6 best-selling nonfiction books like The Industrial Design Reader by Carma Gorman

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The Industrial Design Reader

By: Carma Gorman

3.94

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

With input from a diverse range of industry experts/designers, theorists, critics, historians, and …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Industrial Design Reader by Carma Gorman , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson

1. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

By: Neil deGrasse Tyson

4.08

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit … read more

Similar categories in Neil deGrasse Tyson's Astrophysics for People in a Hurry book and Carma Gorman's The Industrial Design Reader

  • nonfiction
  • history
"….. Neptune, the outermost planet. No, it’s not Pluto. Get over it."

-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

"Bosons, by the way, are named for the Indian scientist Satyendra Nath Bose."

-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

"Nonetheless, they remind us that ignorance is the natural state of mind for a research scientist."

-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

"I don't know about you, but the planet Saturn pops into my mind with every bite of a hamburger I take."

-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

Cover of Wabi-Sabi: For Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers by Leonard Koren

2. Wabi-Sabi: For Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers

By: Leonard Koren

4.18

Format: None pages, Paperback

Describes the principles of wabi-sabi, a Japanese aesthetic associated with Japanese tea ceremonies… read more

Similar categories in Leonard Koren's Wabi-Sabi: For Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers book and Carma Gorman's The Industrial Design Reader

  • art
  • nonfiction
  • design
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3. Design as Art

By: Patrick Creagh , Bruno Munari

3.98

Format: 574 pages, Paperback

One of the last surviving members of the futurist generation, Bruno Munari's Design as Art is an il… read more

Similar categories in Patrick Creagh's Design as Art book and Carma Gorman's The Industrial Design Reader

  • art
  • art design
  • nonfiction
  • design
Cover of The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman

4. The Design of Everyday Things

By: Donald A. Norman

4.11

Format: 559 pages, Paperback

Anyone who designs anything to be used by humans -- from physical objects to computer programs to c… read more

Similar categories in Donald A. Norman's The Design of Everyday Things book and Carma Gorman's The Industrial Design Reader

  • art
  • nonfiction
  • design
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5. Flowers for Algernon

By: Daniel Keyes

4.21

Format: 311 pages, Paperback

Winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, the powerful, classic story about a man who receives an … read more

Similar categories in Daniel Keyes's Flowers for Algernon book and Carma Gorman's The Industrial Design Reader

  • school
  • read for school
"I’m “exceptional"

-Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon

"Punctuation, is? fun!"

-Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon

"I may not have all the time I thought I had..."

-Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon

"Why am I always looking at life through a window?"

-Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon

6. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

By: Malcolm Gladwell

3.92

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

An alternate cover edition exist . The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or … read more

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7. History of Modern Design

By: None

3.00

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

The first book of its kind, Raizmans History of Modern Design offers a gorgeously illustrated surve… read more

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8. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

By: Philip K. Dick

4.09

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the hordes of humans o… read more

Similar categories in Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? book and Carma Gorman's The Industrial Design Reader

"An android,"

-Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

"Mors certa, vita incerta,"

-Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

"Mankind needs more empathy."

-Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

"Frankly, you look more like a goat man to me."

-Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

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9. Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke

By: Eric LaRocca

2.96

Format: 120 pages, Kindle Edition

Sadomasochism. Obsession. Death. A whirlpool of darkness churns at the heart of a macabre ballet… read more

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10. Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

By: Angela Chen

4.36

Format: 210 pages, Hardcover

An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that's obsessed with sexual attra… read more

Similar categories in Angela Chen's Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex book and Carma Gorman's The Industrial Design Reader

  • nonfiction
"Representation not only reflects, but actually changes reality."

-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

"Loving another person should never mean forfeiting bodily autonomy."

-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

"It is a failure of society if anyone needs to say “I have a partner"

-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

"Aces aren't a puzzle with a missing piece. Everyone is their own full puzzle."

-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

Cover of The Industrial Design Reader by Carma Gorman

11. The Industrial Design Reader

By: Carma Gorman

3.94

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

With input from a diverse range of industry experts/designers, theorists, critics, historians, and … read more

Similar categories in Carma Gorman's The Industrial Design Reader book and Carma Gorman's The Industrial Design Reader

  • art
  • history
  • school
  • art design
  • read for school
  • nonfiction
  • design

11 Top audiobook books like Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Transform Your Habits

Why Evolution Is True

Jerry A. Coyne

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

Neil deGrasse Tyson

4.08

Transform Your Habits

A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing

Richard Dawkins , Lawrence M. Krauss

3.94

Transform Your Habits

The Selfish Gene

Richard Dawkins

4.16

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