Best Biology Books | Summaries & Audio

Biology Book Summaries

A Mind of Its Own

by Cordelia Fine • 2005

Your brain is a self-serving lawyer, not an impartial scientist. The evidence is damning.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤥 Self-Deception ⚖️ Moral Psychology 📊 Decision Science 🤔 Motivated Reasoning

A Mind of Its Own

Your brain is a self-serving lawyer, not an impartial scientist. The evidence is damning.

by Cordelia Fine 2005 224 pages

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤥 Self-Deception ⚖️ Moral Psychology 📊 Decision Science 🤔 Motivated Reasoning

On Task

by David Badre • 2020

Your brain knows what to do but an ancient bottleneck stands between knowing and acting.

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🧠 Executive Function 🔬 Cognitive Science 🧪 Cognitive Neuroscience 👁️ Attention Management 💾 Working Memory

On Task

Your brain knows what to do but an ancient bottleneck stands between knowing and acting.

by David Badre 2020 344 pages

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161 ratings

🧠 Executive Function 🔬 Cognitive Science 🧪 Cognitive Neuroscience 👁️ Attention Management 💾 Working Memory

Why Woo-Woo Works

by David R. Hamilton • 2021

The data that explains why meditation, Reiki, and crystals work, from a chemist who went looking.

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🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🌿 Integrative Health 🧘 Meditation Research 💊 Placebo Effect 🌌 Consciousness Studies

Why Woo-Woo Works

The data that explains why meditation, Reiki, and crystals work, from a chemist who went looking.

by David R. Hamilton 2021 311 pages

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🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🌿 Integrative Health 🧘 Meditation Research 💊 Placebo Effect 🌌 Consciousness Studies

A Guide to Living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (Hypermobility Type)

by Isobel Knight • 2011

Bendy joints are just the start: the full-body guide to EDS hypermobility type.

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🏥 Chronic Illness Guides 🧬 Connective Tissue Disorders 👁️ Invisible Disabilities 🔬 Pain Science 💪 Physical Therapy

A Guide to Living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (Hypermobility Type)

Bendy joints are just the start: the full-body guide to EDS hypermobility type.

by Isobel Knight 2011 320 pages

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🏥 Chronic Illness Guides 🧬 Connective Tissue Disorders 👁️ Invisible Disabilities 🔬 Pain Science 💪 Physical Therapy

Your Brain

by Matthew MacDonald • 2008

A manual for the hardware you were born with: how perception, memory, and emotion really work.

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🧠 Pop Neuroscience 🧩 Neuroplasticity 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🛠️ Applied Neuroscience ⚠️ Brain Limitations

Your Brain

A manual for the hardware you were born with: how perception, memory, and emotion really work.

by Matthew MacDonald 2008 273 pages

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367 ratings

🧠 Pop Neuroscience 🧩 Neuroplasticity 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🛠️ Applied Neuroscience ⚠️ Brain Limitations

What the Dog Knows

by Cat Warren • 2013

An unmanageable dog and the unlikely solution: training him to find human remains.

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🐕‍🦺 Working Dogs 👃 Olfactory Science 🫂 Human-Animal Bond 🧠 Animal Cognition 🔬 Forensic Science

What the Dog Knows

An unmanageable dog and the unlikely solution: training him to find human remains.

by Cat Warren 2013 352 pages

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🐕‍🦺 Working Dogs 👃 Olfactory Science 🫂 Human-Animal Bond 🧠 Animal Cognition 🔬 Forensic Science

This Idea Must Die

by John Brockman • 2015

175 scientists each nominate one idea to retire, from IQ to the Big Bang itself.

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🔬 Meta-Science 🛑 Scientific Dead Ends 🕸️ Complexity Science 🐦 Emergence 🧠 Intelligence Debates

This Idea Must Die

175 scientists each nominate one idea to retire, from IQ to the Big Bang itself.

by John Brockman 2015 568 pages

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🔬 Meta-Science 🛑 Scientific Dead Ends 🕸️ Complexity Science 🐦 Emergence 🧠 Intelligence Debates

Let's Eat Right to Keep Fit

by Adelle Davis • 1970

Repair how your cells produce energy, and watch depression, fatigue, and heart risk dissolve.

