Zen of Exotic Computing

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1. mindcrimeOct 2026
   > You can get pdfs of the Handbook of Unconventional Computing if you ask Google and/or Anna ;-)

   Agreed. In fact, I may have them downloaded already somewhere in my massive pile of <strike>pirate</strike> cough grey-market cough e-books. :-) But honestly, sometimes I still prefer reading off of paper. It's easier on the eyes in my experience.

   > Neurobiology: A Functional Approach by Georg Striedter for better understanding. I also find reading pop-sci books on Neuroscience/Brain a good supplement since these give a nice top-level overview (and thus stimulate motivation) before diving into the details in a textbook. Two i have found useful are The Accidental Mind by David Linden and Mapping the Mind by Rita Carter.

   Cool, I will look into those. I have a whole pile of similar pop-sci stuff to churn through already, but the more the merrier!

   > One more book that i hope to get my hands-on is Peter Kogge's The Zen of Exotic Computing

   Ooooohhh.. Now that sounds interesting. Thanks for the tip!

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2. rramadassOct 2026
   I was recommended Liqun Luo's book by user periheli0n here - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28743804 But since it is somewhat advanced, i pair it with beginner-friendly Neurobiology: A Functional Approach by Georg Striedter for better understanding. I also find reading pop-sci books on Neuroscience/Brain a good supplement since these give a nice top-level overview (and thus stimulate motivation) before diving into the details in a textbook. Two i have found useful are The Accidental Mind by David Linden and Mapping the Mind by Rita Carter.

   You can get pdfs of the Handbook of Unconventional Computing if you ask Google and/or Anna ;-)

   One more book that i hope to get my hands-on is Peter Kogge's *The Zen of Exotic Computing" - https://epubs.siam.org/doi/10.1137/1.9781611977295 This seems like a nice overview (plus more) of most of the stuff from the above Handbook. Also checkout the wikipedia link for original papers/books/etc. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconventional_computing

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