Best Science Books | Summaries & Audio

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The Hunger Habit

by Judson Brewer • 2024

Stop overeating by retraining your brain's reward system with a single, well-timed question.

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🥗 Mindful Eating 💔 Emotional Eating 🔄 Habit Loops 🔁 Reward-Based Learning 💛 Self-Compassion

The Hunger Habit

Stop overeating by retraining your brain's reward system with a single, well-timed question.

by Judson Brewer 2024 302 pages

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🥗 Mindful Eating 💔 Emotional Eating 🔄 Habit Loops 🔁 Reward-Based Learning 💛 Self-Compassion

Happy Together

by Suzann Pileggi Pawelski • 2018

Love is a skill. Positive psychology reveals the practices that build it for the long haul.

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🧠 Positive Psychology 📊 Relationship Science 💪 Character Strengths 🙏 Gratitude Practice 🧘 Mindful Relationships

Happy Together

Love is a skill. Positive psychology reveals the practices that build it for the long haul.

by Suzann Pileggi Pawelski 2018 272 pages

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🧠 Positive Psychology 📊 Relationship Science 💪 Character Strengths 🙏 Gratitude Practice 🧘 Mindful Relationships

On Language

by Noam Chomsky • 1998

All languages share a hidden architecture, and it exposes what the mind is born knowing.

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🧠 Linguistic Theory 💬 Philosophy Of Language 👶 Language Acquisition 🧬 Innate Knowledge 📐 Generative Grammar

On Language

All languages share a hidden architecture, and it exposes what the mind is born knowing.

by Noam Chomsky 1998 481 pages

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🧠 Linguistic Theory 💬 Philosophy Of Language 👶 Language Acquisition 🧬 Innate Knowledge 📐 Generative Grammar

Loonshots

by Safi Bahcall • 2019

Growing companies kill their best ideas for a structural reason physics discovered a century ago.

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🏗️ Organizational Design 🏢 Corporate Innovation ⚖️ Ambidextrous Organizations 🎯 Incentive Design 🔄 Systems Thinking

Loonshots

Growing companies kill their best ideas for a structural reason physics discovered a century ago.

by Safi Bahcall 2019 368 pages

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🏗️ Organizational Design 🏢 Corporate Innovation ⚖️ Ambidextrous Organizations 🎯 Incentive Design 🔄 Systems Thinking

The Honeymoon Effect

by Bruce H. Lipton • 2013

5% of your mind wants the honeymoon to last. The tools to reprogram the other 95%.

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🧠 Relationship Psychology 🌀 Subconscious Reprogramming 💕 Neurochemistry Of Love ⚛️ Quantum Mysticism 🧬 New Age Biology

The Honeymoon Effect

5% of your mind wants the honeymoon to last. The tools to reprogram the other 95%.

by Bruce H. Lipton 2013 193 pages

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🧠 Relationship Psychology 🌀 Subconscious Reprogramming 💕 Neurochemistry Of Love ⚛️ Quantum Mysticism 🧬 New Age Biology

The Sports Gene

by David Epstein • 2013

Why Kenyans dominate marathons and Jamaicans sprints: the genes and culture that build champions.

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🧬 Nature Vs Nurture 🏃 Sports Science 💪 Exercise Physiology 🌱 Talent Development 🏆 Elite Performance

The Sports Gene

Why Kenyans dominate marathons and Jamaicans sprints: the genes and culture that build champions.

by David Epstein 2013 338 pages

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🧬 Nature Vs Nurture 🏃 Sports Science 💪 Exercise Physiology 🌱 Talent Development 🏆 Elite Performance

How Economics Explains the World

by Andrew Leigh • 2024

The entire human story, retold through scarcity, trade, and the accidents of birth.

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🌍 Economic History 🏛️ Institutional Economics 🔄 Global Trade 💡 Technological Progress ⚖️ Economic Inequality

How Economics Explains the World

The entire human story, retold through scarcity, trade, and the accidents of birth.

by Andrew Leigh 2024 240 pages

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🌍 Economic History 🏛️ Institutional Economics 🔄 Global Trade 💡 Technological Progress ⚖️ Economic Inequality

The Happiness Hypothesis

by Jonathan Haidt • 2006

Reason is not the driver; it is the spokesman for a much larger emotional system.

