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Alan KayRecommended Books
8 books recommended
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Recommended Books
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Mythology
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Computation80% Confidence
“It is actually a 'math book' — with lots of ideas, theorems, proofs, etc., — but presented in the friendliest way imaginable by a great mind.”
A Programming, Language80% Confidence
“This has the same thought expanding properties of Lisp.”
Mythology80% Confidence
“A few more books like this, and by the time I got to first grade I had been ruined for the 'single book single truth' ideas of school and church.”
The Art of the Metaobject Protocol80% Confidence
“A real gem for helping to think about design and implementations.”
Molecular Biology of the Cell80% Confidence
“For many years it has been the best single volume narrative of 'life from scratch'.”
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