en-US Sat, 28 Sep 2024 17:37:42 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 10322733 In Search of Schrödinger's Cat tells the complete story of quantum mechanics, a truth stranger than any fiction. John Gribbin takes us step by step into an ever more bizarre and fascinating place, requiring only that we approach it with an open mind. He introduces the scientists who developed quantum theory. He investigates the atom, radiation, time travel, the birth of the universe, superconductors and life itself. And in a world full of its own delights, mysteries and surprises, he searches for Schrödinger's Cat �� a search for quantum reality �� as he brings every reader to a clear understanding of the most important area of scientific study today �� quantum physics. In Search of Schrödinger's Cat is a fascinating and delightful introduction to the strange world of the quantum �� an essential element in understanding today's world.


From the Trade Paperback edition.]]> 318 John Gribbin 0307790444 Utsav 4 4.08 1984
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It's a great book written on quantum mechanics. This book is for layman. This book contains no mathematical equations whatsoever. Anybody who is interested in the subject can read this book. This book talks about all the quantum weirdness without the mathematics. I really enjoyed the book and it talks about the big ideas in quantum mechanics and all the controversies that are going on still now in the field. I think if you want to know about reality at the microscopic level without much mathematics then this book is for you.
]]> 37120605    ]]> 164 Albert Einstein 8175994657 Utsav 5 4.42 1916
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]]> 10959 An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here

One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.]]> 403 Jostein Gaarder 1857993284 Utsav 0 currently-reading 3.94 1991
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]]> 7841672 The New York Times declared, “Walter Lewin delivers his lectures with the panache of Julia Child bringing French cooking to amateurs and the zany theatricality of YouTube’s greatest hits.�� For more than thirty years as a beloved professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lewin honed his singular craft of making physics not only accessible but truly fun, whether putting his head in the path of a wrecking ball, supercharging himself with three hundred thousand volts of electricity, or demonstrating why the sky is blue and why clouds are white. Now, as Carl Sagan did for astronomy and Brian Green did for cosmology, Lewin takes readers on a marvelous journey in For the Love of Physics, opening our eyes as never before to the amazing beauty and power with which physics can reveal the hidden workings of the world all around us. “I introduce people to their own world,�� writes Lewin, “the world they live in and are familiar with but don’t approach like a physicist—yet.�� Could it be true that we are shorter standing up than lying down? Why can we snorkel no deeper than about one foot below the surface? Why are the colors of a rainbow always in the same order, and would it be possible to put our hand out and touch one? Whether introducing why the air smells so fresh after a lightning storm, why we briefly lose (and gain) weight when we ride in an elevator, or what the big bang would have sounded like had anyone existed to hear it, Lewin never ceases to surprise and delight with the extraordinary ability of physics to answer even the most elusive questions. Recounting his own exciting discoveries as a pioneer in the field of X-ray astronomy—arriving at MIT right at the start of an astonishing revolution in astronomy—he also brings to life the power of physics to reach into the vastness of space and unveil exotic uncharted territories, from the marvels of a supernova explosion in the Large Magellanic Cloud to the unseeable depths of black holes. “For me,�� Lewin writes, “physics is a way of seeing—the spectacular and the mundane, the immense and the minute—as a beautiful, thrillingly interwoven whole.�� His wonderfully inventive and vivid ways of introducing us to the revelations of physics impart to us a new appreciation of the remarkable beauty and intricate harmonies of the forces that govern our lives.]]> 320 Walter Lewin 1439108277 Utsav 4 4.24 2011
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]]> 600791 222 Mani Bhaumik 0824522818 Utsav 5 3.74 2005
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]]> 122755265
Whether you have anxious memories of the subject from school, or solve quadratic equations for fun, David Acheson's book will make you look at mathematics afresh. Following on from his previous bestsellers, The Calculus Story and The Wonder Book of Geometry, here Acheson highlights the power of algebra, combining it with arithmetic and geometry to capture the spirit of mathematics. This short book encompasses an astonishing array of ideas and concepts, from number tricks and
magic squares to infinite series and imaginary numbers.

Acheson's enthusiasm is infectious, and, as ever, a sense of quirkiness and fun pervades the book. But it also seeks to crystallize what is special about the delight of discovery; the importance of proof; and the joy of contemplating an elegant solution. Using only the simplest of materials, it conjures up the depth and the magic of the subject.]]> 192 David Acheson 0192659685 Utsav 0 4.33
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]]> 58721072 A Brief History of Timekeeping is a story not just about the science of sundials, sandglasses, and mechanical clocks, but also the politics of calendars and time zones, the philosophy of measurement, and the nature of space and time itself.]]> 324 Chad Orzel 1953295606 Utsav 0 currently-reading 3.66 2022
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]]> 57156877 A Mathematician's Apology is the famous essay by British mathematician G. H. Hardy. It concerns the aesthetics of mathematics with some personal content, and gives the layman an insight into the mind of a working mathematician. Indeed, this book is often considered one of the best insights into the mind of a working mathematician written for the layman.]]> 0 G.H. Hardy 1107295599 Utsav 4 4.25 1940
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]]> 46025922 Gregory Zuckerman, the bestselling author of The Greatest Trade Ever and The Frackers, answers the question investors have been asking for decades: How did Jim Simons do it?

Shortlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award

Jim Simons is the greatest money maker in modern financial history. No other investor--Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, Ray Dalio, Steve Cohen, or George Soros--can touch his record. Since 1988, Renaissance's signature Medallion fund has generated average annual returns of 66 percent. The firm has earned profits of more than $100 billion; Simons is worth twenty-three billion dollars.

Drawing on unprecedented access to Simons and dozens of current and former employees, Zuckerman, a veteran Wall Street Journal investigative reporter, tells the gripping story of how a world-class mathematician and former code breaker mastered the market. Simons pioneered a data-driven, algorithmic approach that's sweeping the world.

As Renaissance became a market force, its executives began influencing the world beyond finance. Simons became a major figure in scientific research, education, and liberal politics. Senior executive Robert Mercer is more responsible than anyone else for the Trump presidency, placing Steve Bannon in the campaign and funding Trump's victorious 2016 effort. Mercer also impacted the campaign behind Brexit.

The Man Who Solved the Market is a portrait of a modern-day Midas who remade markets in his own image, but failed to anticipate how his success would impact his firm and his country. It's also a story of what Simons's revolution means for the rest of us.]]> 353 Gregory Zuckerman Utsav 4 4.19 2019
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]]> 43525780
What is the universe made of? How do I know I'm looking at a tree when I see one? Who am I?

My body, my mind, my intelligence, my emotions, or none of the above? And where did they put those explosive findings? In a sprawling body of goosebumpy and fascinating oral literature called the Upanishads! Intimidated? Don't be! For this joyful, fun guide to some of India's longest-lasting secular wisdoms, reinterpreted for first-time explorers by Roopa Pai, is guaranteed to keep you turning the pages.

Why haven't you read it yet?]]> 424 Roopa Pai 9351952975 Utsav 4 4.46
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]]> 27543 1080 Stuart Russell 0137903952 Utsav 0 to-read 4.20 1994
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]]> 24072897 An introduction to a broad range of topics in deep learning, covering mathematical and conceptual background, deep learning techniques used in industry, and research perspectives.

