March Book List

Well, I started with such high hopes, but here it is, March 29, and I've only read one and a half books. What can I say? It has been stressful and busy at work and that makes it hard for me to concentrate on anything when I get home.


Architecture without Architects: A Short Introduction to Non-Pedigreed Architecture--Bernard Rudofsky
Fantastic book. Published in the mid-60s to go with a MOMA show, this book is filled with pictures of vernacular architecture from around the world, and the introductory essay is pretty interesting too. Some of the pictures are from long before the 60s and I can only imagine how much many of these places have changed. A great book for a person who likes to sit and daydream (i.e. me).

Game Theory: A Very Short Introduction--Ken Binmore
I was inspired to pick this up by a student I work with who just won a NSF thingy to work on a physics project this summer that involves game theory. What is game theory? I thought this book would help me understand. It did, sort of, but either I am not the target audience, or the author didn't do a very good job of starting with the basics for those who really had no idea about the subject before picking up the book. (This is the half a book I read in March.)