A perfect book for people who wants to understand and review the various theories related to the Universe and find a single theory of the universe. An excellent but somewhat outdated introduction to the concepts of the String Theory. Written in a simple language, you do not need to possess a degree in physics to understand it. A high school level understanding of science is enough to understand the matter presented in the book.
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Quality Without Tears – The Art of Hassle Free Management
This is an excellent book and a must read for managers. Crosby has listed 14 steps to attaining the Zero Defects. However, this should not be the first read, unless you are already familiar with the concept, tools and techniques of quality management. First you should be reading Quality is Free (by the same author).I strongly feel that you should believe in the concept of quality or the fact that there is always a scope of improvement in what you do, only then you can progress.
The entire concept of Quality Management is about “excellence in work”, which is what is taught by ancient Hindu holy book – Srimad Bhagavad-Gita.
And yes this applies to your personal life as well as work life.
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Who Am I
This book is a collection of 28 questions as asked by one of the disciples of Sri Raman Maharshi. The questions focus on self inquiry. Although this book is only 16 pages but there is a huge depth in the answer to each questions. If studied carefully and practiced as mentioned in the book, one can reach the Goal. -
Spiritual Stories As Told By Raman Maharshi
This book is a collection of message giving short stories. As written in the book, Sri Ramana Maharshi used to narrate these stories in order to explain some of his teachings in more depth. My mother has told me some of these stories during my childhood, so it was a pleasure to read them again here especially this time as a lesson/message rather than a plain story.The stories might sound unrealistic to people who are not familiar with Indian religion and culture as most of the mythological and other stories in Indian culture are symbolic and have a hidden meaning behind it.
I would definitely recommend this book to you, the only suggestion being the use of heart rather than the mind to understand the teachings.
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The Nothing That Is – A Natural History of Zero
I bought this book from Berkley during one of my visits to San Fransisco. Robert Kaplan has done some good amount of research and have tracked the evolution of some of the fundamental concepts on which modern science and mathematics is based. Zero, a number which itself does not means anything but together with other numbers means a lot. The history of zero has been tracked to ancient Indian number systems where it was called as “shoonya”. It is unfortunate that the invention of zero in India could not be effectively proved since ancient Indians believed in passing knowledge by means of oral lectures and through very concise and crisp Sanskrit versus across generations. The concept of written manuscripts in India came much later and that too most of it is now lost. However, Kaplan has proved that a very advanced level of mathematics existed in India much before all that was rediscovered by the west by quoting various references from the Budhist era which is few centuries BCE.The best part about this book is that any high school level student can easily read and understand it as it does not use any advanced mathematical concepts.
