The Nightmare Stacks, by Charles Stross ( Read more... )

The Burglary, by Betty Medsger ( Read more... )

Introductory Calculus For Infants, by Omi M. Inouye ( Read more... )

The Futures: The Rise of the Speculator and the Origins of the World's Biggest Markets, by Emily Lambert ( Read more... )

I recently read two books by Emanuel Derman, both of which have a lot to do with both physics and finance. That presumably has a lot to do with his history: He was a physicist in academia before winding up on Wall Street, eventually becoming head of the quantitative risk strategies group at Goldman Sachs. He subsequently returned to academia.

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Feynman Lectures on Computation, by Richard P. Feynman (Edited by Tony Hey and Robin W. Allen. Sadly, it's a posthumous book.)

In a similar spirit to the excellent The Feynman Lectures on Physics, this is a conversion of some of Feynman's lectures to book form. It's a pretty good introduction to a lot of aspects of computers, from obvious topics ( Read more... )

The Proud Tower, by Barbara W. Tuchman

This is an excellent history book, much like her other output. (I'm fond of The Guns of August, for example.) As the subtitle ("A Portrait of the World Before The War 1890-1914") implies, it's about the now-distant pre-WWI world. There's a lot of selection involved, as she points out in the foreword. The ( Read more... )

The Meaning Of It All, by Richard P. Feynman ( Read more... )

Rule 34, by Charles Stross

This is a sequel to Halting State, and a pretty good follow-on. It has many of the same properties as the first novel: It's written in second-person (a nod to the presentation for a lot of computer games), follows multiple characters, and involves a lot of near-future police work. Unlike Halting State, the theme isn't ( Read more... )

Tiassa, by Steven Brust

Tiassa is the most recent Vlad Taltos novel, and fits the series nicely. It's a compelling read, and fills in still more details of the Drageran world. Its unexpected element is a section about Khaavren, in the style of The Phoenix Guards. I like both styles, but it's a bit disconcerting to see them together. The two ( Read more... )