The Library: A Fragile History by Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen
A general history of the library. Main problems are a bit verbose and skipping Asia but enough to keep my interest. 3/5
Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgement by Daniel Kahneman
Wasn’t able to finish this. Just kept repeating the same thing over and over again. Forgot the “Pop” in “Popular social science”. Just read a summary like the linked Guardian review. 2/5
Who Can Hold the Sea: The U.S. Navy in the Cold War 1945-1960 by James D. Hornfischer
What it says on the description. Covering Nuclear power and weapons, the Revolt of the Admirals the early Cold war and Korea. 3/5
Inside the Star Wars Empire: A Memoir by Bill Kimberlin
Some ILM stories but less than what some people might expect and mixed in with other things. Definitely not film-by-film coverage. But still fun. 3/5
Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story by John Bloom
Story of the Space-based phone system. The books concentrates on the complex deals to save it after it’s original failure and Motorola’s plan to de-orbit it. 3/5
The Accidental Scientist: The Role of Chance and Luck in Scientific Discovery by Graeme Donald
A short book of short chapters covering various stories of scientific discovery. Fun Breezy read. 3/5
My Audiobook Scoring System
- 5/5 = Brilliant, top 5 book of the year
- 4/5 = Above average, strongly recommend
- 3/5 = Average. in the middle 70% of books I read
- 2/5 = Disappointing
- 1/5 = Did not like at all
