Creativity/Reading list

Ray Calvin Baker (talk) 19:16, 19 September 2012 (UTC) Fixing typo on Dr. William Glasser. Incomplete references for borrowed [PL] = Public Library books will have to wait a while longer.

Let me see if this "Reading groups" template is appropriate. Ray Calvin Baker (talk) 02:37, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

 This is my "E:WikiversityStuff/ReadingList.txt" file, which was created SAT 2012 SEP 01 06:40 PM, revised WED 2012 SEP 19 03:12 PM.

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THIS IS THE SUGGESTED READING LIST FOR THE PROPOSED SCHOOL OF CREATIVITY

Please put your comments and suggestions on the "Discuss" page.

When I was attending a summer session at Case Western Reserve University prior to receiving My Bachelor of Science degree, I had opportunity to browse the University's libraries. I found rows of shelves of mathematics books, but, alas, most of them were incomprehensible to me. I thought to myself that it would be wonderful to have a collection of my own books, and to be able to understand them.

These are the books I consider so essential that I consider myself fortunate to have found them; I bought them, and preserved them through several relocations.

Many lesser works were regarded as "incomprehensible" or "irrelevant" by hostile critics; these perished forever into a dumpster.

WARNING: unless you are ready and willing to read LOTS of books like these, you may as well give up on the idea of getting an education right now. "Drink Deep, or Don't Taste!" (Readiness is optional. I consider it my job to arrange as much of the relevant material as possible, so that you can BECOME ready, if you are persistant enough. Persistant enough: It took me 14 years to get my Bachelor of Science degree.) I do not claim that I understand everything in these books -- I DO NOT! -- but, these have kept me going until I was old enough to retire; I hope I am still going! ;-)

(actually, the only ESSENTIAL thing this listing provides, is the indication that you NEED to do a LOT of EXTREMELY VARIED reading.) Your interests do not need to mirror mine (if they do, one of us is redundant). You are you, and I am me. Vive la difference! Find (or make) your own reading list -- and write your own book reviews!

Many of these essential works are available from a variety of sources -- I am using these codes to identify MY sources: [B$] from Book $tores (possibly EXPENSIVE!), [PL] from Public Libraries, [OL] On-Line, and [RCB] from my personal library. Some works are text-books; many are reference works. My favorites [RCB+] have lots of pictures, computer reference material, and/or diagrams!

DON'T BE AFRAID TO USE YOUR LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARY! You will probably NEVER get an education without it!

Not included in this listing are many of my books on Origami, Music, Woodworking, Scroll Saw Work, and Shop Practice. My favorite works of fiction, and many of my technical reference books, not of general interest, are also excluded from this list.

THESE BOOKS VARY WIDELY in CONTENT, QUALITY, and RELEVANCE. Many were acquisitions of opportunity, from such events as clearance sales, surplus disposal, and used textbooks. (some of my books were gifts from friends or relatives.) BUT I HAVE THESE RESOURCES, or can borrow them from my local public library. [Editor's comment: some publishers seem to be trying to drive me nuts, with multiple names for the Company, and interlocking directorates which would keep a staff of lawyers busy, if they weren't prosecuting cases of copyright infringement. Also, some large Companies have offices in every major city. Which Company name, and which city, should I use? I fear that I have been hopelessly inconsistent! However, I think that it may be helpful in describing what a book is about by including sub-titles. Indications of which edition I'm using have not been consistently entered. Also, many books have gone through multiple printings, with dates which do not necessarily agree with Copyright date (and there can be several of these, too! Which date should I use? A few enties are missing ISBN numbers or location (city) of the Publisher. Where available, I have attempted to include an ISBN. Yes, I could benefit greatly from a good editorial staff (and proofreaders!)! Rather than attempting to underline book names (this could be confused with a hypertext URL link), I just use the underscore character around words in the title. Having programmed computers for years, where it is important to quote punctuation marks EXACTLY, and where various protocols for using escape characters have been developed, I tend to include extra punctuation marks within quotations -- a practice deprecated by my high school English teacher. If my parenthetical remarks offend you, please try reading my long sentences again, omitting the parentheses and their comments. Yes, I am opinionated, weird, and eccentric. -- RCB]

I got tired moving heavy (and fragile) books around, so I ended up with two partial lists -- an "A" list and a "B" list. (This is entirely arbitrary, based only on the way my books were shelved before I attempted to create this Bibliography.) These two separate lists need to be combined into the "C" (for "Complete") list.

