Mind Expanding Books and Authors

Some the Mind Expanding Books:

• Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid: Douglas R. Hofstadter
• Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking: Douglas R. Hofstadter
• Organized Mind - Daniel Levitin
• Sophie's World - Jostein Gaarder
• The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business: Charles Duhigg
• Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
• How the Mind Works: Steven Pinker
• The Better Angels of Our Nature: Steven Pinker
• Blank Slate: Steven Pinker
• Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain: Oliver Sacks
• Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
• Why Does the World Exist? by Jim Holt
• Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking by Daniel C. Dennett
• The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less by Barry Schwartz
• The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies: Jared M. Diamond
• The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World: David
• A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future: Daniel H. Pink
• Prisoner's Dilemma - William Poundstone
• The Code Breakers - David Kahn
• "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" by Richard Feynman
• "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
• Freakonomics - Stephen D.Levitt
• Prometheus Rising - Robert Anton Wilson

Books by the following Authors:

• Steven Pinker
• Oliver Sacks
• Daniel Kahneman
• Douglas R. Hofstadter
• Carl Sagan
• Robert Anton Wilson
  
• Nassim Nicholas Taleb
• Marvin Minskey
• Donald E.Knuth
• Raymond M. Smullyan
• Roger Penrose
• Richard Dawkins
• Stephen Hawking
• Brian Greene 

 

The Great Hunt

After a longtime, I have completed reading "The Great Hunt" by Robert Jordan. This is the second novel in a 16-parts series named "The Wheel of Time". Enjoy reading the series :-)

The story line is becoming stronger and all the characters in the series are getting equal weightage.

Some of my favorite quotes from The Great Hunt:

“There is one rule, above all others, for being a man. Whatever comes, face it on your feet.”- Lan to Rand.

“I do not like odd things until I can understand them.”

“A young wolfhound must meet his first wolf someday, but if the wolf sees him as a puppy, if he acts the puppy, the wolf will surely kill him. The wolfhound must be a wolfhound in the wolf's eyes even more than in his own, if he is to survive.”  - Lan to Rand before meeting Amyrlin Seat.

“A pig painted gold is still a pig.”

“Death is lighter than a feather, duty heavier than a mountain.”  - Rand

"Mother says a stick and honey always work better than a stick alone." - Elayne

The Wheel of Time - The Eye of the World

At last I have completed reading the "The Eye of the World", the first book of the 15 books Series of "The Wheel of Time" by Robert Jordan. I really enjoyed the book.

I recommend it for all the fantasy readers.

Here are some of the Quotes from The Eye of the World:


"Relax lad. Take life as it comes. Run when you have to, fight when you must, rest when you can."

"The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills. No eye can see the Pattern until it is woven."

"You truly are ta'veren, Rand. The Pattern weaves itself around you, and you stand in the heart of it."

"The rose petal floats on water. The kingfisher flashes above the pond. Life and beauty swirl in the midst of death."
"The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills. No eye can see the Pattern until it is woven."
"Relax lad. Take life as it comes. Run when you have to, fight when you must, rest when you can."