Bookshelf
All books are recommended. Extra stars for those I have found especially influential, with *** being the maximum.
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn
The Evolution of Memory Systems
Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age
Information Theory, Inference and Learning Algorithms
Liftoff *
On Task: How Our Brain Gets Things Done
Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible **
Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction