Book

Summer, vacation period. What books do researchers and university professors take with them on vacation? We are publishing a story about new book releases from Maria Yudkevich, Director of Academic Development at the State University Higher School of Economics.

Apparently I'm getting old. When I get to the bookstore Barnes and Noble or Borders, I no longer want to buy up half the store. Finally, all this can now be ordered through Alibris. However, the following books arrived in my suitcase from a business trip, and I will take some of them with me on vacation:

Piracy (by Adrian Johns). About the history of intellectual piracy - from the appearance of the first books to the present day.

The Professor and the Madman (by Simon Winchester). A novel about the history of the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary.

Meaning of Night (by Michael Cox). A detective story about Victorian England. Selected based on blurb and cover. You need to read something completely non-academic on vacation.

The Bounds of Reason (by Herbert Hintis). Continuation of Game Theory Evolving. A wonderful thing, like his other books.

Predictioneer's Game (by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita). Stories about how knowledge of the basics of game theory can help predict the outcomes and consequences of political processes, conflicts and legal decisions.

Castles, Battles and Bombs (by Jurgen Brauer and Hubert Avn Tuill). How economics explains the history of wars. Judging by the first pages I read, it’s quite exciting.