Ravi Warrier

A well written book on change. The plot is interesting and of course the way it is written from the eyes and words of penguins (fictionally) is amazing.

If you are into sports, especially popular team sports of the US, you will love this book. Moskowitz and Wertheim seemed to have turned their life-long passion into research that covers almost all aspects related to US sports - the myths (such as “Is there any evidence of home turf advantage?”), the history (such as “Why are there few African-American coaches?”), the psychology of sportsperson (such as “Does loss aversion bias cause teams/players to play more aggressively?”), the stats and other interesting trivia.
Since I am not into sports (US or otherwise) I was mostly interested in the last three. And for those topics, I can say the book lives up. But since the book is heavily reliant and related to US team sports, relating to the players, teams and even terms is difficult. Hence, skipping (to more general and interesting topics) might be what, even, you would end up doing.

Quite a lot to learn about human sex as an act, behaviour, evolutionary motivation and problems, and the book delivers.

After a very long time I read a book that I could completely relate to. Having been a programmer decades ago, I loved reveling in the algorithms I had long stopped thinking about. But personal nostalgia aside, here's why I loved the book (to give it the rare 5 stars).

There are books on decision making, there are books on behavioral economics and then there are books on computer science. This book combines all three inside one cover to give a pretty comprehensive view of how people behave and decide things along with the underlying principles of how it's done in the computer sciences' world.

The book merely iterates or perhaps explains to us what we intrinsically know and do by citing how it's done in the computer world. That bridge between what seemed abstract and computational versus the invisible logic and processes in our own minds and lives is what sets this book apart.

It delves into some complex topics, but the authors manage to simplify it for the readers which is something very few authors can do. The duo have written a book that any student of psychology or computer science would love to read.

As usual, Dr. Kaku manages to engage his readers with the use of simple analogies and examples to explain complex physics. One of the most admirable things about Dr. Kaku's writing is the way he builds up his case, argument or discussion point from the ground up - explaining the simplest of notions and theories and adding more to the pie until the reader starts seeing the whole picture.