Best Classic Books to Read Reading classic books can boost your learning experience. There are some reasons why classic books can do that: they have stood the test of time, they give you different “lenses” to look through, and they will most likely be relevant even to the far future. Reading the classics is an excellent intellectual exercise which will arm you with a lot of powerful intellectual tools. To find good classic books, there are trusted recommendations that can help us. While I believe a book which is recommended by any of them is good, I think it’s safe to say that a book which is recommended by both of them is great. So without further ado, here are the recommended classic books along with the Amazon and free download links (if any): Novel Autobiography and Memoir History Drama Poet It may take years to read all these books, but it undoubtedly will be a very rewarding intellectual journey; they are among the best books of human civilization.
QED I swear the following story is true, though I don't know if I'd believe it myself, if it came from someone else. Back when I was a beginning grad student, I was taking a class in automata theory, and during one particular lecture, the instructor was having quite a bit of trouble finishing a proof. One of the students (call him Kurt; I don't remember his name) was repeatedly making corrections and giving helpful hints whenever the instructor got stuck. Finally, the instructor got so flustered that he handed Kurt the chalk and said: "Why don't *you* finish the proof!" So Kurt took up the chalk, and continued with the proof. And not just any joke, but the old one about the Famous Scientist and his Chauffeur, who had heard the Scientist's lecture so many times that one evening they decide to switch, as a prank. As Kurt delivered this punch line, he handed the chalk back to the instructor, and sat down. Howard Motteler (motteler@umbc.edu) If you enjoyed this, you might like:
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A Dictionary of Scientific Quotations (ca. 235 bc) b. Syracuse Give me a place to stand, and I will move the Earth. (1920-1992) b. Petrovichi, Russia. The young specialist in English Lit, ...lectured me severely on the fact that in century people have thought they understood the Universe at last, and in century they were proved to be wrong. ... Isaac Asimov, Kensington Books, New York, 1996, p 226. (1) At two-tenths the speed of light, dust and atoms might not do significant damage even in a voyage of 40 years, but the faster you go, the worse it is--space begins to become abrasive. Isaac Asimov, In Kensington Books, New York, 1996, p 220. (1) (1561-1626) b. For it is esteemed a kind of dishonour unto learning to descend to inquiry or meditation upon matters mechanical, except they be such as may be thought secrets, rarities, and special subtilities, which humour of vain supercilious arrogancy is justly derided in Plato... Francis Bacon, J.M. Francis Bacon, Liberal Arts Press, Inc., New York, p 93. (5) (1842-? (1857-1911) b.
A List of Books | 623 of the Best Books ever Written The 10 Most Disturbing Books Of All Time In my younger days if I heard a book or movie was disturbing or hard to handle I generally took that as a challenge. Most books generally turned out to not be too bad, but occasionally I’d come across something that would leave me with a sick feeling in my stomach for weeks. I’ve largely outgrown this “genre” of late, but here are my picks for the ten most disturbing books of all time. Any one of these books is capable of leaving you feeling a little depressed at the least, and permanently scarred at the worst. 10. Blindness is a book with a truly horrifying scenario at it’s heart: what if everyone in the world were to lose their sight to disease in a short period of time? 9. Anti drug crusaders should stop airing goofy commercials that nobody takes seriously and start pushing to have Requiem For A Dream made required reading for every high schooler in the country. 8. Naked Lunc is another ode to drug addiction. 7. 6. Bleak. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1.
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