grishas nonfiction suggestions
Discover Grisha's nonfiction picks: essential reads from Guns, Germs, and Steel to Foucault's Madness and Civilization. Explore history, math, and strategy in this curated book list.
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The Art of War
by Sunzi
Sun Tzu. The art of war. Study of planning and conduct of military operations.
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A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper
by John Allen Paulos
The author examines the role of mathematics in understanding social issues.
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Madness and Civilization
by Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault examines the archeology of madness in the West from 1500 to 1800 - from the late Middle Ages, when insanity was still considered part of everyday life and fools and lunatics walked the streets freely, to the time when such people began to be considered a threat, asylums were first built, and walls were erected between the "insane" and the rest of humanity.