Post some of your books /sci/

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>>7764813

I guarantee 90% of the books you faggot post, you haven't even read properly, if at all.

>>7764819
>frogposter
opinion discarded

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>>7764828

>truth hurts, the post.

I'm a lion poster now.

>>7764819
So is that a no on the books then or...

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))

You guys may think it is pleb teir but it is all I got in my collection at the moment. Some books I have in mind to get after I finished this classical mechanics book which I just started are mary boas mathematics for sciences book, griffiths QM, and a linear algebra book, heard strang was good. Do you guys recommend any books?

also have some general chemistry textbook lying around somewhere but im not gonna dig it up.

Great thread op

Can't wait for all the math majors to flood it with their favorite homotopic differential complex riemmannian abstract homological topology textbooks and circle jerk each other.

Another great /Sci/ thread

>>7765147
I think Strang is a pretty terrible book. It's just really poorly organized, things are constantly used before they're defined or explained for pages on end.
Ironically enough you can't read it linearly; you have to skip around to even figure out what the hell he's doing.

If you want an abstract mathematical treatment try Axler.
If you just need it to apply to something (physics/CS/whatever) you really don't even need a book. Just pick up what you need as you go, it won't be much.

>>7765168
>it's a string theorist
Oh god I'm going to spew

>>7765187
No. I am just an undergrad with no life and therefore read a ton of books.

>>7765162
Thanks, buddy!

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>>7764813

I'm basically a math major right?

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>>7765147
Forgot to post pic

>>7765170
I'll reconsider, thanks. Ya Im pretty much learning it for physics but it couldn't hurt to do a proof based/more mathematical book since I've got the time.

>>7765223

Jesus Christ, space out your work a little bit, if I was your TA I'd rip your eyebrows off.

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quick what do i read for the next 8 hours instead of sleeping!?!?!

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>>7764819
>insults others for not reading the books that they post
>not a single book posted himself

>studying at a german University some STEM degree
>passed all my exams without a book at all

Not meant to brag. But I would love to work with a book for once but it's literally to intimidating since I would not know how or where to start at all. I really do not know how to work / learn with a book. Geez.

>>7765231
Algebraic topology or geometry

>>7765231
The Bible

>>7765238
>But I would love to work with a book for once but it's literally to intimidating since I would not know how or where to start at all.
Are you retarded

here I'll give you a step by step guide
>open to page 1
>begin reading
congratulations you're learning from a book

>>7765280
Kek'd

What's with all the old people ITT?

>>7764819
this. i go on a binge every one in a while and buy like 10 books on physics/math and never touch them, only to return them later

>>7764836
Fucking UNIX. I decide to bother with comp sci in my major and that class fucks up my gpa

>>7765333
Old books are cheap desu senpai.

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>>7764813

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Community College books that I got that I couldn't sell back and before I found 4chan's pirate book website(or didn't have it).

anyone have a PDF of Electric Machinery and Power System Fundamentals by Stephen Chapman?

>>7766267
http://www.msalah.com/EM/EMtextbook4.pdf
This was the best I could find.

>>7765170
>If you just need it to apply to something (physics/CS/whatever) you really don't even need a book. Just pick up what you need as you go, it won't be much.

Applied LA is much more than the shit you learn in matrix algebra.

"Matrix Analysis and Applied Linear Algebra" by Meyer is pretty good for applications.

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>string theory guy is an undergrad

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I have fun books too

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How long do you senpais need usually to work through a book entirely? :3

>>7766412
months/years if it's too advanced. a couple days if it's known material

>>7766411
I've read "The Particle at the End of the Universe" too :)

>>7766419
It's a very good book, and I've recommended it to everyone I know. His writing style wont drive people away like a lot of scientists who author books do.

>>7766395
Yeah, hence the small collection. Can only afford to own so many books.

>>7765227
Nice. I was studying from this in HS.

Daily reminder Pearson does not publish a single good textbook. Never buy Pearson books or services.

>>7764813
>Algebra
>Calculus
What are you in, high school?

