Yann Lecun's Book Recommendations

Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

by Frans de Waal

"I'm reading that book. It's great! De Waal's point is that if you think that human-style language and symbol manipulation are special traits of human intelligence, you are a neo-creationist. Thanks @TonyZador"

The Open Society and its Enemies

by Karl Popper

"Great book. The process followed by the scientific community, the political decision process in liberal democracies, and the economic decision process of market economies are all specifically designed to avoid an excessive reliance on "great men" (and great women). A major idea of the Open Society and other open activities (open science, open source...) is to maximize information action exchange between individuals to make society as a whole progress faster."

Surely you are joking Mr Feynman

by Richard Feynman

"That's one thing we agree on. I suggest a gentle ramp up: - Surely you are joking Mr Feynman - QED - The Feynman Lectures on Physics - Quantum Mechanics and Path Integrals (Feynman & Hibbs)"

QED

by Richard Feynman

"That's one thing we agree on. I suggest a gentle ramp up: - Surely you are joking Mr Feynman - QED - The Feynman Lectures on Physics - Quantum Mechanics and Path Integrals (Feynman & Hibbs)"

The Feynman Lectures on Physics

by Richard Feynman

"That's one thing we agree on. I suggest a gentle ramp up: - Surely you are joking Mr Feynman - QED - The Feynman Lectures on Physics - Quantum Mechanics and Path Integrals (Feynman & Hibbs)"

Quantum Mechanics and Path Integrals

by Feynman & Hibbs

"That's one thing we agree on. I suggest a gentle ramp up: - Surely you are joking Mr Feynman - QED - The Feynman Lectures on Physics - Quantum Mechanics and Path Integrals (Feynman & Hibbs)"