You can define your education by answering the question “Name notable figures from the Romantic period”. The answer, apparently, should all be scientists.
A fascinating cross between a self-help book and a memoir, although the former falls a little short.
Some people really have earned the status of hero when we consider history.
Want to understand the economy? Look elsewhere. Want to understand economic history? This may help.
I don’t think this book had the desired effect.
read more Fidel Castro: My Life: A Spoken Autobiography – Fidel Castro and Ignacio Ramonet
Venice isn’t just a gem of a city, it is also one of the most historically significant cities in the world.
What is a war story? What is an anti-war story?
read more All Quiet on the Western Front – Erich Maria Remarque
Humanity’s prehistory was once very overlooked by people who claimed to be lovers of history. Hopefully this book changes that.
read more Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind – Yuval Noah Harari
A classic? A French hero braved the foreign hordes to defend his homeland. I’m not so sure…
Statistics themselves can be rather boring, but this slim’s book story of how they affect our day to day life is rather captivating.
Failures in Polymathy 