Will they please stop publishing great books!

Visions of Infinity: The Great Mathematical Problems
by Ian Stewart

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/visions-of-infinity-ian-stewart/1112615835?ean=9780465022403

What a great book. Rarely do books go into real mathematics. This one does and gives an inkling of what real mathematicians do. One thing that this books does that few others do in the subject is to explain why some mathematical problems are famous - the solution is not what is solely important, but whether the technique used to solve it leads to some insight into the structure of mathematics itself.

My favorite is the Hodge Conjecture (if I had to choose), but any one of these problems is extremely elegant and has led to amazing insights into mathematics.

Well worth the read.
 
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"Love is happy when it is able to give something.
The Ego is happy when it is able to take something." - Osho

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My favorites:

"Be - Don't try to become" - Osho

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― Osho

Or said another way:

"Nemo vir est qui mundum non reddat meliorem"

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If you liked this book, you will love
Surviving Survival: The Art and Science of Resilience

http://www.amazon.com/Surviving-Sur...1377464479&sr=8-1&keywords=surviving+survival

The stories are incredible, and the resiliency of the human spirit is inspiring. No matter what has happened to you, the stories herein will put things in perspective.

It is simply impossible to put down. [/QUOT

There are some great books mentioned in this thread I am going through page by page .

My interest is spirituality and I am striving to experience oneness. I meditate everyday for at least two hours. In Sundays I attend chanting which is non stop for about 5 hours. Any remarkable book on spirituality will be helpful. Recently I read four books by Lee Coit and liked them. I try to read quite a lot. Thanks
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Quote from nitro:

"Love is happy when it is able to give something.
The Ego is happy when it is able to take something." - Osho

More Osho quotes:

http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/2856822.Osho

My favorites:

"Be - Don't try to become" - Osho

“To be creative means to be in love with life. You can be creative only if you love life enough that you want to enhance its beauty, you want to bring a little more music to it, a little more poetry to it, a little more dance to it.”
― Osho

Or said another way:

"Nemo vir est qui mundum non reddat meliorem"
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