(Part 3) Top products from r/educationalgifs

This will probably sound lame, but one of the most interesting history books I read was "Russia and the Golden Horde"

It gives a comprehensive breakdown on the impact of mongolian leadership on the development of the early russian state and also serves as a great introduction to the long history of medieval peasant revolts which are a constant in Imperial Russian history.

I had an awesome professor that let me do a custom course on the history of uprisings and revolts in Russia and it was some of the most fascinating things I've ever read, there's so many amazing stories from pugachev up to the bolsheviks. Personal favorite book is about the Anarchist Women that help assassinate Tsar Alexander II 5 Sisters: Women against the Tsar

You're welcome! I love helping people and want to teach in the future, so "thanks!" is probably my #1 favorite thing!

One thing I didn't mention in the above post that I'm starting to realize as I go through more higher level Math classes (Linear Algebra this semester) -- find MULTIPLE explanations for a concept and find MANY worked out, annotated problems.

This is coming up because I'm having a lot of difficulty with Linear Algebra. The calculations are simple (it's basically just solving systems of equations from pre-Calc), but understanding what everything means is a whole different story.

I spoke with some of the instructors in my colleges math department this semester and they all agreed on those two points. My Linear Instructor isn't bad, he just doesn't teach in a style I learn well in. Our textbook is alright, but doesn't have many examples worked out (maybe 3-5 per section, but each one is so fundamentally different nothing it's hard to understand what's being illustrated and why).

The Shaum's Outline series came highly recommended. The head of the department specifically cited Shaum's Linear Algebra for the reason she passed linear (she could never attend class and was teaching herself out of the textbook at the time, so the more help the better). While I can't comment on the Calculus version, I'm loving what I've seen so far in the Linear version. So if you ever need to see more problems worked out and Paul's math notes isn't doing it for you, try getting a Shaum's book. They're pretty inexpensive at around $10-20 on Amazon -- I picked up a used copy for $8.

I also picked up the No Bullshit Guide to Linear Algebra after a tutor friend recommended it. The author has a Calculus/Physics integrated version. It's pricy, but if you're having a difficult time understanding your Calculus book or just need a legitimately no-bullshit explanation of a concept, it's a great option. Again, I haven't seen the Math/Physics version, but if it's anything like the Linear one it'd be mad helpful.

Lastly, if you still need more examples or explanations, the book my college is using for Calculus is available here on reddit.

It's true. Only 60 million make it into the top 1%, with $34,000/year. Half of that 1% (29 million) live in the US. The number comes from Branko Milanovic's work, and his book The Haves and the Have-Nots.

Here are some articles on it from well respected organizations:

http://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/inequality-and-rise-global-1-great-new-paper-branko-milanovic

http://foreignpolicy.com/2012/02/27/were-all-the-1-percent/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/garyshapiro/2012/05/30/we-are-the-worlds-one-percent/#7db36adf20f0

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/04/americans-make-up-one-half-of-the-one-percent_n_1183713.html

However, keep in mind they all cite the same source, which is Milanovic and his book, and were all written at around the same time, so I assume it was Milanovic's publisher paying a PR firm to get these written. But that's pretty much how most media works now days. So if you are still skeptical of the number, I suggest reading the book, or finding some of Milanovic's published papers and reading through the methodology used to come up with his numbers.

Another fantastic book on the subject is Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century. I highly recommend reading it. Picketty actually expected huge amounts of controversy when he released his book, and was surprised to find out that not many people disagreed with his methodologies and conclusions. Which is pretty scary in itself.

Yeah, I know what you mean. My guess is that their research involved "forcing thought changes" in people while they're under MRI, locating common patterns in this activity, and eventually arriving at their best current definition of a "thought."

(I'm recently interested in this subject after finishing reading "The Emotional Life of Your Brain", highly recommend it.)

I've been fascinated by Celtic art since I first saw photos of the Book of Kells, Book of Durrow and the Lindisfarne Gospels many years ago.

I found this book that explains how these complex drawings were made. It's amazing how something so complex can be made with such simple methods.

This is a good book on the subject that I enjoyed.

That's the easiest to digest 12 pages of viewable data I have available from either side of the arguement. I should have linked directly to the paper, not the host. Its literally the first thing that pops up on google when you type, "environmental effects of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide."

If you are having some trouble with insomnia, I encourage you to read "Unstoppable Global Warming" by Singer and Avery. I subsist on a diet of data and beer and I couldn't get more than 70% of the way through.

Controversial but fascinating book I read years ago: https://www.amazon.com/Origin-Consciousness-Breakdown-Bicameral-Mind/dp/0618057072

Great book on the initial discovery of dinosaurs by science. Gideon Mantell was a country doctor who spent every spare moment of his adult trying to piece together a picture of the animal he christened Iguanadon (Iguana-tooth), initially based on a single, very worn-down giant tooth found:
Terrible Lizard: The First Dinosaur Hunters and the Birth of a New Science https://www.amazon.com/dp/0805067728/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_vhcuDbES9GHR2
One of my absolute favorite books.

We have this one and have been really happy with it.

VIVO Pink Electric Commercial Cotton Candy Machine/Candy Floss Maker with Bubble Shield (CANDY-KIT-1) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07THM64ZJ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_RsXSDbVPDJVA3

If anyone has kids that are interested in the ocean or this video, check out [this book](http://www.How.com/ Deep Is the Sea? https://www.amazon.com/dp/0794523110/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_8M8hDb7EJBCFZ) My daughter loves it growing up and it basically explains this graph, but as a story of a little penguin who asks him mom how deep the sea is. It also comes with a pull out chart that shows the massive difference in depth from the penguin's journey.

A demographic shift taking place nationwide. This book puts it in a good context.

That's certainly not the definition I'm familiar with.

http://www.ducks.org/conservation/national/sportsmen-conservation

https://www.amazon.ca/American-Sportsmen-Origins-Conservation-3rd/dp/0870714872

https://www.amazon.com/North-Dakota-Joke-Book/dp/0806510412

Allow the Montana residents to inform you.

Also Carry On, Mr. Bowditch.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0528014471/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0008147795/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0753472945
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0199746532

Yup, Ferdinand de Lesseps was the one who was given much of the credit for the construction of the Suez Canal. He tried to do the same in Panama and make the whole canal at sea level but failed miserably and almost bankrupted France.

The book by David McCullough on the Panama Canal is an amazing read https://www.amazon.com/Path-Between-Seas-Creation-1870-1914/dp/0671244094