I hope I can find these first few books again in my local public library (so that I can complete the citations):

C-2[PL] ?????, _Making_Ideas_Happen_,

C-1[PL] ?????, _Re-inventing_the_Corporation_

C0[PL] ?????, _The_Tipping_Point_,

C1[RCB+] Arbib, Michael A., A. J. Kfoury, and Robert N. Moll, _A_Basis_for_Theoretical_Computer_Science_, New York, Springer-Verlag, 1981, ISBN 0-387-90573-1

C2[RCB+] Ball, W. W. Rouse and H. S. M. Coxeter, Mathematical_ _Recreations_and_Essays_ (Thirteenth Edition), Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1987 ISBN 0-486-25357-0

C3[RCB+] Barden, Robert, and Michael Hacker, _Communication_ _Technology_, Delmar Publishers, Inc., 1990, ISBN 0-8273-3225-4

C4[RCB+] Barnett, Michael P., and Graham K. Barnett, _Personal_ _Graphics_for_Profit_and_Pleasure_on_the_Apple_II_Plus_ _Computer_, Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1983, ISBN 0-316-08164-7

C5[RCB+] Bolles, Richard Nelson, _The_1992_What_Color_Is_Your_ _Parachute?_a_Practical_Manual_for_Job_Hunters_&_Career_ _Changers_, Berkeley, CA, Ten Speed Press, 1992, ISBN 0-89815-459-1

C6[RCB+] Brown, Stephen, and Zvonko Vranesic, _Fundamentals_of_ _Digital_Logic_with_VHDL_Design_, Boston, McGraw-Hill, 2000, ISBN 0-07-235596-4

C7[RCB+] Carter, David A., and James Diaz, _The_Elements_of_ _Pop-Up:_a_Pop-Up_Book_for_Aspiring_Paper_Engineers_, New York, Little Simon, Simon & Schuster, 1999, ISBN 0-689-82224-3

C8[PL] Christian, Brian, _The_Most_Human_Human_,

C9[OL] Coffin, Stewart, _The_Puzzling_World_of_Polyhedral_ _Dissections_,

C10[OL] Coffin, Stewart, _Puzzle_Craft_,

C11[OL] Coffin, Stewart, _Puzzle_Craft_,

C12[OL] Coffin, Stewart, _Ap-Art:_the_Sculptural_Art_That_Comes_Apart_,

C13[RCB+] Davis, Martin, _Engines_of_Logic_, New York, W. W. Norton & Company, 2000, ISBN 0-393-32229-7

C14[RCB+] Dispezio, Michael A., _Giant_Book_of_Challenging_Thinking_ _Puzzles_, New York, The Main Street Press, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., 1999, ISBN 1-4027-0048-2

C15[RCB+] Edwards, Betty, _Drawing_on_the_Right_Side_of_the_Brain:_ _A_Course_in_Enhansing_Creativity_and_Artistic_Confidence_, Los Angeles, J. P. Tarcher, 1979, ISBN 0-87477-088-2

C16[RCB+] Engel, Peter, _Folding_the_Universe:_Origami_from_ _Angelfish_to_Zen_, New York, Vintage Books, Random House, Inc., 1989, ISBN 0-394-75751-3

C17[RCB] Freund, John E., _A_Modern_Introduction_to_Mathematics_, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1956

C18[RCB+] Fuse, Tomoko, _Unit_Origami:_Multidimensional_ _Transformations_, Tokyo, Japan Publications, Inc., 1990, ISBN 0-87040-852-6

C19[RCB+] Gardner, Martin, _Mathematical_Carnival_, New York, Vintage Books, Random House, 1977

C20[PL] Glasser, William,

C21[RCB+] Gleick, James, _Chaos:_Making_a_New_Science_, New York, Viking Penguin, Inc., 1987, ISBN

C22[RCB+] Goldschlager, Les, and Andrew Lister, _Computer_Science:_ _A_Modern_Introduction_, London, Prentice-Hall International, Inc., 1982, ISBN 0-13-165704-6

C23[PL] Grandin, Temple, PhD., _Thinking_in_Pictures_,

C24[RCB+] Greene, Brian, _THe_Elegant_Universe:_Superstrings,_Hidden_ _Dimensions,_and_the_Quest_for_the_Ultimate_Theory_, New York, W. W. Norton & Company, 1999

C25[RCB] Grudem, Wayne, _Systematic_Theology:_An_Introduction_to_Biblical_ _Doctrine_, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Zondervan, 1994, ISBN 0-310-28670-0

