 | Chaos: Making a New Science by James Gleick
Buy new: £6.46 / Used from: £0.01 Fascinating exploration of the development and relevance of chaos theory
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 | Surely You're Joking, Mr.Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character by Ralph Leighton
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £1.91 Whimsical anecdotal autobiography of arguably the best physicist in the 1900s
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 | What Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious Character by RP Feynman
Buy new: £7.13 / Used from: £2.55 Part II to Feynman's whimsical autbiography with a good expose of NASA as discovered during his investigation of the Challenger disaster
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 | The Newtonian Casino (Penguin Press Science) by Thomas A. Bass
Buy used from: £1.85 An engaging true story about how physicists and computer scientists were able to develop a miniature computer system to beat a casino
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 | Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences by John Allen Paulos
Buy new: £13.00 / Used from: £3.24 An interesting read on how common mathematical ignorance is and some of its consequences
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 | A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market by John Allen Paulos
Buy new: £8.09 / Used from: £3.99 An illuminating book on how even world class mathematicians can make silly mistakes in investing
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 | Valuation 3rd ed by McKinsey & Company Inc.
Buy used from: £3.79 A superb book explaining how companies should be valued
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 | Investment Valuation: University Edition: Tools and Techniques for Determining the Value of Any Asset by Aswath Damodaran
Buy new: £33.73 / Used from: £31.02 I haven't actually read this book, but have read much of his materials from NYU on the web. He is a very clear thinker, but some of his examples are challenging to work through.
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 | The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £5.57 An interesting book on common design mistakes
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 | To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design by Henry Petroski
Buy new: £6.15 / Used from: £1.51 Another interesting book on design failures
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 | The Wrench (Abacus Books) by Primo Levi
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.01 Inspiring writing from a great man
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 | The Periodic Table (Essential Penguin) by Primo Levi
Buy new: £5.72 / Used from: £2.16 Wonderful book of short-stories prompted by elements from the periodic table
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 | The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Investors and Managers, Revised Edition by L. A. Cunningham
Buy used from: £23.77 Humourous, but insightful articles on corporate governance and wise investment from the world's most consistently successful investor
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