Bill Gates said that this s∏≥ummer vacation to read these books ©- Gates summer book list
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Tech Company Date：06-05 Belong to：Industry Trends
Bill Gates, a multibillio¥$÷n dollar philanthropist, sδ•pends heavily on vaccines and a☆↓id programs, but he also knows'± that money can't buy more♣∏ knowledge.
So every summer (and during holidays)÷&, gates shares a reading list, intr¥♥✘→oducing eye opening concepts in the₹↓±₩ name of beach books. It's no secr≥ε←∏et, but Gates pretends t o be surprised every year.∑"™ He wrote on his pers✘↓onal blog Gates Notes: &#÷∞ ₽39;when I put together t±§α§his summer's list of re<→₩commended books, I found tha©Ωt several of them dealt with major i≈✘₩ssues. ”
In fact, this year, he has li↓≈&§sted several core questions tha $£t readers can find answers tε<≈®o. &What is the secret of genius? W∞×β↔hy don't good people pay o¥±≥↑ff? Where do humans ≤πφ♠come from and where do they ↑£go? ”
The following bibliography se§©ems to answer these question₹©€s in order. From the biograp©φ₹hy of Leonardo da Vinci, the Memoir§βs of a woman fighting cancer, to<σ ∏ the Fictional Narration of one nigh"σ←t of Abraham Lincoln's li←$©fe through the mouth of g∑"©hosts, and even a book explaining the o→rigin and development of♥÷• life. With only four theme☆βε±s covered, consider book 5≤←©€ a clarion call for actio✔☆♠εn. The author is Hans Rosling, a g ≠lobal health expert w↔₹δho died last year. It goes bac₹±→k to explore some experiences a ∑∞nd lessons, and more directly states ↓♥↑that everyone has the♦↓' ability to do more good deeds ↕↓for the world.
Leonardo da Vinci
Author: Walter Isaacson
[cover photo: Simon & Schuster]
As the most respected painter and t>₹hinker in the world, Leonardo da €™¶≠Vinci basically learned by himself÷$£. The technical limit'®ations of more than 500 years a→→<go did not limit his conj©★ecture about the opera₩ ↓$tion principle of the world. As gatσ¶es wrote, "when he is eager to lea$☆rn something, whether thr★÷™ough the blood flow fr ₽om the heart or the sh±≠ape of the woodpecker&#<©≤β39;s tongue, he observes clo₩'sely, notes down his thoughts,¶∞® and tries to find ou♣ t the answer. &Curiosity ©®is more valuable than ever, especial♦←ly in the Internet age.
Everything happens for a re★ ason and other lies I & rsquo; v∑π'e loved
Author: Kate Bowler
[Penguin cover]
When a Duke Divinity School professor ±₹≤♥was diagnosed with stage IV col♣€on cancer, she tried ♦φ to accept the randomness of th÷γπe accident and how toσ→ control it eventually. Gates beli♣≥eves that & quot; some &↑≤amp; lsquo; why & quot₽↓γ; can't give a satisfa±₩ctory answer with facts. &In his vi ∑ew, the book illustrδ♦★σates the risk of ove©φ✘→remphasizing causal thinking. He gr↓←↔≤ew up in a Mennonite familσ✘₽y who believed that firm fai¶♣₩th often paid off. Such a gr♦→owing environment gi≠ ∞≥ves her a humorous, helπ γpless and valuable perspective♥≤.
