Reading list_1
Reading is one thing I treasure. And thankfully I have managed to pick on some good reads. Some are part of the syllabus
while others I borrowed from various sources.
To begin with, I am reading this book called the pattern on the stone-the simple ideas that make computers work
by Daniel Hillis (published by Perseus Books Group, published on 1998,
sourced from Srishti library). I am still on the first chapter, but I
have got excited enough to read it through. The book takes one through how a computer works and tries to explain its workings in a very lucid manner. Personally I find this book as a beginning to not just how a computer works, but also understand its very concept, the reason behind why we use computers and its basic working philosophy.
The next is a book called Against Space Place Movement Knowledge by
Tim Ingold (Pdf forwarded by Prayas Abhinav). A beautiful text on the idea of space. It is something that one will want to go back to again and again. The
text is rich with the concept of travelling and movement and what it
means and the various viewpoints.
The third one is a book I am yet to read fully. It is called the Poetics of Space by
Gaston Bachelard (Published by Beacon Press, Boston on 1994 and
referred by Rakhi Peswani). As of now I have read the introduction and a
chapter titled Shells. The book looks at the various ways dealing with
the idea of space, from physics to metaphysics.
The first thing that I
picked up as a kid to ‘read’ was the newspaper. I am one of those
persons who still carries a dictionary. That said, I was not really
getting much time to indulge in this passion. But Srishti helped me
reinforce this habit and I am glad that it did.
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