纽约时报推荐2016年度十大好书：你都看过了吗_公共英语阅读理解

纽约时报推荐2016年度十大好书：你都看过了吗

4.悉达多·穆克吉《亲密的历史》这本书有广度，内容出彩，其作者所写的《众病之王》获得普利策奖，这本书向我们呈现基因科学的历史，审视了所提出的哲学问题。

5. SING FOR YOUR LIFE: A Story of Race, Music, and Family. By Daniel Bergner. A portrait of an African-American opera singer who overcame terrible childhood poverty and abuse. This season he has a lead role in the Metropolitan Opera’s “La Bohème.”

5.丹尼尔波哥那《为生命而歌：种族、音乐和家庭的故事》一名非洲裔美国歌剧演员的画像——（讲述）童年贫困、深受虐待的岁月，他是如何一一挨过的。这一季，他担任纽约大都会歌剧院《波希米亚人》的主角。

6. WEAPONS OF MATH DESTRUCTION: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy. By Cathy O’Neil. A frightening look at the risks of the algorithms that regulate our lives, by a former hedge fund “quant” (she got her Ph.D. in math at Harvard) who became an Occupy Wall Street activist.

6.凯西·奥内尔《数学毁灭武器：大数据如何增加不平等和民主威胁》看看运算法则管理着我们的生活，其带来的风险，骇人听闻。前对冲基金工程师（获哈佛数学博士学位）成了占领华尔街的激进分子。

7. WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR. By Paul Kalanithi. A brilliant young neurosurgeon reckons with the meaning of life and death when he learns he has advanced lung cancer; a moving and courageous account.