surfing the seven seas

  • LibGen
    A shadow library :3
  • Z-Library
    for when LibGen fails (recommend using Telegram or Tor for best access).
  • Sci-Hub
    Break academic paywalls (for publication dates prior to 2021)
  • r/Scholar
    Crowdsourced academic article access
  • Google Scholar
    find research. improve what goes in ur soupy brain.

fun/neat things

friends

  • yuril.net
    A cool avali :3 their site inspired mine.

other cool sites

important...


books!!!

math textbooks I wanna share Yeah, there's a theme among the books I'm choosing here. Am too lazy to find the best words for it though rn.
  • Linear and Geometric Algebra
    - Alan Macdonald

    A nice introductory linear algebra text with an emphasis on imagery, proof, and visual intuition over algorithmic computation. I think this is a good thing here — linear algebra is one of those very "natural" math topics best taught intuitively imo. It's a shame so many people who take linear algebra in school don't understand it.


  • Linear and Geometric Calculus
    - Alan Macdonald

    A follow-up to the previous text, introduces basic multivariable calculus and evolves it into geometric calculus, useful for integrating over manifolds. Very visual, semi-rigorous (proofs end when the integrals begin)




  • A Geometric Approach to Differential Forms
    - David Bachman

    Wanna dip your toes into differential forms? Do differential geometry, general relativity, or maxwell's equations call you? Is probably the most clear text I've encountered on it (I may be biased because I'd seen geometric calculus first, which subsumes differential forms...) IMO would be great to multitrack this text with Macdonald's calculus text.

  • Calculus On Manifolds
    - Michael Spivak

    Not much to say here, is kinda a classic (for a good reason). Manages to be high in both rigor and clarity.





  • Seven Sketches in Compositionality: An Invitation to Applied Category Theory
    - Brendan Fong, David I. Spivak

    Striving to make category theory accessible with the most basic of examples. A good text to take slowly and smell the roses.




  • New Foundations for Physical Geometry, The Theory of Linear Structures
    - Tim Maudlin

    Look, sometimes reading wacky things is good for you. The thesis is that the axioms for topology are "bad" in some sense, so here we construct an alternative. Is full of interesting philosophy and fun math (although I have my gripes). Maudlin's books on philosophy of physics are also very good and less controversial, if that tickles your brain.
chill things i'm getting around to
  • Ecology Without Nature: Rethinking Environmental Aesthetics
    - Timothy Morton

  • Loving Nature: Towards an Ecology of Emotion
    - Kay Milton

  • Mathematics - Form and Function
    - Saunders Mac Lane

  • Where Mathematics Comes From: How the Embodied Mind Brings Mathematics Into Being
    - George Lakoff, Rafael Nunez

  • Language at the Speed of Sight — How We Read, Why So Many Can't, and What Can Be Done About It
    - Mark Seidenberg

  • Furscience: A Decade of Psychological Research on the Furry Fandom
    - Courtney Plante, Stephen Reysen, Camielle Adams, Sharon Roberts, Kathleen C. Gerbasi


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