>>7766521
I don't even know how to respond to this cancer

>>7766395
I have been considering buying that Renormalization book by Collins. Is it good?

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This is all I have with me at my parents' house. I have some time off before I start grad school to finish Hartshorne.

>>7766558
It was given to me rather recently and I haven't had a chance to read it. However, my experiences with Cambridge publications are always favorable, and I'm inclined to believe it's a good book.

>>7764813
Acheson, that's got some fun problems in it

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I am in great need of some input from /sci/. Here is my situation:

i'm taking the second semester of undergrad real analysis starting in a couple weeks and we're using rudin's principles of mathematical analysis which is a very tough book and we're being taught by a very tough professor.


I want to earn a grade of "A" (i'm attending a U.S. university) so my questions are:

-what's a good supplement to rudin? I've read that Pugh's "Real Mathematical Analysis " should be a good supplement but are there any others
-What should I brush up on from semester 1 analysis to be ready for this course?
-How should I study to maximize my potential for earning that "A" grade.
-Any other tips/tricks/stories from /sci/ that could help?


Thanks

>>7765229
Ding ding ding

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>>7765229
>tfw I'm that guy who chains together four equal signs on one line

>>7766613
No supplements. Rudin is all you need for elementary single variable analysis.

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>>7766624
>he actually used Baby Rudin
yet another victim falls to the meme

>>7766624

I'm sure that's what many people think but I looked through it already and I know it would be a difficult book for me to follow. A supplement would make it easier .

If you can't answer any of my questions, then why bother replying?

>>7766626

anon, judging by your disdain for rudin, could you reccomend another book?

>>7766633
He's just being a dick. Supplementing books is always smart. Check out Abbott's Understanding Analysis.

>>7766291
It is different from that one :(

>>7766642

thank you kind anon, i'll look into your suggestion. I'll be monitoring this thread for other suggestions/answers and will try to post a list of my books when I get home

>>7764813
OP, is the fluid mechanics book by Kundu good? Thoughts on the other editions of the book?

Rate
>Calculus by Essex
>Linear Algebra Done Right by Axler
>The Principles Of Quantum Mechanics by Dirac
>Differential Equations, Dynamical Systems, and an Introduction to Chaos by Hirsch

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here are the books in my vicinity. Elementary real analysis, the organic chemistry book and Gallians Algebra are god like-I have learned much from those books, especially the orgo book. Any body taking the undergrad orgo sequences should definitely check it out. It's pretty much the reason I earned an A in orgo 2 this semester


Number theory by Rosen is just awful.

Where do you buy your books from, /sci/? I want to buy the books I've liked. I'm thinking of book depository.

>>7766896
Seems odd to have Dirac mixed in with a bunch of fairly elementary math books

>>7767242
book depository is pretty great as a Canadian

usually the cheapest option available

>>7767242

abebooks mostly. They have the international editions of most big STEM books which are MUCH cheaper but have the exact same contents. The shipping time/price is reasonable as well

Amazon is okay too, especially if you have prime. My general strategy is to type the book name into google and if I can't find an international edition through google or abebooks, I'll just use amazon.


Many big public universities also have student run facebook pages that acts as book exchanges.

Another popular strategy is to look up the electronic copy on libgen. This usually works well, but for me personally, I have to have a hard copy of a book. It's much easier to study staring at pages as opposed to a monitor. Easier on the eyes too.

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>>7767117
>someone posts orgo
Holla atcha boyyyy

>>7767266


Neat. My professor, Michael Smith wrote that advanced organic chemistry textbook and the undergrad orgo book we used in class. He's such a boss.

Good selection of books though. I really wish I knew more chemistry...especially computational chemistry and organic synthesis. That stuff is so very interesting. I'm happy with math though

>not reselling your textbooks at the end of the term

>>7767350

>not keeping your books and flipping through the pages years later to reminisce about the good times

But seriously though, it usually makes sense to keep your books to use as a reference for future course work. Unless the book is number theory by Rosen. That one can be used as Toilet paper

>>7767350
Or you could rent the books you need from the library for free every term.

