Name: Anonymous 2009-05-11 22:10
I've been thinking guise, /prog/ has one book that is the total, authoritative, last word on everything having to do with computer science and programming, so why aren't there books like that for other branches of science (or are there)?
Like, is there one book, under 1000 or so pages long, say, that contains the entire combined wisdom of, physics or astronomy or math like SICP does for computer science?
Then whenever anyone asked any question at all about math, we could just all reply "Read XYZT, n00bfag." like they do on /prog/, and we wouldn't have to waste time coming up with thoughtful replies. It would save so much time!
Like, is there one book, under 1000 or so pages long, say, that contains the entire combined wisdom of, physics or astronomy or math like SICP does for computer science?
Then whenever anyone asked any question at all about math, we could just all reply "Read XYZT, n00bfag." like they do on /prog/, and we wouldn't have to waste time coming up with thoughtful replies. It would save so much time!