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Struck by Lightning: The Curious World of Probabilities 6 reviews
Jeffrey S. Rosenthal
Joseph Henry Press, 2006
Easy for the layman to understand
+ Delightful perspective builder
+ This Book is a Good Bet
+ Odds Are... You'll Like It
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The Design of Everyday Things149 reviews
Donald A. Norman
Basic Books, 2002
A Must Read for every Designer
+ One of the best books any designer could read
+ Vey fast delivery very prompt service
As a human being we think we know other people and how they see and use products. This book tells many amusing anecdotes about products that were not successful because the designer made the things is a way he would have liked and not in the way real users use it. The book is written full of humor ...
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Ken Burns's The Civil War: Historians Respond6 reviews
Oxford University Press, USA, 1997
Lots o' laffs at the critics of Burns masterpiece
+ an interesting look at the series
+ Okay Book of the PBS Series
+ Overall Good Compilation of Critiques
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The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More179 reviews
Chris Anderson
Hyperion, 2006
Scintilating, brilliant. The new age explained
+ The Long Tail - Economics of Abundance
+ The Long Tail by Chris Anderson
+ The Long Book from a Short Article
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Development as Freedom49 reviews
Amartya Sen
Anchor, 2000
The focus on freedom
+ Great Book On Development Theory
+ Serious book on Development theory
+ A great thesis on the real purpose of economics
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Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything1581 reviews
Stephen J. Dubner
William Morrow, 2006
A much-appreciated gift
+ Sociology-flavored econ
+ Enlightened
I purchased this book as a gift for my fiance. He really enjoyed and appreciated it. Now it's my turn to read it!
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies1075 reviews
Jared Diamond
W. W. Norton, 2005
A profound and lasting classic
+ History; It's What's for Dinner
+ Fascinating!
+ Great subject and treatment - shakey science
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The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less 100 reviews
Barry Schwartz
Harper Perennial, 2005
Excellent and easy to read
+ Excelent Book!
+ A Must-Read Manual for Those Suffering from Mall Malaise
+ Insightful, Never Boring
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Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets387 reviews
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2005
Very serious philosophical work
+ Wow
+ a fun read
+ Randomness in life and business, other than finance
+ It will encourage you to look at things differently
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed399 reviews
Jared Diamond
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2005
Warms up after the first couple chapters
+ Good overview of the relationship between the environment & politics
+ Critical topic, excellent scholarship, yet very accessible
Not quite as good as his best-known book, "Guns, Germs and Steel", mostly because the first 50 pages are about Montana. Who cares about Montana? I barely even know where it is. But after that it gets wicked awesome. Unfortunately you can't really skip the Montana parts - too many concepts are ...
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MAD COWBOY: Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher Who Won't Eat Meat113 reviews
Howard F. Lyman, Glen Merzer
Scribner, 2001
A life changing book
+ Mad Cowboy, Mad American!
+ Delivered as promised!
+ A Powerful Tool
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Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind95 reviews
V. S. Ramachandran, Sandra Blakeslee
Harper Perennial, 1999
engaging and intrguing
+ An Exciting and Entertaining Foray into the Mind
+ Are there phantoms in our brain or is our self a phantom?
+ Good for those considering Cognitive Science as a major
+ And the point is....
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Things Fall Apart: A Novel533 reviews
Chinua Achebe
Anchor, 1994
What makes fiction important
+ Things Fall Apart
+ Terrific
I know this is the classic debate of all time when it comes to literature: Is it about beautifully written prose (THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE, incidentally, is a good example of this problem) or does it tell a compelling story? (yet the prose itself is not its strong point).
It seems that many ...
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers358 reviews
Mary Roach
W. W. Norton & Company, 2004
Fascinating Read! Well Researched and Goes into Great Detail of Options for Those Thinking of Donating Their Corpse to Science!
+ Could not put it down!
+ Interesting and entertaining
+ Wow!
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How Animals Talk And Other Pleasant Studies Of Birds And Beasts (1919)2 reviews
William Joseph Long
Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008
Enchanting and Life Changing
+ Exceptional except for...
This book, first published in 1919, is quite remarkable.
William Long was a pioneer in the then new field of animal behavior. Though he did not call it that: he was simply a naturalist who had a great love of Nature.
The book is broken into three segments. The first is "How Animals Talk." ...
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The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman (Helix Books)56 reviews
Richard P. Feynman
Basic Books, 2005
great thoughts of a nobel laureate in physics
+ Buy it for fun
+ What a guy.
+ A Must Read
+ ABOUT BEING HUMAN
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The Body Has a Mind of Its Own: How Body Maps in Your Brain Help You Do (Almost) Everything Better12 reviews
Sandra Blakeslee, Matthew Blakeslee
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2008
Interesting relationships between the body and brain for all readers
+ current neuroscience
+ The mandala of the mind
+ Excellent Book
+ Understanding Us
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals464 reviews
Michael Pollan
Penguin, 2007
The True Cost of Eating Your Lunch
+ Amazing Read
+ Thought-provoking and terrifying
+ Changed My World View
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Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science156 reviews
Atul Gawande, 2003
Why your Doc says, "I don't know."
+ A fine, examined look into such a controversial field
+ Medicine - Mysterious and Uncertain Science
+ great book for medical and non-medical professionals!
+ Great book on surgery
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Watches Tell More Than Time: Product Design, Information, and the Quest for Elegance 8 reviews
Del Coates
McGraw-Hill, 2002
What it takes to have a Wow product!
+ A review of Watches Tell More Than Time
+ A review of Watches Tell More Than Time
+ one of a kind
+ Excellent content that needs some condensing
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