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🧠 Positive Psychology 🏛️ Ancient Wisdom ⚖️ Moral Psychology 📊 Happiness Research 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth

The Happiness Hypothesis

Reason is not the driver; it is the spokesman for a much larger emotional system.

by Jonathan Haidt 2006 297 pages

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🧠 Positive Psychology 🏛️ Ancient Wisdom ⚖️ Moral Psychology 📊 Happiness Research 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth

Eat to Beat Disease

by William W. Li • 2019

Microscopic cancers live in everyone. The right foods stop them from building a blood supply.

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🥗 Food As Medicine 🛡️ Disease Prevention 🎗️ Anti-Cancer Diet 🦠 Gut Health 🍊 Immune Boosting Foods

Eat to Beat Disease

Microscopic cancers live in everyone. The right foods stop them from building a blood supply.

by William W. Li 2019 496 pages

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🥗 Food As Medicine 🛡️ Disease Prevention 🎗️ Anti-Cancer Diet 🦠 Gut Health 🍊 Immune Boosting Foods

Guitar Zero

by Gary F. Marcus • 2012

Can a middle-aged brain learn guitar? A neuroscientist tests the science of musical skill.

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🧠 Music Cognition 🎯 Deliberate Practice 🔄 Neuroplasticity 📈 Skill Acquisition 🎵 Music Education

Guitar Zero

Can a middle-aged brain learn guitar? A neuroscientist tests the science of musical skill.

by Gary F. Marcus 2012 286 pages

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🧠 Music Cognition 🎯 Deliberate Practice 🔄 Neuroplasticity 📈 Skill Acquisition 🎵 Music Education

The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy

by Louis Cozolino • 2002

The brain is built by relationships. Therapy rewires it through the same social circuits.

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🔗 Interpersonal Neurobiology 👥 Social Neuroscience 🧠 Clinical Neuroscience 🧩 Neural Integration 🔄 Neuroplasticity

The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy

The brain is built by relationships. Therapy rewires it through the same social circuits.

by Louis Cozolino 2002 480 pages

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🔗 Interpersonal Neurobiology 👥 Social Neuroscience 🧠 Clinical Neuroscience 🧩 Neural Integration 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Why Machines Learn

by Anil Ananthaswamy • 2024

The perceptron flopped but the math stayed: the linear algebra and calculus that built the AI age.

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📜 History Of Ai 🧬 Deep Learning 🧠 Neural Network Theory 📐 Linear Algebra 🔢 Mathematical Foundations

Why Machines Learn

The perceptron flopped but the math stayed: the linear algebra and calculus that built the AI age.

by Anil Ananthaswamy 2024 480 pages

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📜 History Of Ai 🧬 Deep Learning 🧠 Neural Network Theory 📐 Linear Algebra 🔢 Mathematical Foundations

Your Brain Is Playing Tricks On You

by Albert Moukheiber • 2019

Reality is your brain's best guess. Its shortcuts are predictable, and spotting them is trainable.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔍 Critical Thinking 📰 Misinformation ⚡ Mental Shortcuts 🤲 Intellectual Humility

Your Brain Is Playing Tricks On You

Reality is your brain's best guess. Its shortcuts are predictable, and spotting them is trainable.

by Albert Moukheiber 2019 131 pages

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔍 Critical Thinking 📰 Misinformation ⚡ Mental Shortcuts 🤲 Intellectual Humility

Philosophy

by Nigel Warburton • 1995

Philosophy without the jargon: the big questions, and how to think them through.

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🏛️ Western Philosophy ⚖️ Ethical Theories 🗳️ Political Philosophy 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Philosophy Of Science

Philosophy

Philosophy without the jargon: the big questions, and how to think them through.

by Nigel Warburton 1995 184 pages

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🏛️ Western Philosophy ⚖️ Ethical Theories 🗳️ Political Philosophy 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Philosophy Of Science

10% Human

by Alanna Collen • 2015

Just one cell in ten in your body is human. The microbes in charge are being decimated.

