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数学之美

by Jun Wu

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"Just finished the second chapter - NLP from rule to statistics. Very interesting!" — Mar 19, 2016 06:21AM

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Data Analysis Using Regression and Multilevel/Hierarchical Models

by Andrew Gelman

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"Best book on regression I have ever read so far ;)" — Jul 13, 2016 10:16AM

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The Elements Of Computing Systems: Building A Modern Computer From First Principles

by Noam Nisan

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Sile’s Notes & Highlights

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The Shortest History of Europe by John Hirst

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One Greek philosopher said all matter is made up of water, which shows how desperate they were to get a simple answer.

Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States, and the World (Belfer Center Studies in International Security)

by Graham Allison

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“The end of man is knowledge, but there is one thing he can't know. He can't know whether knowledge will save him or kill him. He will be killed, all right, but he can't know whether he is killed because of the knowledge which he has got or because of the knowledge which he hasn't got and which if he had it, would save him.”
― Robert Penn Warren, All the King's Men

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“Two people in love, alone, isolated from the world, that's beautiful.”
― Milan Kundera

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“If a thing is not worth doing, it is not worth doing well.”
― John W. Tukey

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“When it's in a book I don't think it'll hurt any more ...exist any more. One of the things writing does is wipe things out. Replace them.”
― Marguerite Duras, The Lover

tags: writers-on-writing

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“Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.”
― Albert Einstein, The World As I See It

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