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I've been a compulsive reader all my life. Some years, I wrote down the names of the books I was reading.

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TURING'S CATHEDRAL: The Origins of the Digital Universe, by George Dyson

A UNIVERSE FROM NOTHING: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing, by Lawrence M. Krauss

THE STORY OF EARTH: The First 4.5 Billion Years, From Stardust To Living Planet, by Robert M. Hazen

SOME REMARKS: Essays and Other Writing, by Neal Stephenson

THINKING, FAST AND SLOW, by Daniel Kahnman

GRAVITY: How The Weakest Force in the Universe Shaped Our Lives, by Brian Clegg

WIRED FOR CULTURE: Origins of the Human Social Mind, by Mark Pagel

CONNECTOME: How The Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We Are, by Sebastian Seung.

TO ENGINEER IS HUMAN: The Role of Failure in Successful Design, by Henry Petroski

HORSESHOE CRABS AND VELVET WORMS: The Story of Animals and Plants That Time Has Left Behind, by Richard Fortey

DARWIN'S GHOSTS: The Secret History of Evolution, by Rebecca Stott

MASTERS OF THE PLANET: The Search For Our Human Origins, by Ian Tattersall

DESIGN IN NATURE: How The Constructal Law Governs Evolution In Biology, Physics, Technology, and Social Organization, by Adrian Bejan and J. Peder Zane

INCOMPLETE NATURE: How Mind Emerged From Matter, by Terrence W. Deacon

IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, by Andrew Parker

KNOCKING ON HEAVEN'S DOOR: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World, by Lisa Randall.

H.G. WELLS: Another Kind Of Life, by Michael Sherbourne

REINVENTING DISCOVERY: The New Era Of Networked Science, by Michael Nielsen

HOW TO FIX COPYRIGHT by William Patry

FOOL ME TWICE: Fighting the Assault on Science in America, by Shawn Lawrence Otto

PUBLIC PARTS: How Sharing In The Digital Age Improves The Way We Work And Live, by Jeff Jarvis

STEVE JOBS, by Walter Isaacson

WORLD IN THE BALANCE: The Historic Quest for an Absolute System of Measurement, by Robert P. Crease

WORLD WIDE MIND: The Coming Integration of Humanity, Machines, and the Internet, by Michael Chorost

ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE: Why Our Planet Is Unique, by John Gribbin