Books: Q

Books, collections, and literary works mentioned in the writing. This section collects the Q slice of the category index.

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Quantum Country

Quantum Country is a recurring book in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 1 times across 1 issues between February 10, 2022 and February 10, 2022. The archive places it in contexts such as "we created a quantum computing textbook called Quantum Country". It most often appears alongside 2018, @BendiniUK, @benyeohben.

Reference entry
Quantum Country
Mention count
1
Issue count
1
First seen
February 10, 2022
Last seen
February 10, 2022
Book title
Quantum Country
February 10, 2022 · Original source
#80: A “Mnemonic Medium” To Replace Textbooks What comes after the book? Is it pictures of pages on screens? Videos of people lecturing? Why are all the answers to this question so boring? Where are the powerful ideas about memory, psychology, sociology? I’m Andy Matuschak, and I’ve been developing a “mnemonic medium” which embeds interactive memory supports to make it easy for readers to remember and apply what they read. To test these ideas, physicist Michael Nielsen and I created a quantum computing textbook called Quantum Country. Hundreds of readers have now demonstrated long-term retention of the text’s fine details. I’ve been running experiments to understand and improve the medium, both in that textbook and by expanding the technology to a variety of other contexts. I believe that this medium, refined and widely deployed, could help people learn difficult topics much more easily and reliably. Now, here’s where you come in: I used to lead R&D at Khan Academy, but now I’m independent and crowdfunding a research grant. You can read more about my work and help make it happen at https://patreon.com/quantumcountry.
Qur'an

Qur'an is a recurring book in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 1 times across 1 issues between July 06, 2023 and July 06, 2023. The archive places it in contexts such as "compete with the Qur'an". It most often appears alongside 2017 NYT article on UFOs, @ActualNames1, AARO.

Reference entry
Qur'an
Mention count
1
Issue count
1
First seen
July 06, 2023
Last seen
July 06, 2023
Book title
Qur'an
July 06, 2023 · Original source
15: Interesting moments in Islamic history: In 1924, Ahmed Sharif al-Senussi was reportedly offered the position of Caliph, but declined. Also, from here: “The scholars of the early period of Islam would write books for private use, destroying them before their deaths out of fear that they might fall into others' hands and compete with the Qur'an”. Urwa ibn al-Zubayr burned his books before fighting in an especially deadly-seeming battle, then survived and spent the rest of his life feeling “deep regret”.