Bookshelf

Here are my top reads, they span

Most items are books, although there are some videos ▶️, articles 📰, and blogs 📝. These are already the best of the best, but ones with ⭐ are special stars.

Physics and computation

⭐ Quantum computing since Democritus - Scott Aaronson

⭐ Quantum computation and quantum information - Michael A. Nielsen, and Isaac L. Chuang

⭐▶️ Feynman's Messenger Lectures - Richard P. Feynman

Feynman lectures on computation - Richard P. Feynman, Anthony J. G. Hey, and Robin W. Allen

The Feynman lectures on physics - Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, and Matthew Sands

Introduction to elementary particles - David J. Griffiths

Quantum Field Theory and Standard Model - Matthew D. Schwartz

Quantum error correction - Daniel A. Lidar, and Todd A. Brun

Academia

⭐ 📰 Networking on the network: a guide to professional skills for PhD students - Phil Agre

⭐ ▶️The art of doing science and engineering - Richard Hamming

📰 How to read a paper - Srinivasan Keshav

📝 A survival guide to a PhD - Andrej Karpathy

📰 A guide to writing mathematics - Kevin P. Lee

📝 The economics of scientific collaboration - Michael Nielsen

📰 How to write a paper - George M. Whitesides

Entrepreneurship

⭐ 📝 How to do great work - Paul Graham

⭐ 📰 Mochary method curriculum - Matt Mochary

Crossing the chasm - Geoffrey A. Moore

Zero to one - Peter Thiel

Programming

📝 Seven habits of effective text editing - Bram Moolenaar

⭐ A philosophy of software design - John Ousterhout

Electronics and computers

Digital design and computer architecture - David Harris, and Sarah Harris

⭐ The art of electronics - Paul Horowitz, and Winfield Hill

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