A curated list of resources for computer science and mathematics enthusiasts.

General

• Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn — Richard Hamming, Bret Victor
• How to Solve It — George Pólya

Computer Science

• Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software — Charles Petzold
• Computer Science: An Interdisciplinary Approach — Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne
• Elements of Modern Computer Systems — Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken
• Computer Systems: A Programmer’s Perspective — Randal E. Bryant, David R. O’Hallaron [Video]
• Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs — Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman [Video]
• Introduction to Algorithms — Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein [Video]
• Programming Language Pragmatics — Michael L. Scott [Video]
• Introduction to the Theory of Computation — Michael Sipser [Video]
• Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms — David J.C. MacKay
• Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools — Alfred V. Aho, Monica S. Lam, Ravi Sethi, Jeffrey D. Ullman [Video]
• Computer Networks: A Systems Approach — Larry L. Peterson, Bruce S. Davie [Video]
• Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces — Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau, Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau [Video]
• Database System Concepts — Abraham Silberschatz, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan [Video]
• Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach — Stuart Russell, Peter Norvig
• Clean Code — Robert C. Martin

Mathematics

• The Joy Of X: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity — Steven Strogatz
• Elements of Mathematics: From Euclid to Gödel — John Stillwell
• College Algebra — Michael Sullivan [Video]
• Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe — Steven Strogatz
• Calculus with Analytic Geometry — George F. Simmons [Video]
• Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications — Kenneth H. Rosen [Video]
• Introduction to Probability — Joseph K. Blitzstein, Jessica Hwang [Video]
• Principles and Techniques in Combinatorics — Chen Chuan-Chong, Koh Khee-Meng
• The Art and Craft of Problem Solving — Paul Zeitz
• Proofs from THE BOOK — Martin Aigner, Günter M. Ziegler
• Book of Proof — Richard Hammack

Quotes

• "The best way to learn anything is to discover it by yourself." — George Pólya
• "The best way to learn is to teach." — Frank Oppenheimer
• "The only way to learn mathematics is to do mathematics." — Paul Halmos
• "If you can’t solve a problem, then there is an easier problem you can solve: find it." — George Pólya
• "A great discovery solves a great problem but there is a grain of discovery in the solution of any problem." — George Pólya

Tips

Read the works of pioneers like Brian Kernighan, Donald Knuth, Edward Dijkstra, Niklaus Wirth etc.

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