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When I was about 20 or 21, Thomas Mann's Magic Mountain.

At the time, I could be seen in Berlin's fashionable coffee houses, loudly exclaiming "I am Hans Castorp!" Even today, every sentence of this novel touches me directly, without reflective mediation.

Three decades later, it was Laozi's Tao Te Ching. An encounter that changed everything.

In parallel, several mathematical textbooks or design and engineering texts had similar life-changing effects on me, in more or less subtle ways. Ernst Snapper & Robert Troyer, Metric Affine Geometry; Mike Gancarz, The UNIX Philosophy; Robert Bringhurst, The Elements of Typographic Style; William Press & Saul Teukolsky, Numerical Recipes in C.

The best expositional or instructional texts are deeply personal, they are Art: a genuine intervention by the author into the reader's way of thinking.

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Discover the transformative power of reading with our latest feature, "Books That Changed My Life: Reads That Reshape Perspectives." Dive into stories that challenge the status quo, shift paradigms, and inspire profound changes in thought and behavior. From timeless classics to modern masterpieces, these books are more than just a read; they are a journey into new realms of understanding and personal growth.
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Reading 'Think and Grow Rich' changed my perspective on money and life. This book offers invaluable insights that can truly transform the way you think about wealth and financial success. 🌟📘

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Three Life-Changing Books That Transformed My Perspective

Dive into the world of transformative literature as I share three books that have had a profound impact on my life. From the thought-provoking exploration of racial injustice in “To Kill a Mo…

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Books have the power to change our lives forever. Here are my top 5:
1) The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway
2) Slaughterhouse-Five by Vonnegut
3) Factotum by Bukowski
4) On Writing by Stephen King
5) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
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