{"id":1657,"date":"2014-12-22T03:31:36","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T03:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dabacon.org\/caelifera\/?p=1089"},"modified":"2014-12-22T03:31:36","modified_gmt":"2014-12-22T03:31:36","slug":"books-of-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dabacon.org\/caelifera\/2014\/12\/22\/books-of-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Books of 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was not able to get a ton of reading done this year, though I did spend a lot of time reading algebraic geometry texts, which is not reflected in the list below. Certainly the book I enjoyed the most this year was Edward Frenkel&#8217;s &#8220;Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality&#8221;. The subject area itself is fascinating. Definitely read this if you want to know what the Langland&#8217;s program is and how it fits in with the bigger picture of modern mathematics. I also loved the way that Frenkel weaved his personal story into the math story in such a smooth manner. The most surprising book for me this year was &#8220;A Calculated Life&#8221; by Anne Charnock, which I really didn&#8217;t like for the first few pages, but which grew and grew into a beautiful story, touching, story.<\/p>\n<p><b>Non-fiction<\/b>, ordered by most to least recommended<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Love-Math-Heart-Hidden-Reality-ebook\/dp\/B00BKRW5E6\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;keywords=math%20in%20love&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;qid=1419218151&amp;sr=8-1&amp;tag=thequantumpon-20&amp;linkId=ATN4WR3FRZQHRQNB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thequantumpon-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> by Edward Frenkel<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0052FF7YM\/?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;psc=1&amp;tag=thequantumpon-20&amp;linkId=U3IPOBSWB7OTB752\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thequantumpon-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> by Jonathan Haidt<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004H4XI5O\/?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;psc=1&amp;tag=thequantumpon-20&amp;linkId=WH5HXAKIYSMFUBT2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thequantumpon-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> by Joshua Foer<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0052REUW0\/?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;psc=1&amp;tag=thequantumpon-20&amp;linkId=KQUBGIFKU7ADDPCN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thequantumpon-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> by Steven Pinker<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003ZK58TA\/?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;psc=1&amp;tag=thequantumpon-20&amp;linkId=S64KUNZFYNSIGNNT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Where Good Ideas Come From<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thequantumpon-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> by Steven Johnson<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Team-Geek-Software-Developers-Working\/dp\/1449302440\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;keywords=team%20geek&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;qid=1419218391&amp;sr=8-1&amp;tag=thequantumpon-20&amp;linkId=22BHGZNJM6OIZ6XK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Team Geek: A Software Developer&#8217;s Guide to Working Well with Others<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thequantumpon-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> by Brian Fitzpatrick and Ben Collins-Sussman<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003F3PKSQ\/?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;psc=1&amp;tag=thequantumpon-20&amp;linkId=WQZC7HTA76V5F2Y2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Getting More: How You Can Negotiate to Succeed in Work and Life<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thequantumpon-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> by Stuart Diamond<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003UYUP58\/?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;psc=1&amp;tag=thequantumpon-20&amp;linkId=G5TRKIW34HFXMGWU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thequantumpon-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> by Siddhartha Mukherjee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Fiction<\/b>, ordered by most to least recommended<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00HSXGYCK\/?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;psc=1&amp;tag=thequantumpon-20&amp;linkId=3TUUENVTHBTSZ4J2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sand Omnibus<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thequantumpon-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> by Hugh Howley<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00DWFCA30\/?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;psc=1&amp;tag=thequantumpon-20&amp;linkId=67I2P75GVUGA65PX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Calculated Life<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thequantumpon-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> by Anne Charnock<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00JYMJQ78\/?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;psc=1&amp;tag=thequantumpon-20&amp;linkId=OXPO6WW3SNCSNOVT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fear the Sky (The Fear Saga Book 1)<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thequantumpon-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> by Stephen Moss<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00N53ITJ8\/?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;psc=1&amp;tag=thequantumpon-20&amp;linkId=NKZDX447BP57GGA6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fear the Survivors (The Fear Saga Book 2)<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thequantumpon-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> by Stephen Moss<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00H25FFGU\/?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;psc=1&amp;tag=thequantumpon-20&amp;linkId=R3CD5AGVGGLJQXU7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Whiskey Tango Foxtrot<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thequantumpon-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> by David Shafer<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00MSW2II0\/?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;psc=1&amp;tag=thequantumpon-20&amp;linkId=GUL57V4RGZZXQXDK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Old Equations<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thequantumpon-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> by Jake Kerr<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00M3GIBUK\/?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;psc=1&amp;tag=thequantumpon-20&amp;linkId=NLMQJ4PLGLTMPPBJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Robot Chronicles (The Future Chronicles Book 1)<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thequantumpon-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> with stories by Hugh Howey, Matthew Mather, Samuel Peralta, David Adams, Ann Christy, Nina Croft, WJ Davies, Patrice Fitzgerald, Jason Gurley, Deirdre Gould, A.K. Meek, Edward W. Robertson, Endi Webb, David Gatewood, and David Simpson<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00P1OHT2C\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00P1OHT2C&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=thequantumpon-20&amp;linkId=ZI5UHTN4N6NBHTYZ\">Cronix<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thequantumpon-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00P1OHT2C\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important;margin:0px !important\" \/> by James Hider<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00FPQA4F0\/?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;psc=1&amp;tag=thequantumpon-20&amp;linkId=BORXCUV2CDPHUHZI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cibola Burn (The Expanse Book 4)<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thequantumpon-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> by James S.A. Corey<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00L2KEX1E\/?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;psc=1&amp;tag=thequantumpon-20&amp;linkId=DMBMI2KWYMXHGUNY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Glitch: A Short Story<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thequantumpon-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> by Hugh Howley<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00E83YOEI\/?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;psc=1&amp;tag=thequantumpon-20&amp;linkId=CQG6ZDZY5EA2ZGXB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Diaspora<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thequantumpon-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> by Greg Egan<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00H3PX5GQ\/?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;psc=1&amp;tag=thequantumpon-20&amp;linkId=OKDGKODYF3PCRSPS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The World of Kurt Vonnegut: Peace in Amber<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thequantumpon-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> by Hugh Howley<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00GMQOUCU\/?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;psc=1&amp;tag=thequantumpon-20&amp;linkId=VXGVWXJ2AHJZIZ6K\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Legendary Detective at the World&#8217;s End (Volume 1)<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thequantumpon-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> by Kaye Wagner<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00JMNI8Q4\/?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;psc=1&amp;tag=thequantumpon-20&amp;linkId=YS5MS65HFLGBSDCV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pennsylvania Omnibus<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thequantumpon-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> by Michael Bunker<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B007WNC3LC\/?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;psc=1&amp;tag=thequantumpon-20&amp;linkId=67CXPEMKSD7ARQYA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Not So Singular World<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thequantumpon-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> by Patrick Hatt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was not able to get a ton of reading done this year, though I did spend a lot of time reading algebraic geometry texts, which is not reflected in the list below. Certainly the book I enjoyed the most this year was Edward Frenkel&#8217;s &#8220;Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality&#8221;. The subject &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dabacon.org\/caelifera\/2014\/12\/22\/books-of-2014\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Books of 2014&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dabacon.org\/caelifera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dabacon.org\/caelifera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dabacon.org\/caelifera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dabacon.org\/caelifera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dabacon.org\/caelifera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dabacon.org\/caelifera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1657\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dabacon.org\/caelifera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dabacon.org\/caelifera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dabacon.org\/caelifera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}