Lincoln in the Bardo
By George Saunders
[cover photo: Penguin Randomπδ™± House]
The premise of this fΩ→₩↔antasy novel is as unconventional ♦β'•as the style of writing. Th♥§e story takes place overnight, at t↔↔he beginning of the American Civil Wa ±♣≠r, when President Abraham Lincolnσ∏ comes to the cemete≠π€&ry where his recently deceas<↑>ed 11 year old son was bu±←ried. Later, ghosts appear, a&γ÷nd the story is mainly unfolded in ∞±a dialogue similar to the script♥<←•. As gates wrote, "the ™≤↑president has come to rε←™↓ealize that he sent othe☆♦α>r people's sons tγπo the battlefield to die for h×is country, creating trag★£edy for other families."&>✔. He has to make a choice. Should th™☆♣e war continue? If so, how can we §€ensure that the final £→result is worth such a heavy✔✘πΩ price? ”
Origin story: a big history of everytφ"£hing
Author: David Christian
[cover photo: little & ∑↑Brown, Brown and Company©>∑™）]
Historian David Christian is good at e∑₩xplaining the complex world history☆ in simple and easy to understan±←↔d, so his 2011 Ted lectu≈♣re on history has been viewed m✔←ore than 8 million times. Ω<ε÷This book is a further extension of thi≥₩£s ability. As gates wrote in his boφΩπ÷ok review, Christian pays more λ±$attention to the beginning o≤✘±<f change, such as explaining ±the physics and chemistry→•α of the big bang, and the bβiology and anthropology behind'" the evolution of humans from single£€↕≠ celled organisms to'•& more recognizable primates≈✔>♣. For inspired teachers, parents or lif♣©≈elong learners, Gates al↔®so recommends Christi♠≈♠an's free online cou★↔♥rses.
Truth
Authors: Hans & middot; Rosling₩↑•; Ola Rosling; Anna Roslingπσ✘ ronlund
As early as April, gates recommen∞↔ded the book and wrote¥↕™↓ a separate review highlighting≈α∏ its great inspiration f&♦σ★or future reformers. Gates wrote at the δ time that most of the book is $✘↑devoted to 10 instincts that prevent £humans from seeing the wo₹∞rld in a factual light, €☆>from the fear instinct ✘♠(we focus more on the terrible tσπhings) to the scale instinct (indepeαndent data tends to l★∑≤ook more impressive ≈λ$ than the actual) to th₽Ω e separation instinct (most people ≠←are in between). For&≤ each instinct, he offers practicβεπal advice on how to o§®∑vercome our inborn pr↓↔ejudices. ”
Finally, of course, there ±✔is a classic summary ≈ ←of gates: for many pe∑↓↓Ωople around the world, lif★&$e is really improvinγ✔><g. But to move forward, we need a lotπ∑ of imagination, insp•®→iration and input.
So every summer (and during holidays)÷&, gates shares a reading list, intr¥♥✘→oducing eye opening concepts in the₹↓±₩ name of beach books. It's no secr≥ε←∏et, but Gates pretends t o be surprised every year.∑"™ He wrote on his pers✘↓onal blog Gates Notes: &#÷∞ ₽39;when I put together t±§α§his summer's list of re<→₩commended books, I found tha©Ωt several of them dealt with major i≈✘₩ssues. ”
In fact, this year, he has li↓≈&§sted several core questions tha $£t readers can find answers tε<≈®o. &What is the secret of genius? W∞×β↔hy don't good people pay o¥±≥↑ff? Where do humans ≤πφ♠come from and where do they ↑£go? ”
The following bibliography se§©ems to answer these question₹©€s in order. From the biograp©φ₹hy of Leonardo da Vinci, the Memoir§βs of a woman fighting cancer, to<σ ∏ the Fictional Narration of one nigh"σ←t of Abraham Lincoln's li←$©fe through the mouth of g∑"©hosts, and even a book explaining the o→rigin and development of♥÷• life. With only four theme☆βε±s covered, consider book 5≤←©€ a clarion call for actio✔☆♠εn. The author is Hans Rosling, a g ≠lobal health expert w↔₹δho died last year. It goes bac₹±→k to explore some experiences a ∑∞nd lessons, and more directly states ↓♥↑that everyone has the♦↓' ability to do more good deeds ↕↓for the world.
Leonardo da Vinci
Author: Walter Isaacson
[cover photo: Simon & Schuster]
As the most respected painter and t>₹hinker in the world, Leonardo da €™¶≠Vinci basically learned by himself÷$£. The technical limit'®ations of more than 500 years a→→<go did not limit his conj©★ecture about the opera₩ ↓$tion principle of the world. As gatσ¶es wrote, "when he is eager to lea$☆rn something, whether thr★÷™ough the blood flow fr ₽om the heart or the sh±≠ape of the woodpecker&#<©≤β39;s tongue, he observes clo₩'sely, notes down his thoughts,¶∞® and tries to find ou♣ t the answer. &Curiosity ©®is more valuable than ever, especial♦←ly in the Internet age.
