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Here’s a list of books that had an impact on my life, that I can still recall. I’ll put it into the footnotes below. I’m just in the process of writing this list. Therefore this page’s still quite 横七竖八

  • Introduction to Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Francis F. Chen

  • PDEs for Scientists and Engineers, Stanley J. Farlow

  • Ideal MHD, Freidberg

  • Fourier Series, Georgi P. Tolstov

  • Classical Electrodynamics, John D. Jackson

  • Elementary Fluid Dynamics, Acheson

  • An Introduction to Thermal Physics, Daniel Schroeder

  • Introduction to Electrodynamics, Griffiths

  • Calculus, George B. Thomas1

  • How Countries go Broke, Ray Dailo2

  • Principles, Ray Dailo3

  • Ikigai, García and Miralles

  • How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie4

  • many unmentioned more

Footnotes

  1. This book changed my life. It is what got me through a redefining period of isolation. I never bought a physical copy and can vividly remember slouching for hours into the night in front of my little MacBook’s overheated screen transferring statements onto an arsenal of yellow poorly-sticking post-it notes that ever so often fell from the deep-blue wall in front of me, accumulating about one hundred of them at a time. Thomas’ Calculus took me about seven months to work cover-to-cover. After that, a new chapter began. ↩

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  4. Honestly, this was a long time ago. The few things I can still remember from this old book are vivid descriptions of Mr. Theodore Roosevelt and how he would stay up late the night before expecting a visitor, reading up on the subject he knew his guest was particularly interested in, so he could talk about what they treasured most, and a mention of Franklin D. Roosevelt remembering his car mechanic’s name to put a smile of appreciation on his face. This book didn’t change my life and it probably didn’t even nudge it a lot. Nonetheless I am today (2026) a completely different person from who I was then. (~2024) Most notably due to my Rotary Youth Exchange to Indonesia. And this story comes to my mind every now and then. ↩

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