döb - 📚 Books

Some books I’ve read.

2022 Q2

Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets, Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Learning Functional Programming in Scala, Alvin Alexander

Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future, Elizabeth Kolbert
Why We Sleep, Matthew Walker. Second time reading it, as a New Year’s resolution to get more and better sleep; really helpful.
Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans, Melanie Mitchell
Good Economics for Hard Times, Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams

Zo hadden we het niet bedoeld; De tragedie achter de toeslagenaffaire, Jesse Frederik
Implementing DDD, CQRS and Event Sourcing, Alex Lawrence
Brieven aan ’t Hooge Nest, Roxane van Iperen
Het recht van de snelste; Hoe ons verkeer steeds asocialer werd, Thalia Verkade

’t Hooge Nest, Roxane van Iperen
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need, Bill Gates
Farm (and Other F Words): The Rise and Fall of the Small Family Farm, Sarah K. Mock
Wat Iedereen zou Moeten Weten over Klimaatverandering, Bart Verheggen
Drinkbare rivieren, Li-An Phoa & Maarten van der Schaaf

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz, Erik Larson
Ten zuiden van de grens, Haruki Murakami

Lorentz: gevierd fysicus, geboren verzoener, Frits Berends & Dirk van Delft
Een klein land met verre uithoeken: ongelijke kansen in veranderend Nederland, Floor Milikowski
Italiaanse manieren: omnibus van Italiaanse buren en Italiaanse opvoeding, Tim Parks

Thinking in Systems: A Primer, Donella H. Meadows
Antifragile, Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell. Different stories about the good and the evil; I found it really hard to get through and now I only look forward to watch the movie.
Nederland onder het systeemplafond, Marcel van Roosmalen

Life on the edge: the coming of age of quantum biology, Jim Al-Khalili & Johnjoe McFadden. the title sounds much more complicated than the book actually is. The theory is clearly explained step-by-step and repeated as necessary. I think a good introduction into life science.
Cornelis Lely: ingenieur van het nieuwe Nederland, Cees Banning
A gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles
The richest man in Babylon, George Samuel Clason
Wegens vakantie gesloten: Italië in augustus, Jarl van der Ploeg
The secret lives of planets: a user’s guide to the solar system, Paul Murdin

Il principe, Niccolò Machiavelli
De graanrepubliek, Frank Westerman
Principles: life & work, Ray Dalio
SPQR: a history of ancient Rome, Mary Beard
Difficult conversations: how to discuss what matters most, Bruce Patton, Douglas Stone, et al.

Shoe dog, Phil Knight. You don’t build an empire by being nice. Best book I read in 2020.
Skin in the game, Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Although I love his series, the author regularly develops into a grumpy man.
It doesn’t have to be crazy at work, Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson
De meeste mensen deugen, Rutger Bregman
Guns, germs and steel, Jared Diamond
Einstein, Walter Isaacson
Influence: the psychology of persuasion, Robert B. Cialdini Phd

Economics - the user’s guide, Ha-Joon Chang
De schaduw van de wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Designing data-intensive applications, Martin Kleppmann. Provides so much context and insight, a must-read for developers.