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Practical Irrationality - Dan Ariely It changed the way I think about pricing, among other things, forever. He makes some wild conclusions then backs them up with scientific experiments. Its a fun read to boot.
I think you meant Predictably Irrational. I haven't heard of Practical Irrationality.
seriously though, i use books as a reference and just hack along, i mean technical books, for non-tech books, i have not read them for years.
freedom - daniel suarez
Discours de la Methode - Descartes
A biography of Paul Dirac. Very good.
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The Fabric of the Universe - David Deutsch
What picture can we paint of the universe if we take together the best theories we have about fundamental things like time, life, virtual reality, cosmology etc. Easily the best book i've read in recent years. Consider that Deutsch is a very distinguished scientist in the field of quantum cryptography/computing. He is really good at explaining things in terms that non-physicists and experts alike can learn a lot!
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Roadside Picnic - Strugatzky
Soviet Science Fiction book about the first and only visit of earth by aliens. The approach is very unusual since there is never any direct contact between humans and the extra terrestrial intelligence. The book is more like a study of human society and how it could develop if suddenly there was some extremely advanced technology available to us which we are too primitive to understand/control.