Everything happens for a re★ ason and other lies I & rsquo; v∑π'e loved
Author: Kate Bowler
[Penguin cover]
When a Duke Divinity School professor ±₹≤♥was diagnosed with stage IV col♣€on cancer, she tried ♦φ to accept the randomness of th÷γπe accident and how toσ→ control it eventually. Gates beli♣≥eves that & quot; some &↑≤amp; lsquo; why & quot₽↓γ; can't give a satisfa±₩ctory answer with facts. &In his vi ∑ew, the book illustrδ♦★σates the risk of ove©φ✘→remphasizing causal thinking. He gr↓←↔≤ew up in a Mennonite familσ✘₽y who believed that firm fai¶♣₩th often paid off. Such a gr♦→owing environment gi≠ ∞≥ves her a humorous, helπ γpless and valuable perspective♥≤.
Lincoln in the Bardo
By George Saunders
[cover photo: Penguin Randomπδ™± House]
The premise of this fΩ→₩↔antasy novel is as unconventional ♦β'•as the style of writing. Th♥§e story takes place overnight, at t↔↔he beginning of the American Civil Wa ±♣≠r, when President Abraham Lincolnσ∏ comes to the cemete≠π€&ry where his recently deceas<↑>ed 11 year old son was bu±←ried. Later, ghosts appear, a&γ÷nd the story is mainly unfolded in ∞±a dialogue similar to the script♥<←•. As gates wrote, "the ™≤↑president has come to rε←™↓ealize that he sent othe☆♦α>r people's sons tγπo the battlefield to die for h×is country, creating trag★£edy for other families."&>✔. He has to make a choice. Should th™☆♣e war continue? If so, how can we §€ensure that the final £→result is worth such a heavy✔✘πΩ price? ”
Origin story: a big history of everytφ"£hing
Author: David Christian
[cover photo: little & ∑↑Brown, Brown and Company©>∑™）]
Historian David Christian is good at e∑₩xplaining the complex world history☆ in simple and easy to understan±←↔d, so his 2011 Ted lectu≈♣re on history has been viewed m✔←ore than 8 million times. Ω<ε÷This book is a further extension of thi≥₩£s ability. As gates wrote in his boφΩπ÷ok review, Christian pays more λ±$attention to the beginning o≤✘±<f change, such as explaining ±the physics and chemistry→•α of the big bang, and the bβiology and anthropology behind'" the evolution of humans from single£€↕≠ celled organisms to'•& more recognizable primates≈✔>♣. For inspired teachers, parents or lif♣©≈elong learners, Gates al↔®so recommends Christi♠≈♠an's free online cou★↔♥rses.
Truth
Authors: Hans & middot; Rosling₩↑•; Ola Rosling; Anna Roslingπσ✘ ronlund
As early as April, gates recommen∞↔ded the book and wrote¥↕™↓ a separate review highlighting≈α∏ its great inspiration f&♦σ★or future reformers. Gates wrote at the δ time that most of the book is $✘↑devoted to 10 instincts that prevent £humans from seeing the wo₹∞rld in a factual light, €☆>from the fear instinct ✘♠(we focus more on the terrible tσπhings) to the scale instinct (indepeαndent data tends to l★∑≤ook more impressive ≈λ$ than the actual) to th₽Ω e separation instinct (most people ≠←are in between). For&≤ each instinct, he offers practicβεπal advice on how to o§®∑vercome our inborn pr↓↔ejudices. ”
Finally, of course, there ±✔is a classic summary ≈ ←of gates: for many pe∑↓↓Ωople around the world, lif★&$e is really improvinγ✔><g. But to move forward, we need a lotπ∑ of imagination, insp•®→iration and input.
