Wonderful read. Turing machines explained to boot. A real vision of what nanobots and computers in general will be like in the future.

Not my favorite Stephenson. It seems to me like he might have a more favorable take on technology in his later books. Still, if you’re into ecology, green-politics or Stephenson this is a book you’ll enjoy.

I read this after having read Vinge’s short “True Names”, and frankly I thought it was much better cyberpunk, though less futuristic. That was the first story in this genre by the way.

This was a quick, impressive read. Superficially it’s about Wintels, Macs, BeOS and Linux boxen. At a deeper level it’s about the underlying each and what they tell us about society. I especially liked his comparision of what Disney sells (a fantasy, an image) to Microsoft and Apple.

This was probably my favorite Discworld novel. Darker and more powerful than the others in the series. Thank you Pratchett.

Took some effort, but was well worth it. One of the first books I read on Chaos that had a good share of math along with insight into practical uses. I recommend this over Gleick’s Chaos any day even when it comes to the history of Chaos.

Nobody does math quite like Stewart. Readable and incredibly insightful. Symmetry is everywhere, you just have to look—this book shows you where, how and why.

A must for anyone interested in evolution. A basic book that should be supplemented with other books including Dawkins’ “The Blind Watchmaker” and Dennett’s “Darwin’s Dangerous Idea”.

The best book on memetics that I’ve read.

Anyone interested in philosophy or history of science should read this accessible book. Along with Dawkins’ “Selfish Gene” this provides a great introduction to natural selection, how it works, and why that matters.