Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary.
Thanks for sharing, this sounds like an interesting read!
Books that have affected you and your life the most
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Re: Books that have affected you and your life the most
#12Assembly language programming for the IBM PC (John Socha & Peter Norton)
Advanced MSDOS programming (Ray Duncan)
All books by Michael Abrash (esp Graphics Programming black book)
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With out these books, 13yr old me would have gone down a non-computer route!
Re: Books that have affected you and your life the most
#13Contact by Carl Sagan - A good novel that deals with the politics of Science and religion.
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse , A philosophical take on life , reality and belief system.
The Code Book by Simon Singh - A book that explains the history of cryptography in a very interesting way
Re: Books that have affected you and your life the most
#14The Art of Learning by Waitzkin.
The book details the lessons over time that the author (an American chess prodigy) learned about how to improve at chess. It gets interesting when he applies these same lessons to become a world champion at combat Tai Chi.
The impact this had on me is how I apply myself to any competitive discipline to maximize learning. Not necessarily success, but the amount of knowledge gained from practice. This has the happy side effect of often leading to success.
But also I liked the stories of a child growing up in a competitive world, the amount of love and support he receives from his mentors, friends, and family. The ability to share this love with other students of chess and to produce profound insight into how people in general learn and react to hypercompetitive situations.
What is also great about the book is that it written in very accessible language. The reader does not need to be a scholar to understand the concepts Waitzkin is trying to express in his book.
Re: Books that have affected you and your life the most
#15Vasistha’s Yoga - highly useful for understanding and transcending psychological conditioning, using mind to master mind. Early books: Arrow to the Sun and Grimm’s Fairy Tales and Hans Christian Andersen and The Hobbit - all very stimulating to imagination.
Thanks for sharing, I was looking for a good yoga book, will definitely check it out! :)
Just a PSA;
"Yoga Vasistha" has nothing to do with the physical aspects of Yoga i.e. Asanas (though some passages do talk about them) but deals purely with the internal/intellectual aspects of the mind. It is a very long book with lots of Allegories/Similes/Stories/Repetition and so you have to read it slowly and with patience.
I recommend reading "The Concise Yoga Vasistha" (an abridged version) before reading the unabridged "Vasistha's Yoga" both translated by Swami Venkatesananda.
Re: Books that have affected you and your life the most
#16How to stop worrying and start living -- this helps every day.
How to become a hacker -- not actually a book, but helped build my belief.
The mythical man-month -- this tells me to never take software project time planning seriously because it won't be accurate no matter how confident people are.
Re: Books that have affected you and your life the most
#17How to stop worrying and start living -- this helps every day. How to become a hacker -- not actually a book, but helped build my belief. The mythical man-month -- this tells me to never take software project time planning seriously because it won't be accurate no matter how confident people are.
Thanks for sharing these, I will check them out! :)
Re: Books that have affected you and your life the most
#18The Art of Learning by Waitzkin. The book details the lessons over time that the author (an American chess prodigy) learned about how to improve at chess. It gets interesting when he applies these same lessons to become a world champion at combat Tai Chi. The impact this had on me is how I apply myself to any competitive discipline to maximize learning. Not necessarily success, but the amount of knowledge gained from…
This one sounds very interesting, I will definitely check it out. I especially like books that teach a framework that can be applied in multiple domains. Thanks for sharing :)
Re: Books that have affected you and your life the most
#19Contact by Carl Sagan - A good novel that deals with the politics of Science and religion. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse , A philosophical take on life , reality and belief system. The Code Book by Simon Singh - A book that explains the history of cryptography in a very interesting way
I like works of fiction that can make you question aspects of our world. Contact sounds like a book in this category. I watched the movie few years ago, but will check out the book as well. Thanks for sharing your books! :)
Re: Books that have affected you and your life the most
#20Assembly language programming for the IBM PC (John Socha & Peter Norton) Advanced MSDOS programming (Ray Duncan) All books by Michael Abrash (esp Graphics Programming black book) ‐---------- With out these books, 13yr old me would have gone down a non-computer route!
Thanks for sharing!! These definitely has a big impact on your life! :)