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Mattia Monga

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Mattia Monga rated Le Ton Beau De Marot: 4 stars

Douglas R. Hofstadter: Le Ton Beau De Marot (1998, Basic Books)

Le Ton Beau De Marot by Douglas R. Hofstadter

Lost in an art—the art of translation. Thus, in an elegant anagram (translation = lost in an art), Pulitzer Prize-winning …

Mattia Monga rated The art of computer programming: 4 stars

Donald Knuth: The art of computer programming (1997)

The art of computer programming by Donald Knuth

The Art of Computer Programming (TAOCP) is a comprehensive monograph written by the computer scientist Donald Knuth presenting programming algorithms …

Mattia Monga rated Homo Deus: 4 stars

Yuval Noah Harari: Homo Deus (Hardcover, Italian language, 2017, Bompiani)

Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari

Tras el éxito de Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari vuelve su mirada al futuro para ver hacia dónde nos dirigimos. Bestseller …

Mattia Monga rated L'invisibile ovunque: 3 stars

Wu Ming: L'invisibile ovunque (2015, Einaudi)

L'invisibile ovunque by Wu Ming

Mattia Monga rated What Is Mathematics, Really?: 5 stars

No cover — Reuben Hersh: What Is Mathematics, Really? (1998, Oxford University Press)

What Is Mathematics, Really? by Reuben Hersh

Mattia Monga rated My Search for Ramanujan: 3 stars

Ken Ono, Amir D. Aczel: My Search for Ramanujan (Hardcover, 2016, Springer)

My Search for Ramanujan by Ken Ono, Amir D. Aczel

Mattia Monga rated The Housekeeper and the Professor: 4 stars

Yoko Ogawa: The Housekeeper and the Professor (EBook, 2009, Random House Group Limited)

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa

He is a brilliant maths professor with a peculiar problem - ever since a traumatic head injury some seventeen years …

Mattia Monga rated Paul and Jesus: 5 stars

Paul and Jesus by James D. Tabor

Mattia Monga rated Storia d'Italia dal 1861 al 1997: 3 stars

Denis Mack Smith: Storia d'Italia dal 1861 al 1997 (Italian language, 2011)

Storia d'Italia dal 1861 al 1997 by Denis Mack Smith

Mattia Monga rated La lingua geniale: 4 stars

Andrea Marcolongo: La lingua geniale (Paperback, 2016, Laterza)

La lingua geniale by Andrea Marcolongo

Mattia Monga rated iWoz: computer geek to cult icon : how I invented the personal computer, co-founded Apple, and had fun doing it: 3 stars

Steve Wozniak, Gina Smith: iWoz (2006, W.W. Norton & Co.)

iWoz: computer geek to cult icon : how I invented the personal computer, co-founded Apple, and had fun doing it by Steve Wozniak, Gina Smith

Once upon a time, computers looked like big, alien vending machines. They had large screens, cryptic switches, huge boxes, and …

Mattia Monga rated Einstein: 4 stars

Mattia Monga reviewed L'infinito tra parentesi. Storia sentimentale della scienza da Omero a Borges

Review of "L'infinito tra parentesi. Storia sentimentale della scienza da Omero a Borges" on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

All'inizio ho trovato lo stile da blog dell'autore un po' contrastante con la rilegatura cartonata e i tipi di un editore blasonato, ma mi ci sono presto abituato e piano piano sono entrato nello spirito giusto per apprezzare lo humor con cui Malvaldi parla di scienza. Fortunatamente gli appigli letterari (spesso pretestuosi) e la "storia sentimentale" sono solo spunti per fare della buona divulgazione scientifica.

Mattia Monga reviewed Kissinger Pt. 1 by Walter Isaacson

Review of 'Kissinger Pt. 1' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Una biografia che copre principalmente gli anni in cui Kissinger collaborò con il governo degli USA. Molto efficace nel mostrare l'ambiguità e l'eccellenza del personaggio, ma decisamente troppo prolissa e spesso ripetitiva.

Mattia Monga rated Steve Jobs: 5 stars

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

Steve Jobs is the authorized self-titled biography of American business magnate and Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. The book was written …