good reads (and not)

two rip-roaring satisfyingly meaty jolly good reads. destiny is a sweeping tour of world history that incorporates the middle eastern moslem perspective. not your usual western media stuff or even the world history according to western writers stuff, so this is a fascinating account.

adds up is a whirlwind review of mathematics as i never knew it. and i studied math up to high school! and actually i passed college biostats! and right in the final chapter i discover a new thing - mandelbrot sets. it is delightful.

this one, though, is not quite my cuppa tea. i may like ideas but that socratic method is a tad slow for me. perhaps another day.