我很喜欢乌拉姆的《一个数学家的历险》（Adventures of a Mathematician）。威廉·庞德斯通的《囚徒困境》只有一部分是冯·诺依曼的传记，但仍是一本好书。吉安-卡洛·罗塔的《Indiscrete Thoughts》像个大杂烩，大部分是关于数学文化和人物掌故的。我觉得读起来很有意思。我真正想要的是一本关于克劳德·香农的厚重大作，他起到了……
I liked Ulam's Adventures of a Mathematician. William Poundstone's Prisoner's Dilemma is only partly a biography of von Neumann, still a good book. Gian-Carlo Rota's Indiscrete Thoughts is a mash of bits and pieces, largely about mathematical culture and personalities. I thought it was an interesting read. What I would really like would be a serious tome on Claude Shannon, he plays…
Indiscrete Thoughts by Gian-Carlo Rota is full of this sort of thing [1]. In fact he made me see mathematics as a unique domain that escapes both empiricism and rationalism. It's real and out there to be discovered timelessly…
…from now, people will be able to articulate similar reasons with respect to the problem of strong AI. A personal favorite in terms of arguments are those of Stanislaw Ulam, as presented in Chapter 4 of "Indiscrete Thoughts" by Gian-Carlo Rota. In the meantime, there are side benefits to be had from the pursuit of the ``strong AI challenge''; in a similar manner to the great progress in chemistry thanks to the problem of…
虚构类：Mordecai Roshwald 的《Level 7》、Alexander Dewdney 的《The Planiverse》、约瑟夫·海勒的《God Knows》、阿兰·莱特曼的《爱因斯坦的梦》。非虚构类：珍·古道尔的《黑猩猩在召集》、吉安-卡洛·罗塔的《Indiscrete Thoughts》、C. S. 刘易斯的《废弃的意象》、迈克尔·布朗的《我如何杀死了冥王星》、罗伯特·凯根的《In Over Our Heads》、迈克尔·哈里斯的《The Atomic Times》。我可能还会加上一些容易上头的爽书，比如……
Fiction: Mordecai Roshwald, Level 7 Alexander Dewdney, The Planiverse Joseph Heller, God Knows Alan Lightman, Einstein's Dreams Non-fiction: Jane Goodall, In the Shadow of Man Gian-Carlo Rota, Indiscrete Thoughts C. S. Lewis, The Discarded Image Michael E. Brown, How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming Robert Kegan, In Over Our Heads Michael Harris, The Atomic Times I may add guilty pleasures like the…
…entertaining, at times nostalgic. * "The Cauchy-Schwarz Master Class" by J.M.Steele. A guided tour of mathematical inequalities. Very entertaining and readable (for a math book) and extremely well written. * "Indiscrete Thoughts" by G-C.Rota. Irreverent anecdotes about mathematicians. * "Black Swan" by N.N.Taleb. Maybe overhyped and at times annoying and pompous, but extremely insightful nevertheless.
我很喜欢乌拉姆的《一个数学家的历险》（Adventures of a Mathematician）。威廉·庞德斯通的《囚徒困境》只有一部分是冯·诺依曼的传记，但仍是一本好书。吉安-卡洛·罗塔的《Indiscrete Thoughts》像个大杂烩，大部分是关于数学文化和人物掌故的。我觉得读起来很有意思。我真正想要的是一本关于克劳德·香农的厚重大作，他起到了……
I liked Ulam's Adventures of a Mathematician. William Poundstone's Prisoner's Dilemma is only partly a biography of von Neumann, still a good book. Gian-Carlo Rota's Indiscrete Thoughts is a mash of bits and pieces, largely about mathematical culture and personalities. I thought it was an interesting read. What I would really like would be a serious tome on Claude Shannon, he plays…
吉安-卡洛·罗塔的《Indiscrete Thoughts》（https://archive.org/details/indiscretethough0000rota）。
"Indiscrete Thoughts" by Gian-Carlo Rota (https://archive.org/details/indiscretethough0000rota).
吉安-卡洛·罗塔的《Indiscrete Thoughts》里满是这种东西 [1]。事实上，他让我认识到数学是一个超脱了经验主义与理性主义的独特领域。它是真实存在的，等待着人们去进行永恒的探索……
Indiscrete Thoughts by Gian-Carlo Rota is full of this sort of thing [1]. In fact he made me see mathematics as a unique domain that escapes both empiricism and rationalism. It's real and out there to be discovered timelessly…
……从现在起，人们也将能针对强人工智能问题阐述出类似的理由。就论点而言，我个人最喜欢的是斯坦尼斯瓦夫·乌拉姆的观点，见吉安-卡洛·罗塔所著《Indiscrete Thoughts》的第四章。与此同时，追求“强人工智能挑战”也是能带来副产品的；这就好比化学领域取得的长足进步，很大程度上要归功于……问题
…from now, people will be able to articulate similar reasons with respect to the problem of strong AI. A personal favorite in terms of arguments are those of Stanislaw Ulam, as presented in Chapter 4 of "Indiscrete Thoughts" by Gian-Carlo Rota. In the meantime, there are side benefits to be had from the pursuit of the ``strong AI challenge''; in a similar manner to the great progress in chemistry thanks to the problem of…
虚构类：Mordecai Roshwald 的《Level 7》、Alexander Dewdney 的《The Planiverse》、约瑟夫·海勒的《God Knows》、阿兰·莱特曼的《爱因斯坦的梦》。非虚构类：珍·古道尔的《黑猩猩在召集》、吉安-卡洛·罗塔的《Indiscrete Thoughts》、C. S. 刘易斯的《废弃的意象》、迈克尔·布朗的《我如何杀死了冥王星》、罗伯特·凯根的《In Over Our Heads》、迈克尔·哈里斯的《The Atomic Times》。我可能还会加上一些容易上头的爽书，比如……
Fiction: Mordecai Roshwald, Level 7 Alexander Dewdney, The Planiverse Joseph Heller, God Knows Alan Lightman, Einstein's Dreams Non-fiction: Jane Goodall, In the Shadow of Man Gian-Carlo Rota, Indiscrete Thoughts C. S. Lewis, The Discarded Image Michael E. Brown, How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming Robert Kegan, In Over Our Heads Michael Harris, The Atomic Times I may add guilty pleasures like the…
……很有趣，有时还挺让人怀旧。* J.M.Steele 的《The Cauchy-Schwarz Master Class》。数学不等式的导览指南。非常有趣且通俗易懂（对数学书来说），而且写得极好。* G-C.Rota 的《Indiscrete Thoughts》。关于数学家的那些离经叛道的逸事。* N.N.Taleb 的《黑天鹅》。可能被过度吹捧了，有时还挺烦人、自命不凡的，但尽管如此依然极具洞见。
…entertaining, at times nostalgic. * "The Cauchy-Schwarz Master Class" by J.M.Steele. A guided tour of mathematical inequalities. Very entertaining and readable (for a math book) and extremely well written. * "Indiscrete Thoughts" by G-C.Rota. Irreverent anecdotes about mathematicians. * "Black Swan" by N.N.Taleb. Maybe overhyped and at times annoying and pompous, but extremely insightful nevertheless.