Creativity/Reading list
Ray Calvin Baker (talk) 19:16, 19 September 2012 (UTC) Fixing typo on Dr. William Glasser. Incomplete references for borrowed [PL] = Public Library books will have to wait a while longer.
Let me see if this "Reading groups" template is appropriate.
Ray Calvin Baker (talk) 02:37, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
This is my "E:WikiversityStuff/ReadingList.txt" file, which was
created SAT 2012 SEP 01 06:40 PM,
revised WED 2012 SEP 19 03:12 PM.
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THIS IS THE SUGGESTED READING LIST FOR THE PROPOSED SCHOOL OF CREATIVITY
Please put your comments and suggestions on the "Discuss" page.
When I was attending a summer session at Case Western Reserve
University prior to receiving My Bachelor of Science degree, I had
opportunity to browse the University's libraries. I found rows of
shelves of mathematics books, but, alas, most of them were
incomprehensible to me. I thought to myself that it would be
wonderful to have a collection of my own books, and to be able to
understand them.
These are the books I consider so essential that I consider myself
fortunate to have found them; I bought them, and preserved them
through several relocations.
Many lesser works were regarded as "incomprehensible" or "irrelevant"
by hostile critics; these perished forever into a dumpster.
WARNING: unless you are ready and willing to read LOTS of books like
these, you may as well give up on the idea of getting an education
right now. "Drink Deep, or Don't Taste!" (Readiness is optional.
I consider it my job to arrange as much of the relevant material as
possible, so that you can BECOME ready, if you are persistant enough.
Persistant enough: It took me 14 years to get my Bachelor of Science
degree.) I do not claim that I understand everything in these books --
I DO NOT! -- but, these have kept me going until I was old enough to
retire; I hope I am still going! ;-)
(actually, the only ESSENTIAL thing this listing provides, is the
indication that you NEED to do a LOT of EXTREMELY VARIED reading.)
Your interests do not need to mirror mine (if they do, one of us is
redundant). You are you, and I am me. Vive la difference! Find (or
make) your own reading list -- and write your own book reviews!
Many of these essential works are available from a variety of
sources --
I am using these codes to identify MY sources:
[B$] from Book $tores (possibly EXPENSIVE!),
[PL] from Public Libraries,
[OL] On-Line, and
[RCB] from my personal library.
Some works are text-books; many are reference works. My favorites
[RCB+] have lots of pictures, computer reference material, and/or
diagrams!
DON'T BE AFRAID TO USE YOUR LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARY!
You will probably NEVER get an education without it!
Not included in this listing are many of my books on Origami, Music,
Woodworking, Scroll Saw Work, and Shop Practice. My favorite works of
fiction, and many of my technical reference books, not of general
interest, are also excluded from this list.
THESE BOOKS VARY WIDELY in CONTENT, QUALITY, and RELEVANCE. Many
were acquisitions of opportunity, from such events as clearance sales,
surplus disposal, and used textbooks. (some of my books were gifts
from friends or relatives.) BUT I HAVE THESE RESOURCES, or can
borrow them from my local public library.
[Editor's comment: some publishers seem to be trying to drive me nuts,
with multiple names for the Company, and interlocking directorates
which would keep a staff of lawyers busy, if they weren't prosecuting
cases of copyright infringement. Also, some large Companies have
offices in every major city. Which Company name, and which city,
should I use? I fear that I have been hopelessly inconsistent!
However, I think that it may be helpful in describing what a book is
about by including sub-titles. Indications of which edition I'm
using have not been consistently entered. Also, many books have gone
through multiple printings, with dates which do not necessarily
agree with Copyright date (and there can be several of these, too!
Which date should I use? A few enties are missing ISBN numbers or
location (city) of the Publisher. Where available, I have attempted
to include an ISBN. Yes, I could benefit greatly from a good editorial
staff (and proofreaders!)! Rather than attempting to underline book
names (this could be confused with a hypertext URL link), I just use
the underscore character around words in the title. Having
programmed computers for years, where it is important to quote
punctuation marks EXACTLY, and where various protocols for using
escape characters have been developed, I tend to include extra
punctuation marks within quotations -- a practice deprecated by my
high school English teacher. If my parenthetical remarks offend you,
please try reading my long sentences again, omitting the parentheses
and their comments. Yes, I am opinionated, weird, and eccentric.
-- RCB]
I got tired moving heavy (and fragile) books around, so I ended up
with two partial lists -- an "A" list and a "B" list. (This is
entirely arbitrary, based only on the way my books were shelved
before I attempted to create this Bibliography.) These two separate
lists need to be combined into the "C" (for "Complete") list.
