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Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk 155 reviews
Peter L. Bernstein
Wiley, 1998
Great Reward
+ Excellent overview of the history of financial risk management
+ Today's hero is often tomorrow's blockhead.
+ Very Interesting!
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The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography 252 reviews
Simon Singh
Anchor, 2000
Cryptography 101
+ Excellent reading on evolution of cryptography
+ Excellent
+ Solve any Enigma
+ excellent
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Gandhi An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth 72 reviews
Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi, Mahadev H. Desai
Beacon Press, 1993
This book will tell you what Gandhi thought, not necessarily what you'd want to hear
+ Good, Inexpensive Edition
+ A life changing book
+ Gandhi
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The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market's Perfect Storm29 reviews
Robert F. Bruner, Sean D. Carr
Wiley, 2007
A vivid history and critique of the 1907 financial crisis
+ Helped Me Understand Today
+ The more things change, the more they remain the same
+ Great Background on the Industry Leaders of the Time!
+ Panic of 1907: History and Lessons
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The Big Three in Economics: Adam Smith, Karl Marx, And John Maynard Keynes8 reviews
Mark Skousen
M.E. Sharpe, 2007
I've rarely seen something this complex made this clear.
+ Great little book
+ Great Primer on History of Economic Thought
+ History of economics well told
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The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan54 reviews
Robert Kanigel
Washington Square Press, 1991
Perfect Demonstration Of How A Biography Should Be Written
+ IT WAS A GIFT
+ very good book
+ LIFE TO INFINITY
+ A perfect Indian Student story
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Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (Wiley Investment Classics)200 reviews
Edwin Lefèvre
Wiley, 2006
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
+ Best Book for traders and non traders
+ Oldy but a great Goody
+ The more things change ... the more they stay the same - Required reading!
+ An Investment Classic
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Capital Ideas Evolving10 reviews
Peter L. Bernstein
Wiley, 2007
Accessible explanation of the foundations of finance
+ Capital Ideas Evolving
+ Unique and sunsurpassed.
In the early 1950s, graduate student Harry Markowitz presented his Ph.D. dissertation to the University of Chicago economics department. The response was less than encouraging. "This isn't a dissertation in economics," Milton Friedman told Markowitz. "It's not math, it's not economics, it's not ...
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The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World272 reviews
Alan Greenspan
Penguin Press HC, The, 2007
Insightful, Informative & Interesting
+ Wanna know how the world works?
+ Free Market Capitalism, the engine of global prosperity
+ Tadd Wood's Review of Alan Greenspan's The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World
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Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem251 reviews
SIMON SINGH
Anchor, 1998
Really good read!
+ Infectiously enthusiastic
+ This is how math SHOULD have been taught in school
+ Excellent reading - how to solve unsolvable
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A Mathematician's Apology (Canto)27 reviews
G. H. Hardy
Cambridge University Press, 1992
One of my top 20. Somewhat depressing but oh so true.
+ a great mathematician presents his view of what constitutes math and what constitutes a mathematician
+ Brief but valuable, a book for everyone
+ This is a book which should be read by all college students
+ No need to apologize.
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Unto This Last
John Ruskin
FQ Classics, 2007
Unto This Last is an important mid-19th century economic essay written by social critic John Ruskin. Originally published in fourt articles in the monthly journal known as Cornhill Magazine, Ruskin's essay which was highly critical of capitalist economists were in his own words, "very violently criticized." Although his essay forced the publisher to stop publication of the magazine shortly ...
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Prisoner's Dilemma42 reviews
William Poundstone
Anchor, 1993
Great introduction to the history of Game Theory and John von Neumann
+ Game Theory & John von Neumann
+ Wonderful synthesis of so many fields
+ only defect
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Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life41 reviews
Avinash K. Dixit, Barry J. Nalebuff
W. W. Norton & Company, 1993
Great introduction to game theory applied to business strategy
+ Comes with Homework
+ Great
+ A book on how think strategically
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The Case Against the Fed37 reviews
Murray N. Rothbard
Ludwig Von Mises Institute, 2007
The Case Against the Fed
+ The Money Masters Exposed
+ Excellent
The Case Against the FedThis book is a good primer on the Federal Reserve and banking in general. It is not a hard read and is interesting to those who want to learn about this very important part of our economy. Anyone who has even a remote interest in this book should also check out "The ...
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A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash285 reviews
Sylvia Nasar
Touchstone, 2001
Complex Man-A Bio That Runs True
+ Reads like a novel
+ An Opinion of "A Beautiful Mind" from a fellow schizophrenic
+ A Beautiful Mind
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Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles, and the Frailty of Knowledge12 reviews
Anchor, 1989
Great book on logic and the meaning of 'knowing'
+ Brain candy
+ Thought-provoking treatment
+ great read
+ A good starter
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Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street57 reviews
William Poundstone
Hill and Wang, 2006
Book review
+ Entertaining
+ It takes exceptionally smart people to make truly massive blunders
+ Interesting review of the systems of the past
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Men of Mathematics (Touchstone Book)26 reviews
E.T. Bell
Touchstone, 1986
Men of Mathematics
+ Cornerstone Reading for Math-Magicians Among Us+
+ A fascinating book about mathematicians
+ Great book on review of mathematics
+ No Harm No Foul
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The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century1169 reviews
Thomas L. Friedman
Picador, 2007
Approachable for all readers, essential for understanding our flat world. This book should be on everyones "must read" list
+ A Book That Will Prepare You For The New World
+ Friedman is a True Patriot!
I found the first section (263 pages) difficult to plow through - I come from a software / engineering background and found the techie speak in the first section dry. Understandably this book was written for a broad audience, and this section was a prerequisite for the remainder of the book as it ...
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