I read a lot of great books in 2015.
2015年,我讀了很多很棒的書。
Here's a few that were especially interesting and you might want to consider.
這是其中特別有趣的一些,或許你也有興趣嘗試一下。
Thing Explainer by Randall Munroe.
Randall Munroe 所寫的《Things explainer》
He explains things using only the thousand most common words in the English language.
用僅僅1000個最簡單的單詞解釋事情的原理。
Sustainable Materials with Both Eyes Open by Julian M Allwood and Jonathan Collins.
Julian M Allwood 和 Jonathan Collins所寫的《大開眼界——耐用材料》(Sustainable Materials with Both Eyes)。
Although it's not a mainstream book you end up learning a lot and it's really brilliant how they use diagrams and explores how could we meet the challenge of climate change.
盡管這不是一本能讓你收獲良多的主流讀物,但這本書在使用圖表解釋方面確實很出色,并且探討了我們如何應對氣候變化帶來的挑戰。
The Road to Character by David Brooks raises the issue about whether we're developing people's characters today as well as we should.
David Brooks 所寫的《個性之路》(The Road to Character)在書中提出一個問題,如今我們引導個性發展做得如何,是否達到了我們的預期?
Eradication by Nancy Leys Stepan gives you the history of all the different efforts to eradicate diseases.
Nancy Leys Stepan 所寫的《消滅》(Eradication)告訴我們一段歷史:人類為了消滅疾病所做的各種努力。
Being Nixon by Evan Thomas I found really fascinating.
Evan Thomas 所寫的《尼克松》(Being Nixon)我特別喜歡。
Richard Nixon is mostly written about in terms of the mistakes he made.
書中集中描寫了他所犯的錯誤。
It's great to have a book that goes back and explains who he was and how he stood out.
很高興能有這樣一本書回溯到那個歲月去解讀他的做法,以及他是多么出類拔萃。
Mindset by Carol S.Dweck gets you thinking about the psychology of how you think about what your potential is.
Carol S. Dweck 所寫的《心態》讓你思考自己的心理狀態,思考如何看待自身潛質。
I had a lot of fun reading these books and I hope one or more get your interest.
讀這些書讓我得到了很多樂趣,我希望你也能從其中一些書中獲益。