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A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)
by (shelved 4 times as autodidactism)
avg rating 4.19 — 22,598 ratings — published 2014
The Art of Learning: A Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as autodidactism)
avg rating 4.04 — 21,441 ratings — published 2007
The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as autodidactism)
avg rating 4.00 — 3,891 ratings — published 2003
Learn More, Study Less (ebook)
by (shelved 4 times as autodidactism)
avg rating 3.57 — 478 ratings — published 2014
Independent Scholar's Handbook: How to Turn Your Interest in Any Subject into Expertise (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as autodidactism)
avg rating 3.90 — 63 ratings — published 1982
Peak Learning, Revised and Updated: How to Create Your Own Lifelong Education Program for Personal Enlightenment and Professional Success (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as autodidactism)
avg rating 3.51 — 135 ratings — published 1980
Self University: The Price of Tuition Is the Desire to Learn : Your Degree Is a Better Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as autodidactism)
avg rating 3.78 — 73 ratings — published 1989
Success Without a College Degree: Dissolving the Roadblocks Between You and Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as autodidactism)
avg rating 4.36 — 14 ratings — published 2001
Ultralearning: The Essential Guide To Mastering Hard Skills And Future-Proofing Your Career (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as autodidactism)
avg rating 3.95 — 16,272 ratings — published 2019
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as autodidactism)
avg rating 4.12 — 84,748 ratings — published 2019
How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as autodidactism)
avg rating 4.32 — 3,129 ratings — published 2018
The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything...Fast (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as autodidactism)
avg rating 3.46 — 8,191 ratings — published
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as autodidactism)
avg rating 4.15 — 24,103 ratings — published 2014
Polymath: Master Multiple Disciplines, Learn New Skills, Think Flexibly, and Become Extraordinary Autodidact (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as autodidactism)
avg rating 3.72 — 522 ratings — published
Learning After School: A Guide for Autodidacts with 14 illustrative independent learning programs (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as autodidactism)
avg rating 4.11 — 9 ratings — published 2016
The Day I Became an Autodidact and the Advice, Adventures, and Acrimonies That Befell Me Thereafter (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as autodidactism)
avg rating 4.02 — 271 ratings — published 1988
How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as autodidactism)
avg rating 3.98 — 29,299 ratings — published 1940
Don't Go Back to School: A Handbook for Learning Anything
by (shelved 2 times as autodidactism)
avg rating 3.67 — 564 ratings — published 2013
I Used to Know That: General Science (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as autodidactism)
avg rating 3.66 — 117 ratings — published 2010
I Used to Know That: History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as autodidactism)
avg rating 3.57 — 325 ratings — published 2010
An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned But Probably Didn't (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as autodidactism)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,441 ratings — published 1987
Experience and Education (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as autodidactism)
avg rating 3.88 — 3,691 ratings — published 1938
The Rapture Of Maturity: A Legacy Of Lifelong Learning (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as autodidactism)
avg rating 4.25 — 16 ratings — published 2004
How to Tutor Your Own Child: Boost Grades and Inspire a Lifelong Love of Learning--Without Paying for a Professional Tutor (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 89 ratings — published 2011
Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar: How Self-Education and the Pursuit of Passion Can Lead to a Lifetime of Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as autodidactism)
avg rating 3.94 — 856 ratings — published 2009
A Guidebook to Learning: For a Lifelong Pursuit of Wisdom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as autodidactism)
avg rating 3.67 — 109 ratings — published 1986
What You Need To Read To Know Just About Everything: The 25 best books for a self education and why (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as autodidactism)
avg rating 2.78 — 9 ratings — published 2002
DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as autodidactism)
avg rating 3.63 — 578 ratings — published 2010
The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as autodidactism)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,371 ratings — published 1991
A Fabulous Debt: The Epic Story of How Bonds Built the Modern World (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as autodidactism)
avg rating 4.41 — 243 ratings — published
Quantum Learning: Unleashing the Genius in You (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as autodidactism)
avg rating 3.89 — 669 ratings — published 1989
The New Dictionary Of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know ― A Dictionary of What Americans Should Know (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 657 ratings — published 1989
The Science of Accelerated Learning: Advanced Strategies for Quicker Comprehension, Greater Retention, and Systematic Expertise (Learning how to Learn Book 10)
by (shelved 1 time as autodidactism)
avg rating 4.00 — 553 ratings — published
How to Think Like Shakespeare: Lessons From a Renaissance Education (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as autodidactism)
avg rating 3.85 — 433 ratings — published
The Educated Mind: How Cognitive Tools Shape Our Understanding (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as autodidactism)
avg rating 4.22 — 105 ratings — published 1997
The Self-Learning Blueprint: A Strategic Plan to Break Down Complex Topics, Comprehend Deeply, and Teach Yourself Anything (Learning how to Learn Book 3)
by (shelved 1 time as autodidactism)
avg rating 3.94 — 183 ratings — published
The Art of Self-Directed Learning: 23 Tips for Giving Yourself an Unconventional Education (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as autodidactism)
