Wei's Bookshelf

Science

J. Frenkel, Kinetic Theory of Liquids, Dover, 1955. ($11.76 on Amazon)

M. Hamermesh, Group Theory and Its Application to Physical Problems, Addison-Wesley, 1962. (Very clear. With many small examples that build intuition.)

Writing

William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White, The Elements of Style, 4th ed., ALLYN & BACON 1979, 2000. ($10.85 on Amazon)

Computer

Brian W. Kernighan, Rob Pike, The Practice of Programming, Addison-Wesley, paperback 1999. ($34.40 on Amazon)

Kids

A. Faber and E. Mazlish, How to Talk so Kids Can Learn, FIRESIDE 1995. ($10.17 on Amazon)

Other

R. P. Feynman, The Character of Physical Law, M.I.T. Press, 1967.

R. P. Feynman, QED The Strange Theory of Light and Matter, Princeton University Press, 1985.