Get Ready for 2025 with the 5 Books Recommended by Billionaire Bill Gates and End 2024 on a High Note

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From Artificial Intelligence to Moving Stories, Discover Works That Can Transform Your Year-End and Kickstart 2025

Bill Gates, besides being a visionary in technology, is also an avid reader who periodically shares his literary journals. For 2024, he selected five books covering diverse themes, such as touching biographies, engineering, artificial intelligence, and sports, promising to inspire and broaden horizons, according to Hardware. Check out below the recommendations from former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, and start 2025 on the right foot!

“A Unfinished Love Story” – Doris Kearns Goodwin

Beginning Bill Gates’s recommendations for 2025, this autobiographical account by Doris Kearns Goodwin chronicles the life alongside her late husband, a renowned political speechwriter. Combining personal memory and political history, the work is an invitation to reflect on human connections and the legacy we leave behind.

“The Anxious Generation” – Jonathan Haidt

Jonathan Haidt analyzes how hyperconnectivity and excessive social media use are affecting the mental health of younger generations. In addition to identifying the problems, the author offers practical solutions for tackling these modern challenges.

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“Engineering in Plain Sight” – Grady Hillhouse

Bill Gates’s third recommendation is from Grady Hillhouse, who uncovers the secrets of civil engineering in an accessible and engaging language. He explains how everyday structures, such as bridges and water systems, are fundamental to modern life.

“The Next Wave” – Mustafa Suleyman

In this book, Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind, explores the challenges and opportunities brought by artificial intelligence. He emphasizes the need for balance between technological progress and social responsibility.

“Federer” – Doris Henkel

For sports fans, this biography of the legendary Roger Federer combines exclusive images and captivating narratives, celebrating the journey of one of the greatest tennis players in history, be sure to include it in your 2025 reading list!

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Get Ready for 2025 with the 5 Books Recommended by Billionaire Bill Gates and End 2024 on a High Note

From Artificial Intelligence to Moving Stories, Discover Works That Can Transform Your Year-End and Kickstart 2025

“A Unfinished Love Story” – Doris Kearns Goodwin

“The Anxious Generation” – Jonathan Haidt

“Engineering in Plain Sight” – Grady Hillhouse

“The Next Wave” – Mustafa Suleyman

“Federer” – Doris Henkel

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Get Ready for 2025 with the 5 Books Recommended by Billionaire Bill Gates and End 2024 on a High Note

From Artificial Intelligence to Moving Stories, Discover Works That Can Transform Your Year-End and Kickstart 2025

“A Unfinished Love Story” – Doris Kearns Goodwin

“The Anxious Generation” – Jonathan Haidt

“Engineering in Plain Sight” – Grady Hillhouse

“The Next Wave” – Mustafa Suleyman

“Federer” – Doris Henkel

A giant printer called the “Ferrari” of concrete has landed in Latin America and can already build a 120-square-meter house in just 48 hours, making the traditional construction site look like something from the last century.

Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt has ceased to be a climatic phenomenon and has become a biological system that feeds on itself, with 8,000 kilometers in length, 37 million tons of algae, and scientists confirm that it is now permanent.

A British company has installed in the middle of the ocean the world’s first floating platform that generates electricity 24 hours a day from the temperature difference between the surface and the depths of the Atlantic, without relying on wind or sun.

China is building an artificial island in the middle of the sea, covering 20 km², to construct the largest offshore airport in the world, the Dalian Jinzhouwan. This $4.3 billion project is anchored on more than 3,000 pillars embedded in the rock beneath the ocean and is scheduled to open in 2035.

Austrian engineers have developed an inflatable concrete technology that transforms flat slabs into domes using only air pressure, eliminating scaffolding and temporary forms, and potentially changing the way bridges, tunnels, and curved roofs are constructed worldwide.

Engineers had to pour concrete mixed with tons of ice throughout entire nights in the Dubai desert to erect the Burj Khalifa; any carelessness could clog the pipes half a mile high.

The James Webb telescope spotted a planet 700 light-years from Earth with mornings full of sand clouds and nights with clear skies, the temperature difference between the two hemispheres reaches an impressive 170 degrees.

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