What I’m Reading
(click on cover or link for Amazon)
* I am no longer maintaining this list as of 01/01/2021
Electronics from the Ground Up: Learn by Hacking, Designing, and Inventing
Serious Python: Black-Belt Advice on Deployment, Scalability, Testing, and More
Python Crash Course, 2nd Edition: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming
An Analysis of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species (The Macat Library)
Rating 5/5
469/524 – recommended book
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374/664
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246/337
Rating __/5 – at 7%
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Rating 4.5/5 – at 42%
and a couple of others I need to add…
To Read
The Man Who Changed Everything: The Life of James Clerk Maxwell
Completed Reading
Tesla vs Edison: The Life-Long Feud that Electrified the World
Rating 5/5
Read in 2018, but reviewed again this year.
Rating 5/5
Well-worth a read. The most concise prep book I’ve read on writing the doctoral dissertation.
Rating 4.5/5
Preachy, but good. The author is like a drill instructor. He also assumes you have plenty of time to be dogmatic about code; the reality is, you do not.
Rating 3.5/5
The logic and stories are great, but the lack of code is unforgivable. Don’t write programming books without code. This is more of a book on project management, than programming.
Rating 4.5/5
I found a few errors, but overall the content was good.
Rating 4.8/5
Recommended reading for programmers (in Python) – needed some real world code.
Rating 5/5
A must read for people who support Windows machines.
Rating 5/5
Another great book about Feynman
Exam Ref AZ-103 Microsoft Azure Administrator 1st Edition
Rating 4/5
You’ll need this book…plus experience to pass the exam. I successfully passed the exam.
Exam Ref AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals 1st Edition
Rating 5/5
Recommended book for the 900. I successfully passed the exam.
Advanced Windows Debugging, by Hewardt & Pravat
Rating 5/5
Great content for its time, which is now covered in Windows Internals, Part 1, 7th edition.
Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, Sweigart
Rating 4.5/5
Pretty good, minus the fact the author doesn’t use an IDE, which makes transitioning code from the book to an IDE a challenge. Not sure why authors use command lines and interactive prompts. Programmers don’t do that in the real world.
Rating 4/5
Dry in some areas, but overall good
Rating 5/5
A wealth of knowledge
Rating 4.5/5
The areas on AI and Security were pretty weak, but…overall, it was good.
Rating 4/5
Writing style was excellent; some of the arguments needed more work.
Rating 5/5
Deep thoughts, indeed
Rating 5/5
A must have for any Windows engineer. Still trying to absorb its content.
Rating 4.5/5
I found it very interesting. Honestly, as far as thought processes go, not a lot has changed.
Rating 3.5/5
Just expected more from it. It was missing real code.
Rating 4/5
Rating 4.5/5
Rating 4.8/5
Rating 5/5
Rating 4.5/5
Missing real code
Rating 5/5
Artificial Intelligence, A Modern Approach 3rd edition, Pearson
Rating 5/5
2 weeks reviewing (will continue into 2019), excellent
Artificial Intelligence, A Modern Approach 2nd edition, Prentice Hall
Rating 5/5
1 week review, excellent
Efficient FORTRAN Programming, Anton Kruger
Rating 5/5
Still relevant. I’ll add some Fortran apps to my site in 2019.
The IDEAL Problem Solver, Bransford & Stein
Rating 5/5
A guide everyone should read
Karel the Robot, Pattis
Rating 5/5
A reread; working on smart agents for robots—good for logic.
The Fantastic Inventions of Nikola Tesla, N. Tesla
Rating 3/5
Not enough history; mostly unexplained patents. Still worth a read, if you like Tesla.
Microsoft Visual C# Step by Step (8th Edition) (Developer Reference)
Advanced Mathematics: An Incremental Development – Packet, 2nd Edition
Rating 5/5
Reread this book
Rating 5/5
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Rating 4.8/5
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(Einstein 4.9/5 for being a womanizer LOL)
Rating 5/5
(people in the book 3/5)
Rating 4/5
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Read book and Cliff Notes as well
Rating 4/5
The real action doesn’t begin until Part 3, read with Cliff Notes 5/5 as well
Rating 5/5
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ebook – rating 4/5
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Rating 3.5/5
Many topics were not very clear
Rating 5/5
Read with MAXNotes as well
Rating 4.5/5
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Read with Cliff Notes as well
Rating 5/5
Recommended reading
Rating 4.5/5
Skip the last 3 chapters
Rating 4.5/5
Rating 5/5
The historical truth about Tesla; cult followers won’t like it.
Rating 2.5/5
Stopped after ch. 8/11 — just not good
Rating 3.5/5
Missing good diagrams and illustrations
Rating 5/5
A peek inside the life of Musk (Elon 3/5)
Rating 5/5
Will read again (only buy the hardcover)
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Will probably reread….was great.
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Rating 4/5
Pretty dry reading. I recommend the Illustrated Ed.
Rating 3/5
A little too religious for my taste
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