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Books I am currently reading, and books I find interesting.

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Cognitive Neuroscience: A Very Short Introduction
Cognitive Neuroscience: A Very Short Introduction by Richard Passingham
Up to the 1960s, psychology was deeply under the influence of behaviourism, which focused on stimuli and responses, and regarded consideration of what may happen in the mind as unapproachable scientifically. This began to change with the devising of...more
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn by Richard W. Hamming
A groundbreaking treatise by one of the great mathematicians of our age, who outlines a style of thinking by which great ideas are conceived.

What inspires and spurs on a great idea? Can we train ourselves to think in a way that will enable...more

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The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn by Richard W. Hamming
A groundbreaking treatise by one of the great mathematicians of our age, who outlines a style of thinking by which great ideas are conceived.

What inspires and spurs on a great idea? Can we train ourselves to think in a way that will enable...more
Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green
Tuberculosis has been entwined with humanity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, today tuberculosis is seen as a disease of poverty that walks the trails of injustice and inequity we blazed for it.

In 2019, author John...more

Quotes

"life is never simple paths—only dizzying labyrinths folding in on themselves."
-- John Green
"If you want something done well, do it yourself,"
-- Beth O'Leary
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