| Year | Title | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Fischer: Einstein, Hawking, Singh & Co. | A book about popular science books one should know about |
The following lists are also interesting:
- https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/apr/03/steven-weinberg-13-best-science-books-general-reader
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170617002919/http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/100-or-so-books-that-shaped-a-century-of-science
| Year | Title | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Hansen: Great at Work | Seven principles on how to be successful at work supported by statistics |
| 2017 | Dalio: Principles | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principles_(book) |
| 2017 | Solingen: Der Bienenhirte | Gives useful insights for leading agile teams based on a nice analogy |
| 2015 | Thiel: Zero to One | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_to_One |
| 2014 | Keese: Silicon Valley | --- |
| 2011 | Ries: The lean startup | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lean_Startup |
| 2002 | deMarco: Slack | Why over-optimization is bad for any company |
| Year | Title | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Distler: Möbel kaufen - Qualität erkennen | --- |
| 2013 | Groß: Geldanlage für Faule | Doesn't work, if the interest rates are so low as they are nowadays |
| 2011 | Hodgkinson: Leitfaden für faule Eltern | "Leave the kids alone" |
| 2010 | Busemann: Papa To Go | A nice gift |
| Year | Title | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Michalk: Gesundheit optimieren | Guide to optimize health |
| 2018 | Axt-Gadermann: Power für die Schilddrüse | Self-help for problems with thyroid gland |
| 2016 | Starrett: Sitzen ist das neue Rauchen | This book convinced me to get a standing desk |
| 2015 | Greger: How not to die | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Not_to_Die:_Discover_the_Foods_Scientifically_Proven_to_Prevent_and_Reverse_Disease |
| 2012 | Hickisch: Grüne Smoothies | A green smoothie a day keeps the doctor away |
| 2009 | Ackerman: 24 Stunden | http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/books/review/Dunn2-t.html |
| 2007 | Spitzer: Lernen | Important insights from neuroscience on how our brain works and learns |
| Year | Title | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Spufford: Red Plenty | Why the planned economics of soviet union failed despite interesting mathematical optimization ideas |
| 2005 | Mähr: Vergessene Erfindungen | Forgotten inventions (Semaphore telegraph, Flettner rotor, etc.) |
| 1997 | DiTrocchio: Der große Schwindel | Some interesting cases of fraud in science |
| 1989 | Haffner: Von Bismarck zu Hitler | The best book about the German Reich |
| Year | Title | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Wallace: Die Entdeckung des Unendlichen | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_and_More_(book) |
| Year | Title | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | van Reybrouck: Gegen Wahlen | Why elections are not democratic |
| 2015 | Sygar: Endspiel | https://www.dw.com/en/the-metamorphosis-of-vladimir-putin/a-18764962 |
| 2015 | Brzezinski: Die einzige Weltmacht | https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_einzige_Weltmacht:_Amerikas_Strategie_der_Vorherrschaft |
| 2007 | Weyh: Die letzte Wahl | https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_letzte_Wahl |
| Year | Title | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Galef: The scout mindset | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scout_Mindset |
| 2013 | Konnikova: Mastermind | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastermind:_How_to_Think_Like_Sherlock_Holmes |
| 2013 | Scheich: Positives Denken macht krank | Read this, if you feel sick |
| 2012 | Cain: Quiet | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiet:_The_Power_of_Introverts_in_a_World_That_Can't_Stop_Talking |
| 2010 | Gladwell: Überflieger | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outliers_(book) |
| 2009 | Watzlawick: Anleitung zum Unglücklichsein | The best book about psychology, ever |
| Year | Title | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Maurer: One small step can change your life | Achieving lasting success through small, steady steps |
| 2013 | Guise: Mini Habits | Mini Habits are "too small to fail", so one can do them every day |
| 2003 | Kingston: Feng Shui gegen das Gerümpel des Alltags | I should read this book again |
| Year | Title | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Stryker: The 12-minute athlete | The best bodyweight HIIT program. It really improved my fitness. |
| 2020 | Baum: Vegan zur Höchstleistung | --- |
| 2018 | Scheck: Top ernährt im Sport | No nonsense guide to nutrition for sport |
| 2011 | Lauren: Fit ohne Geräte | Very good an challenging home workout routines |
| 2000 | Boeckh-Behrens: Fitness-Krafttraining | The scientifically proven, most effective exercises. |
| 1998 | Barteck: Fitness Manual | Shows techniques and training tips for many types of sport (Swimming, Skiing, Jogging, etc...) |
| Year | Title | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Reinhart: Statistics done wrong | Should be mandatory reading for every scientist |
| 2015 | Silver: The signal and the noise | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Signal_and_the_Noise |
| 2011 | Mlodinow: Wenn Gott würfelt | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Drunkard%27s_Walk |
| 1991 | Huff: How to lie with statistics | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Lie_with_Statistics |
| Year | Title | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Zuckerman: The man who solved the market | How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution |
| 2016 | Hagstrom: Warren Buffett | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Warren_Buffett_Way |
| 2011 | Mallaby: More Money than God | The history of the Hedge Fund Industry. Some rare insights into https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_Technologies |
| 2008 | Mandelbrot: The (Mis)Behaviour of Markets | The "father of fractals" explains the stock markets behaviour |
| 2007 | Taleb: Fooled by Randomness | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fooled_by_Randomness |
| 2006 | Poundstone: Fortune's Formula | The amazing story of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Shannon, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_criterion, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_O._Thorp and the hedgefond https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton_Newport_Partners |
| Year | Title | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Dietrich: Highlights Georgien | Nice pictures of Georgia |
| 2010 | Rademacher: Das Buch für Berlinhasser | Mandatory reading about Berlin, unfortunately some parts are already outdated and nowadays even worse than described. |