Welcome to Jiayi's Bookshelf

This page includes technical and non-technical books I like

Reviews might be included in the near future, I'll try to
update reviews periodically

Techincal

The techincal part contains some of my favorite collections in terms of state estiamtion and control

Optimal State Estimation: Kalman, H Infinity, and Nonlinear Approaches

Dan Simon

"My estimation Bible, 1/3"

Optimal Filtering

Brian Anderson

John Moore

"My estimation Bible, 2/3"

Adaptive Filtering Prediction and Control

Graham Goodwin

Kwai Sang Sin

"My estimation Bible, 3/3"

Model Reduction for Control System Design

Brian Anderson

Goro Obinata

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LMIs in Control Systems: Analysis, Design and Applications

Guangren Duan

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Non-Techincal

None-technical part usually contains history, political science, sociology and more

One Summer America 1927

Bill Bryson

American life in 1927: What it was becoming still shapes our modern world.

Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right

Jane Mayer

How the richest Americans are influencing American politics.

The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals

Jane Mayer

I wish these are not true.

The Kingdom and the Power: Behind the Scenes at The New York Times: The Institution That Influences the World

Gay Talese

Stories inside The New York Times.

The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan

Robert Kanigel

Story of the Indian math genius Ramanujan.

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

Jane Jacobs

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The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects

Lewis Mumford

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Being and Time

Martin Heidegger

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"Left-Wing" Communism: An Infantile Disorder

Vladimir Lenin

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从鸦片战争到五四运动 (English: From the Opium War to the May Fourth Movement)

Hu Sheng

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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Jared Diamond

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The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster

Richard Brautigan

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India's China War

George Gamow

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The Expert at the Card Table: The Classic Treatise on Card Manipulation

S. W. Erdnase

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The Force of Destiny: A History of Italy since 1796

Christopher Duggan

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One Two Three . . . Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science

George Gamow

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Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa

Dambisa Moyo

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中县干部 (English: Zhongxian Ganbu)

冯军旗

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Qatar: A Modern History

Allen James Fromherz

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Saudi, Inc.

Ellen R Wald

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Argonauts of the Western Pacific

Bronisław Malinowski

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Power and Prowess: The Origins of Brooke Kingship in Sarawak

J. H. Walker

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Tristes Tropiques

Claude Lévi-Strauss

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Politics as a Vocation

Max Weber

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The Rise and Fall of Czech Capitalism: Economic Development in the Czech Republic Since 1989

Martin Myant

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Britannia Unchained: Global Lessons for Growth and Prosperity

Kwasi Kwarteng, Priti Patel, Dominic Raab, Chris Skidmore and

Liz Truss

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Indonesia: The Strange and Sudden Death of a Tiger Economy (Journal Paper)

Hal Hill

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