The latest book that I’m in the middle of right now is “The Theory of Almost Everything”, for those of you who are curious about what’s catching my fancy now. It’s a science textbook essentially, except quite a whole lot more interesting. It kinda describes how a physics theory called “The Standard Model” essentially explains the most fundamental aspects of nature - sub-atomic particles. It’s got equations in it though… so might be a bit heavy for most maths adverse non-scientific types. (Image ripped off from Amazon… quite obviously. My paperback looks slightly different though).
Just before that, this is what I plowed through in 3 days… a funny book by the dude from the Top Gear TV show Jeremy Clarkson - I Know You Got Soul. Dry British humor absolutely permeates this book as the dude from Top Gear rattles on about how machines have souls and character, and proceeds to describe the machines that do exhibit that. And he picks both the likeliest (Rolls Royce Phantom for instance), and unlikeliest candidates (an aircraft carrier) for a veritable beauty pageant of machines and boys’ toys. Well… I guess you couldn’t really expect more from the dude from Top Gear. A very entertaining read, and actually very informative when he delves into the history of the machines. Just imagine the Discovery channel in the written word, except much funnier.
