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Sankara

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Jeff Cox, Eliyahu M. Goldratt: The Goal (2004, North River Press) 4 stars

The Goal is about new global principles of manufacturing. It's about people trying to understand …

Review of 'The Goal' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars



Just want to say it was a gripping read. A rare thing to say about a business/management book. I’m almost never interested in the facts spitted out in most books - even science books. Tell me how you arrived at that.

Of all the things I could learn from this book, I learnt for the first time in my life the periodic nature of the periodic table. It clicked because the author was inquisitive - “how do we find order from seemingly random things?” And the quest for “intrinsic order”.

The dialog/conversational way of delivering a concept - the Socratic way - is long and winding for some people but information sticks. Precisely because the information isn’t provided in a platter. Allegories and analogies when done right helps you understand a concept quite well and I think this book did it quite well.

Richard P. Feynman, Ralph Leighton: "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" (2018, W. W. Norton & Company) 4 stars

Review of '"What Do You Care What Other People Think?"' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I like Feynman’s extraordinary ability to synthesise searingly hard subjects to a level that anyone with basic skills can understand. This book is no exception. There are a lot of valuable lessons - everything from basic interactions to the value of science. And I picked it up for that reason. As it turns out half the book is about the challenger explosion and a very insider account of the investigation that followed. It’s well worth it if you’re even tensely interested in engineering or space.