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🔥 Metabolic Health ⚡ Cellular Energy 🔄 Evolutionary Mismatch 🩺 Functional Medicine 🛡️ Preventive Medicine

Let's Eat Right to Keep Fit

Repair how your cells produce energy, and watch depression, fatigue, and heart risk dissolve.

by Adelle Davis 1970 336 pages

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🔥 Metabolic Health ⚡ Cellular Energy 🔄 Evolutionary Mismatch 🩺 Functional Medicine 🛡️ Preventive Medicine

The Upward Spiral Workbook

by Alex Korb • 2019

Reverse depression by rewiring your brain one small action at a time, guided by neuroscience.

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🧠 Depression Recovery 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🎯 Behavioral Activation 🏃 Exercise Therapy 😴 Sleep Hygiene

The Upward Spiral Workbook

Reverse depression by rewiring your brain one small action at a time, guided by neuroscience.

by Alex Korb 2019 232 pages

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🧠 Depression Recovery 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🎯 Behavioral Activation 🏃 Exercise Therapy 😴 Sleep Hygiene

Curing the Incurable

by Thomas E. Levy • 2002

A vitamin cured sixty straight polio cases. The world forgot. The dosing that erases infections.

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🧬 Orthomolecular Medicine 💊 Vitamin Therapy ⚡ High-Dose Nutrients ✨ Antioxidant Therapy 🦠 Infectious Disease

Curing the Incurable

A vitamin cured sixty straight polio cases. The world forgot. The dosing that erases infections.

by Thomas E. Levy 2002 518 pages

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158 ratings

🧬 Orthomolecular Medicine 💊 Vitamin Therapy ⚡ High-Dose Nutrients ✨ Antioxidant Therapy 🦠 Infectious Disease

Movement Matters

by Katy Bowman • 2016

Movement is biology, not exercise. The true cost of outsourcing it reaches beyond your body.

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🧬 Evolutionary Health 🪑 Sedentary Culture 🌍 Ecological Living 🏋️ Functional Movement 🌿 Nature Connection

Movement Matters

Movement is biology, not exercise. The true cost of outsourcing it reaches beyond your body.

by Katy Bowman 2016 248 pages

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🧬 Evolutionary Health 🪑 Sedentary Culture 🌍 Ecological Living 🏋️ Functional Movement 🌿 Nature Connection

The Language Instinct

by Steven Pinker • 1994

Children don't learn language; they reinvent it, driven by grammar etched into the brain.

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📝 Generative Linguistics 👶 Language Acquisition 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ⚖️ Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Psycholinguistics

The Language Instinct

Children don't learn language; they reinvent it, driven by grammar etched into the brain.

by Steven Pinker 1994 448 pages

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📝 Generative Linguistics 👶 Language Acquisition 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ⚖️ Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Psycholinguistics

World War C

by Sanjay Gupta • 2021

We simulated this exact pandemic. It went exactly as predicted. Why wasn't anyone ready?

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🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 🔬 Epidemiology 🌍 Global Health 💉 Vaccine Science ⚖️ Science And Politics

World War C

We simulated this exact pandemic. It went exactly as predicted. Why wasn't anyone ready?

by Sanjay Gupta 2021 264 pages

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🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 🔬 Epidemiology 🌍 Global Health 💉 Vaccine Science ⚖️ Science And Politics

Deception

by Rand Paul • 2023

The lab-leak evidence the NIH buried and the scientific establishment's campaign to dismiss it.

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🦠 Pandemic Origins 🤫 Scientific Censorship 🕵️ Institutional Cover-Up 📣 Whistleblowers 🐍 Libertarian Critique

Deception

The lab-leak evidence the NIH buried and the scientific establishment's campaign to dismiss it.

by Rand Paul 2023 540 pages

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🦠 Pandemic Origins 🤫 Scientific Censorship 🕵️ Institutional Cover-Up 📣 Whistleblowers 🐍 Libertarian Critique

Change Your Brain, Change Your Body

by Daniel G. Amen • 2010

Your brain's wiring decides your weight more than your willpower. The method to rewire it.