>>7766267
http://bookzz.org/md5/5E92A6310D641DBFF74562ECBFE7CBDC

>>7767353
>Unless the book is number theory by Rosen. That one can be used as Toilet paper
I sense some pain behind this post.

>>7765873
is Dover's ODE book any good? I bought it and skimmed it and seems to be 800 pages of solved problems, with very little theorems/proofs

>>7767542
I'm not familiar, but it seems well-received

>>7767542
>>7767589
It's probably more for scientists and engineers than mathematicians, as stated by the reviews on e.g. Amazon.

>>7766395
I thinking about getting my mother the Feynam Lectures to read (she is starting an open university degree in physics) how are they?

>>7767602
The Feynman lectures are meme books.
Get her "Deutsche Physik in vier Bänden" by Philipp Lenard instead.

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>>7764813

RATE THEM NOW

>>7764813
the elements of computing systems - Building a Modern Computer from First Principles - Nand to Tetris Companion, by Noam Nisan ans Shimon Schocken

>>7767730
>Inorganic Chemistry
>Heat and mass transfer
>Failure analysis

Chem eng?

>>7764813
These are the ones I could be bothered to file.

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>>7767840
Hey!

>>7767438
This isn't even the book he was asking for.

>>7767542
It's fantastic so far.

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>>7764813

>>7767853
You bought a book about vim?

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>>7767853
>GEB
Nice. Pic related are a few books which I bought this xmas.

>>7767857
Hand down from a friend, haven't really read it, but then I am pretty shit at vim

>>7767730
>>7767747
Notice that it's all pdf-files. We're obviously dealing with a NEET who probably never gave those books anything but a cursory skim.

>>7767242
I buy all my quality hard cover editions of books I really love from Amazon. Anything else I just buy them from local bookstore. Avoid the ones that have really close ties to the university, because they are usually more expensive than other textbook outlets.

>>7764813
>books
It's like I'm really in 1776

>>7767350
Pretty much impossible for me to lose my reference material, I don't know how I would be able to do my job.

3 years after doing orgo I suddenly needed to review something and having an annotated and familiar textbook on hand meant that it took only an hour which would otherwise have taken me days.

>>7767242
Either from a local bookstore, an internet retailer that's big in my country, or the British Amazon website if that website doesn't have it.

>>7767874
I don't like reading from a screen and it's easier for me to annotate and do exercises by hand.

>>7767874
>he doesn't read literature
Lol.

>>7767242
The worldwide free shipping is the deal maker for me on book depository.

Is it better to get actual books or digital books when it comes to actually having the incentive to read the book and learn from it?

>>7767916
Actual books.

>>7767468

Yeah. Spent a summer going through that book on the suggestion of a professor. It's so bland and badly organized that I almost throw up when hearing number theory. Basically it reads terribly and the exercises are terrible but I'm an autist for hating it yet completing it

>>7767846
So Stephen chapman made a book about electric machinery fundamentals, then made a separate book with electric machine fundamentals and power system fundamentals?
Any way, he could have just googled it himself

>>7767916

Actual books by far. Their much easier on the eyes making long term study sessions possible.

>>7767342
Thoughts on the orgo book you posted (an acid-base approach)?

>>7767916
>Do research on alternatives to make sure you have the best possible textbook for your needs.
>Buy said textbook.
>It ends up sitting on your shelf while you shitpost on the chans.
>Textbook keeps staring at you while you're procrastinating.
>Buyers remorse eventually sets in and you force yourself to start reading.
vs.
>Torrent/download 3000 textbooks from some "Jew fighter" 's collection.
>Forget about it and go shitpost on the chans.

>>7767602
Really really good. They are not meme books. Feynmann is amazing on explaining physics. Only problem is that the book lacks any exercises/problems (although there is a problem book that came out a few years ago). I would highly recommend it for reading alongside other physics books on the same topic.