Deep learning is a form of machine learning that enables computers to learn from experience and understand the world in terms of a hierarchy of concepts. Because the computer gathers knowledge from experience, there is no need for a human computer operator to formally specify all the knowledge that the computer needs. The hierarchy of concepts allows the computer to learn complicated concepts by building them out of simpler ones; a graph of these hierarchies would be many layers deep. This book introduces a broad range of topics in deep learning.

The text offers mathematical and conceptual background, covering relevant concepts in linear algebra, probability theory and information theory, numerical computation, and machine learning. It describes deep learning techniques used by practitioners in industry, including deep feedforward networks, regularization, optimization algorithms, convolutional networks, sequence modeling, and practical methodology; and it surveys such applications as natural language processing, speech recognition, computer vision, online recommendation systems, bioinformatics, and videogames. Finally, the book offers research perspectives, covering such theoretical topics as linear factor models, autoencoders, representation learning, structured probabilistic models, Monte Carlo methods, the partition function, approximate inference, and deep generative models.

Deep Learning can be used by undergraduate or graduate students planning careers in either industry or research, and by software engineers who want to begin using deep learning in their products or platforms. A website offers supplementary material for both readers and instructors.]]> 787 Ian Goodfellow Utsav 0 to-read 4.42 2016
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]]> 22847284
Grokking Algorithms is a disarming take on a core computer science topic. In it, you'll learn how to apply common algorithms to the practical problems you face in day-to-day life as a programmer. You'll start with problems like sorting and searching. As you build up your skills in thinking algorithmically, you'll tackle more complex concerns such as data compression or artificial intelligence. Whether you're writing business software, video games, mobile apps, or system utilities, you'll learn algorithmic techniques for solving problems that you thought were out of your grasp. For example, you'll be able to:
Write a spell checker using graph algorithms
Understand how data compression works using Huffman coding
Identify problems that take too long to solve with naive algorithms, and attack them with algorithms that give you an approximate answer instead
Each carefully-presented example includes helpful diagrams and fully-annotated code samples in Python. By the end of this book, you will know some of the most widely applicable algorithms as well as how and when to use them.]]> 256 Aditya Y. Bhargava 1617292230 Utsav 0 to-read 4.41 2015
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]]> 45214660 42 Nikola Tesla 9388760832 Utsav 3 3.86 1935
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]]> 32889467 The basics of how computer hardware, software, and systems work, and the risks they create for our privacy and security



Computers are everywhere. Some of them are highly visible, in laptops, tablets, cell phones, and smart watches. But most are invisible, like those in appliances, cars, medical equipment, transportation systems, power grids, and weapons. We never see the myriad computers that quietly collect, share, and sometimes leak vast amounts of personal data about us. Through computers, governments and companies increasingly monitor what we do. Social networks and advertisers know far more about us than we should be comfortable with, using information we freely give them. Criminals have all-too-easy access to our data. Do we truly understand the power of computers in our world?

Understanding the Digital World explains how computer hardware, software, networks, and systems work. Topics include how computers are built and how they compute; what programming is and why it is difficult; how the Internet and the web operate; and how all of these affect our security, privacy, property, and other important social, political, and economic issues. This book also touches on fundamental ideas from computer science and some of the inherent limitations of computers. It includes numerous color illustrations, notes on sources for further exploration, and a glossary to explain technical terms and buzzwords.

Understanding the Digital World is a must-read for all who want to know more about computers and communications. It explains, precisely and carefully, not only how they operate but also how they influence our daily lives, in terms anyone can understand, no matter what their experience and knowledge of technology.]]> 256 Brian W. Kernighan 069117654X Utsav 5 4.21 2017
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]]> 62792694
Pulak Prasad offers a philosophy of patient long-term investing based on an unexpected source: evolutionary biology. He draws key lessons from core Darwinian concepts, mixing vivid examples from the natural world with compelling stories of good and bad investing decisions―including his own. How can bumblebees�� survival strategies help us accept that we might miss out on Tesla? What does an experiment in breeding tame foxes reveal about the traits of successful businesses? Why might a small frog’s mimicry of the croak of a larger rival shed light on the signs of corporate dishonesty?

Informed by successful evolutionary strategies, Prasad outlines his counterintuitive principles for long-term gain. He provides three mantras of investing: Avoid big risks; buy high quality at a fair price; and don’t be lazy―be very lazy. Prasad makes a persuasive case for a strategy that rules out the vast majority of investment opportunities and advocates permanently owning high-quality businesses.

Combining punchy prose and practical insight, What I Learned About Investing from Darwin reveals why evolutionary biology can help fund managers become better at their craft.]]> 328 Pulak Prasad 0231203489 Utsav 4 4.52
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]]> 60067691
The book also explains various aspects related to each investing option, including their advantages, disadvantages, and tax implications. Moreover, the book also has comprehensive chapters on Life Insurance, Health Insurance, National Pension Scheme, Writing a Will, Making a Financial Plan and Investment Terms - topics that ensure you get a complete view of managing your money. Written in simple English, this book is for people of all ages who want to be in control of their financial life.

At the end of each chapter are links to additional resources along with QR codes for quick access. In addition, each chapter concludes with a flowchart that gives the reader a quick understanding of the investment option.]]> 396 Vinod Pottayil 8190697226 Utsav 5 4.29
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]]> 40796176
Though many of us were scared away from this essential, engrossing subject in high school and college, Steven Strogatz’s brilliantly creative, down‑to‑earth history shows that calculus is not about complexity; it’s about simplicity. It harnesses an unreal number—infinity—to tackle real‑world problems, breaking them down into easier ones and then reassembling the answers into solutions that feel miraculous.

Infinite Powers recounts how calculus tantalized and thrilled its inventors, starting with its first glimmers in ancient Greec
e and bringing us right up to the discovery of gravitational waves (a phenomenon predicted by calculus). Strogatz reveals how this form of math rose to the challenges of each age: how to determine the area of a circle with only sand and a stick; how to explain why Mars goes “backwards�� sometimes; how to make electricity with magnets; how to ensure your rocket doesn’t miss the moon; how to turn the tide in the fight against AIDS.

As Strogatz proves, calculus is truly the language of the universe. By unveiling the principles of that language, Infinite Powers makes us marvel at the world anew.]]> 360 Steven H. Strogatz 1328879984 Utsav 5 4.27 2019
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]]> 41811131
Within these pages, he provides his personal views on our biggest challenges as a human race, and where we, as a planet, are heading next. Each section will be introduced by a leading thinker offering his or her own insight into Professor Hawking's contribution to our understanding.]]> 185 Stephen Hawking 1473696003 Utsav 5 4.47 2018
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]]> 99170627 0 Na 8189635050 Utsav 4 4.00
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]]> 26157315 110 T.D. Singh 8190136925 Utsav 4 4.20 2004
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]]> 74665 ]]> 119 Julian Baggini 0192804243 Utsav 4 3.85 2003
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]]> 25666050 A fascinating exploration of how insights from computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives, helping to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mind

All our lives are constrained by limited space and time, limits that give rise to a particular set of problems. What should we do, or leave undone, in a day or a lifetime? How much messiness should we accept? What balance of new activities and familiar favorites is the most fulfilling? These may seem like uniquely human quandaries, but they are not: computers, too, face the same constraints, so computer scientists have been grappling with their version of such issues for decades. And the solutions they've found have much to teach us.

