Resources List

Bennington

• My Proposed Course Offerings

Academic

• The Challenge of Cultural Relativism: James Rachels
• Comma Splices: What they are, and how to fix them
• Truth as Correspondence: Tony Roy

Subject Guides

• Beginning Mathematical Logic: A Study Guide: Peter Smith
• So you want to study mathematics …: Susan Rigetti
• So you want to study philosophy …: Susan Rigetti
• So you want to learn physics …: Susan Rigetti

Machine Learning

• Neural Networks and Deep Learning: Michael Nielsen’s book on the foundations of deep learning
• The Lighthill Debate Video and Commentary: On artificial intelligence in robots

Getting Started with Vim

• Getting Started with Vim: The Basics
• Using Vimtutor: Starting the built-in tutorial

Computer Science

• The Missing Semester: Proficiency with tools in computer science
• How to Start Google: Paul Graham’s advice for how to start a startup
• Knuth Digital Archive Project

Programming

• What a Programmer Does: A discussion of what a programmer does, and of a bad programmer
• Alan Turing’s Mark II Manual: Listed as Mark I, but Mark II with appendix on Mark I

Learning and Using Python

• Python Crash Course, 3rd ed.: A good introduction to Python
• Python Cookbook, 3rd ed.: A selection of Python recipes