A review of Fragile Lives by Stephen Westaby, more technical than Gawande, gripping on heart surgery and the machines that keep patients alive.
Tag: Book Reviews
Reviews of all the books that I have read so far.
The Tatas: How a Family Built a Business and a Nation by Girish Kuber (Book Review 013)
A review of The Tatas by Girish Kuber, heard on audiobook. Informative on the family and modern India, but it skirts the failures and offers no critique.
Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base by Annie Jacobsen (Book Review 012)
A review of Area 51 by Annie Jacobsen, informative on the CIA, the Air Force and the cold war, though her habit of delaying the point annoyed him.
The Gods Themselves by Issac Asimov (Book Review 011)
A review of The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov, gripping on the electron pump and the para universe, though the alien section dragged for him.
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell (Book Review 010)
A review of Blink by Malcolm Gladwell, which he found engrossing and read as a warning against trusting intricate financial models over judgement.