In a dazzlingly interdisciplinary work, acclaimed author Brian Christian and cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths show how the algorithms used by computers can also untangle very human questions. They explain how to have better hunches and when to leave things to chance, how to deal with overwhelming choices and how best to connect with others. From finding a spouse to finding a parking spot, from organizing one's inbox to understanding the workings of memory, Algorithms to Live By transforms the wisdom of computer science into strategies for human living.]]> 368 Brian Christian 1627790365 Utsav 4 4.12 2016
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]]> 58859083 0 Sarvapriyananda Utsav 0 to-read 4.74
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]]> 35913087
Oxford Landmark Science books are 'must-read' classics of modern science writing which have crystallized big ideas, and shaped the way we think.]]> 636 Roger Penrose 0192550071 Utsav 0 to-read 4.04 1989
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]]> 24113 777 Douglas R. Hofstadter 0465026567 Utsav 0 to-read 4.29 1979
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]]> 40499078 204 Monika Halan 9352779398 Utsav 5 4.41 2018
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]]> 265415 128 Terence Tao 0199205604 Utsav 4 4.16 2006
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]]> 192221 288 G. Pólya 069111966X Utsav 5 4.14 1944
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]]> 46223297
In 2013, twenty-nine-year-old Edward Snowden shocked the world when he broke with the American intelligence establishment and revealed that the United States government was secretly pursuing the means to collect every single phone call, text message, and email. The result would be an unprecedented system of mass surveillance with the ability to pry into the private lives of every person on earth. Six years later, Snowden reveals for the very first time how he helped to build this system and why he was moved to expose it.

Spanning the bucolic Beltway suburbs of his childhood and the clandestine CIA and NSA postings of his adulthood, Permanent Record is the extraordinary account of a bright young man who grew up online—a man who became a spy, a whistleblower, and, in exile, the Internet’s conscience. Written with wit, grace, passion, and an unflinching candor, Permanent Record is a crucial memoir of our digital age and destined to be a classic.]]> 339 Edward Snowden 1250237238 Utsav 5 4.29 2019
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]]> 25332615 623 Benjamin Graham 0062312685 Utsav 0 to-read 4.44 1949
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]]> 10483171
In our search for truth, how far have we advanced? This uniquely human quest for good explanations has driven amazing improvements in everything from scientific understanding and technology to politics, moral values and human welfare. But will progress end, either in catastrophe or completion - or will it continue infinitely?

In this profound and seminal book, David Deutsch explores the furthest reaches of our current understanding, taking in the Infinity Hotel, supernovae and the nature of optimism, to instill in all of us a wonder at what we have achieved - and the fact that this is only the beginning of humanity's infinite possibility.

'This is Deutsch at his most ambitious, seeking to understand the implications of our scientific explanations of the world ... I enthusiastically recommend this rich, wide-ranging and elegantly written exposition of the unique insights of one of our most original intellectuals' Michael Berry, Times Higher Education Supplement

'Bold ... profound ... provocative and persuasive' Economist

'David Deutsch may well go down in history as one of the great scientists of our age' Scotsman]]> 487 David Deutsch 0670022756 Utsav 0 4.16 2011
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]]> 10416071 256 Narayan Sanyal Utsav 5 4.61 1974
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]]> 162780 184 Erwin Schrödinger 0521427088 Utsav 0 to-read 4.16 1944
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]]> 35187175 Storm in a Teacup is Helen Czerski’s lively, entertaining, and informed introduction to the world of physics. Czerski provides the tools to alter the way we see everything around us by linking ordinary objects and occurrences, like popcorn popping, coffee stains, and fridge magnets, to big ideas like climate change, the energy crisis, or innovative medical testing. She provides answers to vexing questions: How do ducks keep their feet warm when walking on ice? Why does it take so long for ketchup to come out of a bottle? Why does milk, when added to tea, look like billowing storm clouds? In an engaging voice at once warm and witty, Czerski shares her stunning breadth of knowledge to lift the veil of familiarity from the ordinary.]]> 288 Helen Czerski 0393355470 Utsav 0 4.05 2017
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]]> 13237758 In Pursuit of the Unknown, celebrated mathematician Ian Stewart uses a handful of mathematical equations to explore the vitally important connections between math and human progress. We often overlook the historical link between mathematics and technological advances, says Stewart—but this connection is integral to any complete understanding of human history.Equations are modeled on the patterns we find in the world around us, says Stewart, and it is through equations that we are able to make sense of, and in turn influence, our world. Stewart locates the origins of each equation he presents—from Pythagoras's Theorem to Newton's Law of Gravity to Einstein's Theory of Relativity—within a particular historical moment, elucidating the development of mathematical and philosophical thought necessary for each equation's discovery. None of these equations emerged in a vacuum, Stewart shows; each drew, in some way, on past equations and the thinking of the day. In turn, all of these equations paved the way for major developments in mathematics, science, philosophy, and technology. Without logarithms (invented in the early 17th century by John Napier and improved by Henry Briggs), scientists would not have been able to calculate the movement of the planets, and mathematicians would not have been able to develop fractal geometry. The Wave Equation is one of the most important equations in physics, and is crucial for engineers studying the vibrations in vehicles and the response of buildings to earthquakes. And the equation at the heart of Information Theory, devised by Claude Shannon, is the basis of digital communication today.

An approachable and informative guide to the equations upon which nearly every aspect of scientific and mathematical understanding depends, In Pursuit of the Unknown is also a reminder that equations have profoundly influenced our thinking and continue to make possible many of the advances that we take for granted.]]> 352 Ian Stewart 0465029736 Utsav 3 3.97 2012
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]]> 143877 124 J. Krishnamurti 0060648082 Utsav 5 4.29 1969
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]]> 41435291 97 G.H. Hardy 8170263751 Utsav 4 3.60 1940
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]]> 22145861 Who are you?
What do you want from life?

Life hurts us all, but rarely are we taught how to deal with these shocks. Jiddu Krishnamurti offers an introduction to many of life’s themes from relationships and love, to fear and loneliness. He asks questions such as ‘What is the significance of life?�� and ‘What is the purpose of life?�� He argues that we ask these questions when there is chaos and uncertainty within. And ultimately it is our responsibility to the choices we make and how we choose to live our lives.]]> J. Krishnamurti Utsav 4 3.89 1899
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]]> 25734172 All the beauty of modern physics in fewer than a hundred pages.

This is a book about the joy of discovery. A playful, entertaining, and mind-bending introduction to modern physics, it's already a major bestseller in Italy and the United Kingdom. Carlo Rovelli offers surprising—and surprisingly easy to grasp—explanations of general relativity, quantum mechanics, elementary particles, gravity, black holes, the complex architecture of the universe, and the role humans play in this weird and wonderful world. He takes us to the frontiers of our knowledge: to the most minute reaches of the fabric of space, back to the origins of the cosmos, and into the workings of our minds. “Here, on the edge of what we know, in contact with the ocean of the unknown, shines the mystery and the beauty of the world,�� Rovelli writes. “And it’s breathtaking.”]]> 81 Carlo Rovelli 0399184414 Utsav 5 3.97 2014
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]]> 143880 400 J. Krishnamurti 0060648791 Utsav 0 currently-reading 4.33 1995
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]]> 17098 mass, gravity, velocity—things our science now takes for granted. Inspired by Aristotle, spurred on by Galileo’s discoveries and the philosophy of Descartes, Newton grasped the intangible and dared to take its measure, a leap of the mind unparalleled in his generation.