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🦠 Microbiome Science 🩺 Gut Health 🌾 Dietary Fiber 🔥 Chronic Inflammation 🩹 Leaky Gut

10% Human

Just one cell in ten in your body is human. The microbes in charge are being decimated.

by Alanna Collen 2015 336 pages

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🦠 Microbiome Science 🩺 Gut Health 🌾 Dietary Fiber 🔥 Chronic Inflammation 🩹 Leaky Gut

The Holotropic Mind

by Stanislav Grof • 1992

The brain filters consciousness, it doesn't make it. What birth imprints and altered states reveal.

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🧠 Transpersonal Psychology 🔬 Consciousness Studies 🌀 Altered States 👶 Birth Psychology 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy

The Holotropic Mind

The brain filters consciousness, it doesn't make it. What birth imprints and altered states reveal.

by Stanislav Grof 1992 240 pages

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🧠 Transpersonal Psychology 🔬 Consciousness Studies 🌀 Altered States 👶 Birth Psychology 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy

The Box

by Marc Levinson • 2006

In 1956, a trucker shipped 58 truck bodies on a tanker. What followed remade the global economy.

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⚓ Maritime History 🌐 Global Trade 💥 Technological Disruption 📦 Supply Chain Innovation 🤖 Labor And Automation

The Box

In 1956, a trucker shipped 58 truck bodies on a tanker. What followed remade the global economy.

by Marc Levinson 2006 392 pages

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⚓ Maritime History 🌐 Global Trade 💥 Technological Disruption 📦 Supply Chain Innovation 🤖 Labor And Automation

When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...

by Steven Pinker • 2025

How an infinite mental loop explains why we blush, lie, laugh, and cancel.

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🧠 Cognitive Psychology ♟️ Game Theory 🧩 Social Coordination 🤝 Social Norms 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...

How an infinite mental loop explains why we blush, lie, laugh, and cancel.

by Steven Pinker 2025 384 pages

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🧠 Cognitive Psychology ♟️ Game Theory 🧩 Social Coordination 🤝 Social Norms 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

Mystery

by Jonah Lehrer • 2021

Clarity is overrated: why your brain needs the unknown to stay curious, creative, and connected.

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🧠 Science Of Curiosity 📖 Narrative Psychology 🎨 Neuroscience Of Art 🌊 Embracing Uncertainty 🔍 Cognitive Biases

Mystery

Clarity is overrated: why your brain needs the unknown to stay curious, creative, and connected.

by Jonah Lehrer 2021 240 pages

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🧠 Science Of Curiosity 📖 Narrative Psychology 🎨 Neuroscience Of Art 🌊 Embracing Uncertainty 🔍 Cognitive Biases

10% Happier

by Dan Harris • 2014

A skeptical journalist's case for meditation: a 10% happiness gain with no mysticism required.

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🧘 Secular Mindfulness 🗣️ Inner Critic 🙂 Emotional Regulation 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🪞 Ego Management

10% Happier

A skeptical journalist's case for meditation: a 10% happiness gain with no mysticism required.

by Dan Harris 2014 256 pages

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🧘 Secular Mindfulness 🗣️ Inner Critic 🙂 Emotional Regulation 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🪞 Ego Management

Troublemakers

by Leslie Berlin • 2017

The seven years when a California peninsula birthed personal computing, biotech, and video games.

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🌉 Silicon Valley 🖥️ Personal Computing 💰 Venture Capital 👩‍💻 Women In Tech 🎮 Video Game History

Troublemakers

The seven years when a California peninsula birthed personal computing, biotech, and video games.

by Leslie Berlin 2017 512 pages

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🌉 Silicon Valley 🖥️ Personal Computing 💰 Venture Capital 👩‍💻 Women In Tech 🎮 Video Game History

The World Without Us

by Alan Weisman • 2007

What happens to every city, every nuclear plant, and every plastic bag the moment humans disappear.

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🕰️ Deep Time 🌿 Rewilding 🧴 Plastic Pollution ☢️ Nuclear Legacy 🏚️ Infrastructure Decay

The World Without Us

What happens to every city, every nuclear plant, and every plastic bag the moment humans disappear.

by Alan Weisman 2007 324 pages

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🕰️ Deep Time 🌿 Rewilding 🧴 Plastic Pollution ☢️ Nuclear Legacy 🏚️ Infrastructure Decay

Hidden Messages in Water

by Masaru Emoto

Insult water, it freezes into chaos. Praise it, perfect crystals form. Your body is 70% water.

💧 Water Memory 🎵 Vibrational Healing ⚡ Energy Medicine 🧠 Mind Body Healing 🗣️ Power Of Words

Hidden Messages in Water

Insult water, it freezes into chaos. Praise it, perfect crystals form. Your body is 70% water.

by Masaru Emoto

💧 Water Memory 🎵 Vibrational Healing ⚡ Energy Medicine 🧠 Mind Body Healing 🗣️ Power Of Words

Dirty Genes

by Ben Lynch • 2018

Seven genes run your methylation, mood, and detox. Learn exactly what they need from you.

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🩺 Functional Medicine 🧬 Epigenetics 🍽️ Personalized Nutrition 🏃 Lifestyle Medicine 🌿 Detoxification

Dirty Genes

Seven genes run your methylation, mood, and detox. Learn exactly what they need from you.

by Ben Lynch 2018 384 pages

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🩺 Functional Medicine 🧬 Epigenetics 🍽️ Personalized Nutrition 🏃 Lifestyle Medicine 🌿 Detoxification

The Exponential Age

by Azeem Azhar • 2021

Tech accelerates exponentially; institutions crawl. The gap is reshaping wealth, work, and war.

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🤖 Technology And Society ⚡ Digital Disruption 🐌 Institutional Lag 🏆 Winner-Takes-All Markets 💻 Platform Economy

The Exponential Age

Tech accelerates exponentially; institutions crawl. The gap is reshaping wealth, work, and war.

by Azeem Azhar 2021 403 pages

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🤖 Technology And Society ⚡ Digital Disruption 🐌 Institutional Lag 🏆 Winner-Takes-All Markets 💻 Platform Economy

Quantum Body

by Deepak Chopra • 2023

Beneath every cell, a quantum field decides your health. Medicine treats the wrong body.

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🍃 Holistic Health 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🕉️ Vedic Philosophy ⚛️ Quantum Healing ⏳ Aging And Longevity

Quantum Body

Beneath every cell, a quantum field decides your health. Medicine treats the wrong body.

by Deepak Chopra 2023 336 pages

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🍃 Holistic Health 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🕉️ Vedic Philosophy ⚛️ Quantum Healing ⏳ Aging And Longevity

The Gene

by Siddhartha Mukherjee • 2016

From Mendel's peas to CRISPR babies: how the gene became biology's most powerful and dangerous idea.

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🧬 History Of Genetics ⚠️ Eugenics History 🗺️ Human Genome Project ✂️ Gene Editing Ethics 🧠 Nature Vs Nurture

The Gene

From Mendel's peas to CRISPR babies: how the gene became biology's most powerful and dangerous idea.

by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2016 592 pages

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🧬 History Of Genetics ⚠️ Eugenics History 🗺️ Human Genome Project ✂️ Gene Editing Ethics 🧠 Nature Vs Nurture

Prediction Machines, Updated and Expanded

by Ajay Agrawal • 2022

AI is prediction that gets less costly. When it does, the structure of business shifts.

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📉 Ai Economics 🎯 Ai Strategy 🤝 Human-Ai Collaboration 📊 Data Strategy ⚖️ Ai Ethics

Prediction Machines, Updated and Expanded

AI is prediction that gets less costly. When it does, the structure of business shifts.

by Ajay Agrawal 2022 304 pages

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📉 Ai Economics 🎯 Ai Strategy 🤝 Human-Ai Collaboration 📊 Data Strategy ⚖️ Ai Ethics

The Emperor's New Mind

by Roger Penrose • 1989

Consciousness isn't computation. Proof spans Gödel's theorem to quantum gravity's missing laws.

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⚛️ Theoretical Physics 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🧩 Cognitive Science 🔢 Limits Of Computation 🏛️ Mathematical Platonism

The Emperor's New Mind

Consciousness isn't computation. Proof spans Gödel's theorem to quantum gravity's missing laws.

by Roger Penrose 1989 636 pages

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⚛️ Theoretical Physics 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🧩 Cognitive Science 🔢 Limits Of Computation 🏛️ Mathematical Platonism

No-Drama Discipline

by Daniel J. Siegel • 2014

Emotional connection before correction: the brain science of discipline that teaches, not punishes.

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📚 Positive Discipline 🧠 Child Brain Development 💬 Emotion Coaching ❤️ Connection-Based Parenting 🧘 Self-Regulation For Parents

No-Drama Discipline

Emotional connection before correction: the brain science of discipline that teaches, not punishes.

by Daniel J. Siegel 2014 288 pages

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📚 Positive Discipline 🧠 Child Brain Development 💬 Emotion Coaching ❤️ Connection-Based Parenting 🧘 Self-Regulation For Parents

Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis

by Sigmund Freud • 1917

Your forgotten names and midnight visions are not mistakes. They are messages from a hidden mind.

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📜 Freudian Psychology 🕳️ Unconscious Mind 🛌 Dream Interpretation 🛡️ Defense Mechanisms ⚔️ Psychic Conflict

Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis

Your forgotten names and midnight visions are not mistakes. They are messages from a hidden mind.

by Sigmund Freud 1917 560 pages

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📜 Freudian Psychology 🕳️ Unconscious Mind 🛌 Dream Interpretation 🛡️ Defense Mechanisms ⚔️ Psychic Conflict

Fat Loss Forever

by Layne Norton • 2019

Why most diets end in regain, and the metabolic recovery plan that makes fat loss permanent.

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🧪 Evidence-Based Nutrition 🏋️ Body Composition 📊 Macro Tracking 🥩 High Protein Diets 🍽️ Hunger Management

Fat Loss Forever

Why most diets end in regain, and the metabolic recovery plan that makes fat loss permanent.

by Layne Norton 2019 378 pages

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346 ratings

🧪 Evidence-Based Nutrition 🏋️ Body Composition 📊 Macro Tracking 🥩 High Protein Diets 🍽️ Hunger Management

An Immense World

by Ed Yong • 2022

Your world is one sliver of reality. A tour through the sensory universes other animals inhabit.

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🐾 Animal Senses 🔬 Sensory Biology 👁️ Animal Perception 🧪 Popular Science 🦊 Animal Behavior

An Immense World

Your world is one sliver of reality. A tour through the sensory universes other animals inhabit.

by Ed Yong 2022 464 pages

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🐾 Animal Senses 🔬 Sensory Biology 👁️ Animal Perception 🧪 Popular Science 🦊 Animal Behavior

Inside the Investor's Brain

by Richard L. Peterson • 2007

Your brain is a catastrophic investor. Here is the neuroscience to override it.

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📉 Behavioral Finance 🧠 Investing Psychology 🔬 Neuroeconomics 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🧘 Emotional Regulation

Inside the Investor's Brain

Your brain is a catastrophic investor. Here is the neuroscience to override it.

by Richard L. Peterson 2007 416 pages

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📉 Behavioral Finance 🧠 Investing Psychology 🔬 Neuroeconomics 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🧘 Emotional Regulation

Attachment

by John Bowlby • 1969

Crying for mother is not a learned habit but a primal survival system, now proven beyond doubt.

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🧷 Attachment Theory 🧠 Developmental Psychology 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology 👶 Infant Development 🛋️ Psychoanalysis

Attachment

Crying for mother is not a learned habit but a primal survival system, now proven beyond doubt.

by John Bowlby 1969 448 pages

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🧷 Attachment Theory 🧠 Developmental Psychology 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology 👶 Infant Development 🛋️ Psychoanalysis

Lucid Dreaming

by Robert Waggoner • 2008

Inside a lucid dream, your unconscious answers back. And it knows things you don't.

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🛏️ Lucid Dreaming 🔍 Consciousness Exploration 🧘 Dream Yoga 🧠 Subconscious Mind ✨ Reality Creation

Lucid Dreaming

Inside a lucid dream, your unconscious answers back. And it knows things you don't.

by Robert Waggoner 2008 320 pages

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🛏️ Lucid Dreaming 🔍 Consciousness Exploration 🧘 Dream Yoga 🧠 Subconscious Mind ✨ Reality Creation

The Zero Marginal Cost Society

by Jeremy Rifkin • 2014

When everything costs nearly nothing to produce, what happens to an economy built on scarcity?