C26[RCB+] Hartnell, Tim, _Creating_Adventure_Games_on_Your_Computer_, New York, Ballantine Books, 1984, ISBN 0-345-31883-8

C27[RCB+] Hartnell, Tim, _Giant_Book_of_Computer_Games_, New York, Ballantine Books, 1984, ISBN 0-345-31609-6

C28[RCB+] Hofstadter, Douglas R., _Godel,_Escher,_Back:_ an_Eternal_ _Golden_Braid, New York, Vintage Books, Basic Books, Inc., 1980

C29[RCB+] Hofstadter, Douglas R., _Metamagical_Themas:_Questing_for_ _the_Essence_of_Mind_and_Pattern_, New York, Bantam Books, by arrangement with Basic Books, Inc., 1986

C30[RCB+] Hollingsworth, Amy, _The_Simple_Faith_of_Mister_Rogers_, Brentwood, TN, 2005, ISBN 1-59145-229-5 C31[RCB+] Jackson, Albert, David Day, and Simon Jennings, _The_Complete_Manual_of_Woodworking_, New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1997, ISBN 0-679-76611-1

C32[PL] Jaynes, Julian, _The_Origin_of_Consciousness_in_the_Breakdown_ _of_the_Bicameral_Mind_,

C33[RCB+] Knuth, Donald E., _The_Art_of_Computer_Programming_(Volume_	_1/_Fundamental_Algorithms_)_, Reading, Massachusewtts, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1973

C34[RCB+] Kruse, Robert L., _Data_Structures_&_Program_Design_ Englewood cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1984

C35[PL+] Kurzweil, Raymond, _The_Age_of_Spiritual_Machines_

C36[RCB+] LaMothe, Andre, Black_Art_of_3D_Game_Programming_, Corte Madera, CA, Waite Group Press, 1995, ISBN 1-57169-004-2

C37[RCB+] LaMothe, Andre, John Ratcliff, Mark Seminatore, and Denise Tyler, _Tricks_of_the_Game_Programming_Gurus_, Indianapolis, IN, Sams Publishing, Macmillan Computer Publishing, 1994, ISBN 0-672-30507-0

C38[RCB+] Lancaster, Don, _CMOS_Cookbook_, Indianapolis, IN, Howard W. 	Sams & Co., Inc., 1977

C39[RCB+] Lancaster, Don, _TTL_Cookbook_, Indianapolis, IN, Howard W. 	Sams & Co., Inc., 1974

C40[RCB+] Levy, David H., and Dr. John O'Byrne, _The_Nature_ _Companions_Practical_Skywatching_, San Francisco, CA, 2002, ISBN 1 876778 91-1

C41[RCB+] Levy, Raymond, _Making_Mechanical_Marvels_in_Wood_, New York, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., 1991, ISBN 0-8069-7358-7

C42[RCB+] Lukas, C., and E. Tarjan, _Mathematical_Games_, New York, Barnes & Noble Books, 1963, ISBN 0-7607-0095-8

C43[RCB+] Marshall, Norman, _The_Great_All-American_Wooden_Toy_ _Book_, Emmaus, Pennsylvania, Rodale Press, St. Martin's Press, 1986, ISBN 0-87857-628-2

C44[RCB+] Minsky, Marvin Lee, _The_Society_of_Mind_, New York, Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1988

C45[RCB+] Misner, Charles W., Kip S. Thorne, and John Archibald Wheeler, _Gravitation_, San Francisco, W. H. Freeman and Company, 1973, ISBN 0-7167-0344-0

C46[RCB+] Montroll, John, _Animal_Origami_for_the_Enthusiast_, New York, Dover Publications, Inc., 1985, ISBN 0-486-24792-9

C47[RCB+] Moore, John H., Christopher C. Davis, and Michael A. 	Coplan, _Building_Scientific_Apparatus_, Redwood City, California, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., 1989, ISBN 0-201-13189-7

C48[RCB+] Moscovich, Ivan, _The_Hinged_Square_&_Other_Puzzles_, New York, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2004

C49[RCB] National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the, _A_History_of_Mathematics_Education_in_the_United_States_ _and_Canada_, Washington, D.C., National Council of 	Teachers of Mathematics, 1970, ISBN 0-87353-535-9

C50[RCB+] Nelson, John A., and Joyce Nelson, _Scroll_Saw_Workbook_, East Petersburg, PA, Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Inc., 2003, ISBN # 1-56523-207-0

C51[RCB+] North America Affinity Clubs, _The_Complete_Book_of_ _Woodworking_, Urbandale, IA, Landaur Publishing, LLC, 2001, ISBN 0-9800688-7-0