James Gleick, the author of Chaos and Genius, and one of the most acclaimed science writers of his generation, brings the reader into Newton’s reclusive life and provides startlingly clear explanations of the concepts that changed forever our perception of bodies, rest, and motion. Ideas so basic to the twenty-first century we literally take them for granted.]]> 272 James Gleick 1400032954 Utsav 0 to-read 3.78 2003
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]]> 52036 152 Hermann Hesse Utsav 5 4.07 1922
author: Hermann Hesse
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]]> 18322770 Michael J.Gelb Utsav 3 3.67
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]]> 54898389 244 Eric Jorgenson Utsav 4 4.40 2020
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]]> 23692271 512 Yuval Noah Harari Utsav 5 currently-reading 4.33 2011
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]]> 217156 144 Peter Russell 1577314948 Utsav 0 4.12 2000
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]]> 449573 176 Stephen Hawking 0641587716 Utsav 4 4.18 2002
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]]> 16174857 Philosophy Bites Back is the second book to come out of the hugely successful podcast Philosophy Bites. It presents a selection of lively interviews with leading philosophers of our time, who discuss the ideas and works of some of the most important thinkers in history. From the ancient classics of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, to the groundbreaking modern thought of Wittgenstein, Rawls, and Derrida, this volume spans over two and a half millennia of western philosophy and illuminates its most fascinating ideas.

Philosophy Bites was set up in 2007 by David Edmonds and Nigel Warburton. It has had over 12 million downloads, and is listened to all over the world.
]]> 256 David Edmonds 0199693005 Utsav 3 3.84 2014
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]]> 17290683
What if you had to take an art class in which you were only taught how to paint a fence? What if you were never shown the paintings of van Gogh and Picasso, weren’t even told they existed? Alas, this is how math is taught, and so for most of us it becomes the intellectual equivalent of watching paint dry.

In Love and Math , renowned mathematician Edward Frenkel reveals a side of math we’ve never seen, suffused with all the beauty and elegance of a work of art. In this heartfelt and passionate book, Frenkel shows that mathematics, far from occupying a specialist niche, goes to the heart of all matter, uniting us across cultures, time, and space.

Love and Math tells two intertwined stories: of the wonders of mathematics and of one young man’s journey learning and living it. Having braved a discriminatory educational system to become one of the twenty-first century’s leading mathematicians, Frenkel now works on one of the biggest ideas to come out of math in the last 50 years: the Langlands Program. Considered by many to be a Grand Unified Theory of mathematics, the Langlands Program enables researchers to translate findings from one field to another so that they can solve problems, such as Fermat’s last theorem, that had seemed intractable before.

At its core, Love and Math is a story about accessing a new way of thinking, which can enrich our lives and empower us to better understand the world and our place in it. It is an invitation to discover the magic hidden universe of mathematics.]]> 292 Edward Frenkel 0465050743 Utsav 4 3.67 2013
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i have thoroughly enjoyed the book. The author have done a great job in explaining his journey , how he became a mathematician , how he got all the teachers who were good to him and taught him research in mathematics. At the age of 21 he was called as a visiting professor from harvard. He explained his research in langlands programs and how it is connected to physics and other fields of mathematics. I got to know so many mathematical terms like lie algebra, abelian gauge theory, etc. He also talks about quantum physics, string theory at the end of the chapter and how his research helps those fields. And at the end of the chapter he expresses his love for math and tells us to see math not as an abstract subject but a subject which shows us the hidden reality of nature. We should treat it as a language of the nature.
]]> 25744928 One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this skill, you'll achieve extraordinary results.

Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. It's a skill that allows you to quickly master complicated information and produce better results in less time. Deep work will make you better at what you do and provide the sense of true fulfillment that comes from craftsmanship. In short, deep work is like a super power in our increasingly competitive twenty-first century economy. And yet, most people have lost the ability to go deep-spending their days instead in a frantic blur of e-mail and social media, not even realizing there's a better way.

In Deep Work, author and professor Cal Newport flips the narrative on impact in a connected age. Instead of arguing distraction is bad, he instead celebrates the power of its opposite. Dividing this book into two parts, he first makes the case that in almost any profession, cultivating a deep work ethic will produce massive benefits. He then presents a rigorous training regimen, presented as a series of four "rules," for transforming your mind and habits to support this skill.

A mix of cultural criticism and actionable advice, Deep Work takes the reader on a journey through memorable stories-from Carl Jung building a stone tower in the woods to focus his mind, to a social media pioneer buying a round-trip business class ticket to Tokyo to write a book free from distraction in the air-and no-nonsense advice, such as the claim that most serious professionals should quit social media and that you should practice being bored. Deep Work is an indispensable guide to anyone seeking focused success in a distracted world.]]> 296 Cal Newport 1455586692 Utsav 3 4.16 2016
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]]> 231610 128 Albert Einstein 1599869659 Utsav 4 You can treat this book as a philosophical book by all means. He shares his opinion about life, war ,religion, science, morality and relationship between science and religion. This book will show you another side of Albert Einstein. We think of him as a genius as a great scientist but he used to think a lot about humanity, about the world and he was a pacifist. He considers plain living is good for everybody, physically and mentally. The ideals which he used to follow throughout his entire life are truth, goodness, and beauty. He did not consider external or outward achievements as success or meaningful in life. He says that be alone and create your own opinions and decisions without the influence of others. Think for yourself. He accepts and think about the human community as a whole. He prefers democracy and every man should be respected as an individual and no man must be idolized. He considered every individual have a responsibility towards the society and towards the nature.
I would say everyone must read this book to have a different opinion about Einstein and life in general and how his way of thinking still relevant today in our modern society.]]> 3.91 1934
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As you can understand from the title of the book that it's not about Albert Einstein's personal life but it's about his opinions, his perspective towards many things in life and about the world. As everybody knows that he was a great theoretical physicist of his time and his contributions are immense in the field of physics.
You can treat this book as a philosophical book by all means. He shares his opinion about life, war ,religion, science, morality and relationship between science and religion. This book will show you another side of Albert Einstein. We think of him as a genius as a great scientist but he used to think a lot about humanity, about the world and he was a pacifist. He considers plain living is good for everybody, physically and mentally. The ideals which he used to follow throughout his entire life are truth, goodness, and beauty. He did not consider external or outward achievements as success or meaningful in life. He says that be alone and create your own opinions and decisions without the influence of others. Think for yourself. He accepts and think about the human community as a whole. He prefers democracy and every man should be respected as an individual and no man must be idolized. He considered every individual have a responsibility towards the society and towards the nature.
I would say everyone must read this book to have a different opinion about Einstein and life in general and how his way of thinking still relevant today in our modern society.
]]> 19395553 Our Mathematical Universe is a journey to explore the mysteries uncovered by cosmology and to discover the nature of reality. Our Big Bang, our distant future, parallel worlds, the sub-atomic and intergalactic - none of them are what they seem. But there is a way to understand this immense strangeness - mathematics. Seeking an answer to the fundamental puzzle of why our universe seems so mathematical, Tegmark proposes a radical idea: that our physical world not only is described by mathematics, but that it is mathematics. This may offer answers to our deepest questions: How large is reality? What is everything made of? Why is our universe the way it is?