avg rating 3.94 — 455 ratings — published 2014
How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as autodidactism)
avg rating 3.92 — 7,652 ratings — published 2014
The Science of Self-learning: How to Use Learning Strategies to Thinking Faster, Learn Yourself Anything, Improve Your Memory and Learning Capabilities (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as autodidactism)
avg rating 4.00 — 7 ratings — published
How to Take Smart Notes (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as autodidactism)
avg rating 4.06 — 14,641 ratings — published 2017
Learn Like a Pro (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as autodidactism)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,782 ratings — published 2021
Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and be More Productive (Mental Mastery, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as autodidactism)
avg rating 4.01 — 23,125 ratings — published 2014
On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as autodidactism)
avg rating 4.34 — 3,503 ratings — published 2018
Mastery (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as autodidactism)
avg rating 4.26 — 51,884 ratings — published 2012
The Science of Self-Learning: How to Teach Yourself Anything, Learn More in Less Time, and Direct Your Own Education (Learning how to Learn Book 1)
by (shelved 1 time as autodidactism)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,960 ratings — published 2018
Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as autodidactism)
avg rating 3.70 — 1,570 ratings — published 1987
The Passion to Learn: An Inquiry into Autodidactism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as autodidactism)
avg rating 3.17 — 6 ratings — published 2003
Better Than College: How to Build a Successful Life Without a Four-Year Degree (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as autodidactism)
avg rating 3.93 — 245 ratings — published 2012
The Psychology of Learning (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as autodidactism)
avg rating 3.00 — 10 ratings — published 1966
Learn Like Einstein: Memorize More, Read Faster, Focus Better, and Master Anything With Ease… Become An Expert in Record Time (Accelerated Learning) (Learning how to Learn Book 15)
by (shelved 1 time as autodidactism)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,010 ratings — published 2017
“I taught myself electronics when I fell for it,
I taught myself music in my youthful high.
I taught myself languages in sheer obsession,
I taught myself aeronautics when I wanted to fly.
You only see the tip of the ice-berg,
Fullness of the Himalayas you'll never see.
I chose to put many of my passions aside,
One path, one mission - one answer to calamity.”
― Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect
I taught myself music in my youthful high.
I taught myself languages in sheer obsession,
I taught myself aeronautics when I wanted to fly.
You only see the tip of the ice-berg,
Fullness of the Himalayas you'll never see.
I chose to put many of my passions aside,
One path, one mission - one answer to calamity.”
― Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect
“Watch movies. Read screenplays. Let them be your guide. […] Yes, McKee has been able to break down how the popular screenplay has worked. He has identified key qualities that many commercially successful screenplays share, he has codified a language that has been adopted by creative executives in both film and television. So there might be something of tangible value to be gained by interacting with his material, either in book form or at one of the seminars.
But for someone who wants to be an artist, a creator, an architect of an original vision, the best book to read on screenwriting is no book on screenwriting. The best seminar is no seminar at all.
To me, the writer wants to get as many outside voices OUT of his/her head as possible. Experts win by getting us to be dependent on their view of the world. They win when they get to frame the discussion, when they get to tell you there’s a right way and a wrong way to think about the game, whatever the game is. Because that makes you dependent on them. If they have the secret rules, then you need them if you want to
get ahead.
The truth is, you don’t.
If you love and want to make movies about issues of social import, get your hands on Paddy Chayefsky’s screenplay for Network. Read it. Then watch the movie. Then read it again.
If you love and want to make big blockbusters that also have great artistic merit, do the same thing with Lawrence Kasdan’s Raiders Of The Lost Ark screenplay and the movie made from it.
Think about how the screenplays made you feel. And how the movies built from these screenplays did or didn’t hit you the same way. […] This sounds basic, right? That’s because it is basic. And it’s true. All the information you need is the movies and screenplays you love. And in the books you’ve read and the relationships you’ve had and your ability to use those things.”
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But for someone who wants to be an artist, a creator, an architect of an original vision, the best book to read on screenwriting is no book on screenwriting. The best seminar is no seminar at all.
To me, the writer wants to get as many outside voices OUT of his/her head as possible. Experts win by getting us to be dependent on their view of the world. They win when they get to frame the discussion, when they get to tell you there’s a right way and a wrong way to think about the game, whatever the game is. Because that makes you dependent on them. If they have the secret rules, then you need them if you want to
get ahead.
The truth is, you don’t.
If you love and want to make movies about issues of social import, get your hands on Paddy Chayefsky’s screenplay for Network. Read it. Then watch the movie. Then read it again.
If you love and want to make big blockbusters that also have great artistic merit, do the same thing with Lawrence Kasdan’s Raiders Of The Lost Ark screenplay and the movie made from it.
Think about how the screenplays made you feel. And how the movies built from these screenplays did or didn’t hit you the same way. […] This sounds basic, right? That’s because it is basic. And it’s true. All the information you need is the movies and screenplays you love. And in the books you’ve read and the relationships you’ve had and your ability to use those things.”
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