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⚖️ Weight Management 🍽️ Food And Mood 🧠 Brain-Body Connection 🔄 Neuroplasticity 💭 Cognitive Reframing

Change Your Brain, Change Your Body

Your brain's wiring decides your weight more than your willpower. The method to rewire it.

by Daniel G. Amen 2010 384 pages

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⚖️ Weight Management 🍽️ Food And Mood 🧠 Brain-Body Connection 🔄 Neuroplasticity 💭 Cognitive Reframing

Heal Endo

by Katie Edmonds • 2022

Endometriosis is an immune-inflammatory disease: a diet, gut, and lifestyle plan to calm it.

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🎗️ Endometriosis 🤒 Chronic Illness 🥗 Anti-Inflammatory Diet 🧬 Functional Medicine 🛡️ Immune Dysfunction

Heal Endo

Endometriosis is an immune-inflammatory disease: a diet, gut, and lifestyle plan to calm it.

by Katie Edmonds 2022 443 pages

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🎗️ Endometriosis 🤒 Chronic Illness 🥗 Anti-Inflammatory Diet 🧬 Functional Medicine 🛡️ Immune Dysfunction

Nightmare Fuel

by Nina Nesseth • 2022

What horror films reveal about your brain's fear machinery, and why you keep coming back.

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🎬 Horror Cinema 🧠 Neuroscience Of Fear 😰 Cultural Anxieties 🔬 Pop Science 📖 Genre Studies

Nightmare Fuel

What horror films reveal about your brain's fear machinery, and why you keep coming back.

by Nina Nesseth 2022 304 pages

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🎬 Horror Cinema 🧠 Neuroscience Of Fear 😰 Cultural Anxieties 🔬 Pop Science 📖 Genre Studies

Born to Be Good

by Dacher Keltner • 2009

Darwin argued sympathy, not self-interest, shaped human evolution. The biology now proves him right.

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🌞 Positive Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ⚖️ Moral Psychology 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🗣️ Nonverbal Communication

Born to Be Good

Darwin argued sympathy, not self-interest, shaped human evolution. The biology now proves him right.

by Dacher Keltner 2009 336 pages

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🌞 Positive Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ⚖️ Moral Psychology 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🗣️ Nonverbal Communication

We Are Electric

by Sally Adee • 2023

Every cell is a tiny battery. Medicine ignored it for two centuries. Why it can't anymore.

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🧬 Cellular Electricity 📜 History Of Science ⚡ Electrophysiology 🩹 Tissue Regeneration 🚪 Ion Channels

We Are Electric

Every cell is a tiny battery. Medicine ignored it for two centuries. Why it can't anymore.

by Sally Adee 2023 352 pages

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🧬 Cellular Electricity 📜 History Of Science ⚡ Electrophysiology 🩹 Tissue Regeneration 🚪 Ion Channels

Cure

by Jo Marchant • 2016

What if the mind could produce real healing? A journalist explores the evidence suggesting it can.

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🧠 Mind-Body Medicine 💊 Placebo Effect 👥 Social Connection ⚡ Stress Physiology 🧘 Meditation Research

Cure

What if the mind could produce real healing? A journalist explores the evidence suggesting it can.

by Jo Marchant 2016 320 pages

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🧠 Mind-Body Medicine 💊 Placebo Effect 👥 Social Connection ⚡ Stress Physiology 🧘 Meditation Research

Cheaper, Faster, Better

by Tom Steyer • 2024

The invisible hand shaping your life is not economics: it's the social limit of 150 relationships.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧬 Human Evolution 🐒 Primate Behavior 🧩 Cognitive Limits 👥 Group Dynamics

Cheaper, Faster, Better

The invisible hand shaping your life is not economics: it's the social limit of 150 relationships.

by Tom Steyer 2024 280 pages

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461 ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧬 Human Evolution 🐒 Primate Behavior 🧩 Cognitive Limits 👥 Group Dynamics

A Short History of the World

by H.G. Wells • 1922

Human history is the final page of a two-billion-year story we are only beginning to read.

