A Semester of Fun
Well, now that I’m nearly finished with the general-education requirements, this semester is shaping up to be quite a fun adventure. Aside from the slight tedium of taking General Chemistry, I’m also taking two math courses (“Advanced Topics in Linear Algebra” & “Ordinary Differential Equations”) and two Japanese classes (“Intermediate Japanese-A” and “Study of Kanji”), so even though it’s going to be quite busy (18 units!), it definitely won’t seem so.
We went to a a used book store in Fullerton that was having a “going out of business” sale over this past weekend: about 70-80% off everything. While there, I picked up a good half-dozen Star Trek books that, along with Christmas and early-birthday gifts, should provide quite ample reading material for the bus rides to and from class, as well as just generally being quite good books. On my desk right now are just a handful of them:
- Fallacies and Pitfalls of Language: The Language Trap (S. Morris Engel)
- The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (Barack Obama)
- Titan (Stephen Baxter)
- Doctor Who: The Indestructible Man (Simon Messingham)
- Pegasus in Space (Anne McCaffrey)
This is not an exhaustive list, mind you, but a majority of the Star Trek and other books that I bought were only due to my having read them in the past simply on loan from the local library, and I enjoyed them so much that I simply wanted to ensure myself my own copy. I think I’m going to quite like this. 🙂
“Advanced Topics in Linear Algebra” & “Ordinary Differential Equations”
Both very good choices for a career in crptography and reverse engineering fields, good luck with your academic journey, thanks