useful non-game design books

I’ve started my second read of ‘The Black Swan,’ a book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. I’ve found it to be an enlightening read. Black swan theory seems to be on par with natural selection in its explanatory power. Taleb’s thoughts on scalability, in particular, lend a certain utility to game design. I wanted to share this book with you, as well as ask if you have any favorites to add. This book has inspired me to get my hands on a copy of ‘The Selfish Gene,’ but I’d happily read anything as importable to game design.