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Re: Aha! Book Recommendations needed
pjk (petesid@vnet.ibm.com)
Wed, 01 Nov 1995 14:47:15 GMT
In article <KALPAK.95Oct30151354@kaos.redbrick.com>,
on Mon, 30 Oct 1995 23:13:54 GMT,
Kalpak Shah <kalpak@redbrick.com> writes:
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>I am looking for books (probably non-fiction, although some fiction
>books might also qualify) from which you got a whole new concept (a
>new way of thinking). I am primarily interested in concepts to which I
>can relate to in real life (quantum mechanics doesn't qualify. human
>behaviour does but psuedo science of phsychology might not).
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>Books under this category I consider
>1. Selfless gene
>2. Art of war by sun Tzo(??)
>3. Chaos
>4. Scientific American article which was about how immune and nervous
>system are "connected" which explains how feelings can affect your
>wellbeing.
>5. Godel Escher Bach
>etc
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>I am open to books in any field. To give people insight, I am computer
>programmer (and have had n years of physics, maths etc but remember
>very little about it). Fields which sort of currently interest me are
>geography, geology, climate/weather, history if it explains present,
>biology/health/etc (anything here related to human body.), astronomy
>(want to be more active here like star gazing but am always stuck with
>remembering star names than proceeing beyond it), economics,
>psychology of crowds, music (any good beginner book), etc
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>Thanks very much. Please keep followups to rec.arts.books.
>
>--Kalpak
Try The Battle Cry of Freedom if you think the war between the states was
fought to free the slaves.
Try Tenozan if you think war is in some way glorious.
Try Rising Sun if you think Japan was totally at fault for entering WWII.
Tru The boer War if you think there is anythiny new under the sun.
Pjk
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