The Roaring Nineties: A New History of the World's Most Prosperous Decade21 reviews Joseph E. Stiglitz W. W. Norton & Company, 2004 A new form of social Darwinism: let the fittest survive + Nice critique of Rubinomics + Money, money, money... + worthy of being read but misses major elements + Awesome book but a little out of balance             Fuzzy Logic: The Revolutionary Computer Technology That Is Changing Our World10 reviews Daniel Mcneill Simon & Schuster, 1994 History and Philosophy of Fuzzy Logic + 3.5 stars-Overall,an above average history of fuzzy logic with some rough spots + A must read - The History of a revolutionary technology + Excellent             A Term at the Fed: An Insider's View17 reviews Laurence H. Meyer Collins Business, 2004 Book Review: "A Term At The Fed" by Laurence Meyer + A Term at The Fed - An Insider's View by Laurence H. Meyer + Monetary Primer + Irrational exuberance             Does God Play Dice? The New Mathematics of Chaos5 reviews Ian Stewart Wiley-Blackwell, 2002 The best chaos for layman + Great if you are new to the study of chaos + A great intro to non-linear dynamics + Stewart is a reliable guide to chaos + Good tasting without indigestion             Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Dover Thrift Editions)159 reviews Edwin A. Abbott Dover Publications, 1992 Flatland + Absolutely worth it + Excellent book! + A 2D and 4D Classic Text + Thinking W A Y Outside the Box             A Brief History of Time352 reviews Stephen Hawking Bantam, 1998 Transport yourself into possibility. + Highly recommended to everybody interested in Astronomy and Nuclear Physics This book absolutely recreates the wonder I felt looking at the stars as a child. Stephen Hawking has a knack like no other I have read in the science world of transporting the reader to a realm of humbling amazement and possibility. Pure genius bubbling over with dry humor that will never fail to ...             The Universe in a Nutshell180 reviews Stephen William Hawking Bantam, 2001 Accessible Reading Coupled With Humor and Illustrations + Review + Companion to Brief History of Time + Still half confused and amazed             Truman286 reviews David McCullough Simon & Schuster, 1993 A massive and excellent biography of Harry Truman + Pray Obama's Read It + Here's a President for the Common Folk! + Truman + Long, but well worth the length             Isaac Newton: The Last Sorcerer (Helix Books)26 reviews Michael White Basic Books, 1999 Fascinating! + Really enjoyed this book + The Last Sorcerer + "For alchemy does not trade with metals as ignorant vulgars think"---Sir Isaac Newton + Still a massive figure, but ordinary after all.             Irrational Exuberance88 reviews Robert J. Shiller Doubleday Business, 2006 This phrase will live in infamy + Invested more than ten dollars? Great book based on the phrase spoken by Greenspan to try and slow down the economy.             Alice in Quantumland: An Allegory of Quantum Physics16 reviews Robert Gilmore Springer, 1995 To busy to go through a physics textbook? + A brief and whimsical tour of quantum physics This book is an excellent guide for understanding the quantum theories that abound. The allegory provides an amusing and interesting perspective which both the casual reader of physics and the advanced student could perhaps profit from. Well worth the money.             John Adams778 reviews David McCullough Simon & Schuster, 2002 Fascinating and in depth... + Illuminating + We were fortunate to have him + Magnificent biography + Absolutely Amazing             History of Britain, A - Volume II: The Wars of the British 1603-1776 (History of Britain (Talk Miramax))16 reviews Simon Schama Miramax, 2001 Road to the wrong empire + Not as good as the first volume.. + Fun Read + Don't Let the Size Scare You Away + Popular History Based on the TV Series             Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution35 reviews Stephen Breyer Vintage, 2006 Excellent discussion of judicial philosophy + It wouldn't be nice to "dis'" a Supreme Court Justice + Breyer v. Scalia + A insightful look at a incoherent method of judicial interpretation             Einstein: His Life and Universe217 reviews Walter Isaacson Simon & Schuster, 2007 Einstein, Walter Isaacson's masterly biography. + Good, but not to the level of Isaacson's "Franklin" + Einstein's Life + Great peek into the brain and being of the man + A must-read if you are interested in the history of science             The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World272 reviews Alan Greenspan Penguin Press HC, The, 2007 Insightful, Informative & Interesting + Wanna know how the world works? + Free Market Capitalism, the engine of global prosperity + Tadd Wood's Review of Alan Greenspan's The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World             Globalization and Its Discontents109 reviews Joseph E. Stiglitz W. W. Norton & Company, 2003 must read! + an important mainstream critique Joseph Stiglitz thoroughly disects the brain dead institution called the IMF. Read this book and you will clearly see why African countries and other 3rd world countries are as poor as they are. it's not simply because of corruption and mismangement by their government as we all tend to believe. ...             The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory505 reviews Brian Greene Vintage, 2000 Excellent resource for the layman.... + The Elegant Universe + The Final Universe + Quantum Foam and Hidden Dimensions + Don't know if its the subject matter or Greene...             Justinian's Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe35 reviews William Rosen Viking Adult, 2007 `Plague, Empire and the Birth of Europe' + Wide historical coverage of areas not normally covered well + Science and Swordplay It took me a while to get into the rhythm of Mr Rosen's writing, but once I did I couldn't put this book down. I was fascinated by the building of the Hagia Sophia, interested in the presentation of the life, times and achievements of the emperor Justinian during the 6th century and engrossed by ...             History of Britain, A - Volume III: The Fate of the Empire 1776 - 2000 (History of Britain (Talk Miramax))7 reviews Simon Schama Miramax, 2002 Popular History Based on the TV Series + From confidence to hubris to regret and beyond + Bloody good stuff + Fun Read