Summer Reading Recommendations from Subject Librarian
July 18,2023 Features
Content by Christine CHEN, Library
Edited by GONG Weifan, Library
Updated 1430 CST July 18, 2023
Edited by GONG Weifan, Library
Updated 1430 CST July 18, 2023
Summer vacation is here. Have you started your reading journey? Subject librarians recommend the following book lists for you.
1. To enhance your humanistic literacy
Reason for recommendation: Engaging in dialogue with humanities is a mandatory course for our undergraduate students, offered every semester. Students can collide with great thinkers, such as Homer, Plato, Aristotle, Confucius, Zhuangzi, Rousseau, Adam Smith, Marx, etc. As the summer approaches, let's choose three works of three thinkers from the library collection to explore their ideas!
• "The Republic" is one of Plato's most important works.
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• "The Analects" is a record of the words and deeds of Confucius.
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• "Das Kapital" is the intellectual crystallization of Marx's wisdom.
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2. To improve scientific writing skills
Reason for recommendation: It helps STEM students to improve their English academic writing skills, from beginner level to advanced, and to embark on their research journey.
• Technical writing: a practical guide for engineers and scientists
• Writing and Publishing Scientific Papers: A Primer for the Non-English Speaker
3. To establish a forward-thinking and innovative mindset in business
Reason for recommendation: In the "post-pandemic era," where will economic development go? Through reading, let us focus on multiple perspectives of the world economy during the pandemic and post-pandemic era. We hope to re-examine the current world economic situation in the book.
• 《全球金融大变局》
This book was published after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. With keen observation, meticulous analysis, and broad vision, it portrays the significant changes and trends in the current global financial landscape.
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• 《趋势的力量》
This book analyzes the cyclical changes in the global economic operation and the new trends in investment markets under the impact of the pandemic, discusses the trends in economics and markets, and explores their impact on investment opportunities and investment structures.
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4. To Establish Future-Oriented Data Literacy
Reason for recommendation: In the rapidly evolving world of technology, it is essential to establish future-oriented data literacy to keep up with the ever-increasing amount of data.
• Big data: a revolution that will transform how we live, work, and think
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• Deep learning
The book introduces a broad range of topics in deep learning, covering mathematical and conceptual background, deep learning techniques used in industry, and research perspectives.
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