>>7767857
If I had a sit ton of money and space for bookshelves I would buy books on most things, including vim.

>>7767986
Fucking 'h' key is worn out from vim use...

>>7767986
I'm confused as to why a book on Vim is warranted in the first place. I thought it was just a text editor with some IDE capabilities?

>>7767993
It has it's own language and API for use from other languages so some things can get fairly complex. Having a book to look up things for it would be nice. A quick reference card is probably better though...

>>7767952

Best orgo book I've ever owned. I'm terrible at orgo and chemistry in general, but I earned an A using this book in orgo 2. It would be a great supplement to any undergrad orgo books and covers all of undergrad orgo in a very readable manner. The solutions manual is on his website to download free as a pdfs to anyone

>>7767953
The other nice thing about textbooks (I find) is that I can read them with my computer off and far away

so that instead of just tabbing out to start shitposting I have to get up, leave the book, ash start up my computer

>>7767602
I don't think either of the answers to this are quite true

yeah, Feynman lectures are heavily overhyped, so I guess they're a "meme"

they aren't that great as a first exposure though, honestly
Feynman is too abstract, lacks examples, and most importantly doesn't provide you any problems to practice with

What the Feynman lectures really shine at is getting you a deep conceptual grasp on physics that you've already seen

>>7768095
Not for the second edition =(

>>7768118


Anon, get the first edition, it's the one I used and the solutions to certain exercises are at the end of the chapter. It really is an amazing book and will probably drop in price now. If you go on his website (google "Michael smith orgo" for the link) he even posts his old slides, exams and quizzes for orgo 1 and orgo 2)


Seriously, I repeat, anyone who plans on taking and or reviewing undergrad orgo 1 and 2 should get Smith's orgnic chemistry textbook. you won't be disappointed.

>>7767266

I'm curious are you studying chemistry? I don't know any chemists or chemistry students with such relatively upper division math texts/knowledge

>>7768143
Actually anon, the 1st edition right now is $160 on Amazon, 2nd edition is $124.

Does anyone have good examples of toxicology books?

>>7765197
much respect for those seeking knowledge on their own time. just Always be aware that string theory has no experimental verification.

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Some of the redundancy comes from Dover impulse buys or books I've used for some courses vs books I've used on my own.

>>7768153

oh I didn't know that. It's a bit pricier but if you want the solutions manual RIGHT NOW than extra 36 isn't a big deal.

He releases all his solutions for free so the updated solutions manual should be on the site soon.


I learned from the first edition and was pretty flawless.

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sry 4 sum /lit/, too lazy to sort

I want to prepare myself for math in uni next year. Which books would you recommend ? I heard i should look into precalc to get a good foundation.

>>7768516
I don't know anything about Pynchon, but I read one of his books once and it had a lot of specific STEM references and metaphors. Do you know anything about his connection to STEM?

>>7768545
>I want to prepare myself for math in uni next year.

This really depends on how much you have already done. i.e. I entered uni with Calc 1,2,&3 already finished, while others starting may not even be able to take calc yet. So where are you?

>>7768545
The summer before I started uni, I worked through the Book of Proof (it's online somewhere) and maybe half of Spivak afterwards. I was much better prepared than my classmates, made wonderful faculty connections, and got out with a 4.00. You might try that.

>>7768551

i've only read inherent vice and he didn't really show any of that regarding the STEM field.

I'd assume he just heavily researches what he needs to know to deliver the appropriate idea/visualization that he's trying to convey.

what book did you read?

>>7768552
Im about to finish my 3-year cs college degree (EU)
>kek meme degree
Only seen some bare minimum of number theory for Cryptography, and some statistics + probability.
Also didnt do well in math @ HS because i was too lazy and always told myself "its because i suck at math".
Actually i really enjoy doing math (which is what i learned in these 3 years), at least for as far as you can call this "math"..
Gotta start somewhere, right

>>7768564
The Crying of Lot 49.

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Just bought this motherfucker like last week. Sexiest cover I've seen in a long time. One of the few textbooks I've bought without actually reading first.

