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This was recommended by Bill Gates in his 2019 yearly book roundup, but it does come with a word of caution: it's an extremely technical book, heavy in academic language and mathematical detail.īut Vaclav, known for his deep knowledge in policy and energy systems in his work at the University of Winnipeg, does such an incredible job in explaining how things grow and the patterns in which they do that somehow this 600 page unit, which contains an additional 100 pages purely devoted to sources, becomes a page-turner. Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities by Vaclav Smil After seeing how the mind of one of history's greatest generalists functioned I was finally ready to proudly wear my polymath hat. This book was an inspiration to me as I've always identified myself as a "generalist". He invented military weapons, water systems and flying machines, he was a sculptor, he was an exceptional writer, he studied the human body and drew the most detailed anatomy pictures of his time, and the list goes on. I did not have this book on my reading list before the end of the year, but while I was in Brazil in 2019 I visited a Leonardo da Vinci exposition (which I talked about on this post) that completely blew my mind.Īside from having been one of history's most brilliant painters, Leonardo embodied the definition of a true renaissance man. This was an extraordinary piece of writing by one of the biography industry's very best - Walter Isaacson.
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