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==={{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}}’s “Incerto” collection===
==={{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}}’s “Incerto” collection===
{{bookreview|Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets}}<br>
{{br|Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets}}<br>
{{bookreview|The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable}} <br>
{{br|The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable}} <br>
{{br|Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life}} <br>
{{br|Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life}} <br>
{{br|Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder}}
{{br|Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder}}
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===Science, mathematics and the philosophy of science===
===Science, mathematics and the philosophy of science===
{{bookreview|The Structure of Scientific Revolutions}} - {{author|Thomas Kuhn}} <br>
{{br|The Structure of Scientific Revolutions}} - {{author|Thomas Kuhn}} <br>
{{bookreview|A Grand Design}} - {{author|Stephen Hawking}} <br>
{{br|A Grand Design}} - {{author|Stephen Hawking}} <br>
{{bookreview|Complexity: Life at the Edge of Chaos}} - {{author|Roger Lewin}} <br>
{{br|Complexity: Life at the Edge of Chaos}} - {{author|Roger Lewin}} <br>
{{bookreview|Consilience}} - {{author|E. O. Wilson}} <br>
{{br|Consilience}} - {{author|E. O. Wilson}} <br>
{{bookreview|Models.Behaving.Badly: Why Confusing Illusion with Reality can be a Disaster, on Wall Street and in Life}} - {{author|Emanuel Derman}} <br>
{{br|Models.Behaving.Badly: Why Confusing Illusion with Reality can be a Disaster, on Wall Street and in Life}} - {{author|Emanuel Derman}} <br>
{{bookreview|How to Teach Quantum Physics to your Dog}} - {{author|Chad Orzal}} <br>
{{br|How to Teach Quantum Physics to your Dog}} - {{author|Chad Orzal}} <br>
{{bookreview|The Dappled World – A Study of the Boundaries of Science}} - {{author|Nancy Cartwright}} <br>
{{br|The Dappled World – A Study of the Boundaries of Science}} - {{author|Nancy Cartwright}} <br>
{{bookreview|Lake Views: This World and the Universe}} - {{author|Steven Weinberg}} <br>
{{br|Lake Views: This World and the Universe}} - {{author|Steven Weinberg}} <br>
{{bookreview|The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules our Lives}} - {{author|Leonard Mlodinow}} <br>
{{br|The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules our Lives}} - {{author|Leonard Mlodinow}} <br>
{{bookreview|The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science and What Comes Next}} - {{author|Lee Smolin}} <br>
{{br|The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science and What Comes Next}} - {{author|Lee Smolin}} <br>


===Good books about technology===
===Good books about technology===
{{bookreview|Code: Version 2.0}} - {{author|Lawrence Lessig}} <br>
{{br|Code: Version 2.0}} - {{author|Lawrence Lessig}} <br>
{{bookreview|The Nature of Technology: What it is and How it Evolves}} - {{author|Brian Arthur}} <br>
{{br|The Nature of Technology: What it is and How it Evolves}} - {{author|Brian Arthur}} <br>


===Bad books about technology===
===Bad books about technology===
{{bookreview|Hybrid Reality: Thriving in the Emerging Human-Technology Civilization}} – {{author|Parag Khanna}} and {{author|Ayesha Khanna}} <br>
{{br|Hybrid Reality: Thriving in the Emerging Human-Technology Civilization}} – {{author|Parag Khanna}} and {{author|Ayesha Khanna}} <br>
{{bookreview|The Singularity is Near}} - {{author|Ray Kurzweil}} <br>
{{br|The Singularity is Near}} - {{author|Ray Kurzweil}} <br>


===Business and process engineering===
===Business and process engineering===
{{bookreview|Blockbusters: Why Big Hits - and Big Risks - Are the Future of the Entertainment Business}} - {{author|Anita Elberse}} <br>
{{br|Blockbusters: Why Big Hits - and Big Risks - Are the Future of the Entertainment Business}} - {{author|Anita Elberse}} <br>
{{bookreview|Enterprise 2.0}} – {{author|Andrew MacAfee}} <br>
{{br|Enterprise 2.0}} – {{author|Andrew MacAfee}} <br>
{{bookreview|Steve Jobs}} - {{author|Walter Isaacson}} <br>
{{br|Steve Jobs}} - {{author|Walter Isaacson}} <br>
{{bookreview|The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right}} - {{author|Atul Gawande}} <br>
{{br|The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right}} - {{author|Atul Gawande}} <br>
{{bookreview|The Design of Business: Why Design is the Next Competitive Advantage}} - {{author|Roger Martin}} <br>
{{br|The Design of Business: Why Design is the Next Competitive Advantage}} - {{author|Roger Martin}} <br>
{{br|Rework}} - {{author|Jason Fried}}
{{br|Rework}} - {{author|Jason Fried}}


===Writing and the law===
===Writing and the law===
{{bookreview|How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One}} - {{author|Stanley Fish}} <br>
{{br|How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One}} - {{author|Stanley Fish}} <br>


===Good books about philosophy and psychology===
===Good books about philosophy and psychology===
{{bookreview|Man’s Search for Meaning}} - {{author|Viktor Frankl}} <br>
{{br|Man’s Search for Meaning}} - {{author|Viktor Frankl}} <br>
{{bookreview|The Origins of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind}} - {{author|Julian Jaynes}} <br>
{{br|The Origins of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind}} - {{author|Julian Jaynes}} <br>
{{bookreview|Thinking, Fast and Slow}} - {{author|Daniel Kahneman}} <br>
{{br|Thinking, Fast and Slow}} - {{author|Daniel Kahneman}} <br>
{{bookreview|Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance}} - {{author|Robert M. Pirsig}} <br>
{{br|Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance}} - {{author|Robert M. Pirsig}} <br>




===Bad books about philosophy ===
===Bad books about philosophy ===
{{bookreview|Affluenza}} - {{author|Oliver James}} <br>
{{br|Affluenza}} - {{author|Oliver James}} <br>
{{br|The God Delusion}} - {{author|Richard Dawkins}} <br>
{{br|The God Delusion}} - {{author|Richard Dawkins}} <br>


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