It's really good.

>>7768554
Had Spivak already on my list, will look for the Book of Proof.
Thanks anon!

>>7768569

that was next on my list by him actually.


His allusions to the STEM field could have to do with the fact that it was written in the 60s maybe? Since technology in a lot of fields was progressing rapidly and getting a lot of recognition.

>>7764813
shitty undergrad library
Get some research, you rookie.

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>>7764813
I have a lot, here are some

>>7765476
This. I got a single book collection of all of Shakespeare's works (huge thing) for just $5

>>7767242
I got a lot of mine from Half-Price Books because they're there and pretty cheap, plus they have a lot of stuff.
I also got a lot from family friends

>>7768146
Yep. I started just picking up math books as a mental exercise to make me a better researcher, but it turns out I'm quite interested in pure math and optimization theory (and it doesn't hurt that functional analysis grew in tandem with the quantum theory.)

I've got copies of munkres (my first proof book,) rudin, D+F, arnold's ODEs kreyszig and luenberger knocking around somewhere, but I'm trying to focus on the chemistry.

I guess reading math is like reading the Greeks, it's not quite necessary but you get judged if you don't.

>>7767342
>My professor, Michael Smith wrote that advanced organic chemistry textbook
That's pretty cool bruh, where do you study?
Not to downplay March's contribution to the present work or first four editions though.

>>7768787

University of Connecticut. Pretty good research University in a small state and it's not difficult to differentiate yourself from the pack if you want to get noticed and start doing research.

Yeah I'm aware March wrote a few books but being that I'm a math undergrad I haven't done much advanced chemistry but plan to do some self studying I'm the future

>>7768787

That's really cool. I wish I had the discipline to really delve into advanced chemistry. I'm actually amazed that a student of chemistry is able to dive into such relatively abstract math books. Usually it's the mathematicians who are able to study the sciences and solve problems in them like Eric lander has in genetics

>>7768691
U of MN?

>>7766626
It's not a fucking meme. Jesus Christ.

baby Rudin is an excellent book and it works. I used it and still do. Not a fucking meme.

>>7768947

you do realize that most undergrads who have learned analysis from this book end up hating analysis. It's probably a good book for grad students who are more mathematically mature and have already learned analysis in undergrad. I still think it's atrocious either way

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fun stuff

One day we will ALL own a copy of Taylor's Classical Mechanics.

>>7769031
Just curious, why did you keep these lower division books? I sold mine as I went, just kept the cooler upper division stuff like Pathogenic Bacteriology, Immunology, and O-Chem (well....not by choice, used an old book that couldn't be sold).

>>7769042
Cause my grandparents bought them for me and I felt bad selling them back to buy pot lol

>>7768894
>I'm aware March wrote a few books
>tfw
The book is essentially his bruh desu senpai

>>7769059
>I felt bad selling them back to buy pot lol
DUDE WEED LMAOOOOO

>>7765877
What pirate book website desu senpai

So the majority of sci study math and physics, or is it just a meme?

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Rate my books and guess what year I'm in. Bear in mind that the engineers book is for a catch up in maths, the main math courses use some other book

>>7769450
>"math for engineers"
6th year no degree
2/10

>>7769450
second year

>>7769523
I had to take an elective which used this book because I hadn't done a certain course in my sixth form (high school equivalent)

>>7769450
Durham?

>>7769538
First
>>7769574
Yup, how did you know?

>>7769584
Well, the special University Physics cover colour and the measurement book is a dead giveaway, considering I'm in second year physics/maths

>>7769611
Was your first year enjoyable? Any tips?
I'm a little bummed out that we hardly do anything in comparison to my mate at Cambridge who has less lectures but a fuckload more homework.

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Currently reading the algebra book. The exercises are quite easy for now, and also there's a lot of handholding. I feel like there should be less trivial exercises and more hard ones.