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🌍 Big History 🔬 Popular Science ⏳ Deep Time 🦴 Human Origins 🧬 Evolutionary History

A Short History of the World

Human history is the final page of a two-billion-year story we are only beginning to read.

by H.G. Wells 1922 371 pages

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🌍 Big History 🔬 Popular Science ⏳ Deep Time 🦴 Human Origins 🧬 Evolutionary History

Radical Remission

by Kelly A. Turner • 2014

The nine factors behind unexplained cancer recoveries, and how to use them yourself.

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🧘 Holistic Health 🎀 Cancer Recovery 💪 Patient Empowerment 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 😢 Emotional Healing

Radical Remission

The nine factors behind unexplained cancer recoveries, and how to use them yourself.

by Kelly A. Turner 2014 336 pages

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🧘 Holistic Health 🎀 Cancer Recovery 💪 Patient Empowerment 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 😢 Emotional Healing

The Carnivore Diet

by Shawn Baker • 2019

Plants use chemical warfare; humans evolved as hunters. The surprising case for a meat-only diet.

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🦴 Evolutionary Nutrition 🔬 Nutritional Skepticism 🌿 Plant Toxicity 🥩 Zero-Carb Diets 🩺 Autoimmune Healing

The Carnivore Diet

Plants use chemical warfare; humans evolved as hunters. The surprising case for a meat-only diet.

by Shawn Baker 2019 224 pages

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🦴 Evolutionary Nutrition 🔬 Nutritional Skepticism 🌿 Plant Toxicity 🥩 Zero-Carb Diets 🩺 Autoimmune Healing

Programming Javascript Applications

by Eric Elliott • 2014

Your chronic pain isn't damage. It's a misalignment your muscles can fix, no surgery required.

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🩹 Chronic Pain 📐 Body Alignment 🔬 Pain Science 🏋️ Corrective Exercise 🦴 Musculoskeletal Health

Programming Javascript Applications

Your chronic pain isn't damage. It's a misalignment your muscles can fix, no surgery required.

by Eric Elliott 2014 300 pages

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160 ratings

🩹 Chronic Pain 📐 Body Alignment 🔬 Pain Science 🏋️ Corrective Exercise 🦴 Musculoskeletal Health

Minds Make Societies

by Pascal Boyer • 2018

Nations clash, gods multiply, and families splinter for reasons your conscious mind never sees.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🏛️ Cognitive Anthropology 🔄 Cultural Evolution 🔬 Cognitive Science ⛪ Evolution Of Religion

Minds Make Societies

Nations clash, gods multiply, and families splinter for reasons your conscious mind never sees.

by Pascal Boyer 2018 359 pages

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🏛️ Cognitive Anthropology 🔄 Cultural Evolution 🔬 Cognitive Science ⛪ Evolution Of Religion

The Oldest Cure in the World

by Steve Hendricks • 2022

A 40-day fast in 1880 was a scandal. Science just showed it unlocks a hidden repair system.

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🧘 Therapeutic Fasting 📜 Medical History ⚡ Metabolic Health 🔬 Cellular Repair 🦴 Evolutionary Medicine

The Oldest Cure in the World

A 40-day fast in 1880 was a scandal. Science just showed it unlocks a hidden repair system.

by Steve Hendricks 2022 448 pages

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🧘 Therapeutic Fasting 📜 Medical History ⚡ Metabolic Health 🔬 Cellular Repair 🦴 Evolutionary Medicine

Soonish

by Kelly Weinersmith • 2017

Ten technologies that could reshape everything, and why each one might backfire spectacularly.

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🚀 Emerging Technologies 🔮 Future Studies 😂 Science Humor 🛰️ Space Exploration ⚠️ Technological Risks

Soonish

Ten technologies that could reshape everything, and why each one might backfire spectacularly.

by Kelly Weinersmith 2017 368 pages

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🚀 Emerging Technologies 🔮 Future Studies 😂 Science Humor 🛰️ Space Exploration ⚠️ Technological Risks

Anabolics

by William Llewellyn • 2008

Every anabolic steroid is a key. The cellular lock has never changed.

