Hadjar Homaei Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Hadjar Homaei on Xscientist surrealist pragmatist punk | ex @compdem @microsoft @alomoves @amazon @robotcoop | AI/ML, HCI, economics, radical business models | she/her

Conscious Mind, Resonant Brain: How Each Brain Makes a Mind
Stephen Grossberg@matvelloso Read “Conscious Mind, Resonant Brain: How Each Brain Makes a Mind” to understand that that’s irrelevant to the reality or illusion of a “self”.
Hardcover, 2021
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How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing
Paul J. Silvia@rayelz @obsdmd @logseq can't emphasize the second part enough! the more I improve my note-taking process, the less I need protected time for writing. I strongly recommend these books: How to take smart notes by Sonke Ahrens How to write a lot by Paul Silvia
Paperback, 2018
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Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science
Michael NielsenCool coincidence for this to show up on my timeline as I’m listening to @michael_nielsen’s reinventing discovery chapter talking about the sloan digital sky survey!
Paperback, 2020
$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami“Listen up—there’s no war that will end all wars,’ Crow tells me. ‘War breeds war. Lapping up the blood shed by violence, feeding on wounded flesh. War is a perfect, self-contained being. You need to know that.” ― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
Paperback, 2006
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Eloquent
D. SenI had the book "Eloquent Javascript" in my reading list for years and finally read through the 500 pages of it and understand why it's called "Eloquent" and not "Elegant". Object oriented design in javascript continues to feel like torture!
Paperback, 2007
$18.00Member price:$16.20 + Free shipping10% off
How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method
George Polya@nancybaym oh and george polya's "how to solve it" and "mathematical discovery" ... 😗👌quite the mental conditioning and expanding range of motion!
Paperback, 2014
$20.95Member price:$10.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Common Sense: Large Print
Thomas PaineThis explains a lot about why Thomas Paine needed to write the common sense document! https://t.co/AUzaepFg16
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Beyond Good and Evil
Friedrich Nietzsche"When one has dealings with scholars and artists it is easy to miscalculate in opposite directions: Behind a remarkable scholar one often finds a mediocre man, and behind a mediocre artist, often, a remarkable man." Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
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Economics: The User's Guide
Ha-Joon Chang@KieranSnyder Depending on the high schooler, Ha Joon Chang's Economics: The user's guide can be both inspiring and illuminating. (My mom got her phd in economics when I was in high school so have a cocktail of biases)
Paperback, 2015
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Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future(Original Edition)
Friedrich Friedrich"When one has dealings with scholars and artists it is easy to miscalculate in opposite directions: Behind a remarkable scholar one often finds a mediocre man, and behind a mediocre artist, often, a remarkable man." Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
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