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+# 2021-08-30
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+- these books look very interesting: 
+  - [[quantum computing since democritus]]
+    - by [[scott aaronson]]
+  - [[the theoretical minimum]]
+    - by [[leonard susskind]] and [[george hrabovsky]]
+  - [[the road to reality]]
+    - by [[roger penrose]]
+  - [[one, two, three... infinity]]
+    - by [[george ganow]]
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