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Omid rated Siddhartha: 5 stars
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, Hermann Hesse
Though set in a place and time far removed from the Germany of 1922, the year of the book’s debut, …
Omid rated A Christmas Carol: 5 stars
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella …
Omid rated Mathematics: 4 stars
Mathematics by Timothy Gowers (Very Short Introductions)
"Mathematics is a subject we are all exposed to in our daily lives, but one which many of us fear. …
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition by Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman
Wizard Book n. Hal Abelson's, Jerry Sussman's and Julie Sussman's Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (MIT Press, 1984; …
Omid rated A Mathematician's Apology: 5 stars
A Mathematician's Apology by G. H. Hardy
G. H. Hardy was one of this century's finest mathematical thinkers, renowned among his contemporaries as a 'real mathematician …
Omid rated Measurement: 5 stars
Measurement by Paul Lockhart
Explains how math should be done. With plain English and pictures, he makes complex ideas about shape and motion intuitive …
What if? by Randall Munroe
Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, …
Omid rated The 4-Hour Work Week: 3 stars
The 4-Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9–5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich (2007) is a self-help book by Timothy Ferriss, …
Omid rated Sag-i Vilgard: 5 stars
Omid rated The Old Man and the Sea: 5 stars
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (Scribner classics)
The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway's most enduring works. Told in language of great simplicity and …
Omid rated A Mathematician's Lament: 5 stars
A Mathematician's Lament by Paul Lockhart
"A musician wakes from a terrible nightmare. In his dream he finds himself in a society where music education has …
Omid rated The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: 5 stars
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to …