Polymath


Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
The Polymath: A Cultural History from Leonardo da Vinci to Susan Sontag
The Polymath: Unlocking the Power of Human Versatility
Leonardo da Vinci
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Mastery
The Nicomachean Ethics
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It
Meditations
The War of Art
Learn Like Einstein: Memorize More, Read Faster, Focus Better, and Master Anything With Ease… Become An Expert in Record Time (Accelerated Learning) (Learning how to Learn Book 15)
The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann
Beginners by Tom VanderbiltThe Renaissance Soul by Margaret LobenstineThe Polymath by Waqas   AhmedRefuse to Choose! by Barbara SherHow to Be Everything by Emilie Wapnick
Best Books for Multipotentialites
11 books — 5 voters
Range by David   EpsteinThe Renaissance Soul by Margaret LobenstineBrain Rules by John MedinaFacilitating Learning with the Adult Brain in Mind by Kathleen    TaylorRefuse to Choose! by Barbara Sher
Hyphen Squad
37 books — 2 voters

Our Tribal Future by David R. SamsonWhat Is Mathematics? An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods by Richard CourantThe Cartoon Guide to Genetics by Larry GonickDecision Theory with a Human Face by Richard BradleyDiamond Dust (Poems From the Black Sea) Volume I by Anca Ioviţă
Humanistic Approach to Sciences
29 books — 12 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondMath Jokes by Ralph LaneThe Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard P. FeynmanThe Lessons of History by Will DurantThe Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Polymath's Library
258 books — 73 voters

Richie Norton
Michelangelo was just 26 when he sculpted the David. The slab of marble he used was deemed unusable for 35 years. Why? Experience and age are not the same as creativity or competence.
Richie Norton

Richie Norton
You can become 1) more creative by 2) getting new inputs by 3) enjoying new experiences to 4) make new connections to 5) solve your problems with polymathic thinking.⁣
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