Table of Contents
Preface

1 What Is Reality?
Not What It Seems �� What’s the Ultimate Question? �� The Journey Begins

Part One: Zooming Out

2 Our Place in Space
Cosmic Questions �� How Big Is Space? �� The Size of Earth �� Distance to the Moon �� Distance to the Sun and the Planets �� Distance to the Stars �� Distance to the Galaxies �� What Is Space?

3 Our Place in Time
Where Did Our Solar System Come From? �� Where Did the
Galaxies Come From? �� Where Did the Mysterious Microwaves
Come From? �� Where Did the Atoms Come From?

4 Our Universe by Numbers
Wanted: Precision Cosmology �� Precision Microwave-Background Fluctuations �� Precision Galaxy Clustering �� The Ultimate Map of Our Universe �� Where Did Our Big Bang Come From?

5 Our Cosmic Origins
What’s Wrong with Our Big Bang? �� How Inflation Works �� The Gift That Keeps on Giving �� Eternal Inflation

6 Welcome to the Multiverse
The Level I Multiverse �� The Level II Multiverse �� Multiverse Halftime Roundup

Part Two: Zooming In

7 Cosmic Legos
Atomic Legos �� Nuclear Legos �� Particle-Physics Legos �� Mathematical Legos �� Photon Legos �� Above the Law? �� Quanta and Rainbows �� Making Waves �� Quantum Weirdness �� The Collapse of Consensus �� The Weirdness Can’t Be Confined �� Quantum Confusion

8 The Level III Multiverse
The Level III Multiverse �� The Illusion of Randomness �� Quantum Censorship �� The Joys of Getting Scooped �� Why Your Brain Isn’t a Quantum Computer �� Subject, Object and Environment �� Quantum Suicide �� Quantum Immortality? �� Multiverses Unified �� Shifting Views: Many Worlds or Many Words?

Part Three: Stepping Back

9 Internal Reality, External Reality and Consensus Reality
External Reality and Internal Reality �� The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth �� Consensus Reality �� Physics: Linking External to Consensus Reality

10 Physical Reality and Mathematical Reality
Math, Math Everywhere! �� The Mathematical Universe Hypothesis �� What Is a Mathematical Structure?

11 Is Time an Illusion?
How Can Physical Reality Be Mathematical? �� What Are You? �� Where Are You? (And What Do You Perceive?) �� When Are You?

12 The Level IV Multiverse
Why I Believe in the Level IV Multiverse �� Exploring the Level IV Multiverse: What’s Out There? �� Implications of the Level IV Multiverse �� Are We Living in a Simulation? �� Relation Between the MUH, the Level IV Multiverse and Other Hypotheses •Testing the Level IV Multiverse

13 Life, Our Universe and Everything
How Big Is Our Physical Reality? �� The Future of Physics �� The Future of Our Universe—How Will It End? �� The Future of Life •The Future of You—Are You Insignificant?

Acknowledgments
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index]]> 432 Max Tegmark 1846144760 Utsav 4 4.20 2012
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]]> 108986 A comprehensive update of the leading algorithms text, with new material on matchings in bipartite graphs, online algorithms, machine learning, and other topics.

Some books on algorithms are rigorous but incomplete; others cover masses of material but lack rigor. Introduction to Algorithms uniquely combines rigor and comprehensiveness. It covers a broad range of algorithms in depth, yet makes their design and analysis accessible to all levels of readers, with self-contained chapters and algorithms in pseudocode. Since the publication of the first edition, Introduction to Algorithms has become the leading algorithms text in universities worldwide as well as the standard reference for professionals. This fourth edition has been updated throughout.

New for the fourth edition
New chapters on matchings in bipartite graphs, online algorithms, and machine learningNew material on topics including solving recurrence equations, hash tables, potential functions, and suffix arrays140 new exercises and 22 new problemsReader feedback-informed improvements to old problemsClearer, more personal, and gender-neutral writing styleColor added to improve visual presentationNotes, bibliography, and index updated to reflect developments in the fieldWebsite with new supplementary material
Warning: Avoid counterfeit copies of Introduction to Algorithms by buying only from reputable retailers. Counterfeit and pirated copies are incomplete and contain errors.]]> 1184 Thomas H. Cormen 0262032937 Utsav 0 to-read 4.35 1989
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]]> 32583 306 leonard-mlodinow 0141009098 Utsav 4 This book talks about 3000 year old journey of mathematics and how it influenced physics and other sciences. The book talks about geometry and how geometry is the key to understand the universe. How Euclid who was the father of geometry started his geometry and his ideas are no longer in use today in modern physics. Today scientist use non Euclidean geometry like hyperbolic geometry, spherical geometry etc to understand the universe. But one thing is pretty clear that Greek civilization started studying patterns in numbers and geometry in order to understand the universe. This book is divided into 5 parts and each part have 6-8 chapters. I like the format of the book. The book starts with the story of Euclid. This book also covers history of math at first and then it tells the story about the discoverer and ends it with a question so that we can find out the answer in the next part. This book tells us to look at the world from the lens of geometry and how geometry is still prevailing like in string theory in order to understand the reality and we don't know how far we can go with the help of geometry.
Read this book of you want to perceive the world from mathematician's or theoretical physicist's perspective.]]> 3.92 2001
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From the title of the book you will be confused that what is this book about really? But when you will start reading the book, you will understand slowly. This book will not get you interested in math but who are already interested in math and have some kind of background in physics or math, they should read it.
This book talks about 3000 year old journey of mathematics and how it influenced physics and other sciences. The book talks about geometry and how geometry is the key to understand the universe. How Euclid who was the father of geometry started his geometry and his ideas are no longer in use today in modern physics. Today scientist use non Euclidean geometry like hyperbolic geometry, spherical geometry etc to understand the universe. But one thing is pretty clear that Greek civilization started studying patterns in numbers and geometry in order to understand the universe. This book is divided into 5 parts and each part have 6-8 chapters. I like the format of the book. The book starts with the story of Euclid. This book also covers history of math at first and then it tells the story about the discoverer and ends it with a question so that we can find out the answer in the next part. This book tells us to look at the world from the lens of geometry and how geometry is still prevailing like in string theory in order to understand the reality and we don't know how far we can go with the help of geometry.
Read this book of you want to perceive the world from mathematician's or theoretical physicist's perspective.
]]> 17264 Graced with the author's own drawings, both technical and fanciful, this remarkably reader-friendly book focuses particularly on Newton, who developed the mathematical system known today as the differential and integral calculus. Readers averse to equations can skip the discussion of the elementary principles of calculus and still achieve a highly satisfactory grasp of a fascinating subject.
Starting with a chapter on Galileo’s pioneering work, this volume devotes six chapters to Newton's ideas and other subsequent developments and one chapter to Einstein, with a concluding chapter on post-Einsteinian speculations concerning the relationship between gravity and other physical phenomena, such as electromagnetic fields.]]> 176 George Gamow 0486425630 Utsav 0 currently-reading 3.92 1962
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]]> 8520362
When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? Why is there something rather than nothing? What is the nature of reality? Why are the laws of nature so finely tuned as to allow for the existence of beings like ourselves? And, finally, is the apparent “grand design�� of our universe evidence of a benevolent creator who set things in motion—or does science offer another explanation?

