Learned Optimism by Martin Seligman
Ask HN: Best book you read in 2011
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#12API Design for C++ - Martin Reddy
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#13Best books I read in 2011:
* "Salonica, City of Ghosts" by M.Mazower. Tells the history of Thessaloniki, informative, entertaining, at times nostalgic.
* "The Cauchy-Schwarz Master Class" by J.M.Steele. A guided tour of mathematical inequalities. Very entertaining and readable (for a math book) and extremely well written.
* "Indiscrete Thoughts" by G-C.Rota. Irreverent anecdotes about mathematicians.
* "Black Swan" by N.N.Taleb. Maybe overhyped and at times annoying and pompous, but extremely insightful nevertheless.
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#14I'd like to mention two books because I can't decide which is greatest (they're very different):
- The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande (often quoted here, and rightly so; it's short and really really great)
- How to Live, or A life of Montaigne by Sarah Bakewell (a fantastic take on Montaigne's essays by a contemporary scholar with a refreshing take on everything).
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#15Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman by Richard Feynman
It made me feel like I'm not thinking enough about everything around me.
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#16"How We Decide" from John Lehrer
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#17Hardboiled Web Design by Andy Clarke.
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#18I read "Wheel of time" series by Robert Jordan this year. The books in this series are just so addictive.. wasn't able to stop till I read all thirteen books :)
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#19"Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger" by Peter Bevelin. Excellent read.
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#20Rework