>>7769643
I didn't really enjoy the physics in my first year, especially the labs, so I didn't do a lot of the homework. Lectures were a waste of time because most of the lecturers were shit, in my opinion, but the book is quite good, so I still managed to get a first with little effort by just skimming through the book.

If I were you I'd have fun this term, don't try too hard, and just study hard during easter break and before the exam period. I can't speak for the other physics modules, but in second year, you essentially start again from 0 in physics 2A, 2B and theoretical, and also you start getting a lot more homework, which is not too hard (except for theoretical), so I do suggest maybe reading through a classical mechanics book like Taylor's.

Any book recommendations for real analysis, i'm an undergrad second year and would like a good textbook that doesn't lack rigor.

>>7769643
>>7769662

Who's the author of the book?

>>7770134
Rudin

>>7770145
The physics books are by Pearson, with the maths for engies book by Croft and Davidson, published under Pearson too.

>>7770153
Sorry, I wasn't specific with which book, I meant the physics book. Do you have any other details? Pearson is also a book publishing firm that puts out lots of books with a similar title, so I can't tell which one it is.

>>7770153
By any chance, did you mean Freedman/Young as the authors? I think thats actually the only book with that title put out by the publishing firm, which is named Pearson.

>>7770134
I used the Dover book (Rosenlicht?), which are always around $10. Supplement with Abbot's Understanding Analysis and a topology book (which is helpgul with any analysis text), along with perhaps some online expository papers (Tao has an interesting one on compactness, for example).

>>7770168
Yeah, sorry.

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Have yet to actually really read any of them

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mechanical engineer here

>>7770795

>implying you've even read 1/3 of them from cover to cover and understood everything.

>>7770795
You know what I like more than lamburguinies?

>>7770795
>Mecánica de fluidos
>Principios de Refrigeración
>Curso de ruby
>Ingeniería económica

Spanish is your first language?

>>7770837
knowledge?

>>7770795
>Principies de Refrigeracion

A fucking book on refrigerators? What in the actual fuck

>>7767747

Yep.

Master race here.

>>7767872

>not having all your books in PDF for free and reading them in some kind of Kindle thingy.

Are you some kind of jew slave?

>>7770206
>>7770134

+1 to Rosenlicht and Abbott for sure; I'd also recommend Krantz, there should be a 3rd ed pdf floating around somewhere.

>>7770896
Physical books are so much more pleasant to read though.

Might as well ask here: anyone know anything about Calculus: An Intuitive and Physical Approach by Morris Kline? I picked it up on a whim at a bookstore since I had a giftcard from Christmas. Seems nice but I know fuckall about what constitutes a good textbook. It is a bit outdated I guess (2nd edition from 1977).

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Pleb, I know. I'm a senior math/Econ major. Took all Undergrad/Grad and took some purely Grad courses(mostly Econ). Fun stuff, but I wouldn't want to pursue pure math any further except delve into analysis/stats/measure/topology

>>7770134
Rosenlicht is good as it is so cheap and gives more intuition than Rudin.

>>7764819
Dumbfuck frogposter

>>7765168
you must be really bored, for it's the second time you post your books in these kinds of threads, and you took 2 different photos.

>>7767266
ATTA BOY. Best one on the page. Chem every way, all ways damn it

>>7770805
implying anyone has ever read a grad math book from cover to cover

>>7771576
your books are stuck on top of your shelves ????

>>7771775
Lol picture came out upside down.

>>7771770
>implying anyone has ever read a grad math book from cover to cover
Just a highschooler trying to look cool with the books he bought, however due to his lack of understanding these books can only be used on these kinda of threads or as a doorstop.

>>7771847
Wrong reply, fml
>>7771764
Just a highschooler trying to look cool with the books he bought, however due to his lack of understanding these books can only be used on these kinda of threads or as a doorstop.

>>7771770
>implying anyone has ever read a grad math book from cover to cover

^this

I never read a textbook cover to cover. There always tends to be at least one irrelevant chapter that I don't care about.

>>7771851

>takes everything to it's most literal extreme
>autism guaranteed

>>7771851

There's never an irrelevant chapter. The authors are better than you, shut up and listen to their wisdom.

