Best Science Books | Summaries & Audio

Science Book Summaries

The Polymath

by Peter Burke • 2020

From Leonardo to the web: how polymaths weathered information overloads, and why we need them again.

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🧠 Intellectual History 🔬 Polymathy 🎨 Renaissance Humanism 🕯️ Enlightenment 🔭 History Of Science

The Polymath

From Leonardo to the web: how polymaths weathered information overloads, and why we need them again.

by Peter Burke 2020 352 pages

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🧠 Intellectual History 🔬 Polymathy 🎨 Renaissance Humanism 🕯️ Enlightenment 🔭 History Of Science

Weaponized Lies

by Daniel J. Levitin • 2016

A neuroscientist teaches you to see past statistical tricks, misleading graphs, and false expertise.

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🧠 Critical Thinking 📰 Information Literacy 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🗣️ Logical Fallacies 📊 Bayesian Reasoning

Weaponized Lies

A neuroscientist teaches you to see past statistical tricks, misleading graphs, and false expertise.

by Daniel J. Levitin 2016 320 pages

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🧠 Critical Thinking 📰 Information Literacy 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🗣️ Logical Fallacies 📊 Bayesian Reasoning

The 10000 Year Explosion

by Gregory Cochran • 2009

Agriculture rewired the human genome faster than anything in six million years.

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🧬 Human Evolution 🧫 Population Genetics 🌾 Agricultural Revolution 🔄 Gene-Culture Coevolution 🦴 Archaic Admixture

The 10000 Year Explosion

Agriculture rewired the human genome faster than anything in six million years.

by Gregory Cochran 2009 304 pages

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🧬 Human Evolution 🧫 Population Genetics 🌾 Agricultural Revolution 🔄 Gene-Culture Coevolution 🦴 Archaic Admixture

The Yes Brain Child

by Daniel J. Siegel • 2018

Four brain-based skills that build resilience in children, and how parents cultivate them.

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👶 Child Development 🧠 Parenting Neuroscience ⚖️ Emotional Regulation 🛡️ Resilience Building 🧘 Mindful Parenting

The Yes Brain Child

Four brain-based skills that build resilience in children, and how parents cultivate them.

by Daniel J. Siegel 2018 208 pages

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👶 Child Development 🧠 Parenting Neuroscience ⚖️ Emotional Regulation 🛡️ Resilience Building 🧘 Mindful Parenting

Life Without Bread

by Christian B. Allan • 2000

A doctor tracked one number for forty years: 72 daily carb grams. The diseases it reversed.

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🥩 Low-Carb Diets 🧬 Ancestral Health 💉 Insulin Resistance 🔥 Metabolic Health 🦠 Gut Healing

Life Without Bread

A doctor tracked one number for forty years: 72 daily carb grams. The diseases it reversed.

by Christian B. Allan 2000 256 pages

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214 ratings

🥩 Low-Carb Diets 🧬 Ancestral Health 💉 Insulin Resistance 🔥 Metabolic Health 🦠 Gut Healing

The Stress Prescription

by Elissa Epel • 2022

Seven days to turn stress from something that ages you into something that makes you stronger.

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🧘 Stress Management 🧠 Stress Mindset 🌬️ Breathwork 💪 Hormetic Stress 🌿 Nature And Wellness

The Stress Prescription

Seven days to turn stress from something that ages you into something that makes you stronger.

by Elissa Epel 2022 272 pages

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🧘 Stress Management 🧠 Stress Mindset 🌬️ Breathwork 💪 Hormetic Stress 🌿 Nature And Wellness

Age of Propaganda

by Anthony R. Pratkanis • 1991

Your mind's security holes: the persuasion playbook, and how to patch them.

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📢 Propaganda Analysis 🧠 Persuasion Psychology 📺 Media Literacy ⚖️ Cognitive Biases 🎭 Emotional Manipulation

Age of Propaganda

Your mind's security holes: the persuasion playbook, and how to patch them.

by Anthony R. Pratkanis 1991 432 pages

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📢 Propaganda Analysis 🧠 Persuasion Psychology 📺 Media Literacy ⚖️ Cognitive Biases 🎭 Emotional Manipulation

Split-Second Persuasion

by Kevin Dutton • 2009

Influence is decided in an instant. Five learnable elements control that verdict.

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🌀 Social Influence 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Behavioral Science 🕶️ Dark Psychology

Split-Second Persuasion

Influence is decided in an instant. Five learnable elements control that verdict.

by Kevin Dutton 2009 400 pages

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🌀 Social Influence 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Behavioral Science 🕶️ Dark Psychology

The Devil Never Sleeps

by Juliette Kayyem • 2022

Disasters aren't rare flukes; they're the new normal. The playbook for surviving the next one.

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🚨 Crisis Management ⚡ Disaster Preparedness 🆘 Emergency Response 🔻 Risk Reduction 🧠 Systems Thinking

The Devil Never Sleeps

Disasters aren't rare flukes; they're the new normal. The playbook for surviving the next one.

by Juliette Kayyem 2022 245 pages

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485 ratings

🚨 Crisis Management ⚡ Disaster Preparedness 🆘 Emergency Response 🔻 Risk Reduction 🧠 Systems Thinking

Triumphs of Experience

by George E. Vaillant • 2012

Harvard tracked 268 men for 75 years. One predictor of happiness beat income, IQ, and genes.