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💉 Anabolic Steroids 🏋️ Performance Enhancement 🧬 Muscle Physiology 🧪 Steroid Pharmacology 📊 Evidence-Based Doping

Anabolics

Every anabolic steroid is a key. The cellular lock has never changed.

by William Llewellyn 2008 1049 pages

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💉 Anabolic Steroids 🏋️ Performance Enhancement 🧬 Muscle Physiology 🧪 Steroid Pharmacology 📊 Evidence-Based Doping

What an Owl Knows

by Jennifer Ackerman • 2023

Silent flight, asymmetrical ears, and the minds that decode them. A new portrait of the owl.

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🦉 Ornithology 👂 Animal Senses 🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦅 Predator Biology 🪺 Bird Behavior

What an Owl Knows

Silent flight, asymmetrical ears, and the minds that decode them. A new portrait of the owl.

by Jennifer Ackerman 2023 333 pages

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🦉 Ornithology 👂 Animal Senses 🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦅 Predator Biology 🪺 Bird Behavior

COVID-19

by Michael Mosley • 2020

Why this virus spreads before symptoms, and the science-backed ways to strengthen your defenses.

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🦠 Virology 🏥 Public Health 🩺 Infectious Disease 🛡️ Immune Health 📜 Pandemic History

COVID-19

Why this virus spreads before symptoms, and the science-backed ways to strengthen your defenses.

by Michael Mosley 2020 119 pages

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224 ratings

🦠 Virology 🏥 Public Health 🩺 Infectious Disease 🛡️ Immune Health 📜 Pandemic History

Wildhood

by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz • 2019

Adolescence is universal: four survival challenges link your teenager to every animal on the planet.

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🐾 Animal Behavior 🧑‍🎤 Adolescence 🧬 Evolutionary Biology 📊 Social Hierarchies 💃 Mating Rituals

Wildhood

Adolescence is universal: four survival challenges link your teenager to every animal on the planet.

by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz 2019 368 pages

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🐾 Animal Behavior 🧑‍🎤 Adolescence 🧬 Evolutionary Biology 📊 Social Hierarchies 💃 Mating Rituals

Gene Eating

by Giles Yeo • 2018

The brain treats weight loss like starvation. A geneticist on why most diets ignore real biology.

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🧬 Obesity Science 🥊 Diet Myth Debunking 🔥 Metabolism Science 💉 Hormones And Weight 🏭 Food Processing

Gene Eating

The brain treats weight loss like starvation. A geneticist on why most diets ignore real biology.

by Giles Yeo 2018 336 pages

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🧬 Obesity Science 🥊 Diet Myth Debunking 🔥 Metabolism Science 💉 Hormones And Weight 🏭 Food Processing

Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness

by Henepola Gunaratana • 2001

You wake up to cortisol, brush with fluoride, and carry a lithium battery. Chemistry did that.

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Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness

You wake up to cortisol, brush with fluoride, and carry a lithium battery. Chemistry did that.

by Henepola Gunaratana 2001 288 pages

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Cannabis Pharmacy

by Michael Backes • 2013

Your body runs on cannabinoids. A guide to using cannabis for pain, nausea, and neuroprotection.

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🌿 Medical Cannabis 🌱 Herbal Medicine 💊 Pain Management 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🏥 Patient Guides

Cannabis Pharmacy

Your body runs on cannabinoids. A guide to using cannabis for pain, nausea, and neuroprotection.

by Michael Backes 2013 320 pages

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493 ratings

🌿 Medical Cannabis 🌱 Herbal Medicine 💊 Pain Management 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🏥 Patient Guides

The Ozone Miracle

by Frank Shallenberger • 2017

Oxygen use predicts disease risk with striking accuracy. The home ozone protocols that restore it.

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🌿 Alternative Medicine 🧬 Functional Medicine 🔬 Cellular Health 🛡️ Disease Prevention 🏠 Home Remedies

The Ozone Miracle

Oxygen use predicts disease risk with striking accuracy. The home ozone protocols that restore it.

by Frank Shallenberger 2017 92 pages

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123 ratings

🌿 Alternative Medicine 🧬 Functional Medicine 🔬 Cellular Health 🛡️ Disease Prevention 🏠 Home Remedies

The Mind within the Brain

by A. David Redish • 2013

Your brain is a committee, not a CEO. That's why addiction and self-control are so hard.

