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Calculus: Early Transcendentals
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Work: A Deep History, from the Stone Age to the Age of Robots
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Calculus
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The Hidden Life of Trees: The Illustrated Edition
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A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)
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The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
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Memories, Dreams, Reflections
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Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
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Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
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A Brief History of Time
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Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
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The God Delusion
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R for Data Science: Import, Tidy, Transform, Visualize, and Model Data
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Simple Techniques to Instantly Overcome Depression, Relieve Anxiety, and Rewire Your Brain
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mickaelP38onJuly 31, 2021
https://commoncog.com/blog/tag/learning-techniques/
Also if you want to level up your skills, and learn about learning in general, these are some books you should check:
- Practice perfect
- Peak
- A mind for numbers
- The inner game of tennis
- Guitar zero
- The art of learning
shimeonMay 23, 2021
If you're more interested in this phenomenon, I recommend reading "A Mind For Numbers" by Barbara Oakley [1].
She calls it "the diffuse mode" and it's useful for spotting similarities and making connections between different concepts and ideas. This is difficult to do in "the focused mode", when you're analytically working on a problem.
[1] https://www.amazon.com/Mind-Numbers-Science-Flunked-Algebra-...
TheAdamAndCheonJune 9, 2021