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🧪 Longitudinal Research 🌱 Adult Development 😊 Happiness Research 💕 Intimacy And Well-Being 🍺 Addiction Science

Triumphs of Experience

Harvard tracked 268 men for 75 years. One predictor of happiness beat income, IQ, and genes.

by George E. Vaillant 2012 457 pages

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🧪 Longitudinal Research 🌱 Adult Development 😊 Happiness Research 💕 Intimacy And Well-Being 🍺 Addiction Science

Fermat's Enigma

by Simon Singh • 1998

150 years, countless geniuses, one unproven hunch about primes, and a million dollars waiting.

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🔢 Prime Numbers 📜 History Of Mathematics ❓ Unsolved Problems 🏔️ Mathematical Quests 🔐 Cryptography

Fermat's Enigma

150 years, countless geniuses, one unproven hunch about primes, and a million dollars waiting.

by Simon Singh 1998 315 pages

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🔢 Prime Numbers 📜 History Of Mathematics ❓ Unsolved Problems 🏔️ Mathematical Quests 🔐 Cryptography

Mating Intelligence Unleashed

by Glenn Geher • 2012

Evolution wired your brain for courtship: the hidden skills that run your love life.

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧠 Mating Psychology 🦚 Sexual Selection 💘 Mate Preferences 🕶️ Dark Triad Traits

Mating Intelligence Unleashed

Evolution wired your brain for courtship: the hidden skills that run your love life.

by Glenn Geher 2012 298 pages

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧠 Mating Psychology 🦚 Sexual Selection 💘 Mate Preferences 🕶️ Dark Triad Traits

Computer Networking

by James F. Kurose • 2000

From the web page down to the wire: how the internet's five protocol layers actually work.

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🌐 Computer Networking 🏗️ Internet Architecture 📚 Protocol Layers ⏱️ Network Performance 📡 Data Communications

Computer Networking

From the web page down to the wire: how the internet's five protocol layers actually work.

by James F. Kurose 2000 880 pages

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🌐 Computer Networking 🏗️ Internet Architecture 📚 Protocol Layers ⏱️ Network Performance 📡 Data Communications

Dr Gabor Maté 5 Books Collection Set

by Gabor Maté • 2022

Addiction is not about drugs but about pain: who hurt you, and what never came.

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🩹 Addiction Recovery ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Healing 👶 Childhood Trauma 💗 Self-Compassion 🧘 Mindfulness Practice

Dr Gabor Maté 5 Books Collection Set

Addiction is not about drugs but about pain: who hurt you, and what never came.

by Gabor Maté 2022 2112 pages

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21 ratings

🩹 Addiction Recovery ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Healing 👶 Childhood Trauma 💗 Self-Compassion 🧘 Mindfulness Practice

Everything is Obvious

by Duncan J. Watts • 2011

Common sense is a reverse-engineered story: it explains the past perfectly and predicts nothing.

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🌀 Complexity Science 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔗 Systems Thinking 🔮 Hindsight Bias 🐦 Social Emergence

Everything is Obvious

Common sense is a reverse-engineered story: it explains the past perfectly and predicts nothing.

by Duncan J. Watts 2011 322 pages

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🌀 Complexity Science 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔗 Systems Thinking 🔮 Hindsight Bias 🐦 Social Emergence

The Way We Eat

by Peter Singer • 2006

What three American meals reveal about the hidden moral cost of your dinner.

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🥕 Food Ethics 🐷 Animal Welfare 🏭 Factory Farming 🏷️ Ethical Consumerism 🌱 Vegan Ethics

The Way We Eat

What three American meals reveal about the hidden moral cost of your dinner.

by Peter Singer 2006 328 pages

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🥕 Food Ethics 🐷 Animal Welfare 🏭 Factory Farming 🏷️ Ethical Consumerism 🌱 Vegan Ethics

Sex by Numbers

by David Spiegelhalter • 2015

Sex surveys are performances. A statistician reveals what the data hides about modern desire.

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🔄 Modern Sexuality 🔬 Sex Research 💥 Debunking Myths 📊 Statistical Literacy 📈 Popular Statistics

Sex by Numbers

Sex surveys are performances. A statistician reveals what the data hides about modern desire.

by David Spiegelhalter 2015 369 pages

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🔄 Modern Sexuality 🔬 Sex Research 💥 Debunking Myths 📊 Statistical Literacy 📈 Popular Statistics

The Modern Herbal Dispensatory

by Thomas Easley • 2016

Turn your kitchen into a pharmacy. A field guide to making potent herbal medicines at home.