C52[RCB] Norton, Peter and John Socha, _Peter_Norton's_Assembler_ _Language_Book_for_the_IBM_PC_, New York, A Brady Book, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1986

C53[RCB+] Peek, Chet, _The_Taylorcraft_Story_, Norman, OK, Three Peaks Publishing, 1992, ISBN 0-943691-08-7

C54[RCB+] Penrose, Roger, _The_Emperor's_New_Mind:_Concerning_ _Computers,_Minds,_and_the_Laws_of_Physics_, New York, oxford University Press, 1989

C55[PL] Perry, Steve, _Push_Has_Come_to_Shove_,

C56[RCB+] Poniachik, Jaime & Lea Poniachik, Tim Sole, Rod Marshall, and J. J. Mendoza Fernandez, _MENSA_Mind_Challenges_, New York, The Main Street Press, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., 1999, ISBN 1-4027-0048-2

C57[RCB+] Poundstone, William, _The_Recursive_Universe:_Cosmic_ _Complexity_and_the_Limits_of_Scientific_Knowledge_, Chicago, Contemporary Books, Inc., 1985

C58[RCB] Royden, H. L., _Real_Analysis_, New York, The Macmillan Company, 1963

C59[RCB+] Sclater, Neil and Nicholas P. Chironis, _Mechanisms_and_ _Mechanical_Devices_Sourcebook_, (Third Edition), New York, McGraw-Hill, 2001, ISBN 0-07-136169-3

C60[RCB] Smith, F. LaGard, commentator and arranger, _The_Daily_ _Bible_(New_International_Version)_. Eugene, OR, Harvest House Publishers, 1984

C61[RCB+] Soltzman, Marc, ed., _Game_Design:_Secrets_of_the_Sages_, (Second Edition), Indianapolis, IN, Brady Publishing, Macmillan Publishing, 2000, ISBN 1-57595-422-2

C62[RCB+] Sommer, Carl, and Steve Sommer, M. E., _Wire_EDM_Handbook_, Houston, TX, Technical Advance Publishing Company, 1992, ISBN 0-9610810-2-3

C63[RCB+] Spielman, Patrick, _Fun_&_Easy_Scroll_Saw_Projects_, New York, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., ISBN 0-8069-9399-5

C64[RCB+] Springett, David, _Woodturning_Wizardry_, Lewes, East Sussex, England, Guild of Master Craftsman Publications, Ltd., 1998, ISBN 0-946819-38-6

C65[RCB+] Stewart, Ian, _Professor_Stewart's_Cabinet_of_Mathematical_ _Curiosities_, New York, Basic Books, 2009

C66[RCB+] Swade, Doron, _The_Difference_Engine:_Charles_Babbage_ and_the_Quest_to_Build_the_First_Computer_, New York, The Penguin Group, 2000, ISBN 0-670-91020-1

C67[RCB+] Sybex staff, _HTML_Complete_ (Second Edition), San Francisco, Sybex, Inc., 2000, ISBN 0-7821-2801-7

C68[RCB+] Sybex staff, _Perl,_CGI,_and_JavaScript_Complete_, San Francisco, Sybex, Inc., 2000, ISBN 0-7821-2780-0

C69[RCB+] Tatro Anderson, _Shop_Theory_ (Sixth Edition), New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1974, ISBN 0-07-001612-7

C70[RCB+] Waite, Mitchell, and Stephen Prata, _C:_Step-by-Step_, Carmel, Indiana, Sams, The Waite Group, Prentice Hall Computer Publishing, 1992, ISBN 0-672-22651-0

C71[RCB+] Watson, James D., _Molecular_Biology_of_the_Gene_ (Second Edition), Menlo Park, California, W. A. Benjamin, Inc, 1970, ISBN 0-8053-9603-9

C72[RCB+] Wells, David, _The_Penguin_Dictionary_of_Curioous_and_ _Interesting_Geometry_, London, the Penguin group, 1991

C73[RCB+] Whitney John, _Digital_Harmony:_On_the_Complementary_ _of_Music_and_Visual_Art_, Peterborough, New Hampshire, Byte Books, A McGraw-Hill Publication, 1980, ISBN 0-07-070015-X

C74[RCB+] Winston, Patrick Henry, and Berthold Klaus Paul Horn, _LISP_, Reading, Massachusetts, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1981, ISBN 0-201-08329-9

The end.  Ray Calvin Baker (talk) 02:53, 5 September 2012 (UTC)