Francis Fukuyama
Francis Fukuyama is an American political scientist and author. He is a Senior Fellow at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University. Fukuyama writes widely on issues relating to democratisation and international political economy, and is best known for his book The End of History and the Last Man. His most recent book, The Origins of Political Order, was published in April 2011
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The best books on How the World Works, recommended by Venkatesh Rao
Armed with one of the ‘big histories’ currently in vogue, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and a tome about how modern maths came to be, you too can get a grip on how the world works. Tech blogger Venkatesh Rao chooses some good books for those who agree with Socrates that ‘for a human being, the unexamined life is not worth living.’
