8 must-read nonfiction books like Web Design: The Evolution of the Digital World 1990–Today by Rob Ford

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Web Design: The Evolution of the Digital World 1990–Today

By: Rob Ford

4.11

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

The last three decades have marked an era of technological upheaval as frenetic and groundbreaking …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Web Design: The Evolution of the Digital World 1990–Today by Rob Ford , here is a list of 8 books like this:

1. Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us

By: Michael Moss

3.77

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Every year, the average American eats 33 pounds of cheese and 70 pounds of sugar. They ingest 8,500… read more

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2. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

By: Cal Newport

3.82

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this sk… read more

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3. The Making of Prince of Persia

By: Jordan Mechner

3.40

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

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4. Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong - and What You Really Need to Know

By: Emily Oster

4.15

Format: 130 pages,

What to Expect When You're Expectingmeets Freakonomics: an award-winning economist disproves standa… read more

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5. The Secret Lives of Color

By: Kassia St. Clair

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The Secret Lives of Colour tells the unusual stories of the 75 most fascinating shades, dyes and hu… read more

Similar categories in Kassia St. Clair's The Secret Lives of Color book and Rob Ford's Web Design: The Evolution of the Digital World 1990–Today

  • art
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • reference
"Van Gogh's sunflowers, it seems, are wilting, just like their real-life counterparts did."

-Kassia St. Clair, The Secret Lives of Color

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6. Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts

By: Annie Duke

3.83

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In Super Bowl XLIX, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll made one of the most controversial calls in footbal… read more

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  • nonfiction
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7. Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution

By: Carlo Rovelli

4.08

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A startling new look at quantum theory, from the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physi… read more

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  • nonfiction
"But structures are processes are not there so that organisms can survive and reproduce. It is the other way round: organisms survive and reproduce because these structures have happened to gradually …"

-Carlo Rovelli, Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution

"Credo che uno dei grandi errori che fanno gli esseri umani quando tentano di capire qualcosa sia volere certezze. La ricerca della conoscenza non si nutre di certezze: si nutre di una radicale assenz…"

-Carlo Rovelli, Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution

"In qualunque angolo dell'universo troviamo vertiginosi pozzi di strati di realtà. In questi strati siamo riusciti a riconoscere regolarità, sulle quali abbiamo raccolto informazione rilevante per noi…"

-Carlo Rovelli, Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution

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8. Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

By: Cat Bohannon

4.32

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

THE REAL ORIGIN OF OUR SPECIES: a myth-busting, eye-opening landmark account of how humans evolved,… read more

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  • nonfiction
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9. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

By: Eric Jorgenson

4.44

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

Getting rich is not just about luck; Happiness is not just a trait we are born with. These aspirati… read more

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  • nonfiction
"No one in the world is going to beat you at being you."

-Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

"Intentions don’t matter. Actions do. That’s why being ethical is hard."

-Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

"An old boss once warned: “You’ll never be rich since you’re obviously smart, and someone will always offer you a job that’s just good enough."

-Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

"I don’t buy the everlasting afterlife answers because it’s insane to me, with absolutely no evidence, to believe because of how you live seventy years here on this planet, you’re going to spend etern…"

-Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

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10. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

By: James Nestor

4.15

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how skinny or young or wise you are, none of it matt… read more

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  • nonfiction
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11. AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future

By: Kai-Fu Lee

3.86

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

In a groundbreaking blend of science and imagination, the former president of Google China and a le… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • technology
"Many people think smartphones and apps already know too much about us, but XR will take things to a whole new level."

-Kai-Fu Lee, AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future

"Imagine, a $1,000 political assassin! And this is not a far-fetched danger for the future, but a clear and present danger."

-Kai-Fu Lee, AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future

"autonomous weapons are already a clear and present danger, and will become more intelligent, nimble, lethal, and accessible at an unprecedented speed."

-Kai-Fu Lee, AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future

"More data leads to better AI (artificial intelligence), more automation leads to greater efficiency, more usage leads to reduced cost, and more free time leads to greater productivity. All of these w…"

-Kai-Fu Lee, AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future

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12. Web Design: The Evolution of the Digital World 1990–Today

By: Rob Ford

4.11

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

The last three decades have marked an era of technological upheaval as frenetic and groundbreaking … read more

Similar categories in Rob Ford's Web Design: The Evolution of the Digital World 1990–Today book and Rob Ford's Web Design: The Evolution of the Digital World 1990–Today

  • art
  • website design
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • reference
  • technology

7 Best history books like The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair

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Will Gompertz

4.20

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3.85

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