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Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.13 — 80,799 ratings — published 2019
The Polymath: A Cultural History from Leonardo da Vinci to Susan Sontag (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.28 — 378 ratings — published
The Polymath: Unlocking the Power of Human Versatility (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.86 — 414 ratings — published 2019
Leonardo da Vinci (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.18 — 130,753 ratings — published 2017
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.29 — 52,887 ratings — published 1979
Mastery (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.26 — 49,741 ratings — published 2012
The Nicomachean Ethics (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.00 — 61,455 ratings — published -350
Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.08 — 13,352 ratings — published 2014
Meditations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.28 — 359,453 ratings — published 180
The War of Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.97 — 120,159 ratings — published 2002
The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.10 — 3,316 ratings — published 2021
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.06 — 83,367 ratings — published 2015
The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.39 — 395,275 ratings — published 1880
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.14 — 118,380 ratings — published 2020
Jaws: The Story of a Hidden Epidemic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.74 — 1,782 ratings — published 2018
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.37 — 230,623 ratings — published 2017
Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work (ebook)
by (shelved 4 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.93 — 9,301 ratings — published 2017
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration: A Comparison of Primitive and Modern Diets and Their Effects (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,295 ratings — published 1939
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.04 — 462,270 ratings — published 1997
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.22 — 426,685 ratings — published 2003
Flowers for Algernon (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.24 — 809,670 ratings — published 1966
How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.83 — 6,701 ratings — published 1998
The Dental Diet: The Surprising Link between Your Teeth, Real Food, and Life-Changing Natural Health (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.17 — 908 ratings — published 2018
Biohacker’s Handbook Upgrade yourself and unleash your inner potential (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.64 — 393 ratings — published
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.12 — 40,060 ratings — published 2011
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.05 — 43,560 ratings — published 2012
Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,369,330 ratings — published 2011
Making Silicon Valley: Innovation and the Growth of High Tech, 1930-1970 (Inside Technology)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.34 — 32 ratings — published 2005
Isaac Newton (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.79 — 9,659 ratings — published 2003
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.15 — 38,288 ratings — published 1998
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,885,513 ratings — published 1953
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.09 — 519,681 ratings — published 1968
The Shadow of the Torturer (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.84 — 36,255 ratings — published 1980
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.05 — 151,437 ratings — published 2003
The Italian Renaissance (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.72 — 337 ratings — published 1972
Snow Crash (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.01 — 299,582 ratings — published 1992
Howard Hughes: His Life and Madness (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,860 ratings — published 1979
About Face: Odyssey Of An American Warrior (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.38 — 6,178 ratings — published 1989
Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.90 — 8,352 ratings — published 2001
The Anarchist Handbook (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,029 ratings — published
Winning: The Unforgiving Race to Greatness (Tim Grover Winning Series)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.32 — 5,290 ratings — published 2021
Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.57 — 1,205 ratings — published
Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.47 — 6,625 ratings — published 2021
The Art of Impossible: A Peak Performance Primer (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.19 — 4,596 ratings — published 2021
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.34 — 15,462 ratings — published 2019
The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,076 ratings — published 2018
Don't Do Stuff You Hate (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.35 — 40 ratings — published
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.38 — 32,659 ratings — published 2017
The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 4.37 — 53,165 ratings — published 2016
The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as polymath)
avg rating 3.96 — 8,551 ratings — published 2017
“If you think in terms of patterns, systems, and connections, you're on your way to becoming a Universalgelehrter.”
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“Assuming that the tendency to pivot between disciplines was unique to me, I felt totally alone. My peers certainly didn't have everything figured out, but they all seemed to be on a linear trajectory toward something. My path, on the other hand, was just a mess of zigzags: music, art, web design, filmmaking, law...”
― How to Be Everything
― How to Be Everything
