Kimmo Pietiläinen

39 books

Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges

Alan Turing: The Enigma

Andrew Hodges

608 pages • paperback • 1983

nonfiction biography computer science lgbtqia+ mathematics informative medium-paced
Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Antifragile

Incerto #4

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

519 pages • paperback • 2012

nonfiction business economics philosophy psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson

The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World

Niall Ferguson

442 pages • 2007

nonfiction economics history challenging informative slow-paced
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

Civilizations Rise and Fall #2

Jared Diamond

608 pages • paperback • 2004

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
The Consciousness Instinct: Unraveling the Mystery of How the Brain Makes the Mind by Michael S. Gazzaniga

The Consciousness Instinct: Unraveling the Mystery of How the Brain Makes the Mind

Michael S. Gazzaniga

286 pages • digital • 2018

nonfiction psychology science challenging informative slow-paced
The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters by Tom Nichols

The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters

Tom Nichols

272 pages • digital • 2016

nonfiction politics psychology science reflective slow-paced
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

Siddhartha Mukherjee

571 pages • hardcover • 2010

nonfiction health history science informative slow-paced
The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris

The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason

Sam Harris

348 pages • 2004

nonfiction philosophy religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved: How Mathematical Genius Discovered the Language of Symmetry by Mario Livio

The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved: How Mathematical Genius Discovered the Language of Symmetry

Mario Livio

368 pages • 2005

nonfiction history mathematics science challenging informative slow-paced
Everything Bad is Good for You by Steven Johnson

Everything Bad is Good for You

Culture Smart!

Steven Johnson

254 pages • 2005

nonfiction psychology sociology reflective medium-paced