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🧠 Decision Neuroscience 💻 Computational Neuroscience ⚖️ Decision Systems 🔄 Habit Formation 🛑 Self-Control

The Mind within the Brain

Your brain is a committee, not a CEO. That's why addiction and self-control are so hard.

by A. David Redish 2013 392 pages

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112 ratings

🧠 Decision Neuroscience 💻 Computational Neuroscience ⚖️ Decision Systems 🔄 Habit Formation 🛑 Self-Control

The Scientific American Book of Love, Sex and the Brain

by Judith Horstman • 2011

Love, cocaine, and prayer light up the same brain circuits. A tour of our many bonds.

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🧠 Neuroscience Of Love 🔬 Social Neuroscience ⚗️ Brain Chemistry 🤝 Bonding And Attachment 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology

The Scientific American Book of Love, Sex and the Brain

Love, cocaine, and prayer light up the same brain circuits. A tour of our many bonds.

by Judith Horstman 2011 264 pages

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119 ratings

🧠 Neuroscience Of Love 🔬 Social Neuroscience ⚗️ Brain Chemistry 🤝 Bonding And Attachment 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology

Human Devolution

by Michael A. Cremo • 2003

We came from consciousness, not matter: a Vedic counter-theory to Darwin's account of human origins.

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🕉️ Vedic Cosmology 🏛️ Alternative Archaeology 🧬 Intelligent Design 👻 Paranormal Research 🧠 Consciousness Studies

Human Devolution

We came from consciousness, not matter: a Vedic counter-theory to Darwin's account of human origins.

by Michael A. Cremo 2003 554 pages

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157 ratings

🕉️ Vedic Cosmology 🏛️ Alternative Archaeology 🧬 Intelligent Design 👻 Paranormal Research 🧠 Consciousness Studies

Guilt, Shame, and Anxiety

by Peter R. Breggin • 2014

Your guilt was built to protect a tribe, not to make you happy. The exit strategy.

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧠 Human Nature 👶 Childhood Conditioning 🗣️ Inner Critic 🧳 Emotional Baggage

Guilt, Shame, and Anxiety

Your guilt was built to protect a tribe, not to make you happy. The exit strategy.

by Peter R. Breggin 2014 320 pages

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252 ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧠 Human Nature 👶 Childhood Conditioning 🗣️ Inner Critic 🧳 Emotional Baggage

Science in the Soul

by Richard Dawkins • 2017

Your soul is your brain. Faith is a vice. Science is the only honest way to wonder.

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🐦 Natural Selection ✝️ New Atheism 🧠 Scientific Rationalism 🧩 Cognitive Biases

Science in the Soul

Your soul is your brain. Faith is a vice. Science is the only honest way to wonder.

by Richard Dawkins 2017 439 pages

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🐦 Natural Selection ✝️ New Atheism 🧠 Scientific Rationalism 🧩 Cognitive Biases

How Dogs Work

by Raymond Coppinger • 2015

Dog behavior decoded not as thought but as physics: the shape, the motor, the emergent pattern.

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🐺 Canine Ethology 🦊 Animal Behavior 🌊 Behavioral Emergence 🐕 Breed Differences 📋 Ethology

How Dogs Work

Dog behavior decoded not as thought but as physics: the shape, the motor, the emergent pattern.

by Raymond Coppinger 2015 224 pages

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🐺 Canine Ethology 🦊 Animal Behavior 🌊 Behavioral Emergence 🐕 Breed Differences 📋 Ethology

The HeartMath Solution

by Doc Childre • 1999

Your heart has 40,000 neurons: a technique to align its rhythm and outpace emotional overload.

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🫀 Heart Rate Variability 🧠 Biofeedback Therapy ⚡ Stress Physiology 🧬 Psychophysiology 🌬️ Breathwork And Focus

The HeartMath Solution

Your heart has 40,000 neurons: a technique to align its rhythm and outpace emotional overload.

by Doc Childre 1999 304 pages

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500+ ratings

🫀 Heart Rate Variability 🧠 Biofeedback Therapy ⚡ Stress Physiology 🧬 Psychophysiology 🌬️ Breathwork And Focus

Surfing Uncertainty

by Andy Clark • 2015

Reality is the brain's best guess, and action is how the body makes it come true.