The most fundamental questions about the origins of the universe and of life itself, once the province of philosophy, now occupy the territory where scientists, philosophers, and theologians meet—if only to disagree. In their new book, Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow present the most recent scientific thinking about the mysteries of the universe, in nontechnical language marked by both brilliance and simplicity.

In The Grand Design they explain that according to quantum theory, the cosmos does not have just a single existence or history, but rather that every possible history of the universe exists simultaneously. When applied to the universe as a whole, this idea calls into question the very notion of cause and effect. But the “top-down�� approach to cosmology that Hawking and

Mlodinow describe would say that the fact that the past takes no definite form means that we create history by observing it, rather than that history creates us. The authors further explain that we ourselves are the product of quantum fluctuations in the very early universe, and show how quantum theory predicts the “multiverse”—the idea that ours is just one of many universes that appeared spontaneously out of nothing, each with different laws of nature.

Along the way Hawking and Mlodinow question the conventional concept of reality, posing a “model-dependent�� theory of reality as the best we can hope to find. And they conclude with a riveting assessment of M-theory, an explanation of the laws governing us and our universe that is currently the only viable candidate for a complete “theory of everything.�� If confirmed, they write, it will be the unified theory that Einstein was looking for, and the ultimate triumph of human reason.

A succinct, startling, and lavishly illustrated guide to discoveries that are altering our understanding and threatening some of our most cherished belief systems, The Grand Design is a book that will inform—and provoke—like no other.']]> 199 Stephen Hawking 0553805371 Utsav 4 In this book the author asks many questions about the beginning of the universe, why do we exist, why this particular laws and not others. This book will definitely inspire you to become a physicist so that you can search for your own truth about the universe. This book compels you to think about the ultimate questions of life, and how we take everything for granted, we don't understand the sheer complexity of life, the universe and how everything is fine tuned in this universe so that we human beings can exist.
At last I would like to say that this book will force you to think that who designed the laws of this vast and complex universe. Is there a hand of creator? Do we need to invoke the concept of creator, or everything happens as it's by a natural process.]]> 4.07 2010
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The title of the book justifies the content of the book. This book contains 8 chapters and each chapter is very interesting and mind bending. In this book author mainly talks about how to find theory of everything and he emphasizes that M theory is the candidate for theory of everything. How we need a quantum theory of gravity so that we can unify the laws of physics to answer great questions about ourselves and the universe. The real science, I mean the hardcore science starts from the 5th chapter: The theory of everything. This book is not for beginners. To study this book you need atleast some background in science specifically in physics or math. If you don't have any kind of background in physics or math then it will be very difficult to grasp the concept of the chapters. You will hear many new terms like quarks, fermions, antimatter, baryon, boson, M- theory, renormalization, supergravity, supersymmetry, Feynman diagrams etc. You cannot expect to understand the book by reading it once. I used to stuck on a chapter for hours or days to understand or visualize the concept. It's not an easy science book like other science books.
In this book the author asks many questions about the beginning of the universe, why do we exist, why this particular laws and not others. This book will definitely inspire you to become a physicist so that you can search for your own truth about the universe. This book compels you to think about the ultimate questions of life, and how we take everything for granted, we don't understand the sheer complexity of life, the universe and how everything is fine tuned in this universe so that we human beings can exist.
At last I would like to say that this book will force you to think that who designed the laws of this vast and complex universe. Is there a hand of creator? Do we need to invoke the concept of creator, or everything happens as it's by a natural process.
]]> 30780235
We all think we know more than we actually do.

Humans have built hugely complex societies and technologies, but most of us don’t even know how a pen or a toilet works. How have we achieved so much despite understanding so little? Cognitive scientists Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach argue that we survive and thrive despite our mental shortcomings because we live in a rich community of knowledge. The key to our intelligence lies in the people and things around us. We’re constantly drawing on information and expertise stored outside our heads: in our bodies, our environment, our possessions, and the community with which we interact—and usually we don’t even realize we’re doing it.

The human mind is both brilliant and pathetic. We have mastered fire, created democratic institutions, stood on the moon, and sequenced our genome. And yet each of us is error prone, sometimes irrational, and often ignorant. The fundamentally communal nature of intelligence and knowledge explains why we often assume we know more than we really do, why political opinions and false beliefs are so hard to change, and why individual-oriented approaches to education and management frequently fail. But our collaborative minds also enable us to do amazing things. The Knowledge Illusion contends that true genius can be found in the ways we create intelligence using the community around us.]]> 304 Steven Sloman 039918435X Utsav 4 This book has 3 Central themes: ignorance, the illusion of understanding, and the community of knowledge. This book contains 12 chapters and each chapter is very well explained and the authors have mentioned about many experiments that they have conducted or many other cognitive scientists have conducted with many groups, giving us some notion how a human mind operates. Personally I like chapter 5,6,7 and 8.
This book shows us how much ignorant we are, how much we suffer from illusion of knowledge and how much we as an individual heavily relied on community of knowledge. We forget to appreciate how much we don't know, how much the world is complicated. Significant success require more than just individual intelligence. We forget to acknowledge efforts of others in the community. We cannot achieve anything without the help of the community. This book says that ignorance is not the problem but people are not aware how much they are ignorant. Everything has its own consequences. Illusion , ignorance have their own pros and cons. The purpose of education is to widen our perspective, so that we can understand how much we don't know instead of saying how much we know. This helps us to become more humble and down to earth. This book also tries to define intelligence and how it should be measured. There are different theories of intelligence.
I liked the book very much and it taught me many things and how much I am ignorant about many facts. How much we take our life and the society for granted. We think we know about many things but in reality we don't know anything because the world is too complex to understand by any individual.]]> 3.82 2017
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I bought this book without knowing anything about the subject matter. But after reading the book I came to know many things about human species, society and how we as an individual function in the society. Everything is related with one another. And we must become an expert in one domain or field so that we can have less illusion of knowledge.
This book has 3 Central themes: ignorance, the illusion of understanding, and the community of knowledge. This book contains 12 chapters and each chapter is very well explained and the authors have mentioned about many experiments that they have conducted or many other cognitive scientists have conducted with many groups, giving us some notion how a human mind operates. Personally I like chapter 5,6,7 and 8.
This book shows us how much ignorant we are, how much we suffer from illusion of knowledge and how much we as an individual heavily relied on community of knowledge. We forget to appreciate how much we don't know, how much the world is complicated. Significant success require more than just individual intelligence. We forget to acknowledge efforts of others in the community. We cannot achieve anything without the help of the community. This book says that ignorance is not the problem but people are not aware how much they are ignorant. Everything has its own consequences. Illusion , ignorance have their own pros and cons. The purpose of education is to widen our perspective, so that we can understand how much we don't know instead of saying how much we know. This helps us to become more humble and down to earth. This book also tries to define intelligence and how it should be measured. There are different theories of intelligence.
I liked the book very much and it taught me many things and how much I am ignorant about many facts. How much we take our life and the society for granted. We think we know about many things but in reality we don't know anything because the world is too complex to understand by any individual.
]]> 44025617 Since ancient times, we have tried to make sense of our universe by observing objects far beyond our abilities to see or touch �� from the smallest atom to the farthest star.

