Fun in My Life

1. Open Heart: The Radical Surgeons who Revolutionized Medicine -David Cooper 80%

A book about the development history of open heart surgery. I read it not only because I wanna know more about cardio research status quo in hospital, but also try to understand how innovation takes place under different circumstances. The writer interviews most of the legendary surgeons who pushed cardiac surgeries forward. The book met my expectations.

2. Reinventing American Health Care -Ezekiel Emanuel 85%

A book thoroughly introduced the history and problems of American health care system as well as the introduction to ObamaCare. A little bit over thorough and over detailed to me.

3. Bad Or, the Dumbing of America -Paul Fussell 30%

Recomended by Yonghao Ruo. A big disappointment though. The book listed the dumb and irrational things done by Americans. Full of complaints without any constructive suggestions. Whiners are winners and so much easier to complain than to do something useful. So boring that I could not even finish the book.

4. Liar’s Poker -Michael Lewis   85%

A fun book to read about an insider look about what it’s like to work on Wall Street. The book reads depressing somehow due to the dark side of working on Wall Street depicted by the book, which I am sure about personally.

5. Thinking, Fast and Slow -Daniel Kahneman 95%

A Nobel Prize winner’s book about the author and his collaborator’s work interpreting the brain’s fast working mode and slow working mode as well as many irrationalities people hold in daily life. A must read. Because the book is pretty thorough, it may be somehow wordy. However a summary of the book is also available on http://www.amazon.com.

6. 100 Most Significant Americans Of All Times -Smithsonian 100%

A really awesome book for me to catch up with American History and culture. There is no better and easier way to understand a country’s history and culture than to follow each significant individual’s life. Really nice read and lots of information.

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For a complete list of The Books Written in English I have Read since 2011 please click here.

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