Books and Shiet

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/0486409163/?t ... verfl08-20
Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning by Kolmogorov et al. This is a readable summary by the top Soviet mathematicians, and as the Soviets had no copyright it is incredibly inexpensive. If you have mastered this, you are pretty well prepared for anything.
No idea how true this is but I've been meaning to learn some maths for a while.
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TheReal_ND wrote:https://www.amazon.com/dp/0486409163/?t ... verfl08-20
Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning by Kolmogorov et al. This is a readable summary by the top Soviet mathematicians, and as the Soviets had no copyright it is incredibly inexpensive. If you have mastered this, you are pretty well prepared for anything.
No idea how true this is but I've been meaning to learn some maths for a while.
Try this guy out as a starter.

You might dig him the most.


https://www.amazon.com/Simon-Singh/e/B0 ... sr=1-2-ent
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Esotoric AF
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edit, just noticed this is a book thread, not a youtube thread.
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I recently posted this on the DCF dying days for nuke, and now, here is it again and I have posted a few more book recommendations and they are all great reads:

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http://www.audible.com/pd/Classics/Gilg ... B002UZJRRA

Four hours long. You can through it in a day on a long drive.
GrumpyCatFace wrote:Dumb slut partied too hard and woke up in a weird house. Ran out the door, weeping for her failed life choices, concerned townsfolk notes her appearance and alerted the fuzz.

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That is one I really need to read. I've seen parts of it here and there. Fascinating.
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I think this one mightt be for Nuke. Im not kidding btw.

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Hastur wrote:I think this one mightt be for Nuke. Im not kidding btw.

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Dude, was on about so much more than just calling Trump over a year ago. It was fun watching him break down the psychological aspects of the race for the last year.
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