This book covers, in chronological order, all the key discoveries and remarkable minds in each scientific field, including Aristotle’s geocentric model of the cosmos, Darwin’s theory of evolution, Newton’s theory of gravity and Einstein’s theory of relativity. Also included are fascinating anecdotes about the lives of influential scientists: learn how Ptolemy fixed his results to match his theories; Freud used cocaine to expand his mind; and Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, was banned from using university computers after being caught hacking.

Revealing how human curiosity knows no bounds, and how the field of science has evolved over the last 2,500 years, this book breaks everything down into easily digestible sections to give a broad overview of the fascinating history of science.]]> 224 Nicola Chalton 1789290716 Utsav 3 3.57
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This book is good for children who are in between 12-15 years of age who wants to study science later in their life. To get interested in science from beginning. By reading this book you will get to know the history of science and i mean history of every subject of science. You will get to know how discoveries happened over the years how those discoveries changed our modern world today. Very good book for children and anyone who wants to know about the history of the subject. It's like a story book of some sort.
]]> 13356649
Did O.J. do it? How should you flip your mattress to get the maximum wear out of it? How does Google search the Internet? How many people should you date before settling down? Believe it or not, math plays a crucial role in answering all of these questions and more.

Math underpins everything in the cosmos, including us, yet too few of us understand this universal language well enough to revel in its wisdom, its beauty �� and its joy. This deeply enlightening, vastly entertaining volume translates math in a way that is at once intelligible and thrilling. Each trenchant chapter of The Joy of x offers an “aha!�� moment, starting with why numbers are so helpful, and progressing through the wondrous truths implicit in p, the Pythagorean theorem, irrational numbers, fat tails, even the rigors and surprising charms of calculus. Showing why he has won awards as a professor at Cornell and garnered extensive praise for his articles about math for the New York Times , Strogatz presumes of his readers only curiosity and common sense. And he rewards them with clear, ingenious, and often funny explanations of the most vital and exciting principles of his discipline.

Whether you aced integral calculus or aren’t sure what an integer is, you’ll find profound wisdom and persistent delight in The Joy of x .]]> 316 Steven H. Strogatz 0547517653 Utsav 5 4.05 2012
author: Steven H. Strogatz
name: Utsav
average rating: 4.05
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Steven strogatz have done a great job explaining mathematics from grade school to college level courses. As you progress through the chapter you will get college level mathematics explained in a very intuitive way. My favourite chapters were rock groups, Hilbert hotel, the conic conspiracy and group think. This book is for everyone who loves and hates math. You will get a new perspective towards math. I think by reading this book you will get somewhat comfortable with math and you will begin to appreciate the subject. In our school, maths is not taught in this way. We just Learn the formula as always but teacher never clarifies about the formula. Where the formula Comes from and what is its use in our real world and how can we use math in our daily life. And that's when we get out of math and never bothers to look at the subject anymore. But I think this book will somewhat change your mindset about the subject and the author have tried his best.
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Raised in Depression-era Rockaway Beach, physicist Richard Feynman was irreverent, eccentric, and childishly enthusiastic—a new kind of scientist in a field that was in its infancy. His quick mastery of quantum mechanics earned him a place at Los Alamos working on the Manhattan Project under J. Robert Oppenheimer, where the giddy young man held his own among the nation’s greatest minds. There, Feynman turned theory into practice, culminating in the Trinity test, on July 16, 1945, when the Atomic Age was born. He was only twenty-seven. And he was just getting started.

In this sweeping biography, James Gleick captures the forceful personality of a great man, integrating Feynman’s work and life in a way that is accessible to laymen and fascinating for the scientists who follow in his footsteps.]]> 531 James Gleick 0679747044 Utsav 4 The author have done a great job explaining his personal life and his work life. Richard Feynman's life is more interesting because he worked in the Manhattan project and author have mentioned how he got into that project at the age of 27. How a boy from Far Rockaway went to win a noble prize, the journey is awesome. I like the last 3 chapters of the book that is Los almos, Cornell and Caltech. In those 3 chapters most of his life is covered. How he started his career and how he fell in love with his first wife Arline. I think he used to love physics as much as his wife. He used to solve problems very visually. He used to design his own method to solve any kind of problem. He always preferred originality. And he used to simplify the complex mathematics with his diagram that is Feynman diagram. In this book the author have also mentioned many other famous theoretical physicist with whom Feynman had worked like Freeman Dyson, Murray gell man, Hans Bethe, Oppenheimer. He liked teaching physics very much. And he used to disdain rote memorization of physics concepts without clear understanding what the concept is. He used to break down problems by using first principle and used to solve them from fundamental level. At last I want to say this book has done justice to his life and his work and how he will be remembered throughout the history of Physics and whoever loves physics.]]> 4.11
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Richard Feynman was the most brilliant theoretical physicist of 20th century. He got the noble prize for his work in quantum elctrodynamics. His work is very much influential still today. The way the book is represented is very good. There are 6 chapters and in every chapter there are sub chapter.
The author have done a great job explaining his personal life and his work life. Richard Feynman's life is more interesting because he worked in the Manhattan project and author have mentioned how he got into that project at the age of 27. How a boy from Far Rockaway went to win a noble prize, the journey is awesome. I like the last 3 chapters of the book that is Los almos, Cornell and Caltech. In those 3 chapters most of his life is covered. How he started his career and how he fell in love with his first wife Arline. I think he used to love physics as much as his wife. He used to solve problems very visually. He used to design his own method to solve any kind of problem. He always preferred originality. And he used to simplify the complex mathematics with his diagram that is Feynman diagram. In this book the author have also mentioned many other famous theoretical physicist with whom Feynman had worked like Freeman Dyson, Murray gell man, Hans Bethe, Oppenheimer. He liked teaching physics very much. And he used to disdain rote memorization of physics concepts without clear understanding what the concept is. He used to break down problems by using first principle and used to solve them from fundamental level. At last I want to say this book has done justice to his life and his work and how he will be remembered throughout the history of Physics and whoever loves physics.
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If you want to learn about one of history’s most fascinating minds and uncover some of his secrets of imagination—secrets that enabled him to invent machines light years ahead of his time and literally bring light to the world—then you want to read this book.

Imagination amplifies and colors every other element of genius, and unlocks our potential for understanding and ability.

It’s no coincidence that geniuses not only dare to dream of the impossible for their work, but do the same for their lives.]]> 47 Sean Patrick 1938895177 Utsav 0 3.88 2013
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]]> 93981 630 Sigmund Freud 1566195764 Utsav 0 to-read 3.86 1899
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]]> 34272565 How will Artificial Intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology--and there's nobody better qualified or situated to explore that future than Max Tegmark, an MIT professor who's helped mainstream research on how to keep AI beneficial.

How can we grow our prosperity through automation without leaving people lacking income or purpose? What career advice should we give today's kids? How can we make future AI systems more robust, so that they do what we want without crashing, malfunctioning or getting hacked? Should we fear an arms race in lethal autonomous weapons? Will machines eventually outsmart us at all tasks, replacing humans on the job market and perhaps altogether? Will AI help life flourish like never before or give us more power than we can handle?

