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[-] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 9 months ago

What about EBooks? You can read Ebooks on your PC. Actually, that's how I typically do read books lately so I can read the books in dark mode.

[-] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago

I like physical books more than ebooks.

[-] Hyperreality@kbin.social 7 points 9 months ago

Ebook reader. Prefer an actual book, but the price of ebooks be much better arrr.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

arrrrr you not in an area with a nice library? :(

[-] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 9 months ago

Fair. I do have hardcover copies of reference books for easy thumbing-through, but I could go without them since I probably also have a PDF copy.

[-] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

What kind of reference books do you have?

[-] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 9 months ago

Math and engineering books, particularly those with good derivations and lists of facts. For example, one of my favorites is Digital Signal Processing by Proakis and Manolakis. It is basically an encyclopedia of classical DSP, with excellent derivations and practical information about how to efficient and correctly implement Fourier analysis on a real computer.

[-] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

Awesome. I have a ton of books on Scientific Computing like Numerical Recipes by Press et al. Also a lot of advanced engineering and physics book. But mine are specifically related to Civil Engineering. My favourite is The History Of Theory of Structures, which chronicles the history of analysis of civil engineering structures.

[-] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 9 months ago

That's super interesting! My parents were both civil engineering majors, and my dad still works in the field.

Also big thank you for name-dropping Numerical Recipes. I checked it out on LibGen and it turns out to be something I need. I'm taking an embedded systems class where we need to do a bunch of C programming and I was just reading a numerical analysis book (Classical Numerical Analysis by Salgado and Wise; it's more theoretical) the other day, so it's going to be really helpful to see some nontrivial C code in a context I understand. Thanks!

[-] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

Numerical Recipes is an excellent resource, yeah. Well worth a purchase too, IMO.

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