I hope I can find these first few books again in my local public
library (so that I can complete the citations):
C-2[PL] ?????, _Making_Ideas_Happen_, {{citation needed}}
C-1[PL] ?????, _Re-inventing_the_Corporation_ {{citation needed}}
C0[PL] ?????, _The_Tipping_Point_, {{citation needed}}
C1[RCB+] Arbib, Michael A., A. J. Kfoury, and Robert N. Moll,
_A_Basis_for_Theoretical_Computer_Science_, New York,
Springer-Verlag, 1981, ISBN 0-387-90573-1
C2[RCB+] Ball, W. W. Rouse and H. S. M. Coxeter, Mathematical_
_Recreations_and_Essays_ (Thirteenth Edition), Toronto,
University of Toronto Press, 1987 ISBN 0-486-25357-0
C3[RCB+] Barden, Robert, and Michael Hacker, _Communication_
_Technology_, Delmar Publishers, Inc., 1990,
ISBN 0-8273-3225-4
C4[RCB+] Barnett, Michael P., and Graham K. Barnett, _Personal_
_Graphics_for_Profit_and_Pleasure_on_the_Apple_II_Plus_
_Computer_, Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1983,
ISBN 0-316-08164-7
C5[RCB+] Bolles, Richard Nelson, _The_1992_What_Color_Is_Your_
_Parachute?_a_Practical_Manual_for_Job_Hunters_&_Career_
_Changers_, Berkeley, CA, Ten Speed Press, 1992,
ISBN 0-89815-459-1
C6[RCB+] Brown, Stephen, and Zvonko Vranesic, _Fundamentals_of_
_Digital_Logic_with_VHDL_Design_, Boston, McGraw-Hill,
2000, ISBN 0-07-235596-4
C7[RCB+] Carter, David A., and James Diaz, _The_Elements_of_
_Pop-Up:_a_Pop-Up_Book_for_Aspiring_Paper_Engineers_,
New York, Little Simon, Simon & Schuster, 1999,
ISBN 0-689-82224-3
C8[PL] Christian, Brian, _The_Most_Human_Human_, {{needs citation}}
C9[OL] Coffin, Stewart, _The_Puzzling_World_of_Polyhedral_
_Dissections_, {{needs link}}
C10[OL] Coffin, Stewart, _Puzzle_Craft_, {{needs DATE and link}}
C11[OL] Coffin, Stewart, _Puzzle_Craft_, {{needs DATE and link}}
C12[OL] Coffin, Stewart, _Ap-Art:_the_Sculptural_Art_That_Comes_Apart_,
{{needs link}}
C13[RCB+] Davis, Martin, _Engines_of_Logic_, New York,
W. W. Norton & Company, 2000, ISBN 0-393-32229-7
C14[RCB+] Dispezio, Michael A., _Giant_Book_of_Challenging_Thinking_
_Puzzles_, New York, The Main Street Press, Sterling
Publishing Company, Inc., 1999, ISBN 1-4027-0048-2
C15[RCB+] Edwards, Betty, _Drawing_on_the_Right_Side_of_the_Brain:_
_A_Course_in_Enhansing_Creativity_and_Artistic_Confidence_,
Los Angeles, J. P. Tarcher, 1979, ISBN 0-87477-088-2
C16[RCB+] Engel, Peter, _Folding_the_Universe:_Origami_from_
_Angelfish_to_Zen_, New York, Vintage Books,
Random House, Inc., 1989, ISBN 0-394-75751-3
C17[RCB] Freund, John E., _A_Modern_Introduction_to_Mathematics_,
Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1956
C18[RCB+] Fuse, Tomoko, _Unit_Origami:_Multidimensional_
_Transformations_, Tokyo, Japan Publications, Inc., 1990,
ISBN 0-87040-852-6
C19[RCB+] Gardner, Martin, _Mathematical_Carnival_, New York, Vintage
Books, Random House, 1977
C20[PL] Glasser, William, {{several titles -- all need citations}}
C21[RCB+] Gleick, James, _Chaos:_Making_a_New_Science_, New York,
Viking Penguin, Inc., 1987, ISBN
C22[RCB+] Goldschlager, Les, and Andrew Lister, _Computer_Science:_
_A_Modern_Introduction_, London, Prentice-Hall International,
Inc., 1982, ISBN 0-13-165704-6
C23[PL] Grandin, Temple, PhD., _Thinking_in_Pictures_,
