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Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are, By Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

Inferences from big data.

Posted byAmolJanuary 9, 2018January 5, 2021Posted inBooksTags:Everybody Lies, One Star, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz2 Comments on Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are, By Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

The Sports Gene, by David Epstein

Nature vs. nurture take on athletics.

Posted byAmolDecember 6, 2017January 5, 2021Posted inBooksTags:David Epstein, One Star, The Sports Gene1 Comment on The Sports Gene, by David Epstein

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, By Neil deGrasse Tyson

Astrophysics as a philosophical guiding light.

Posted byAmolNovember 26, 2017January 5, 2021Posted inBooksTags:Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, Niel deGrasse Tyson, Three Stars1 Comment on Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, By Neil deGrasse Tyson

Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior, By Leonard Mlodinow

Your mind is much busier than you think.

Posted byAmolNovember 10, 2017January 5, 2021Posted inBooksTags:Leonard Mlodinow, Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior, Two Stars1 Comment on Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior, By Leonard Mlodinow

What Happened, Hillary Rodham Clinton

An explanation from the source itself on the biggest WTF event in recent American politics.

Posted byAmolOctober 24, 2017January 5, 2021Posted inBooksTags:Hillary Rodham Clinton, One Star, What Happened1 Comment on What Happened, Hillary Rodham Clinton

William Henry Harrison, by Gail Collins

President for a month.

Posted byAmolAugust 20, 2017January 5, 2021Posted inBooksTags:Gail Collins, No stars, William Henry Harrison1 Comment on William Henry Harrison, by Gail Collins

What The Dog Saw, By Malcom Gladwell

Life is all about perspective.

Posted byAmolAugust 20, 2017January 5, 2021Posted inBooksTags:Malcom Gladwell, One Star, What The Dog Saw1 Comment on What The Dog Saw, By Malcom Gladwell

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

How the mind processes information.

Posted byAmolMay 4, 2017January 5, 2021Posted inBooksTags:Daniel Kahneman, No stars, Thinking Fast and Slow1 Comment on Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot

Amazing story of medicine, poverty, and race.

Posted byAmolMarch 9, 2017January 5, 2021Posted inBooksTags:Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Two Stars1 Comment on The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot

Shoe Dog, by Phil Knight

It takes a lifetime of work to be an overnight success.

Posted byAmolFebruary 21, 2017January 5, 2021Posted inBooksTags:One Star, Phil Knight, Shoe Dog1 Comment on Shoe Dog, by Phil Knight

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