Lists of Bests: Matt's "Raganwald: First Seven Books I would buy if my shelves were bare" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/21107 I pulled this list off of this website: http://weblog.raganwald.com/2006/11/first-seven-books-i-would-buy-if-my_17.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:38:20 GMT en-us 0 50 7 0 0 Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86563 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86563"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0262510871.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Harold Abelson</div> To Mock a Mockingbird http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/304726 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/304726"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192801422.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Raymond M. Smullyan</div> The Media Lab: Inventing the Future at M. I. T. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2592 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2592"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140097015.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stewart Brand</div> On Intelligence http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/92300 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/92300"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0805078533.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeff Hawkins</div> Philip and Alex’s Guide to Web Publishing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2525627 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Phillip Greenspun</div> The Recursive Universe: Cosmic Complexity and the Limits of Scientific Knowledge http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86829 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Poundstone</div> QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter (Princeton Science Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1179340 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1179340"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0691125759.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard P. Feynman</div>