Autodidactism


A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)
The Art of Learning: A Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence
The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had
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Independent Scholar's Handbook: How to Turn Your Interest in Any Subject into Expertise
Peak Learning, Revised and Updated: How to Create Your Own Lifelong Education Program for Personal Enlightenment and Professional Success
Self University: The Price of Tuition Is the Desire to Learn : Your Degree Is a Better Life
Success Without a College Degree: Dissolving the Roadblocks Between You and Success
Ultralearning: The Essential Guide To Mastering Hard Skills And Future-Proofing Your Career
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now
The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything...Fast
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
Polymath: Master Multiple Disciplines, Learn New Skills, Think Flexibly, and Become Extraordinary Autodidact
Learning After School: A Guide for Autodidacts with 14 illustrative independent learning programs
Roberto Calasso
“ Where there is no initiation, there is the autodidact. Anyone for whom knowledge is not wisdom transmitted through experience is enrolled in a university that is a correspondence course. ”
― Roberto Calasso, The Ruin of Kasch

Emilie Wapnick
“ Assuming that the tendency to pivot between disciplines was unique to me, I felt totally alone. My peers certainly didn't have everything figured out, but they all seemed to be on a linear trajectory toward something. My path, on the other hand, was just a mess of zigzags: music, art, web design, filmmaking, law... ...more ”
― Emilie Wapnick, How to Be Everything

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