Benjamin Brumfield
  • Work
  • Education
  • Projects
    • Chess (2011)
    • Chess (2015)
    • Prime Number Finder (2011)
    • Prime Number Checker (2015)
    • Project Euler
  • Books
  • Contact
2018
​Favorites
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Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor Frankl
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The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
Sean Carroll
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Origin Story:
A Big History of Everything
David Christian
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Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson
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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side
​of Everything
Steven D. Levitt,  Stephen J. Dubner
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SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And
Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
​Steven D. Levitt,  Stephen J. Dubner
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Antifragile: Things That Gain
from Disorder
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley,
the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work
Steven Kotler,  Jamie Wheal
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A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing
and the Unthinkable Power to
​Control Evolution

Jennifer Doudna & Samuel Sternberg
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Sapiens
A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari
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Homo Deus
A Brief History of Tomorrow
Yuval Noah Harari
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The Social Conquest of Earth
Edward O. Wilson

2017
​Favorites
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
​Susan Cain
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Solitude: In Pursuit of a Singular Life in a Crowded World
Michael Harris
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Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Cal Newport
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So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love
Cal Newport
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Elon Musk: Inventing the Future
Ashlee Vance
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The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos
​and the Age of Amazon
Brad Stone
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Leaders Eat Last
Simon Sinek
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How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work: Seven Languages for Transformation
Robert Kegan, Lisa Laskow Lahey
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Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity
Kim Malone Scott
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Captivate: The Science of
​Succeeding with People
Vanessa Van Edwards
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a
​Family and Culture in Crisis
J.D. Vance
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When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi


​2016
​Favorites
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How Bad Do You Want It?: Mastering the Psychology of Mind Over Muscle
Matt Fitzgerald
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David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
Malcolm Gladwell
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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious CharacterRichard Feynman
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Bold: How to Go Big, Create
​Wealth and Impact the World

Diamandis, Kotler


​2009 - 2015

​Favorites
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Outliers: The Story of Success
Malcolm Gladwell
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The Art of Learning
Josh Waitzkin
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How We Decide
Jonah Lehrer
Abundance: The Future is
​Better Than You Think

Diamandis, Kotler
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Bringing Up Bebe
Pamela Druckerman
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A Mind That Found Itself
​Clifford Whittingham Beers
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Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
Dan Ariely
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The Mind's Eye
Oliver Sacks
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Mindset: The New
​Psychology of Success
Carol Dweck
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The Social Animal
David Brooks
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Stumbling on Happiness
Dan Gilbert
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Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength
Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney
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