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The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives - Leonard Mlodinow

The Age of Spiritual Machines - Ray Kurzweil

"Freakonomics" by Steven D. Levitt & Stehen J. Dubner is a remarkable book that applies the science of economic analysis to everything from analyzing the crime statistics in the USA to catching cheating teachers in the Chicago school system. It provides several examples of the application of correlation methods to areas that might not seem obviously fertile grounds for analysis.

The Singularity is Near - Ray Kurzweil

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I'll vote for Freakonomics

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