Bookshelf

A short list of books that either left an impression or that I have been reading / have read recently.

Math

Functional Analysis

• M. Reed & B. Simon, Methods of Modern Mathematical Physics (Vols. I and II)

Analysis

• F. Jones, Lebesgue Integration on Euclidean Space
• N. L. Carothers, Real Analysis
• L.V. Ahlfors, Complex Analysis
• T. Needham, Visual Complex Analysis

Probability

• G. Grimmett & D.R. Stirzaker, Probability and Random Processes
• P. Mörters & Y. Peres, Brownian Motion
• R. Bhattacharya & E.C. Waymire, A Basic Course in Probability Theory
• R. Bhattacharya & E.C. Waymire, Continuous Parameter Markov Processes and Stochastic Differential Equations
• H. McKean, Stochastic Integrals
• D.W. Stroock & S.R.S. Varadhan, Multidimensional Diffusion Processes
• T. Tao, Topics in Random Matrix Theory
• J. Pearl, Causality

Geometry

• J.M. Lee, Introduction to Smooth Manifolds
• M.P. doCarmo, Riemannian Geometry

Algebra

I know very little algebra, but anywhere Analysis and Geometry are found Algebra should get an invite. In undergraduate I studied from T. Hungerford’s Abstract Algebra, which I remember enjoying.

Physics

• M. Peskin & D. Schroeder, Introduction to Quantum Field Theory
• C. Rovelli, The Order of Time
• C.W. Misner, K.S. Thorne, & J.A. Wheeler, Gravitation
• D. Griffiths, Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
• D. Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics
• T. Frankel, The Geometry of Physics

Literature

• J. Williams, Stoner
• D. DeLillo, The Names
• D.F. Wallace, Infinite Jest
• T. Pynchon, Crying of Lot 49
• P.K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly
• R.M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
• C. Potok, The Chosen

Foreign language

• J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter e la Camera dei Segreti
• P. Coelho, L’Alchimista
• H. Hesse, Siddhartha

Poetry

• Hafiz, The Gift
• Anything by Rumi

For fun

• C. McDougall, Born to Run
• H. Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
• B. Heinrich, Why We Run: A Natural History
• A. Lamott, Bird by Bird
• J.K. Lopez-Alt, The Food Lab
• S. El-Waylly, Start Here
• M. Beard, SPQR
• A. Weir, Hail Mary
• D. Hofstadter, Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid