Best Science Books | Summaries & Audio

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Rewire Your Brain

by John B. Arden • 2010

Anxiety, low mood, fuzzy memory: all are patterns your brain learned and all can be unlearned.

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🧠 Neuroplasticity 🎭 Emotional Regulation 😌 Stress Reduction 🧩 Memory Improvement 🔄 Habit Formation

Rewire Your Brain

Anxiety, low mood, fuzzy memory: all are patterns your brain learned and all can be unlearned.

by John B. Arden 2010 256 pages

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🧠 Neuroplasticity 🎭 Emotional Regulation 😌 Stress Reduction 🧩 Memory Improvement 🔄 Habit Formation

Work

by James Suzman • 2020

Work predates paychecks by billions of years. A history of how energy became employment.

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🌍 Big History 🔨 History Of Work ⚡ Energy And Society 💰 Economic History 🏹 Forager Societies

Work

Work predates paychecks by billions of years. A history of how energy became employment.

by James Suzman 2020 464 pages

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🌍 Big History 🔨 History Of Work ⚡ Energy And Society 💰 Economic History 🏹 Forager Societies

My Grandmother's Hands

by Resmaa Menakem • 2017

Racism lives in the body, not the mind. Healing starts with the nervous system.

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🧠 Somatic Psychology 🖤 Racial Trauma ✊ Embodied Anti-Racism 🧬 Polyvagal Theory 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma

My Grandmother's Hands

Racism lives in the body, not the mind. Healing starts with the nervous system.

by Resmaa Menakem 2017 311 pages

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🧠 Somatic Psychology 🖤 Racial Trauma ✊ Embodied Anti-Racism 🧬 Polyvagal Theory 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma

Bounce

by Matthew Syed • 2010

World-class performance is earned, not inborn: ten years of structured, feedback-driven failure.

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🎭 Talent Myth 🏋️ Deliberate Practice 🌱 Growth Mindset 😰 Choking Under Pressure 👁️ Expert Intuition

Bounce

World-class performance is earned, not inborn: ten years of structured, feedback-driven failure.

by Matthew Syed 2010 320 pages

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🎭 Talent Myth 🏋️ Deliberate Practice 🌱 Growth Mindset 😰 Choking Under Pressure 👁️ Expert Intuition

The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome

by Tony Attwood • 2006

Not broken, just a different operating system. A lifetime guide to supporting the Asperger's mind.

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🌈 Autism Spectrum 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Autism Parenting 🗣️ Social Skills Training 🧠 Theory Of Mind 🎧 Sensory Processing

The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome

Not broken, just a different operating system. A lifetime guide to supporting the Asperger's mind.

by Tony Attwood 2006 400 pages

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🌈 Autism Spectrum 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Autism Parenting 🗣️ Social Skills Training 🧠 Theory Of Mind 🎧 Sensory Processing

Football Hackers

by Christoph Biermann • 2019

Football's gut instincts are surrendering to data and psychology, and it will never be the same.

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⚽ Football Analytics 🧠 Cognitive Biases ♟️ Tactical Innovation 🔍 Talent Identification 🌱 Player Development

Football Hackers

Football's gut instincts are surrendering to data and psychology, and it will never be the same.

by Christoph Biermann 2019 304 pages

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⚽ Football Analytics 🧠 Cognitive Biases ♟️ Tactical Innovation 🔍 Talent Identification 🌱 Player Development

Gestalt Therapy Verbatim

by Frederick Salomon Perls • 1968

Therapy transcripts that proved a risky claim: awareness itself is the cure, not a step toward it.

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🔄 Gestalt Therapy 🌱 Humanistic Psychology 🌌 Existential Therapy 🧠 Existentialism ⏳ Present-Moment Focus

Gestalt Therapy Verbatim

Therapy transcripts that proved a risky claim: awareness itself is the cure, not a step toward it.

by Frederick Salomon Perls 1968 322 pages

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🔄 Gestalt Therapy 🌱 Humanistic Psychology 🌌 Existential Therapy 🧠 Existentialism ⏳ Present-Moment Focus

The Optimism Bias

by Tali Sharot • 2011

Your brain overestimates good outcomes; a neuroscientist reveals how this bias shapes memory.

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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🤔 Cognitive Biases 🌈 Positive Illusions 💪 Emotional Resilience 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

The Optimism Bias

Your brain overestimates good outcomes; a neuroscientist reveals how this bias shapes memory.

by Tali Sharot 2011 272 pages

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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🤔 Cognitive Biases 🌈 Positive Illusions 💪 Emotional Resilience 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

The Vagus Nerve Reset

by Anna Ferguson • 2023

Polyvagal theory, practical: daily exercises that coax your nervous system out of survival mode.

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🧠 Polyvagal Theory 🤲 Somatic Healing ⚡ Nervous System Health 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🔬 Stress Physiology

The Vagus Nerve Reset

Polyvagal theory, practical: daily exercises that coax your nervous system out of survival mode.

by Anna Ferguson 2023 272 pages

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🧠 Polyvagal Theory 🤲 Somatic Healing ⚡ Nervous System Health 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🔬 Stress Physiology

Into the Magic Shop

by James R. Doty • 2016

A magic shop gave him everything he wanted; losing it all taught him what he actually needed.

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🏥 Medical Memoir 🩹 Trauma Recovery ✨ Creative Visualization ❤️ Compassion Practice 🧘 Mindfulness Meditation

Into the Magic Shop

A magic shop gave him everything he wanted; losing it all taught him what he actually needed.

by James R. Doty 2016 287 pages

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🏥 Medical Memoir 🩹 Trauma Recovery ✨ Creative Visualization ❤️ Compassion Practice 🧘 Mindfulness Meditation

Black Box Thinking

by Matthew Syed • 2015

Two 747s of patients die daily from preventable errors. The psychology that keeps us blind.

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💥 Learning From Failure 🛡️ Psychological Safety 🔄 Continuous Improvement 🌱 Growth Mindset 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Black Box Thinking

Two 747s of patients die daily from preventable errors. The psychology that keeps us blind.

by Matthew Syed 2015 336 pages

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💥 Learning From Failure 🛡️ Psychological Safety 🔄 Continuous Improvement 🌱 Growth Mindset 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Inferno

by Catherine Cho • 2020

A bioweapon is encoded in Dante's Inferno, and the symbologist decoding it just lost his memory.

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🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🎨 Art History Thriller 🗺️ Treasure Hunt Fiction 🧬 Bioengineered Threats 🖼️ Renaissance Art

Inferno

A bioweapon is encoded in Dante's Inferno, and the symbologist decoding it just lost his memory.

by Catherine Cho 2020 240 pages

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🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🎨 Art History Thriller 🗺️ Treasure Hunt Fiction 🧬 Bioengineered Threats 🖼️ Renaissance Art

Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation

by Olivia Judson • 2002

An animal advice column: promiscuous bees, murderous ducks, and the rotifers who ditched sex.

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦚 Sexual Selection 🐒 Animal Behavior 🧪 Sperm Competition 🦜 Female Promiscuity

Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation

An animal advice column: promiscuous bees, murderous ducks, and the rotifers who ditched sex.

by Olivia Judson 2002 308 pages

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦚 Sexual Selection 🐒 Animal Behavior 🧪 Sperm Competition 🦜 Female Promiscuity

The Storytelling Animal

by Jonathan Gottschall • 2012

Why a world without stories would unravel civilization, and why dreams are survival drills.

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 📖 Narrative Psychology 📚 Science Of Story 🧠 Social Simulation 🌙 Dream Science

The Storytelling Animal

Why a world without stories would unravel civilization, and why dreams are survival drills.

by Jonathan Gottschall 2012 248 pages

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 📖 Narrative Psychology 📚 Science Of Story 🧠 Social Simulation 🌙 Dream Science

Peak Mind

by Amishi P. Jha • 2021

Attention is a trainable resource. The minimum effective dose: 12 minutes a day, five days a week.

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🧠 Attention Training 🧘 Mindfulness Meditation ⚡ Cognitive Performance 🔄 Executive Function 💾 Working Memory

Peak Mind

Attention is a trainable resource. The minimum effective dose: 12 minutes a day, five days a week.

by Amishi P. Jha 2021 368 pages

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🧠 Attention Training 🧘 Mindfulness Meditation ⚡ Cognitive Performance 🔄 Executive Function 💾 Working Memory

Primal Leadership, With a New Preface by the Authors

by Daniel Goleman • 2002

A leader's mood ripples through the entire organization; the best know how to steer it.

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🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🎯 Leadership Psychology 🧬 Neuroleadership 🪞 Self-Awareness 💗 Empathy In Leadership

Primal Leadership, With a New Preface by the Authors

A leader's mood ripples through the entire organization; the best know how to steer it.

by Daniel Goleman 2002 356 pages

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🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🎯 Leadership Psychology 🧬 Neuroleadership 🪞 Self-Awareness 💗 Empathy In Leadership

Effective Data Storytelling

by Brent Dykes • 2019

Your data is sound and nobody acts. What the spreadsheet is missing.

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🎯 Data Storytelling 📊 Data Visualization 📖 Narrative Design 💼 Business Communication 🎤 Presentation Skills

Effective Data Storytelling

Your data is sound and nobody acts. What the spreadsheet is missing.

by Brent Dykes 2019 336 pages

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🎯 Data Storytelling 📊 Data Visualization 📖 Narrative Design 💼 Business Communication 🎤 Presentation Skills

To Engineer Is Human

by Henry Petroski • 1985

Every disaster is a lesson plan. Bridges stay up because engineers study the ones that fell.

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🏗️ Structural Engineering 💡 Design Thinking 🔍 Failure Analysis ⏳ History Of Technology ⚠️ Human Error

To Engineer Is Human

Every disaster is a lesson plan. Bridges stay up because engineers study the ones that fell.

by Henry Petroski 1985 251 pages

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🏗️ Structural Engineering 💡 Design Thinking 🔍 Failure Analysis ⏳ History Of Technology ⚠️ Human Error

Wired for Story

by Lisa Cron • 2012

Your reader's brain evolved to crave story. Neuroscience now knows what it expects from yours.

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🧱 Storytelling Craft 🧠 Neuroscience Of Story 🏗️ Story Structure 👤 Character Development ⚡ Conflict And Tension

Wired for Story

Your reader's brain evolved to crave story. Neuroscience now knows what it expects from yours.

by Lisa Cron 2012 272 pages

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🧱 Storytelling Craft 🧠 Neuroscience Of Story 🏗️ Story Structure 👤 Character Development ⚡ Conflict And Tension

Electric Body, Electric Health

by Eileen Day McKusick • 2021

Your body is electric. Boost your voltage from disease into healing with sound and grounding.

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⚡ Energy Medicine 🔊 Sound Healing 🌊 Emotional Release 🌍 Grounding Practices 🌀 Chakra Anatomy

Electric Body, Electric Health

Your body is electric. Boost your voltage from disease into healing with sound and grounding.

by Eileen Day McKusick 2021 305 pages

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355 ratings

⚡ Energy Medicine 🔊 Sound Healing 🌊 Emotional Release 🌍 Grounding Practices 🌀 Chakra Anatomy

The Upside of Irrationality

by Dan Ariely • 2010

Irrationality's upside: biases that warp judgment also fuel motivation, meaning, and persistence.

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🔬 Behavioral Economics 🧠 Cognitive Biases ⚡ Motivation Science 💼 Meaning At Work 🛠️ Effort Justification

The Upside of Irrationality

Irrationality's upside: biases that warp judgment also fuel motivation, meaning, and persistence.

by Dan Ariely 2010 334 pages

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🔬 Behavioral Economics 🧠 Cognitive Biases ⚡ Motivation Science 💼 Meaning At Work 🛠️ Effort Justification

Useful Delusions

by Shankar Vedantam • 2021

Self-deception isn't a flaw. It's what holds relationships, nations, and economies together.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🪞 Self-Deception 🛒 Consumer Psychology ⛪ Psychology Of Religion

Useful Delusions

Self-deception isn't a flaw. It's what holds relationships, nations, and economies together.

by Shankar Vedantam 2021 259 pages

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🪞 Self-Deception 🛒 Consumer Psychology ⛪ Psychology Of Religion

Quiet

by Susan Cain • 2012

Introverts aren't failed extroverts. The science and strategies that make quiet a hidden advantage.

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🧠 Introvert Psychology 🎭 Personality Psychology 🎨 Solitude And Creativity 🏢 Workplace Culture 🧬 Nature Vs Nurture

Quiet

Introverts aren't failed extroverts. The science and strategies that make quiet a hidden advantage.

by Susan Cain 2012 332 pages

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🧠 Introvert Psychology 🎭 Personality Psychology 🎨 Solitude And Creativity 🏢 Workplace Culture 🧬 Nature Vs Nurture

The Anthropocene Reviewed

by John Green • 2021

From sycamores to antibiotics: a novelist rates the human age, one five-star review at a time.

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📝 Personal Essays 🔍 Cultural Criticism 🌍 The Anthropocene ✨ Everyday Wonder 🎨 Creative Vulnerability

The Anthropocene Reviewed

From sycamores to antibiotics: a novelist rates the human age, one five-star review at a time.

by John Green 2021 304 pages

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📝 Personal Essays 🔍 Cultural Criticism 🌍 The Anthropocene ✨ Everyday Wonder 🎨 Creative Vulnerability

Young Forever

by Mark Hyman • 2023

Your biological age can reverse. The systems that drive aging and the protocol that resets them.

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🩺 Functional Medicine 🔬 Longevity Science 🧬 Biological Age 🥗 Whole Food Nutrition ⚡ Hormesis

Young Forever

Your biological age can reverse. The systems that drive aging and the protocol that resets them.

by Mark Hyman 2023 352 pages

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🩺 Functional Medicine 🔬 Longevity Science 🧬 Biological Age 🥗 Whole Food Nutrition ⚡ Hormesis

Whole Brain Living

by Jill Bolte Taylor • 2021

Your brain runs four distinct characters. You can learn to choose which one is in charge.

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🧠 Brain-Based Self-Help 🧩 Hemispheric Integration 🎭 Emotional Regulation 🔄 Self-Integration ⚠️ Overcoming Anxiety

Whole Brain Living

Your brain runs four distinct characters. You can learn to choose which one is in charge.

by Jill Bolte Taylor 2021 304 pages

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🧠 Brain-Based Self-Help 🧩 Hemispheric Integration 🎭 Emotional Regulation 🔄 Self-Integration ⚠️ Overcoming Anxiety

The Fourth Industrial Revolution

by Klaus Schwab • 2016

Physical, digital, and biological tech are merging. Jobs, governments, and selves will be rewritten.

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🌀 Technological Disruption 🔧 Future Of Work 🏙️ Technology And Society 🤖 Ai And Automation 🔬 Emerging Technologies

The Fourth Industrial Revolution

Physical, digital, and biological tech are merging. Jobs, governments, and selves will be rewritten.

by Klaus Schwab 2016 192 pages

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🌀 Technological Disruption 🔧 Future Of Work 🏙️ Technology And Society 🤖 Ai And Automation 🔬 Emerging Technologies

50 Psychology Classics

by Tom Butler-Bowdon • 2006

Skip the list. Fifty landmark books on the mind, distilled to what they actually teach.

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🏛️ Psychology Classics 📜 Intellectual History 📚 Book Summaries 🧠 Brain Science 💭 Consciousness Studies

50 Psychology Classics

Skip the list. Fifty landmark books on the mind, distilled to what they actually teach.

by Tom Butler-Bowdon 2006 312 pages

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🏛️ Psychology Classics 📜 Intellectual History 📚 Book Summaries 🧠 Brain Science 💭 Consciousness Studies

The Laws of Connection

by David Robson • 2024

Social bonds predict longevity better than diet or exercise. The skills to build them are learnable.

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🧬 Friendship Science 😰 Social Anxiety 💬 Conversation Skills 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🌍 Loneliness Epidemic

The Laws of Connection

Social bonds predict longevity better than diet or exercise. The skills to build them are learnable.

by David Robson 2024 320 pages

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434 ratings

🧬 Friendship Science 😰 Social Anxiety 💬 Conversation Skills 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🌍 Loneliness Epidemic

Calling Bullshit

by Carl T. Bergstrom • 2020

Numbers and algorithms are the new bullshit. Two scientists hand you the detection kit.

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🧠 Critical Thinking 📊 Data Literacy 📰 Media Literacy 🦠 Misinformation 📈 Statistical Thinking

Calling Bullshit

Numbers and algorithms are the new bullshit. Two scientists hand you the detection kit.

by Carl T. Bergstrom 2020 336 pages

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🧠 Critical Thinking 📊 Data Literacy 📰 Media Literacy 🦠 Misinformation 📈 Statistical Thinking

DMT

by Rick Strassman • 2000

Injected with a molecule all humans carry, volunteers entered worlds of intelligent beings.

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🧪 Psychedelic Research 🌀 Altered States 👽 Entity Encounters 🌌 Mystical Experience 🧘 Transpersonal Psychology

DMT

Injected with a molecule all humans carry, volunteers entered worlds of intelligent beings.

by Rick Strassman 2000 382 pages

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🧪 Psychedelic Research 🌀 Altered States 👽 Entity Encounters 🌌 Mystical Experience 🧘 Transpersonal Psychology

The Master Algorithm

by Pedro Domingos • 2015

Machine learning's rival schools share a hidden core. Finding it could unlock general intelligence.

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🤖 Machine Learning 📚 Popular Science 🧠 Superintelligence 📊 Big Data ⚖️ Ai Ethics

The Master Algorithm

Machine learning's rival schools share a hidden core. Finding it could unlock general intelligence.

by Pedro Domingos 2015 352 pages

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🤖 Machine Learning 📚 Popular Science 🧠 Superintelligence 📊 Big Data ⚖️ Ai Ethics

Hyperspace

by Michio Kaku • 1994

One idea unifies physics: add dimensions and the laws simplify. Why the cosmos may need ten.

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🌀 Higher Dimensions 🧵 String Theory 🌌 Multiverse Theories 🔭 Speculative Cosmology 📜 History Of Physics

Hyperspace

One idea unifies physics: add dimensions and the laws simplify. Why the cosmos may need ten.

by Michio Kaku 1994 359 pages

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🌀 Higher Dimensions 🧵 String Theory 🌌 Multiverse Theories 🔭 Speculative Cosmology 📜 History Of Physics

Why We Get Sick

by Benjamin Bikman • 2020

The hidden condition driving most chronic disease; the diet that reverses it.

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🩸 Insulin Resistance ⚖️ Metabolic Health 🛡️ Chronic Disease Prevention 🥑 Carb Restriction ⏳ Intermittent Fasting

Why We Get Sick

The hidden condition driving most chronic disease; the diet that reverses it.

by Benjamin Bikman 2020 280 pages

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🩸 Insulin Resistance ⚖️ Metabolic Health 🛡️ Chronic Disease Prevention 🥑 Carb Restriction ⏳ Intermittent Fasting

You Are Not So Smart

by David McRaney • 2011

Your brain is a self-justifying storyteller, and it's hiding the evidence from you.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Psychology 🎭 Self-Delusion ⚡ Heuristics 🧩 Memory Fallibility

You Are Not So Smart

Your brain is a self-justifying storyteller, and it's hiding the evidence from you.

by David McRaney 2011 302 pages

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Psychology 🎭 Self-Delusion ⚡ Heuristics 🧩 Memory Fallibility

On Combat

by Dave Grossman • 2004

Why some freeze and others act in combat, and the mental skills that decide.

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🧠 Combat Psychology 🛡️ Stress Inoculation 🎯 Mental Rehearsal 🌬️ Breathwork 👁️ Attention Management

On Combat

Why some freeze and others act in combat, and the mental skills that decide.

by Dave Grossman 2004 395 pages

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🧠 Combat Psychology 🛡️ Stress Inoculation 🎯 Mental Rehearsal 🌬️ Breathwork 👁️ Attention Management

Expecting Better

by Emily Oster • 2013

Pregnancy rules are based on fear, not data. An economist shows which you can safely ignore.

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🍼 Pregnancy Advice 🤰 Prenatal Care 📊 Data-Driven Pregnancy 💥 Myth-Busting 🤔 Informed Choices

Expecting Better

Pregnancy rules are based on fear, not data. An economist shows which you can safely ignore.

by Emily Oster 2013 336 pages

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🍼 Pregnancy Advice 🤰 Prenatal Care 📊 Data-Driven Pregnancy 💥 Myth-Busting 🤔 Informed Choices

59 Seconds

by Richard Wiseman • 2009

Visualizing success backfires. Gratitude, touch, and a plant on your desk work better.

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🧠 Positive Psychology 🧪 Practical Psychology 🚶 Behavioral Nudges 🎯 Goal Achievement 🤔 Decision Making

59 Seconds

Visualizing success backfires. Gratitude, touch, and a plant on your desk work better.

by Richard Wiseman 2009 357 pages

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🧠 Positive Psychology 🧪 Practical Psychology 🚶 Behavioral Nudges 🎯 Goal Achievement 🤔 Decision Making

The Matthew Effect

by Daniel Rigney • 2010

Why a small head start in science, money, or the classroom rarely stays small.

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🏛️ Inequality Studies 📈 Cumulative Advantage 💰 Wealth Concentration 🔄 Privilege Reproduction ⚖️ Systemic Inequality

The Matthew Effect

Why a small head start in science, money, or the classroom rarely stays small.

by Daniel Rigney 2010 176 pages

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🏛️ Inequality Studies 📈 Cumulative Advantage 💰 Wealth Concentration 🔄 Privilege Reproduction ⚖️ Systemic Inequality

Why Don't Students Like School?

by Daniel T. Willingham • 2009

Kids remember what they think about, not what you teach. The lesson plan that follows.

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🧠 Learning Science 🏫 Classroom Practice 💭 Memory And Learning 🧩 Expertise Development 🎯 Deliberate Practice

Why Don't Students Like School?

Kids remember what they think about, not what you teach. The lesson plan that follows.

by Daniel T. Willingham 2009 240 pages

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🧠 Learning Science 🏫 Classroom Practice 💭 Memory And Learning 🧩 Expertise Development 🎯 Deliberate Practice

The Stress of Life

by Hans Selye • 1956

Three stages of adaptation: how the body's defense against threats becomes the engine of disease.

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🧬 Stress Physiology 🧠 Psychosomatic Medicine 💉 Hormonal Health 🦠 Chronic Illness Origins ⚖️ Work-Life Balance

The Stress of Life

Three stages of adaptation: how the body's defense against threats becomes the engine of disease.

by Hans Selye 1956 516 pages

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🧬 Stress Physiology 🧠 Psychosomatic Medicine 💉 Hormonal Health 🦠 Chronic Illness Origins ⚖️ Work-Life Balance

Foundation

by Isaac Asimov • 1951

Predicting the Empire's fall, a mathematician exiles a colony to shorten the dark age.

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📜 Future History 🌌 Galactic Empire 🏚️ Declining Empire 🎭 Manipulative Politics ⚡ Techno-Religion

Foundation

Predicting the Empire's fall, a mathematician exiles a colony to shorten the dark age.

by Isaac Asimov 1951 244 pages

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📜 Future History 🌌 Galactic Empire 🏚️ Declining Empire 🎭 Manipulative Politics ⚡ Techno-Religion

Hardwiring Happiness

by Rick Hanson • 2013

Your brain hoards bad moments and shrugs off good ones. Four steps to override the wiring.

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🌱 Positive Psychology 🧠 Neuroscience Of Happiness 🔄 Neuroplasticity ⚖️ Emotional Regulation 🧘 Mindfulness Practice

Hardwiring Happiness

Your brain hoards bad moments and shrugs off good ones. Four steps to override the wiring.

by Rick Hanson 2013 304 pages

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🌱 Positive Psychology 🧠 Neuroscience Of Happiness 🔄 Neuroplasticity ⚖️ Emotional Regulation 🧘 Mindfulness Practice

The Code Breaker -- Young Readers Edition

by Walter Isaacson • 2022

Bacteria invented gene editing. One scientist who ignored every 'no' taught us to use it.

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🧬 Gene Editing 🔬 Molecular Biology 👩‍🔬 Women In Science ⚖️ Bioethics 🏁 Scientific Rivalries

The Code Breaker -- Young Readers Edition

Bacteria invented gene editing. One scientist who ignored every 'no' taught us to use it.

by Walter Isaacson 2022 332 pages

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🧬 Gene Editing 🔬 Molecular Biology 👩‍🔬 Women In Science ⚖️ Bioethics 🏁 Scientific Rivalries

On the Edge

by Nate Silver • 2024

One tribe calculates risk; one avoids it. This divide now shapes American life more than politics.

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🎲 Risk Cultures 📊 Quantitative Thinking 🎮 Game Theory 🧠 Behavioral Economics ⚔️ Culture Wars

On the Edge

One tribe calculates risk; one avoids it. This divide now shapes American life more than politics.

by Nate Silver 2024 576 pages

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🎲 Risk Cultures 📊 Quantitative Thinking 🎮 Game Theory 🧠 Behavioral Economics ⚔️ Culture Wars

Happy Money

by Elizabeth Dunn • 2013

More money won't make you happier. Where you put it will.

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 📈 Positive Psychology 🔬 Happiness Research 💸 Spending Psychology 💳 Spending Habits

Happy Money

More money won't make you happier. Where you put it will.

by Elizabeth Dunn 2013 224 pages

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 📈 Positive Psychology 🔬 Happiness Research 💸 Spending Psychology 💳 Spending Habits

Authentic Happiness

by Martin E.P. Seligman • 2002

Happiness is half genetic, but the other half can be learned. The science that shows you how.

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🧠 Positive Psychology 💪 Character Strengths 🌞 Optimism 🌊 Flow State 🙏 Gratitude Practice

Authentic Happiness

Happiness is half genetic, but the other half can be learned. The science that shows you how.

by Martin E.P. Seligman 2002 336 pages

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12k+ ratings

🧠 Positive Psychology 💪 Character Strengths 🌞 Optimism 🌊 Flow State 🙏 Gratitude Practice

Genome

by Matt Ridley • 1999

What 23 chromosomes reveal about human origins, personality, and the limits of genetic fate.

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🧬 Molecular Genetics 🗺️ Genomics 🌿 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Human Evolution 🏺 Ancient DNA

Genome

What 23 chromosomes reveal about human origins, personality, and the limits of genetic fate.

by Matt Ridley 1999 344 pages

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🧬 Molecular Genetics 🗺️ Genomics 🌿 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Human Evolution 🏺 Ancient DNA

Prediction Machines

by Ajay Agrawal • 2018

AI is cheaper prediction. Treat it as a collapsing input cost and watch strategies tip.

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📉 Ai Economics 📋 Technology Strategy 🤝 Human-Machine Collaboration 📊 Data Strategy 🔄 Workflow Design

Prediction Machines

AI is cheaper prediction. Treat it as a collapsing input cost and watch strategies tip.

by Ajay Agrawal 2018 272 pages

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3k+ ratings

📉 Ai Economics 📋 Technology Strategy 🤝 Human-Machine Collaboration 📊 Data Strategy 🔄 Workflow Design

The Inevitable

by Kevin Kelly • 2016

Twelve forces are bending civilization in one direction, and we have just left the gate.

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🔄 Digital Economy 🔮 Technological Forecasting 📊 Information Economy 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🌐 Networked Society

The Inevitable

Twelve forces are bending civilization in one direction, and we have just left the gate.

by Kevin Kelly 2016

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🔄 Digital Economy 🔮 Technological Forecasting 📊 Information Economy 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🌐 Networked Society

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