What sort of future do you want? This book empowers you to join what may be the most important conversation of our time. It doesn't shy away from the full range of viewpoints or from the most controversial issues--from superintelligence to meaning, consciousness and the ultimate physical limits on life in the cosmos.]]> 384 Max Tegmark 0451485076 Utsav 4 In some chapters he went into depth about explaining how artificial intelligence works, what is intelligence? What is computation? And my personal favourite chapters in the book were last 2 chapters. The name of the chapters are goals and consciousness. And I like the way he described consciousness in his book. He have taken opinions and thoughts from other scientist about consciousness who are working in that field. While reading the book I have found out that author have mentioned many flaws about us humans. And it's true that we cannot built an AI without knowing ourselves better. After reading the book I think I now have gained some insight about AI, what is it and why should we strive to make one. In this book the author have mentioned about AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) and how difficult it's to make an AGI. Everybody must read this book once, if they want to find out what's going to be in the future and what kind of future we humans want to build?]]> 4.02 2017
author: Max Tegmark
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This book tells us about the artificial intelligence and human life. As we know the author is a cosmologist and a machine learning enthusiast and I think he has done a great job in explaining artificial intelligence in a very lucid way.
In some chapters he went into depth about explaining how artificial intelligence works, what is intelligence? What is computation? And my personal favourite chapters in the book were last 2 chapters. The name of the chapters are goals and consciousness. And I like the way he described consciousness in his book. He have taken opinions and thoughts from other scientist about consciousness who are working in that field. While reading the book I have found out that author have mentioned many flaws about us humans. And it's true that we cannot built an AI without knowing ourselves better. After reading the book I think I now have gained some insight about AI, what is it and why should we strive to make one. In this book the author have mentioned about AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) and how difficult it's to make an AGI. Everybody must read this book once, if they want to find out what's going to be in the future and what kind of future we humans want to build?
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The book starts from various concepts of Classical Physics, the Theory of Relativity & Quantum Physics and then comes to the topics of Astrophysics and Cosmology, which is probably the best way to understand the subject for a general reader.

There is limited mathematics in this book, but some major equations are included because one cannot grasp the true ‘beauty�� in physics without seeing the mathematical or abstract parts alongside practical laws.Physics is to mathematics what Tony Stark (Iron Man) is to J.A.R.V.I.S. or F.R.I.D.AY. The groundwork of computations, statistics, simulations etc. is done by F.R.I.D.A.Y. But, the real work of fighting the villains is done by Iron Man!]]> 220 Madhur Sorout 164587883X Utsav 4 It's really a simple guide towards physics

I liked this book very much. The author have done a great job. If anyone is afraid from physics this book is specially for them and the content is very diverse and at last the author have provided some resources how to study physics more technically. This is a must read for every science enthusiast who loves physics.]]> 3.67
author: Madhur Sorout
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It's really a simple guide towards physics

I liked this book very much. The author have done a great job. If anyone is afraid from physics this book is specially for them and the content is very diverse and at last the author have provided some resources how to study physics more technically. This is a must read for every science enthusiast who loves physics.
]]> 31934455 Garry Kasparov's 1997 chess match against the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue was a watershed moment in the history of technology. It was the dawn of a new era in artificial intelligence: a machine capable of beating the reigning human champion at this most cerebral game.

That moment was more than a century in the making, and in this breakthrough book, Kasparov reveals his astonishing side of the story for the first time. He describes how it felt to strategize against an implacable, untiring opponent with the whole world watching, and recounts the history of machine intelligence through the microcosm of chess, considered by generations of scientific pioneers to be a key to unlocking the secrets of human and machine cognition. Kasparov uses his unrivaled experience to look into the future of intelligent machines and sees it bright with possibility. As many critics decry artificial intelligence as a menace, particularly to human jobs, Kasparov shows how humanity can rise to new heights with the help of our most extraordinary creations, rather than fear them. Deep Thinking is a tightly argued case for technological progress, from the man who stood at its precipice with his own career at stake.]]> 0 Garry Kasparov 1478920335 Utsav 4 There is a chapter in the book called human plus machine and that peaked my interest more to think about the topic how we can become partner with machines more and have benefits. We humans will generate problems and AI will give new solutions to those problems in new ways that we have never thought of.
At last I want to say that this book will motivate you to think positively about our technology and specifically about AI because as author says that if we want to create a better future for ourselves at first we should think about how we should use our technology to enhance our productivity and skills not the other way around.]]> 3.85
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It's a good book for general audience, if they want to learn about AI in general from a chess grandmaster's perspective and how he got defeated in his chess career and how he advises us to see the world from a different perspective and use machine intelligence to solve our human problems in a different way. It explores the question of intelligence in a very subtle way. As the author himself is a chess grandmaster, there is good amount of chess in the book. How chess is used as a parameter to explore machine intelligence and still is. How chess engines have improved with time and now machines can teach themselves the rules of chess from scratch without human input by playing millions of games with themselves. They are not only generating good results or methods but they are also learning from their mistakes just like us. And it's our duty to think deeply about the subject more and how we can apply AI to other fields and generate new ways of problem solving in a completely new way.
There is a chapter in the book called human plus machine and that peaked my interest more to think about the topic how we can become partner with machines more and have benefits. We humans will generate problems and AI will give new solutions to those problems in new ways that we have never thought of.
At last I want to say that this book will motivate you to think positively about our technology and specifically about AI because as author says that if we want to create a better future for ourselves at first we should think about how we should use our technology to enhance our productivity and skills not the other way around.
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The definitive book on how the technology behind bitcoin and cryptocurrency is changing the world.

Blockchain is the ingeniously simple technology that powers Bitcoin. But it is much more than that, too. It is a public ledger to which everyone has access, but which no single person controls. It allows for companies and individuals to collaborate with an unprecedented degree of trust and transparency. It is cryptographically secure, but fundamentally open. And soon it will be everywhere.

In Blockchain Revolution, Don and Alex Tapscott reveal how this game-changing technology will shape the future of the world economy, dramatically improving everything from healthcare records to online voting, and from insurance claims to artist royalty payments. Brilliantly researched and highly accessible, this is the essential text on the next major paradigm shift. Read it, or be left behind.]]> 368 Don Tapscott 0670069973 Utsav 0 to-read 3.34 2016
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]]> 42421226 Other International Bestsellers from this @ The Richest Man in Babylon by George S Clason, 9789354990717@ The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupéry, 9789354990519@ The Power of Your Subconscious Mind by Joseph Murphy, 9789354990557@ Animal Farm by George Orwell, 9789354993381@ The Art of War by Sun Tzu, 9789354990342@ Relativity by Albert Einstein, 9789354990144@ Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, 9789354990267]]> 84 GP Editors 9388118553 Utsav 5 4.14
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Very good book if you have not heard about Einstein ever in your life. This book tells only about his life and what he did. Very basic book.
]]> 11248905 1011 Graham Farmelo 0571250076 Utsav 0 to-read 4.16 2009
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]]> 69571 195 Robert T. Kiyosaki 0751532711 Utsav 4 4.10 1997
author: Robert T. Kiyosaki
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