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🏚️ Post-Capitalism 🤝 Sharing Economy 🤖 Technological Unemployment 🌐 Commons Thinking 🛠️ Maker Movement

The Zero Marginal Cost Society

When everything costs nearly nothing to produce, what happens to an economy built on scarcity?

by Jeremy Rifkin 2014 368 pages

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🏚️ Post-Capitalism 🤝 Sharing Economy 🤖 Technological Unemployment 🌐 Commons Thinking 🛠️ Maker Movement

Limitless Mind

by Russell Targ • 2004

Remote viewing is real, tested at Stanford, and learnable. The physicist who proved it shows how.

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🔭 Remote Viewing 🔬 Parapsychology 🧠 Psychic Development ⚛️ Quantum Consciousness 💭 Consciousness Studies

Limitless Mind

Remote viewing is real, tested at Stanford, and learnable. The physicist who proved it shows how.

by Russell Targ 2004 233 pages

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🔭 Remote Viewing 🔬 Parapsychology 🧠 Psychic Development ⚛️ Quantum Consciousness 💭 Consciousness Studies

Invisible Women

by Caroline Criado Pérez • 2019

Crash dummies are male. Drug trials skip women. GDP ignores unpaid care. The pattern runs deep.

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📊 Data Journalism 🔧 Inclusive Design 💰 Feminist Economics 🏠 Unpaid Care Work 🏥 Medical Gender Bias

Invisible Women

Crash dummies are male. Drug trials skip women. GDP ignores unpaid care. The pattern runs deep.

by Caroline Criado Pérez 2019 448 pages

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📊 Data Journalism 🔧 Inclusive Design 💰 Feminist Economics 🏠 Unpaid Care Work 🏥 Medical Gender Bias

The Origins and History of Consciousness

by Erich Neumann • 1949

Consciousness evolved through myths: the serpent, the mother, the hero, and what must be slain.

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🧠 Analytical Psychology 🐍 Mythological Symbolism 🏛️ Archetypal Theory 🌀 Individuation Process ⚔️ Hero's Journey

The Origins and History of Consciousness

Consciousness evolved through myths: the serpent, the mother, the hero, and what must be slain.

by Erich Neumann 1949 493 pages

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🧠 Analytical Psychology 🐍 Mythological Symbolism 🏛️ Archetypal Theory 🌀 Individuation Process ⚔️ Hero's Journey

Fooled By Randomness & The Black Swan

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2008

Stability is an illusion, prediction is a scam: the architecture of a life that needs the chaos.

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🎲 Probability Theory ⚠️ Hidden Risks 🧠 Cognitive Biases 💼 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Skeptical Empiricism

Fooled By Randomness & The Black Swan

Stability is an illusion, prediction is a scam: the architecture of a life that needs the chaos.

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2008 682 pages

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🎲 Probability Theory ⚠️ Hidden Risks 🧠 Cognitive Biases 💼 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Skeptical Empiricism

Ageless

by Andrew Steele • 2020

Aging is biology, not fate. Its mechanisms are known, and treatments are already in human trials.

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🧬 Longevity Science ⏳ Healthspan 🔬 Cellular Aging 📋 Hallmarks Of Aging 🩹 Regenerative Medicine

Ageless

Aging is biology, not fate. Its mechanisms are known, and treatments are already in human trials.

by Andrew Steele 2020 348 pages

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🧬 Longevity Science ⏳ Healthspan 🔬 Cellular Aging 📋 Hallmarks Of Aging 🩹 Regenerative Medicine

Until the End of Time

by Brian Greene • 2020

The universe is winding down, yet it made you. Why, from quarks to consciousness.

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🌌 Big History 🌡️ Thermodynamics 🧬 Origins Of Life 🧠 Consciousness 🔗 Free Will

Until the End of Time

The universe is winding down, yet it made you. Why, from quarks to consciousness.

by Brian Greene 2020 428 pages

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🌌 Big History 🌡️ Thermodynamics 🧬 Origins Of Life 🧠 Consciousness 🔗 Free Will

Cradle to Cradle

by Michael Braungart • 2002

Waste is a design flaw. The blueprint for a world where everything feeds the next cycle.

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♻️ Circular Economy 🌿 Sustainable Design 🏭 Industrial Ecology 🌱 Regenerative Design 🧬 Biomimicry

Cradle to Cradle

Waste is a design flaw. The blueprint for a world where everything feeds the next cycle.

by Michael Braungart 2002 208 pages

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♻️ Circular Economy 🌿 Sustainable Design 🏭 Industrial Ecology 🌱 Regenerative Design 🧬 Biomimicry

The Story Paradox

by Jonathan Gottschall • 2021

Story logic that built nations now tears them apart. The psychology is identical.

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🧠 Social Psychology 📖 Narrative Persuasion 💥 Group Conflict 📉 Post-Truth Politics 🏛️ Collective Memory

The Story Paradox

Story logic that built nations now tears them apart. The psychology is identical.

by Jonathan Gottschall 2021 272 pages

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446 ratings

🧠 Social Psychology 📖 Narrative Persuasion 💥 Group Conflict 📉 Post-Truth Politics 🏛️ Collective Memory

Boundless

by Ben Greenfield • 2020

Biohacking from brain to mitochondria: the levers that upgrade cognition, fat loss, and lifespan.

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🧬 Biohacking 🧪 Longevity Science 🧠 Cognitive Optimization 🌬️ Breathwork Practices 💊 Supplement Protocols

Boundless

Biohacking from brain to mitochondria: the levers that upgrade cognition, fat loss, and lifespan.

by Ben Greenfield 2020 640 pages

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🧬 Biohacking 🧪 Longevity Science 🧠 Cognitive Optimization 🌬️ Breathwork Practices 💊 Supplement Protocols

The Influential Mind

by Tali Sharot • 2017

Facts alone rarely change minds. The brain has a backdoor, and influence knows where it is.

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🧠 Behavioral Science 🎯 Influence Psychology 🔍 Cognitive Biases ❤️ Emotional Influence 👥 Social Influence

The Influential Mind

Facts alone rarely change minds. The brain has a backdoor, and influence knows where it is.

by Tali Sharot 2017 256 pages

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🧠 Behavioral Science 🎯 Influence Psychology 🔍 Cognitive Biases ❤️ Emotional Influence 👥 Social Influence

Secrets of Mental Math

by Arthur T. Benjamin • 1993

How a stage performer adds, multiplies, and pulls weekdays from thin air, without a calculator.

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🧮 Mental Calculation ⚡ Speed Mathematics 🧠 Memory Techniques 🕉️ Vedic Mathematics 🔢 Number Sense

Secrets of Mental Math

How a stage performer adds, multiplies, and pulls weekdays from thin air, without a calculator.

by Arthur T. Benjamin 1993 279 pages

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🧮 Mental Calculation ⚡ Speed Mathematics 🧠 Memory Techniques 🕉️ Vedic Mathematics 🔢 Number Sense

How to Make Good Things Happen

by Marian Rojas Estapé • 2018

How a psychiatrist lowers cortisol, frees trapped emotions, and builds the relationships that heal.

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🧠 Cognitive Behavioral ☀️ Positive Psychology 😰 Stress Management 💔 Emotional Repression 🚫 Toxic Relationships

How to Make Good Things Happen

How a psychiatrist lowers cortisol, frees trapped emotions, and builds the relationships that heal.

by Marian Rojas Estapé 2018 227 pages

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🧠 Cognitive Behavioral ☀️ Positive Psychology 😰 Stress Management 💔 Emotional Repression 🚫 Toxic Relationships

The Gut-Immune Connection

by Emeran Mayer • 2021

Chronic disease spiked because we stopped feeding our gut microbes. The repair starts with soil.

3.84

468

🦠 Gut Microbiome 🧠 Nutritional Psychiatry 🥗 Plant-Based Nutrition ⏱️ Time-Restricted Eating 🌱 Soil Health

The Gut-Immune Connection

Chronic disease spiked because we stopped feeding our gut microbes. The repair starts with soil.

by Emeran Mayer 2021 320 pages

3.84

468 ratings

🦠 Gut Microbiome 🧠 Nutritional Psychiatry 🥗 Plant-Based Nutrition ⏱️ Time-Restricted Eating 🌱 Soil Health

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