{{needs citation}}
C24[RCB+] Greene, Brian, _THe_Elegant_Universe:_Superstrings,_Hidden_
_Dimensions,_and_the_Quest_for_the_Ultimate_Theory_,
New York, W. W. Norton & Company, 1999
C25[RCB] Grudem, Wayne, _Systematic_Theology:_An_Introduction_to_Biblical_
_Doctrine_, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Zondervan, 1994,
ISBN 0-310-28670-0
C26[RCB+] Hartnell, Tim, _Creating_Adventure_Games_on_Your_Computer_,
New York, Ballantine Books, 1984, ISBN 0-345-31883-8
C27[RCB+] Hartnell, Tim, _Giant_Book_of_Computer_Games_, New York,
Ballantine Books, 1984, ISBN 0-345-31609-6
C28[RCB+] Hofstadter, Douglas R., _Godel,_Escher,_Back:_ an_Eternal_
_Golden_Braid, New York, Vintage Books, Basic Books, Inc.,
1980
C29[RCB+] Hofstadter, Douglas R., _Metamagical_Themas:_Questing_for_
_the_Essence_of_Mind_and_Pattern_, New York, Bantam Books,
by arrangement with Basic Books, Inc., 1986
C30[RCB+] Hollingsworth, Amy, _The_Simple_Faith_of_Mister_Rogers_,
Brentwood, TN, 2005, ISBN 1-59145-229-5
C31[RCB+] Jackson, Albert, David Day, and Simon Jennings,
_The_Complete_Manual_of_Woodworking_, New York,
Alfred A. Knopf, 1997, ISBN 0-679-76611-1
C32[PL] Jaynes, Julian, _The_Origin_of_Consciousness_in_the_Breakdown_
_of_the_Bicameral_Mind_, {{citation needed}}
C33[RCB+] Knuth, Donald E., _The_Art_of_Computer_Programming_(Volume_
_1/_Fundamental_Algorithms_)_, Reading, Massachusewtts,
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1973
C34[RCB+] Kruse, Robert L., _Data_Structures_&_Program_Design_
Englewood cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1984
C35[PL+] Kurzweil, Raymond, _The_Age_of_Spiritual_Machines_
{{citation needed}}
C36[RCB+] LaMothe, Andre, Black_Art_of_3D_Game_Programming_,
Corte Madera, CA, Waite Group Press, 1995, ISBN 1-57169-004-2
C37[RCB+] LaMothe, Andre, John Ratcliff, Mark Seminatore, and
Denise Tyler, _Tricks_of_the_Game_Programming_Gurus_,
Indianapolis, IN, Sams Publishing, Macmillan Computer
Publishing, 1994, ISBN 0-672-30507-0
C38[RCB+] Lancaster, Don, _CMOS_Cookbook_, Indianapolis, IN, Howard W.
Sams & Co., Inc., 1977
C39[RCB+] Lancaster, Don, _TTL_Cookbook_, Indianapolis, IN, Howard W.
Sams & Co., Inc., 1974
C40[RCB+] Levy, David H., and Dr. John O'Byrne, _The_Nature_
_Companions_Practical_Skywatching_, San Francisco, CA,
2002, ISBN 1 876778 91-1
C41[RCB+] Levy, Raymond, _Making_Mechanical_Marvels_in_Wood_,
New York, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., 1991,
ISBN 0-8069-7358-7
C42[RCB+] Lukas, C., and E. Tarjan, _Mathematical_Games_,
New York, Barnes & Noble Books, 1963, ISBN 0-7607-0095-8
C43[RCB+] Marshall, Norman, _The_Great_All-American_Wooden_Toy_
_Book_, Emmaus, Pennsylvania, Rodale Press,
St. Martin's Press, 1986, ISBN 0-87857-628-2
C44[RCB+] Minsky, Marvin Lee, _The_Society_of_Mind_, New York,
Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1988
C45[RCB+] Misner, Charles W., Kip S. Thorne, and John Archibald
Wheeler, _Gravitation_, San Francisco, W. H. Freeman and
Company, 1973, ISBN 0-7167-0344-0
C46[RCB+] Montroll, John, _Animal_Origami_for_the_Enthusiast_,
New York, Dover Publications, Inc., 1985,
ISBN 0-486-24792-9
C47[RCB+] Moore, John H., Christopher C. Davis, and Michael A.
