I tend to like non-fiction books spanning across genres and branches of studies. Below is a showcase of some fascinating such books I have read and enjoyed organized in a four set Venn Diagram.Venn DiagramsA Venn diagram or set diagram is a diagram that shows all possible logical relations between a finite collection of sets. Venn diagrams were conceived around 1880 by John Venn.The four major sets for the Venn diagram above are organized as:Humanities (Vertical Blue Toned Column)Social Sciences (Vertical Green Toned Column)Natural Sciences (Horizontal Yellow Toned Column)Formal Sciences (Horizontal Orange Column)Where Genres meet the colors merge to reflect this. To give an example, Godel, Escher, Bach; An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter is book that spans across, Mathematics, Computing (Formal sciences), Music, Fine Arts, Religion (Humanities), Physics (Natural Science). Therefore it is at the intersection of these three sets: Humanities, Natural Science, Formal Science. Four-set Venn diagram of cross genre non-fiction books
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Below are the list of the books and their authors:The Story of Art; Enrst GombrichThe Language Instinct; Steven PinkerPhilosophy Bites; David Edmonds, Nigel WarburtonFreakonomics; Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. DubnerBanksy Wall and Piece; BanksyThe Other Side of the Couch; Gary Small, Gigi VorganFabric of the Cosmos; Brian GreeneThe Universe in a Single Atom; Dalai LamaA Short History of Nearly Everything; Bill BrysonGuns, Germs and Steel; Jared DiamondLongitude; Dava SobelSeven Daughters of Eve; Bryan SykesSix Pieces, Six Not so Easy Pieces; Richard FeynmanGodel, Escher Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid; Douglas HofstadterThe God Delusion; Richard DawkinsThe Singularity is Near; Ray KurzweilThe Road to Reality; Roger PenroseOn Intelligence; Jeff HawkinsChaos: Making a New Science; James GleickJourney Through Genius; William DunhamFermat’s Enigma; Simon SinghPrime Obsession; John DerbyshireThe Information; James GleickThe Black Swan; Nicholas Nassim TalebBig Data: A Revolution; Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Kenneth CukierGodel’s Proof;  Ernest Nagel, James R. Newman, Douglas R. HofstadterTractatus Logico Philosophicus; Ludwig WittgensteinPS: I used the below categorization for each of these sets:HumanitiesHistoryLinguisticsLiteraturePerforming artsPhilosophyReligionVisual artsSocial sciencesAnthropologyArchaeologyArea studiesCultural and ethnic studiesEconomicsGender and sexuality studiesGeographyPolitical sciencePsychologySociologyNatural sciencesSpace sciencesEarth sciencesLife sciencesChemistryPhysicsFormal sciencesComputer sciencesLogicMathematicsStatisticsSystems science