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Bill Gates, a multi大家billion dollar philanthropist, spen海說ds heavily on vaccines a黃吧nd aid programs, but he also地年 knows that money can't buy m們務ore knowledge.
So every summer (and during h美習olidays), gates shares a reading li水的st, introducing eye opening concepts 數姐in the name of beach books. I什書t's no secret, but Gates p城廠retends to be surprised eve黃計ry year. He wrote on h哥通is personal blog Gates N員文otes: 'when I put舞姐 together this summer'國雜s list of recommended books,謝技 I found that several紙土 of them dealt with ma南輛jor issues. ”
In fact, this year, 是影he has listed several cor唱東e questions that reader知腦s can find answers to. &Wh光吧at is the secret of genius?朋通 Why don't good peopl頻筆e pay off? Where do humans come fr遠西om and where do they go? ”
The following bibliography seem裡雜s to answer these quest件去ions in order. From the biography of 家問Leonardo da Vinci, the M議好emoirs of a woman fighting cancer, 吃銀to the Fictional Narration of one ni算笑ght of Abraham Linco來懂ln's life through th說去e mouth of ghosts, and even a book 物分explaining the origin and developme短要nt of life. With only four themes 你也covered, consider book 5 a cla工綠rion call for action. T還校he author is Hans Rosling, a global厭風 health expert who died l路懂ast year. It goes back to explor會是e some experiences and空街 lessons, and more directly sta紙開tes that everyone has the ability水文 to do more good deeds for the wo如錢rld.
Leonardo da Vinci
Author: Walter Isaacson
[cover photo: Simon &a能件mp; Schuster]
As the most respected pa煙裡inter and thinker in the world, 輛愛Leonardo da Vinci basical拍著ly learned by himself. The technical li關麗mitations of more than嗎年 500 years ago did not limit his西男 conjecture about the o區門peration principle of the world. As 拍跳gates wrote, "when he is 視光eager to learn somethin紙兵g, whether through the 在笑blood flow from the 女些heart or the shape of the woodp兵又ecker's tongue, he observes公信 closely, notes down his thought事南s, and tries to find 文到out the answer. &C農可uriosity is more valuable than e聽舞ver, especially in th森話e Internet age.
Everything happens for相務 a reason and other li如遠es I & rsquo; ve loved
Author: Kate Bowler
[Penguin cover]
When a Duke Divinity S雜外chool professor was d為上iagnosed with stage IV colon can金書cer, she tried to accept雨風 the randomness of the accid雨弟ent and how to contr了事ol it eventually. Gates believ高廠es that & quot; some & lsquo; w這腦hy & quot; can't 讀刀give a satisfactory answer間購 with facts. &In his view,綠服 the book illustrates the risk of 厭費overemphasizing causal thinking. He g什視rew up in a Mennonite fa姐老mily who believed that firm faith 行空often paid off. Such a growin黃有g environment gives her a h遠放umorous, helpless and valuable per為到spective.
Lincoln in the Bardo
By George Saunders
[cover photo: Penguin Random House]風去
The premise of this fantasy n算北ovel is as unconventional as th火林e style of writing. 黃唱The story takes place一鄉 overnight, at the b說業eginning of the American Ci習得vil War, when President Abraham Linco服也ln comes to the cemetery where his 草冷recently deceased 11 year old son was b高聽uried. Later, ghosts appear, and the s她作tory is mainly unfolded in a dialog遠裡ue similar to the script. As gates wro喝書te, "the president has come雪呢 to realize that he s呢愛ent other people's 他廠sons to the battlefield to die f黑城or his country, creating tragedy fo照從r other families."答做;. He has to make a choic機事e. Should the war continue?看刀 If so, how can we ensure雨山 that the final result is worth such a微紙 heavy price? ”
Origin story: a big h裡高istory of everything
Author: David Christi日放an
[cover photo: little &舊金amp; Brown, Brown and Company）]
Historian David Christian 長是is good at explaining t我月he complex world history in simpl信裡e and easy to understand, so his 這爸2011 Ted lecture on hist媽冷ory has been viewed more than 8 mil身來lion times. This book is志大 a further extension of this ability. A匠時s gates wrote in his book review, Chris說店tian pays more attention to the be員家ginning of change, suc著話h as explaining the physics and che通多mistry of the big bang, and the biolog車厭y and anthropology behind the evoluti空弟on of humans from sin熱們gle celled organisms to more recogni們們zable primates. For inspired teacher鐘車s, parents or lifelong learner熱快s, Gates also recommends Christian生日's free online courses.
Truth
Authors: Hans & middot; Rosling; O習窗la Rosling; Anna Rosl到美ing ronlund
As early as April, gates 年為recommended the book and wrote a s電頻eparate review highlighting i生器ts great inspiration答我 for future reformers. Gates wrote a要風t the time that most of th但照e book is devoted to 10 instincts 了靜that prevent humans fr制答om seeing the world in a fac城喝tual light, from the fea開計r instinct (we focus more on the te學地rrible things) to the scale in門著stinct (independent data 在雪tends to look more impressive 員志than the actual) to the火年 separation instinct (m一知ost people are in betw地資een). For each insti訊唱nct, he offers practical ad謝請vice on how to overcome our睡窗 inborn prejudices. ”
Finally, of course, ther好好e is a classic summary o和時f gates: for many people a開好round the world, life房刀 is really improving. Bu男藍t to move forward, we need a lot of im是拍agination, inspiration an風會d input.