"The Road Not Taken" is a short story by Harry Turtledove
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_Not_Taken_(short_stor...
Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy by Liu Cixin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance_of_Earth%27s_Past
And this one is autobiographical by one of the smartest men of our time: A Man For All Markets by Edward O. Thorp
http://www.edwardothorp.com/books/a-man-for-all-markets/