Eradication: Ridding the World of Diseases Forever?

By Nancy Stepan (2011) Pages: 260, Final verdict: Great-read Disease eradication is something we hardly think about in the west. Smallpox and Polio are distant memories buried in our high school history books and we only remember Malaria and Dengue when we're planning our next vacation. For this... Read more

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Brief Answers to the Big Questions

By Stephen Hawking (2018) Pages: 218, Final verdict: Should-read Stephen Hawking addresses some of the big questions of our universe: how did it all begin? or, are we alone in the universe? Brief Answers to the Big Questions is the last book of the most famous physicist of our time.... Read more

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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

By Neil deGrasse Tyson (2017) Pages: 222, Final verdict: Should-read He is the most famous astrophysicist of our time. Face to one of the most famous Internet memes, host of popular TV shows on space and science, and star in some of the most entertaining debates you can find online,... Read more

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The Master Algorithm

By Pedro Domingos (2015) Pages: 352, Final verdict: Great-read Harvard Business Review declared Data Scientist the sexiest job of the 21st century [https://hbr.org/2012/10/data-scientist-the-sexiest-job-of-the-21st-century], back in 2012. And everywhere you look the words "artificial intelligence", "machine learning" and "algorithms" appear.... Read more

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Against the Gods

By Peter L. Bernstein (1996) Pages: 337, Final verdict: Great-read How certain can we be of future events? Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk answers the question by following the path of handling uncertainty from ancient times to modern risk management. Written in 1996 by the American finance... Read more

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