Coplan, _Building_Scientific_Apparatus_, Redwood City,
California, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.,
1989, ISBN 0-201-13189-7
C48[RCB+] Moscovich, Ivan, _The_Hinged_Square_&_Other_Puzzles_,
New York, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2004
C49[RCB] National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the,
_A_History_of_Mathematics_Education_in_the_United_States_
_and_Canada_, Washington, D.C., National Council of
Teachers of Mathematics, 1970, ISBN 0-87353-535-9
C50[RCB+] Nelson, John A., and Joyce Nelson, _Scroll_Saw_Workbook_,
East Petersburg, PA, Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Inc.,
2003, ISBN # 1-56523-207-0
C51[RCB+] North America Affinity Clubs, _The_Complete_Book_of_
_Woodworking_, Urbandale, IA, Landaur Publishing, LLC,
2001, ISBN 0-9800688-7-0
C52[RCB] Norton, Peter and John Socha, _Peter_Norton's_Assembler_
_Language_Book_for_the_IBM_PC_, New York, A Brady Book,
Prentice-Hall, Inc., Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1986
C53[RCB+] Peek, Chet, _The_Taylorcraft_Story_, Norman, OK,
Three Peaks Publishing, 1992, ISBN 0-943691-08-7
C54[RCB+] Penrose, Roger, _The_Emperor's_New_Mind:_Concerning_
_Computers,_Minds,_and_the_Laws_of_Physics_, New York,
oxford University Press, 1989
C55[PL] Perry, Steve, _Push_Has_Come_to_Shove_,
{{citation needed}}
C56[RCB+] Poniachik, Jaime & Lea Poniachik, Tim Sole, Rod Marshall,
and J. J. Mendoza Fernandez, _MENSA_Mind_Challenges_,
New York, The Main Street Press, Sterling Publishing
Company, Inc., 1999, ISBN 1-4027-0048-2
C57[RCB+] Poundstone, William, _The_Recursive_Universe:_Cosmic_
_Complexity_and_the_Limits_of_Scientific_Knowledge_,
Chicago, Contemporary Books, Inc., 1985
C58[RCB] Royden, H. L., _Real_Analysis_, New York, The Macmillan
Company, 1963
C59[RCB+] Sclater, Neil and Nicholas P. Chironis, _Mechanisms_and_
_Mechanical_Devices_Sourcebook_, (Third Edition), New York,
McGraw-Hill, 2001, ISBN 0-07-136169-3
C60[RCB] Smith, F. LaGard, commentator and arranger, _The_Daily_
_Bible_(New_International_Version)_. Eugene, OR, Harvest
House Publishers, 1984
C61[RCB+] Soltzman, Marc, ed., _Game_Design:_Secrets_of_the_Sages_,
(Second Edition), Indianapolis, IN, Brady Publishing,
Macmillan Publishing, 2000, ISBN 1-57595-422-2
C62[RCB+] Sommer, Carl, and Steve Sommer, M. E., _Wire_EDM_Handbook_,
Houston, TX, Technical Advance Publishing Company, 1992,
ISBN 0-9610810-2-3
C63[RCB+] Spielman, Patrick, _Fun_&_Easy_Scroll_Saw_Projects_,
New York, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.,
ISBN 0-8069-9399-5
C64[RCB+] Springett, David, _Woodturning_Wizardry_,
Lewes, East Sussex, England, Guild of Master
Craftsman Publications, Ltd., 1998, ISBN 0-946819-38-6
C65[RCB+] Stewart, Ian, _Professor_Stewart's_Cabinet_of_Mathematical_
_Curiosities_, New York, Basic Books, 2009
C66[RCB+] Swade, Doron, _The_Difference_Engine:_Charles_Babbage_
and_the_Quest_to_Build_the_First_Computer_, New York,
The Penguin Group, 2000, ISBN 0-670-91020-1
C67[RCB+] Sybex staff, _HTML_Complete_ (Second Edition),
San Francisco, Sybex, Inc., 2000, ISBN 0-7821-2801-7
C68[RCB+] Sybex staff, _Perl,_CGI,_and_JavaScript_Complete_,
San Francisco, Sybex, Inc., 2000, ISBN 0-7821-2780-0
C69[RCB+] Tatro Anderson, _Shop_Theory_ (Sixth Edition), New York,
McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1974, ISBN 0-07-001612-7
C70[RCB+] Waite, Mitchell, and Stephen Prata, _C:_Step-by-Step_,
Carmel, Indiana, Sams, The Waite Group, Prentice Hall
Computer Publishing, 1992, ISBN 0-672-22651-0
C71[RCB+] Watson, James D., _Molecular_Biology_of_the_Gene_
(Second Edition), Menlo Park, California,
W. A. Benjamin, Inc, 1970, ISBN 0-8053-9603-9
C72[RCB+] Wells, David, _The_Penguin_Dictionary_of_Curioous_and_
_Interesting_Geometry_, London, the Penguin group, 1991
C73[RCB+] Whitney John, _Digital_Harmony:_On_the_Complementary_
_of_Music_and_Visual_Art_, Peterborough, New Hampshire,
Byte Books, A McGraw-Hill Publication, 1980,
ISBN 0-07-070015-X
C74[RCB+] Winston, Patrick Henry, and Berthold Klaus Paul Horn,
_LISP_, Reading, Massachusetts, Addison-Wesley Publishing
Company, 1981, ISBN 0-201-08329-9
The end.
Ray Calvin Baker (talk) 02:53, 5 September 2012 (UTC)