Know How


Thinking, Fast and Slow
How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't
The Secret Syllabus: A Guide to the Unwritten Rules of College Success (Skills for Scholars)
How to Take Smart Notes
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto)
Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time
Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
WIENER WORTGESCHICHTEN
Imperial Bayonets: Tactics of the Napoleonic Battery, Battalion and Brigade As Found in Contemporary Regulations
Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
Wilfrid Sellars
What is characteristic of philosophy is not a special subject-matter, but the aim of knowing one's way around with respect to the subject-matters of all the special disciplines. ...more
Wilfrid Sellars, Science, Perception and Reality

Romain Gary
It’s too pragmatic for me,” Valenti said. “The know-how is good enough for technology, not for science.
Romain Gary, The Gasp

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