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Not a textbook, but John Gleick's The theory of Chaos is a great read on chaos theory - very approchable!
That was a fun read. But it was written at the height of interest in chaos theory and so some of the curious things it talked about, like the Feigenbaum constants, went nowhere
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss. It made me change how I aproach a negotiation in about every aspect of my life. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062407805
Not a textbook but when I actually read the Bible I realized it was total nonsense and left religion.
The author discusses that often when conflict in communication arises between men/women, it resembles the same tensions in cross-cultural communication.
The author discusses that some communication styles are competitive (with a heavy lens around status and confrontation), other styles are cooperative (with a heavy emphasis on belonging, relatedness, similarities).
The author discusses example of such conflicts. -- One example was, when someone's complaining about a problem, a competitive-oriented mindset typically tries suggest a solution, whereas a related-orient mindset typically shows empathy. Crossing the wires: suggesting a solution might come across an uncaring, and expressing empathy might come across as unhelpful.
The Elements of Programming Style by Kernighan and Plauger Software Tools by Kernighan and Plauger The Psychology of Computer Programming by Weinberg A cartoon-illustrated DIY Honda Civic repair book from the 80's I no longer remember the name of.
"You Just Don't Understand" by Deborah Tannen. The author discusses that often when conflict in communication arises between men/women, it resembles the same tensions in cross-cultural communication. The author discusses that some communication styles are competitive (with a heavy lens around status and confrontation), other styles are cooperative (with a heavy emphasis on belonging, relatedness, similarities). The a…
"You Just Don't Understand" by Deborah Tannen. The author discusses that often when conflict in communication arises between men/women, it resembles the same tensions in cross-cultural communication. The author discusses that some communication styles are competitive (with a heavy lens around status and confrontation), other styles are cooperative (with a heavy emphasis on belonging, relatedness, similarities). The a…
How is helping someone with a solution “status and confrontation”?
Introduction to the Theory of Computation by Michael Sipser
The classic Hennessy and Patterson: Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach
Gray & Reuter: Transaction Processing: Concepts and Techniques
I also think the Gang of Four book always was and still is a tremendously useful read.
& SICP, natch.