10 Best Books Recommended by Former President Dr.Arif Alvi for the Year 2024

The former president of Pakistan, Dr. Arif Alvi recommended 10 best books for the year 2024.

 

• Democracy and Islam in History
• Economic Origin of Dictatorship and Democracy
• The Impossible State
• The Forty Rules of Love
• The God Equation
• On the Origin of Time
• Scary Smart
• Honour-bound to Pakistan in Duty, Destiny and Death
• Fear
• Things that go Bump in the Universe

Democracy and Islam in History:

This book written by  Dr. SM Zafar explains the relationship between Islam and democracy and arguing that both can coexist.

Economic Origin of Dictatorship and Democracy:

This book provides the framework to explain that how democracy is established. Most of the citizens support democracy unlike elites. Different societal groups have different political systems.

The Impossible State:

This book deeply explains the role and power of language that how with the use of powerful language people can be controlled and role of language in shaping different political ideologies.

The Forty Rules of Love:

A novel written by Turkish author, Elif Shafak which is about Maulana Jalal-Ud-Din Rumi and his companion, Shams Tabrizi.

The God Equation:

This is a popular book of science by Michio Kaku. The explores the theories of Physics including Newton's law of universal gravitation, Einstein's quantum mechanics and theory of relativity.

On the Origin of Time:

'On The Origin of Time' is written by Thomas Hertog. This book is about the theories of Stephen Hawking.

Scary Smart:

This book explains the pros and cons of Artificial Intelligence. The key topics discussed in the book are impact of AI on job, collaboration between humans and AI and ethical considerations regarding development of AI.

Honour-bound to Pakistan in Duty, Destiny and Death:

This book is about Pakistan's first elected president, Iskander Mirza who was a trusted lieutenant of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

Fear:

This book by Robert Peckham explains that how fear has an impact on societies and considers the impact of fear in history.

Things that go Bump in the Universe:

This book explore the birth of universe following the big bang and the astonishing cosmos and other discoveries of the universe.