The School of Life: An Emotional Education Alain de Botton and The School Of Life
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The essential guide to how to live wisely and well in the twenty-first century - from Alain de Botton, the bestselling author of The Consolations of Philosophy, The Art of Travel and The Course of LoveAs heard on Elizabet...
Scientific Freedom: The Elixir of Civilization Donald W. Braben
A revolutionary and timely proposal for reinvigorating transformative scientific discovery, written by a preeminent leader in Venture Research.
So rich was the scientific harvest of the early 20th century that it transformed entire industries and e...
Scoop: A Novel About Journalists Evelyn Waugh
One of Evelyn Waugh's most exuberant comedies, Scoop is a brilliantly irreverent satire of Fleet Street and its hectic pursuit of hot news. Lord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of The Daily Beast, has always prided himself on his intuitive ...
The Seven Pillars of Statistical Wisdom Stephen M. Stigler
What gives statistics its unity as a science? Stephen Stigler sets forth the seven foundational ideas of statistics—a scientific discipline related to but distinct from mathematics and computer science and one which often seems counterintuitive. His ...
The Signal and the Noise: The Art and Science of Prediction Nate Silver
The International Bestseller by 'The Galileo of number crunchers' (Independent)Every time we choose a route to work, decide whether to go on a second date, or set aside money for a rainy day, we are making a prediction about the future. Yet from the...
Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life Nassim Nicholas Taleb
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A bold work from the author of The Black Swan that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance and personal responsibility**
In his most provocative and practical boo...
The Sling and the Stone: On War in the 21st Century Thomas X. Hammes
4GW (Fourth Generation Warfare) is the only kind of war America has ever lost. And we have done so three times - in Vietnam, Lebanon, and Somalia. This form of warfare has also defeated the French in Vietnam and Algeria, and the USSR in Afghanistan....
Society of Mind Marvin Minsky
Marvin Minsky -- one of the fathers of computer science and cofounder of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT -- gives a revolutionary answer to the age-old question: "How does the mind work?" Minsky brilliantly portrays the mind as a "soci...
Solving Mathematical Problems: A Personal Perspective Terence Tao
Authored by a leading name in mathematics, this engaging and clearly presented text leads the reader through the various tactics involved in solving mathematical problems at the Mathematical Olympiad level. Covering number theory, algebra, analysis,...
A Song for a New Day Sarah Pinsker
In this captivating science fiction novel from an award-winning author, public gatherings are illegal making concerts impossible, except for those willing to break the law for the love of music, and for one chance at human connection.In the Before, ...
Song of Solomon Toni Morrison
New York Times Bestseller
Milkman Dead was born shortly after a neighborhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain attempt at flight. For the rest of his life he, too, will be trying to fly. With this brilliantly imagined novel, Toni Mor...
Star Maker Olaf Stapledon
This bold exploration of the cosmos ventures into intelligent star clusters and mingles among alien races for a memorable vision of infinity. Cited as a key influence by science-fiction masters such as Doris Lessing, this classic has left its mark n...
Straight and Crooked Thinking Robert H. Thouless
A new edition of a much loved guide to how to think and reason your way logically through difficult and challenging arguments
This new edition of a timeless classic demonstrates how the use of clear, rational thinking and logic can win any argument...
Strangers to Ourselves Timothy D. Wilson
"Know thyself," a precept as old as Socrates, is still good advice. But is introspection the best path to self-knowledge? Wilson makes the case for better ways of discovering our unconscious selves. If you want to know who you are or what you feel o...
Stumbling on Happiness Daniel Gilbert
A smart and funny book by a prominent Harvard psychologist, which uses groundbreaking research and (often hilarious) anecdotes to show us why we’re so lousy at predicting what will make us happy – and what we can do about it.
Most of us spend our l...
