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02-01-2007, 02:35 PM
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Re: Required Reading
I have a hard time deciding what 2 books that everyone shoudl be forced to read, but I'm pretty sure that the ones people have come up with in this thread are terrible choices. Having every american attempt to read the Feynman lectures on physics is beyond pointless. The only suggestions here that have made any sense whatsoever are the basic finance suggestions.
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#34
02-01-2007, 03:20 PM
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Re: Required Reading
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Mankiw's text is supposedly the best for a new economics student: Link Filled with digestible case studies and clear language. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, that's a great book, but it's not focused on macroeconomics. But I would recommend it as a first book on economics in general.
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#35
02-01-2007, 03:26 PM
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Re: Required Reading
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i think you should add "the elegant universe" by greene under science [/ QUOTE ] I pulled this off my shelf to refresh myself on its contents. I agree that it gives an excellent and clear exposition of relativity theory and quantum mechanics, explaining each theory on their own terms and where they contradict each other. It also gives a good introduction into the basics of string theory, but I think at points it goes into far too much detail. I'd say the first 2/3rds of this book do a great job presenting the path of theoretical physics over the past century. That said, I think people would benefit more from a basic understanding of newtownian physcis, which they supposedly would aquire before reading this book.
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#36
02-01-2007, 07:01 PM
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Re: Required Reading
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02-01-2007, 08:05 PM
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Re: Required Reading
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[ QUOTE ] i love hamlet i think you should add "the elegant universe" by greene under science everyone should read the plague by camus [/ QUOTE ] why? [/ QUOTE ] i dunno, it's good
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#38
02-01-2007, 08:58 PM
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Re: Required Reading
I don't know if The Complete Works of Shakespeare could be considered a book, but if so, that would definitely be one.
For the second one, some kind of comprehensive anthology of Aristotle. I have a really good one by a guy named Wheelright, but I think it's out of print. I think pretty much everything both of these writers said is as true today as it's ever been (except all Aristotle's science stuff, but dude's from the 4th c. BC, cut a brotha some slack).
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#39
02-01-2007, 09:02 PM
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Re: Required Reading
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For the second one, some kind of comprehensive anthology of Aristotle. I have a really good one by a guy named Wheelright, but I think it's out of print. [/ QUOTE ] No need for an anthology. Just The Politics. I think the Cambridge translation would be fine, but I had a really conservative professor (Harvey Mansfield) who swore by the Carnes Lord translation (but that get's into a whole neo-con, Straussian conspiracy theory thing that is a bit off topic).
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02-01-2007, 09:08 PM
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Re: Required Reading
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] i love hamlet i think you should add "the elegant universe" by greene under science everyone should read the plague by camus [/ QUOTE ] why? [/ QUOTE ] i dunno, it's good [/ QUOTE ] isn't string theory likely bogus anyways though?
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