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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🔮 Predictive Processing 🧘 Embodied Cognition 🌱 Enactivism

Surfing Uncertainty

Reality is the brain's best guess, and action is how the body makes it come true.

by Andy Clark 2015 416 pages

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381 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🔮 Predictive Processing 🧘 Embodied Cognition 🌱 Enactivism

The Brain and the Meaning of Life

by Paul Thagard • 2010

Mental life is brain activity, and meaning is its reward for satisfying three deep human needs.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🧬 Mind Brain Identity 🔬 Neurophilosophy 🔭 Scientific Realism 📊 Evidence-Based Thinking

The Brain and the Meaning of Life

Mental life is brain activity, and meaning is its reward for satisfying three deep human needs.

by Paul Thagard 2010 296 pages

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🧬 Mind Brain Identity 🔬 Neurophilosophy 🔭 Scientific Realism 📊 Evidence-Based Thinking

How We Die

by Sherwin B. Nuland • 1994

A dignified death is a myth: one surgeon describes how the body actually shuts down.

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🩺 End Of Life Care 💀 Death And Dying 🧬 Physiology Of Dying 🩻 Clinical Realism ⏳ Aging And Senescence

How We Die

A dignified death is a myth: one surgeon describes how the body actually shuts down.

by Sherwin B. Nuland 1994 278 pages

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🩺 End Of Life Care 💀 Death And Dying 🧬 Physiology Of Dying 🩻 Clinical Realism ⏳ Aging And Senescence

Smarter

by Dan Hurley • 2013

IQ isn't fixed: a journalist on the strange new science that could make you smarter.

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🧠 Brain Training 🚀 Cognitive Enhancement 🔄 Neuroplasticity 💭 Working Memory 🎯 Attention Training

Smarter

IQ isn't fixed: a journalist on the strange new science that could make you smarter.

by Dan Hurley 2013 275 pages

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500+ ratings

🧠 Brain Training 🚀 Cognitive Enhancement 🔄 Neuroplasticity 💭 Working Memory 🎯 Attention Training

How the Brain Works

by D.K. Publishing • 2020

160 billion cells, 20% of your fuel, 3 pounds: a visual guide to the organ that makes you.

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🧠 Brain Anatomy 📊 Visual Reference 🧪 Popular Neuroscience 👁️ Sensory Systems 💾 Memory Mechanics

How the Brain Works

160 billion cells, 20% of your fuel, 3 pounds: a visual guide to the organ that makes you.

by D.K. Publishing 2020 224 pages

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280 ratings

🧠 Brain Anatomy 📊 Visual Reference 🧪 Popular Neuroscience 👁️ Sensory Systems 💾 Memory Mechanics

Real Food

by Nina Planck • 2006

The foods you were told to avoid (butter, whole milk, liver) are exactly what your body needs.

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🦴 Ancestral Nutrition 🧈 Fat Exoneration 🐄 Traditional Dairy 🧅 Nose-To-Tail Eating 🧫 Fermented Foods

Real Food

The foods you were told to avoid (butter, whole milk, liver) are exactly what your body needs.

by Nina Planck 2006 352 pages

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🦴 Ancestral Nutrition 🧈 Fat Exoneration 🐄 Traditional Dairy 🧅 Nose-To-Tail Eating 🧫 Fermented Foods

You

by Michael F. Roizen • 2009

Learn your body's systems and the daily choices that control the majority of your lifespan.

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🩺 Preventive Medicine 🫀 Human Anatomy ⏳ Longevity Science 🥗 Lifestyle Medicine 🍎 Nutritional Medicine

You

Learn your body's systems and the daily choices that control the majority of your lifespan.

by Michael F. Roizen 2009 490 pages

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🩺 Preventive Medicine 🫀 Human Anatomy ⏳ Longevity Science 🥗 Lifestyle Medicine 🍎 Nutritional Medicine

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