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Mathematics: Burns, Marilyn (1975) I hate Mathematics Book, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. https://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-Brown-Paper-School-Books/

by jll29 5y ago

Mathematics: Burns, Marilyn (1975) I hate Mathematics Book, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. https://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-Brown-Paper-School-Books/dp/0316117412/ https://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-Brown-Paper-School-Books/... Mathematics, philosophy, music, molecular biology/biochemistry, computer science, visual art, poetry, cognitive science: Hofstadter, Douglas R. (1979) Gödel, Escher, Bach - An Eternal Golden Braid. New York, NY: Basic Books. ("GEB") Computer Science: Abelson, Harold and Gerald Jay Sussmann (1984) Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. ("SICP") Stoll, Clifford (1989) The Cuckoo's Egg. New York, NY: Doubleday. Linguistics: McCrum, Robert, Robert MacNeil, William Cran (1986). The Story of English. New York, NY: Viking. https://archive.org/details/storyofenglish000mccr https://archive.org/details/storyofenglish000mccr Accounting: n/a

smcl 5y ago
I think SICP is a good text that is attractive for a very specific type of person, but in my experience the majority of people would be put off by it.