- Brilliant
- Karl Friston, University College London
- Extraordinary
- Mark Solms, The Hidden Spring
- Exhilarating
- Steve Olson, Mapping Human History
- Richly textured
- George Dyson, Turing's Cathedral
- Poignant
- Kentaro Toyama, Geek Heresy
- [A] literary unicorn
- Philip Wohlstetter, Invisible Seattle
- Thought-provoking
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