A handy list of books in my personal library (has more than doubled since this list…in process of updating the list!)
- Inside the Atom / Issac Asimov / Dell Books
- Handbook of Elementary Physics / N I Koshkin, M G Shirkevich / Mir Publishers
- Murphy’s Law and other reasons why things go !gnorw / Arthur Bloch / Price.Stern.Sloan Publishers
- This Amazing, Amazing, Amazing but knowable universe / V Gott / Progress Publishers
- Physics for everyone / L Landau, A Kitaigorodsky / Mir Publishers
- Physics for Entertainment – 1 / Ya Perelman / Mir Publishers
- Physics for Entertainment – 2 / Ya Perelman / Mir Publishers
- Space adventures in your home / F Rabiza / Mir Publishers
- Stephen Hawking’s Universe / John Boslough / Avon Books
- Black Holes and Baby Universes and other essays / Stephen Hawking / Bantam Books
- Stephen Hawking / Kitty Ferguson / Bantam Books
- A Brief History of Time / Stephen Hawking / Bantam Books
- Tales about Metals / S Venetsky / Mir Publishers
- At the speed of light / G Venkataraman / Universities Press
- Bhabha and his Magnificent Obsessions / G Venkataraman / Universities Press
- Insects / M S Mani / National Book Trust
- Joy of making Indian toys / Sudharshan Khanna / National Book Trust
- The memory mystery / Medha S Rajyadhyaksha / National Book Trust
- How birds fly / Satish Dhawan / National Book Trust
- Chemical elements in the new age / D V Jahagirdar / National Book Trust
- Inventors who revolutionised our lives / K V Gopalakrishnan / National Book Trust
- The Book of Numbers / Shakuntala Devi / Orient Paperbacks
- Puzzles to Puzzle you / Shakuntala Devi / Orient Paperbacks
- More Puzzles / Shakuntala Devi / Orient Paperbacks
- Understanding Optronics / Radio Shack
- Albert Einstein / Fiona Macdonald / Orient Longman
- Galileo Galilei / Michael White / Orient Longman
- James Watt / Anna Sproule / Orient Longman
- The Wright Brothers / Anna Sproule / Orient Longman
- Charles Darwin / Anna Sproule / Orient Longman
- Thomas A Edison / Anna Sproule / Orient Longman
- Vedic Mathematics / Jagadguru Swami Sri Bharati Krsna Tirthaji Maharaja / Motilal Banarsida Publishers
- Surely you’re joking Mr. Feynman / Richard P Feynman / Vintage Books
- About Time / Bal Phondke / National Book Trust
- Nuclei and Radioactivity / Gregory Choppin / W A Benjamin Inc
- Great Scientists / Suresh Shah / Navneet
- Discovering Dinosaurs / Valerie Wilding / Scholastic
- Fibre Optics / G K Bhide / National Book Trust
- Black Holes / Jayant Narlikar / National Book Trust
- Miniature projects for electronic hobbyists / Ken Sessions / Tab Books
- A Mathematic dictionary for schools / Brain Bolts and David Hobbs / Cambridge University Press
- Brains that work a little bit differently / Allen D Bragdon and David Gamon / Eswar Press
- The fearsome fight for flight / Nick Arnold / Scholastic
- Space, Stars and Slimy Aliens / Nick Arnold / Scholastic
- Course in Mental Ability and Quantitative Aptitude / Edgar Thorpe / Tata McGraw-Hill
- IQ EQ SQ / Basics Foundation
- Ignited Minds / A P J Abdul Kalam / Penguin Books
- Wings of Fire / A P J Abdul Kalam / Universities Press
- India 2020 / A P J Abdul Kalam and Y S Rajan / Penguin Books
- Bionic Parts for people / Gloria Skurzynski / Four Winds Press
- How to Win Friends & Influence People / Dale Carnegie / Pocket Books
- The Story of my experiments with truth / M K Gandhi / Navajivan Publishing House
- Einstein – The Life and Times / Ronald W Clark / Avon Books
- Losing my Virginity / Richard Branson / Virgin Books
- The Gospel of Strength / Swami Vivekananda / Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama
- Education for Character / Swami Vivekananda / Vivekananda Institute of Human Excellence
- Power of Thought / Swami Paramananda / Sri Ramakrishna Mutt
- Power your mind / Swami Srikantananda / Vivekananda Institute of Human Excellence
- Thoughts of Power / Swami Vivekananda / Advaita Ashrama
- Man and money / Swami Purushottamananda / Viveka Hamsa Prakashana
- Power Capsules / Swami Vivekananda / Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama
- Instant Inspiration / Swami Vivekananda / Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama
- Flashes from Sri Ramakrishna / Sri Ramakrishna Mutt
- Useful Thoughts for Youths / Swami Purushottamananda / Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama
- Letter to a student / Swami Purushottamananda / Sri Ramakrishna Mutt
- Vivekananda writes to you / Sri Ramakrishna Mutt
- Secret of Concentration / Swami Purushottamananda / Sri Ramakrishna Mutt
- Work and its secret / Swami Vivekananda / Advaita Ashrama
- Vivekananda speaks to you / Sri Ramakrishna Mutt
- Words of the master / Swami Brahmananda / Sri Ramakrishna Mutt
- Swami Vivekananda – His life and legacy / Swami Tapasyananda / Sri Ramakrishna Mutt
- Personality Development / Swami Vivekananda / Advaita Ashrama
- Swami Vivekananda – The friend of all / The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture
- Vivekananda – His call to the nation / Advaita Ashrama
- Education / Swami Vivekananda / Sri Ramakrishna Mutt
- Words of Inspiration / Swami Vivekananda / The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture
- Swamiji’s return to India / The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture
- Build your Personality / Swami Purushottamananda / Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama
- To the youth of India / Swami Vivekananda / Advaita Ashrama
- The flying circus of physics / Jearl Walker / John Wiley & Sons
- The Art of Innovation / Tom Kelley with Jonathan Littman / Viva Books Pvt Ltd
- Innovate! / Dr. Rekha Shetty / Penguin Portfolio
- How Apple Inc. change the World / Jason D. O’Grady / Jaico
- The Ten Faces of Innovation / Tom Kelley with Jonathan Littman / Viva Books Pvt Ltd.
- Electric Universe / David Bodanis / Abacus
- The Fountainhead / Ayn Rand / Signet Novel
- Mahatma Gandhi / Romain Rolland / Rupa Co
- The Google Story / David A Vise / Bantam Dell Publishing group
- Entrepedia / Prof Nandini Vaidyanathan / Embassy books
- Horrible Science – Shocking Electricity / Nick Arnold / Scholastic
- Einstein’s Cosmos / Michio Kaku / Pheonix Popular Science
- Pythagoras and His Theorem / Paul Strathern / Arrow Books
- The Grand Design / Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow / Bantam Books
- Science – A four thousand year history / Patricia Fara / Oxford University Press
- I have a dream / Rashmi Bansal / Westland
- Finance Basics / Stuart Warner / Collins
- Connect the dots / Rashmi Bansal / Ekalavya Education Foundation
- Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish / Rashmi Bansal / IIM Ahmedabad
- Atlas Shrugged / Ayn Rand / Signet Novel
- Steve jobs / Walter Issacson / Little, Brown
- Vivekananda – A Biography in Pictures / Swami Bodhasarananda / Advaita Ashrama
- TATA – The evolution of a Corporate Brand / Morgen Witzel / Penguin Portfolio
- The New Age Entrepreneurs / Mint Business Series
- On the shoulders of giants – The great works of Physics and Astronomy / Edited, with commentary by Stephen Hawking
