must-read
- Michael Moore, Stupid White Men.
- Plato, Plato’s Republic. Notes: A must read, conversational style and the allegory of the cave make this a classic
- Edwin F Taylor/John Archibald Wheeler, Exploring Black Holes.
- Rudy Rucker, Infinity and the Mind, source: Mario.
- Benedictus Spinoza, Ethics.
Notes: Completely false, but a must-read for those who believe mathematical thought can solve anything
- Gottfried Leibniz, Monadology, source: Russell. Notes: Unconnected to the rest of hilosophy, but a novel experiment in untraditional thought. Interesting.
- John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, The, source: Russell. Notes: Not quite what it’s cranked up to be.
George Berkeley, Berkeley’s Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous. Notes: Interesting, but false. Read Hume afterwards, and Berkeley sounds like a nut job.
Henri Laborit, Eloge de la fuite, source: David le fran�ais & Dominique.
- Eric R Kandel, Principles of Neural Science.
- William James, Pragmatism, source: Russell.
- Marvin Minsky, Society of Mind, The.
- Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico - Philosophicus.