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Robb Robb said: "Reading the Everyman's Library version, 1922, found today in Hyde Park at O'Gara & Wilson. Original printing 1909."
 
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Robb Robb said: "Also reading Newton's biography (Gleik), so doing some original research here."
 
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My Life in France by Julia Child
" Love it so much. Julia's voice is so delightful. "
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The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
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Schild's Ladder by Greg Egan
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Isaac Newton by James Gleick
Isaac Newton
by James Gleick
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Python in a Nutshell (In a Nutshell by Alex Martelli
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This is one huge nutshell. The apt metaphor may have been 'python in a huge bag of python stuff'.
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Florentine History. Translated by W.K. Marriott by Niccolò Machiavelli
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Reading the Everyman's Library version, 1922, found today in Hyde Park at O'Gara & Wilson. Original printing 1909.
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Opticks by Isaac Newton
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Also reading Newton's biography (Gleik), so doing some original research here.
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Genius by James Gleick
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It would be difficult to overstate the impact that RPF had on nearly everything he touched. His philosophy towards learning continues to inspire me. The power of the subject matter overwhelms any treatment, but Gleick did it justice. b
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The Princeton Companion to Mathematics by Timothy Gowers
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