Suggested Personal Study List

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# It is recommended that you study the following fully and multiple times
"Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary" Merriam-Webster (2019)
"Gwynne's Grammar: The Ultimate Introduction to Grammar and the Writing of Good English" N.M. Gwynne (Knopf 2014)
"The English Language: A Very Short Introduction" Simon Horobin (Oxford University Press 2018)
"Writing and Script: A Very Short Introduction" Andrew Robinson (Oxford University Press 2009)
"Typography: A Very Short Introduction" Paul Luna (Oxford University Press 2019)
"Translation: A Very Short Introduction" Matthew Reynolds (Oxford University 2016)
"Politics and the English Language" George Orwell (1946)
"On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction" William Zinsser (Harper Perennial 2016)

"Philosophical Method: A Very Short Introduction" Timothy Williamson (Oxford University Press 2020)
"Causation: A Very Short Introduction" Stephen Mumford, Rani Lill Anjum (Oxford University Press 2014)
"Logic: A Very Short Introduction" Graham Priest (Oxford University Press 2017)
"Objectivity: A Very Short Introduction" Stephen Gaukroger (Oxford University Press 2012)
"Thinking and Reasoning: A Very Short Introduction" Jonathan St B. T. Evans (Oxford University Press 2017)
"Chaos: A Very Short Introduction" Lenny Smith (Oxford University Press 2007)
"Complexity: A Very Short Introduction" John H. Holland (Oxford University Press 2014)

"Nineteen Eighty-Four" George Orwell (1949)
"Privacy: A Very Short Introduction" Raymond Wacks (Oxford University Press 2015)
"Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction" Nigel Warburton (Oxford University Press 2009)

# It is recommended that you engage with the following works at least once, though not necessarily in depth.
"Law: A Very Short Introduction" Raymond Wacks (Oxford University Press 2023)
"Intellectual Property: A Very Short Introduction" Siva Vaidhyanathan (Oxford University Press 2017)
"The Essential Guide to Intellectual Property" Aram Sinnreich (Yale University Press 2019)
"Give me liberty or give me death!" Patrick Henry (1775)

"Waves: A Very Short Introduction" Mike Goldsmith (Oxford University Press 2019)
"Matter: A Very Short Introduction" Geoff Cottrell (Oxford University Press 2019)
"The Elements" Euclid (300 BC)
"Opticks" Isaac Newton (1704)
"Hydrogen: The Essential Element" John S. Rigden (Harvard University Press 2002)
"The Sun: A Very Short Introduction" Philip Judge (Oxford University Press 2020)
"On the Origin of Species" Charles Darwin (1859)
"The Descent of Man" Charles Darwin (1871)

"An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" Adam Smith (1776)
"The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" John Maynard Keynes (1936)
"Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed" Ben R. Rich (Back Bay Books 1996)

"Robotics: A Very Short Introduction" Alan Winfield (Oxford University Press 2012)

# It is recommended that you at least familiarize yourself with the following
"Commentarii de Bello Gallico" Julius Caesar (58 BC)
"The Republic" Plato (375 BC)
"The Picture of Dorian Gray" Oscar Wilde (1890)
"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" Philip K. Dick (1968)
"Soylent Green" Richard Fleischer (1973)
"They Live" John Carpenter (1988)
"Good Burger" Brian Robbins (1997)
"Gattaca" Andrew Niccol (1997)
"Idiocracy" Mike Judge (2006)
"The Founder" John Lee Hancock (2016)
"Flamin' Hot" Eva Longoria (2023)
"Construction Knitting: Knitwear Design with Geometric Shapes" Nikki Gabriel (Bloomsbury Visual Arts 2024)