Higher Education?: How Colleges Are Wasting Our Money and Failing Our Kids---and What We Can Do About It [Hardcover] Andrew Hacker (Author), Claudia Dreifus (Author) http://www.amazon.com/Higher-Educat...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1283722362&sr=8-1 Also, an interesting thread: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showt...&perpage=6&highlight=recommended&pagenumber=1
The Shape of Inner Space: String Theory and the Geometry of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions [Hardcover] Shing-Tung Yau (Author), Steve Nadis (Author) http://www.amazon.com/Shape-Inner-S...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1283872571&sr=8-1 A book like this I buy automatically. They should just deduct my credit card and send it to me. The rule is easy, Code: if(you are a Fields Medalist and TitleOfBookContains(String Theory)) chargeCC(nitro) ship(nitro)
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http://www.amazon.com/Arthashastra-Penguin-classics-Kautalya/dp/0140446036 Only if Indians could learn from their thousands year old culture :eek:
Kautilya's Arthashastra is a very nice concept book written ages ago... "Kautilya, also known as Chanakya, is India?s most illustrious political economist of all time. He regarded economic activity as the driving force behind the functioning of any political dispensation. In fact, he went to the extent of saying that revenue should take priority over the army because sustaining the army was possible out of a well-managed revenue system. Kautilya advocated limiting the taxation power of the State, having low rates of taxation, maintaining a gradual increase in taxation and most importantly devising a tax structure that ensured compliance. He strongly encouraged foreign trade, basing it on the premise that for a successful trade contract to be established, it had to be beneficial to all. He emphasized State control and investment in land, water and mining. Kautilya was a true statesman who bridged the gap between experience and vision. For Kautilya, good governance was paramount. He suggested built-in checks and balances in systems and procedures for the containment of malpractice." http://bss.sfsu.edu/mbar/ECON605/Arthashastra.pdf
From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time [Hardcover] Sean Carroll (Author) http://www.amazon.com/Eternity-Here...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1284233927&sr=8-1 This book has the best explanation I have ever seen of why black hole entropy implied by quantum gravity implies a non-local universe, and why spacetime cannot also be fundamental.
Why Beauty Is Truth: A History of Symmetry [Paperback] Ian Stewart (Author) http://www.amazon.com/Why-Beauty-Tr...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1284857068&sr=8-1 An extremely readable book. Highly recommended.