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I'd like to propose a slightly refined version of this question. If you wanted to select the best-of-breed books on a wide range of technical topics, math, phy
by derekp7 13y ago
I'd like to propose a slightly refined version of this question. If you wanted to select the best-of-breed books on a wide range of technical topics, math, physics, practical skills, survival, etc. what would they be? Which ones would be good to go into a time capsule to preserve modern knowledge in an end-of-civilization setting?
The types of books I'm looking for would include the Feynman Lectures, SICP, Art of Computer Programming, etc. What would be a good book series (preferably a classic one that's stood the test of time) on math (Algebra, various Calculus topics, Statistics, etc)? Principia Mathematica should go in here, but it would be nice to have something that includes modern notation. For general on-your-own in a cabin in the woods setting, I've been impressed with the topics covered in the Foxfire books. So what else? I'd like a good world history book, that ties in how everything is related to everything else (i.e, not just cover each civilization in isolation). Also, something covering Western and Eastern philosophy.
- tokenadult 13y agoWhat would be a good book series (preferably a classic one that's stood the test of time) on math (Algebra, various Calculus topics, Statistics, etc)? I'd like to edit this some more during the edit window for this comment. To start, the books by Israel M. Gelfand, originally written for correspondence study. http://gcpm.rutgers.edu/books.html http://gcpm.rutgers.edu/books.html http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&field-author=Israel%20M.%20Gelfand&page=1&rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AIsrael%20M.%20Gelfand http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&field-author=Israel%20M.%20G... An acclaimed calculus book is Calculus by Michael Spivak. http://www.amazon.com/Calculus-4th-Michael-Spivak/dp/0914098918/ http://www.amazon.com/Calculus-4th-Michael-Spivak/dp/0914098... Also very good is the two-volume set by Tom Apostol. http://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Vol-One-Variable-Introduction-Algebra/dp/0471000051/ http://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Vol-One-Variable-Introduction... http://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Vol-Multi-Variable-Applications-Differential/dp/0471000078/ http://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Vol-Multi-Variable-Applicatio... Those are all lovely, interesting books. A good bridge to mathematics beyond those is Vector Calculus, Linear Algebra, and Differential Forms: A Unified Approach by Hubbard and Hubbard. http://matrixeditions.com/UnifiedApproach4th.html http://matrixeditions.com/UnifiedApproach4th.html A very good book series on more advanced mathematics is the Princeton University Press series by Elias Stein. http://www.amazon.com/Fourier-Analysis-Introduction-Princeton-Lectures/dp/069111384X/ http://www.amazon.com/Fourier-Analysis-Introduction-Princeto... Is this the kind of thing you are looking for? Maybe I can think of some more titles, and especially series, while I am still able to edit this comment.