>>7771851
>not reading the "unnecessary" pages anyway just in case there's something important
I prefer to read my books from cover to cover unless I'm only using them as a reference.

>>7771859
>>7771888
Idk. If I am reading a book on QFT or something and one chapter is dedicated only to its applications in condensed matter, and I am not a condensed matter student, why read it?

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The only one I hate is Tipler. Wanted Feynman lectures, got offered Tipler for free. Spent university using that piece of shite cos broke. This is as good a thread as any to ask. What is a good nuclear physics text? One with some info on practical stuff.

>>7771911
Scheme, Haskell, C and Python are all better than Java desu

>>7771911
>good nuclear physics text?

How advanced? Like a typical introductory undergrad text/one aimed towards nuclear engineers. Or something like a full text on the standard model.

>>7771975
>Haskell
>anything more than a meme
choose one

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What is the best intro QFT text for self learning?

>>7768566
You're getting a second bachelors? Why?

>>7767602
They're only worth reading after you've already learned the material once.

>>7771989
>For a first exposure to QFT
Student-Friendly Quantum Field Theory (Klauber)
>Only does QED, but painstakingly detailed
Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur (Lancaster, Blundell)
>Less detailed but has an overview of more topics

>Suitable for grad course
An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory (Peskin & Schroeder)
>Not that introductory, I don't like it that much for no obvious reason
Quantum Field Theory (Srednicki)
>Decent book. Has very short chapters.
Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model (Schwartz)
>My personal favorite.

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I haven't read all of these properly. Some are just used for reference. I'm a poor college student so this is the best I have.

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>>7769040
Can confirm. My copy arrived this week.

Haven't had much chance to play with it yet, probably won't for a few months. Superficially read through the nonlinear dynamics/chaos chapter it was pretty interesting.

>>7770874
Refrigeration refers to any cooling cycle or heat pump. It's a collosal topic with applications from power generation, to aeronautical engineering to computer cooling to yes, even your aircon.

>>7767266
Is that quantum mechanics dover book any good?

Does anyone have opinions on Emil Artin's Galois theory book they'd like to share? It would be a second exposure (first was his son's book).

>>7771859
>shut up and listen to their wisdom.
They're usually the ones that tell you which chapters are irrelevant in the preface though.

>>7767853
What's your major? Or Are you a grad student? Or are those books for self study?

I have those two haskell books and would totally go to gradschool somewhere where they offer an in-depth treatment of functional programming in haskell (not SICP superficial level stuff). Suffice to say, I use them for self-study cause I'm not in school anymore.

>>7767266
>dover

muh nigga

>>7772262
Grad school? Those books are all at the most first year undergrad level.

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what's on my desk right now

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Thinking about selling my old college books

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Some of mine

>>7772486
This board is for 18+. Get out high schooler.

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Only have a couple of books since I'm on my labtop atm

>>7769031
>biology of plants by Raven

MY FUCKING NIGGER

>>7772494
Those aren't high school books at all though.

>>7764813
do you store your books in a meat grinder?

jesus

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>mfw got these for christmas and all my friends are laughing at me

we'll see who's laughing when university applications come around. Cunts.

>>7772725
>Repost
Why?

>>7772641
It's only basic undergrad topics for average russian students

>>7764813
I don't buy or keep books. I just go to the library and encode the information I need into my brain. I have photographic memory and can recall most information on demand.

I also hate reading books, they have no sound, color or other features that stimulate my mind. I learn better by looking at concepts in a visual and abstract manner.

>>7772725
B A B B Y
A
B
B
Y

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This is the only book I have right now that isn't basic undergrad material... mainly because I'm reading it about a year ahead for the concepts.

>>7766823
Not OP, worked through first 7 or 8 chapters for intro to fluid mechanics class. Thought it was good. My background is physics.

>>7765236
>Look you are projecting
Says the guy who wants to avoid the topic.

