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When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut — science, history, quantum mechanics, mathematics, biography, philosophy, ethics
What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your Business Culture by Ben Horowitz — business, culture, leadership, management, history, strategy
Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe by George Dyson — computing, history, technology, mathematics, physics, artificial intelligence, evolution, princeton, biography
To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design by Henry Petroski • 1985 — engineering, design, innovation, history, failure, analysis
The Weirdest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous by Joseph Henrich • 2020 — psychology, history, anthropology, cultural evolution, economics
The True Believer by Eric Hoffer • 1951 — sociology, psychology, politics, history, mass movements, ideology, religion
The Technical and Social History of Software Engineering by Capers Jones — technology, software engineering, history, programming, culture, business, security
The Secret History of Mac Gaming by Richard Moss — technology, gaming, history, culture, apple, macintosh
The Search for Modern China by Jonathan D. Spence — history, china, modernization, politics, society
The Rise of Statistical Thinking, 1820-1900 by Theodore M. Porter • 1986 — statistics, history, mathematics, social science, probability, philosophy
The Rise and Fall of Wang Laboratories: An American Tragedy by The Artificial Intelligence Channel — technology, business, computing, entrepreneurship, history
The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living Since the Civil War by Robert J. Gordon — economics, history, technology, innovation, inequality, society
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power by Daniel Yergin — history, economics, oil, business, politics, energy
The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance by Henry Petroski — engineering, design, history, technology, manufacturing
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley • 2024 — speculative fiction, romance, spy thriller, history, bureaucracy
The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom by Simon Winchester • 2008 — biography, history, china, science, innovation
The Intel Trinity: How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's Most Important Company by Michael S. Malone • 2014 — history, technology, innovation, business, leadership
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution by Walter Isaacson — technology, innovation, computing, digital revolution, collaboration, history, biography, internet, personal computers, software
The Imagineers of War by Sharon Weinberger — history, military, technology, darpa, vietnam, cold war, innovation
The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation by Jon Gertner — technology, innovation, business, history, telecommunications, research, science
The Greatest Nobodies of History: Minor Characters from Major Moments by Adrian Bliss • 2024 — history, humor, satire, biography
The Evolution of Useful Things by Henry Petroski — design, engineering, innovation, technology, evolution, failure, invention, artifacts, tools, history
The Dream Machine by M. Mitchell Waldrop — technology, computing, history, artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, innovation, arpa, psychology, cybernetics
The Cult of Creativity: A Surprisingly Recent History by Samuel W. Franklin • 2023 — history, psychology, innovation, business, culture
The Creators: A History of Heroes of the Imagination by Daniel J. Boorstin — history, art, creativity, culture, religion, philosophy
The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality by Katharina Pistor — law, economics, politics, history, social justice, technology, ai
The Amazing Bud Powell: Black Genius, Jazz History, and the Challenge of Bebop by Guthrie P. Ramsey, Jr. — music, jazz, history, culture, race, biography, creativity, innovation
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin • 2005 — biography, history, politics, leadership, lincoln, civil war, american history
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi • 2016 — history, race, racism, social justice, culture, politics, america
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan — fiction, literature, social justice, ethics, morality, ireland, history
Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott — history, politics, sociology, anthropology, economics, power, knowledge
Remaking the World: Adventures in Engineering by Henry Petroski • 1997 — engineering, history, innovation, technology
Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System by Nick Montfort, Ian Bogost — technology, gaming, history, design, platform studies, culture
Profiles in Leadership: Historians on the Elusive Quality of Greatness by Walter Isaacson — leadership, history, biography, politics, strategy
Playing Changes: Jazz for the New Century by Nate Chinen — music, jazz, history, culture, innovation, globalization
Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration by Warren Bennis, Patricia Ward Biederman — leadership, teams, creativity, innovation, collaboration, history, business
On China by Henry Kissinger • 2011 — china, history, diplomacy, geopolitics, international relations
On China by Henry Kissinger • 2011 — china, foreign policy, diplomacy, strategy, geopolitics, history
Nuts & Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World (in a Big Way) by Roma Agrawal • 2023 — engineering, history, innovation, technology
Myself When I Am Real: The Life and Music of Charles Mingus by Gene Santoro — music, jazz, biography, history, culture, race, creativity
Modern China by Jonathan Fenby — history, china, politics, economics, qing dynasty, mao zedong, deng xiaoping, authoritarianism, revolution
Miles Davis: The Definitive Biography by Ian Carr — music, jazz, biography, history, culture, race, innovation
Mao's China and After: A History of the People's Republic by Maurice Meisner — china, history, communism, mao, revolution, politics
Make It New: The History of Silicon Valley Design by Barry M. Katz • 2015 — design, history, technology, innovation, silicon valley
Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge, from Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic by Simon Winchester • 2023 — history, technology, epistemology, information science, ai
Knowing What We Know by Simon Winchester — knowledge, history, technology, culture, society, philosophy, ai
Kissinger: A Biography by Walter Isaacson — biography, politics, diplomacy, foreign policy, history, realpolitik
Innovation and Its Enemies: Why People Resist New Technologies by Calestous Juma — technology, innovation, history, society, economics, policy
How Japan Lost the Software Industry by Asianometry — technology, japan, software, industry, history
From Birdland to Broadway: Scenes from a Jazz Life by Bill Crow — music, jazz, memoir, history, culture
Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond by Gene Kranz • 2000 — history, leadership, engineering, space, risk
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay • 1841 — history, economics, finance, psychology, speculation
Design Paradigms: Case Histories of Error and Judgment in Engineering by Henry Petroski • 1994 — engineering, design, history, innovation, failure analysis
Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World by Adam Tooze — economics, finance, history, globalization, politics
Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology by Chris Miller • 2022 — technology, geopolitics, history, economics
Built: The Hidden Stories Behind Our Structures by Roma Agrawal • 2018 — engineering, architecture, materials science, history, innovation
Beyond Stoicism: A Guide to the Good Life with Stoics, Skeptics, Epicureans, and Other Ancient Philosophers by Massimo Pigliucci, Gregory Lopez, Meredith Alexander Kunz • 2025 — philosophy, ethics, self-improvement, history
Bell Labs Memoirs: Voices of Innovation by A. Michael Noll, Michael N. Geselowitz — bell labs, innovation, research, technology, history, science
Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes by Clifton Fadiman, André Bernard — biography, history, literature, anecdotes, human nature
American Sketches by Walter Isaacson — biography, leadership, history, politics, creativity, journalism, america, founding-fathers, foreign-policy, science, technology, einstein, franklin
Accident Prone: A History of Technology, Psychology, and Misfits of the Machine Age by John C. Burnham • 2009 — history, psychology, technology, safety
50 Years of Text Games: From Oregon Trail to AI Dungeon by Aaron A. Reed — technology, gaming, history, culture, design, innovation, ai, interactive fiction, virtual worlds, online communities
3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool by James Kaplan • 2024 — music, jazz, biography, history, culture, race, addiction, creativity, collaboration, innovation