- Cognitive psychology when I read “Thinking Fast and Slow”
- Computers & Education when I read “Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas”
Would love to know about the books that got you inspired and curious about other fields :)
- "Made to stick" by Chip and Dan Heath
- "The Dissapearing Spoon" got me curious about chemistry
-"Uncle Tungsten" by Oliver Sacks got me started on the rest of his books, taking my fascination in chemistry and nudging it towards medicine, neurology and psychology.
- "The Social Animal" and "Influence" showed me more about psychology
- Borrowing a copy of the classic textbook Gray's Anatomy while recuperating from a serious accident showed me how fascinating the human body is
"Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down"
J.E. Gordon
- Rocket engineering and history -
"Ignition!: An informal history of liquid rocket propellants"
John Drury Clark
"The undercover economist" by Tim Harford got me interested in economics.
"Rules for Radicals" by Saul Alinsky on community organizing.