>>7773707
projecting the projection of the projection

>>7772725
>slick rick
kek

>>7772341
>learning Haskell in any school, especially at undergrad
>C++ book instead of Java

But what you said is true for the rest.

>>7773927
>undergrad level
The word level is key here.
I can't count the number of people I know who learned C++ in high school. Hell, I learned both languages in high school.

I love buying and collecting books too but I never actually read them.

>>7766395
just starting intro field theory and group theory stuff for particles. Don't know much about gauge theories. Are any of those books good intro ones?

>>7767853
Show us your Lacan Zizek and Foucault, perhaps add some Barthes while you're at it.

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>>7766622

>>7764836

That superintelligence book is shit, that guy is pseudo-sci as fuck and just doesn't fully understand the concepts he is talking about.

>>7772028
umass?

>>7764819
Don't impose your own lethargy on others.

>>7764819
Day 6: Still waiting for someone to post somehing productive.

>>7773896
Fell for the projecting meme.

>>7775951
Fell for the meme meme.

>>7775952

Fell for the meme of the meme meme.

>>7775957
Fell for the meme of the meme of the meme-meme.

>>7764813
LIFE ... Nature Library.... I hate the ubiquitous life books. Full of 1970's information. They just collect dust and take up space. I've thrown out tons of those worthless books. Personal pet peeve as my Grandma and Father collected those rubbish books.

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>>7769390
>>7769390
Somebody tell us, please.

>>7776534
libgen

>>7775958

>he fell for the meme meme of the meme of the meme-meme.

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>>7764813

Essential reading before posting on /sci/

>>7776567
>he fell for the meme of the meme-meme of the meme of the meme-meme
top kek

>>7776642

>>>>>> pls leave, Reddit

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>>7770795
Skunkworks is one of my fav

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>>7776794
Learn to appreciate fine memes, sir.

>>7764819
Report frogposters.

>>7767843
Gelfand , Rudin, Landau, Axler you sir are a gentleman >>7767843

>>7768229
Haha that's my speciallity let me get home and I'll post them . From memory timbrell toxicology is the best intro but not too in depth

>people actually enjoy reading thick books full of theory

LOL
O
L

>>7767843
>proofs from the book
that book sucks ass
also why the fuck is there some installer in there lol

>>7771318
People still love books from the 60s you'll be alright enjoy it

>>7772078
The fuck you need rang and dales for as I'm guessing you're a Chem eng

>>7778618
My brother gave it to me, it was one of his prescribed texts and he a better one.

I'm interested in general precursor production and it helps to see which general structures the research is headed towards. I mostly use Kleemann's text when I'm working on this though. Rang us just for extra background/interest.

Also I don't "need" Taylor, QFT texts or Edward's, but it's interesting. Not everything you study has to be about your career.

>>7771576
>Ayn Rand
topkek

>>7778634
>Senior Econ major
>Ayn Rand

Makes sense to be honest.

>>7771318
>outdated
It's been hundreds of years since basic calculus has changed in any way.

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>>7778574
>2015+1
>being a lecture pleb

>>7778574
I enjoy it, but not in the same way I would enjoy reading a good fiction book.

>>7769031
Which edition of Campbells Biology is that? I have the fourth and it's pretty good for my purposes.

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I've become a hoarder. I can't even bring myself to throw away some of my highschool textbooks.

K&R
That's the only non digital English book I own right now

>>7779161
It feels wrong to throw away a book.

>>7779189
>It feels wrong to throw away a book.

I actually have a two room library at home filled with books. Few thousand at least. Some of them are pre-war german and I don't even read German. But it feels so wrong to throw them away so I've adapted part of the house to serve as library.

It makes a kickass reading spot though.

>>7779203
*jealous*

>>7779203
You could donate them to public libraries, just don't throw them away.

Sounds dank as fuck though, I'd keep the all if I were you.

Anybody know what a good book for Dynamics is? I dropped out of Mechanical Engineering last year because I couldn't hack it, but I'd like to do some prep this year and give it another shot.