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B)Armchair Universe: An Exploration of Computer Worlds -- A.K. Dewdney
The latter had many great ideas which inspired me to do interesting experiments on computers with minimal programming experience, it had a great chapter on recursion which really helped me understand recursion when it had no programming experience. I still go back and read sections of this book. Quite a joy IMHO
Think And Grow Rich - I based my cover letter off of some of the concepts in this book and it has worked remarkably well.
1. https://www.amazon.com/Concepts-Techniques-Models-Computer-P... 2. https://www.amazon.com/Big-Book-Concepts-MIT-Press/dp/026263... 3. https://www.amazon.com/Gödel-Escher-Bach-Eternal-Golden/dp/0...
You should edit and put the titles before the links.
The Inner Game of Tennis Think And Grow Rich - I based my cover letter off of some of the concepts in this book and it has worked remarkably well.
The book is only tangentially related to tennis - the real meat of the book is about how to adopt useful mentalities which will help you succeed at a variety of things. It's an extremely easy read and can be finished casually in a few days.
A great book which made me question some of my most deeply held beliefs about learning.
the hard thing about hard things - Ben is an amazing story teller, very personable, and great lessons
zero to one
I've read that. It's worth reading just to get into the mind of Peter Thiel. The "start small and monopolise" is what really stuck with me.
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
NonViolent Communication: A Language of Life