Crucial Books

Sur cette page, un récap de tous les livres cruciaux que j’ai lus et qui ont changé ma vie.

Épistémologie :

1. La Formule du Savoir: Une philosophie unifiée du savoir fondée sur le théorème de Bayes – Lê Nguyên Hoang
2. Thinking, Fast and Slow – Daniel Kahneman
3. Mistakes were made – Caroll Tarvis
4. The Unpersuadables: Adventures wiith the Enemies of Science – Will Storr
5. Bad science – Ben Goldenacre
6. The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
7. Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
8. Superforcasting – Philip Tetlock

Éducation

1. Education for thinking – Deanna Kuhn
2. Mindset – Carol S. Dweck
3. McKeachie’s teaching tips – Wilbert J. McKeachie
4. Learning to Learn and the Navigation of Moods – Gloria P. Flores
5. Thought and knowledge, an introduction to critical thinking – Diane Halpern
6. Academically Adrift – Richard Arum
7. L’innovation pédagogique – André Tricot
8. Make it stick ! – Peter C. Brown
9. Pédagogie de l’enseignement supérieur – Denis Berthiaume & Nicole Rege-Colet

Philosophie & sagesse :

1. The heart of Buddha’s teachings – Thich Nhath Hanh
2. Lettres à Lucilius – Sénèque
3. Walden; or, Life in the Woods – Henry David Thoreau
4. Le Tao de Pooh – Benjamin Hoff
5. The book of joy  – Desmond Tutu, Dalaï Lama
6. The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction – Matthew Crawford
7. Petit traité des grandes vertus – André Comte-Sponville

Psychologie & relations :

1. Radical Honnesty – Brad Blanton
2. Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions – Johann Hari
3. The Man’s Guide to Women: Scientifically Proven Secrets from the Love Lab About What Women Really Want – John Gottman (présentation)
4. The friendship factor – Alan Loy McGinnis
5. The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work – John Gottman

Sciences divers :

1. Surely you’re joking mister Feynman – Richard Feynman
2. A Short History of Nearly Everything – Bill Bryson
3. How We Got To Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World – Steven Johnson

Développement personnel :

1. Deep work – Cal Newport
2. Talk Like TED – Carmine Gallo
3. The How of Happiness – Sonja Lyubomirsky
4. Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body – Daniel Goleman
5. The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists – Neil Strauss

Société :

1. Sapiens : Une brève histoire de l’humanité – Yuval Noah Harari
2. La médiocratie – Alain Deneault
3. Le Capital au XXIe siècle – Thomas Piketty
4. Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging – Sebastian Junger
5. The social animal – David Brooks

Informatique :

1. Clean code – Robert C. Martin
2. Programming colective intelligence – Toby Segaran

Divers :

1. The anatomy of true story – John Truby
2. Save The Cat!: The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need – Blake Snyder (présentation)
3. What Every BODY is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide to Speed-Reading People – Joe Navarro