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🌿 Herbal Medicine 🔬 Herbal Energetics 🧪 Herbal Preparations ⚗️ Herbal Formulations 🍲 Kitchen Medicine

The Modern Herbal Dispensatory

Turn your kitchen into a pharmacy. A field guide to making potent herbal medicines at home.

by Thomas Easley 2016 376 pages

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🌿 Herbal Medicine 🔬 Herbal Energetics 🧪 Herbal Preparations ⚗️ Herbal Formulations 🍲 Kitchen Medicine

Pillars of Creation

by Richard Panek • 2024

A ten-billion-dollar telescope with 344 ways to fail, and the universe it found in one morning.

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🔭 Space Telescopes 🌌 Astrophysics 💥 Cosmic Origins 🪐 Exoplanets 🌠 Galactic Evolution

Pillars of Creation

A ten-billion-dollar telescope with 344 ways to fail, and the universe it found in one morning.

by Richard Panek 2024 256 pages

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🔭 Space Telescopes 🌌 Astrophysics 💥 Cosmic Origins 🪐 Exoplanets 🌠 Galactic Evolution

The Anatomy of Hope

by Jerome Groopman • 2003

Hope blocks pain through its own neurochemistry. A physician on why doctors must stop crushing it.

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📖 Narrative Medicine 🩺 Doctor-Patient Bond 🧠 Mind-Body Healing 🌟 Psychology Of Hope 💊 Placebo Response

The Anatomy of Hope

Hope blocks pain through its own neurochemistry. A physician on why doctors must stop crushing it.

by Jerome Groopman 2003 272 pages

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📖 Narrative Medicine 🩺 Doctor-Patient Bond 🧠 Mind-Body Healing 🌟 Psychology Of Hope 💊 Placebo Response

Math-ish

by Jo Boaler • 2024

The brain uses five pathways for math. Schools teach to one, and millions walk away.

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🧮 Math Education 🌱 Growth Mindset 🔢 Number Sense 👁️ Visual Thinking 📊 Data Literacy

Math-ish

The brain uses five pathways for math. Schools teach to one, and millions walk away.

by Jo Boaler 2024 304 pages

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🧮 Math Education 🌱 Growth Mindset 🔢 Number Sense 👁️ Visual Thinking 📊 Data Literacy

Writing to Be Understood

by Anne H. Janzer • 2018

Turn the cognitive science of attention, curiosity, and memory into writing that actually gets read.

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📝 Nonfiction Writing 🧠 Reader Psychology 📖 Plain Language 🎯 Expert Blind Spots 🔍 Explanation Craft

Writing to Be Understood

Turn the cognitive science of attention, curiosity, and memory into writing that actually gets read.

by Anne H. Janzer 2018 148 pages

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📝 Nonfiction Writing 🧠 Reader Psychology 📖 Plain Language 🎯 Expert Blind Spots 🔍 Explanation Craft

Prometheus and Atlas

by Jason Reza Jorjani • 2016

Paranormal abilities are real, and Western civilization depends on suppressing that.

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🧠 Continental Philosophy 🔮 Esoteric Philosophy 👻 Paranormal Phenomena 🏛️ Mythic Archetypes ⚡ Critique Of Modernity

Prometheus and Atlas

Paranormal abilities are real, and Western civilization depends on suppressing that.

by Jason Reza Jorjani 2016 466 pages

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127 ratings

🧠 Continental Philosophy 🔮 Esoteric Philosophy 👻 Paranormal Phenomena 🏛️ Mythic Archetypes ⚡ Critique Of Modernity

A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived

by Adam Rutherford • 2016

The genome reveals one family: shared ancestors 3,400 years ago. Race was never real.

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🧬 Human Genetics 🏺 Ancient DNA 🌍 Human Origins 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Race And Genetics 🧩 Nature Vs Nurture

A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived

The genome reveals one family: shared ancestors 3,400 years ago. Race was never real.

by Adam Rutherford 2016 419 pages

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🧬 Human Genetics 🏺 Ancient DNA 🌍 Human Origins 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Race And Genetics 🧩 Nature Vs Nurture

The Science of Love

by Robin I.M. Dunbar • 2012

Love, heartbreak, and religious ecstasy run on the same ancient neural circuitry. Here's how.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 💑 Mate Selection 🔗 Pair Bonding 🤝 Social Bonding 🕸️ Social Networks

The Science of Love

Love, heartbreak, and religious ecstasy run on the same ancient neural circuitry. Here's how.

by Robin I.M. Dunbar 2012 320 pages

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333 ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 💑 Mate Selection 🔗 Pair Bonding 🤝 Social Bonding 🕸️ Social Networks

The Data Detective

by Tim Harford • 2020

Your emotions react to statistics before your brain does. Ten rules for getting the numbers right.

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🧮 Statistical Literacy 🔍 Data Skepticism 🧠 Motivated Reasoning 📊 Data Visualization 🤖 Algorithmic Accountability

The Data Detective

Your emotions react to statistics before your brain does. Ten rules for getting the numbers right.

by Tim Harford 2020 334 pages

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🧮 Statistical Literacy 🔍 Data Skepticism 🧠 Motivated Reasoning 📊 Data Visualization 🤖 Algorithmic Accountability

Psycho-Logical

by Dean Burnett • 2021

Depression, anxiety, addiction: the real brain science looks nothing like the popular explanations.

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🧑‍⚕️ Clinical Psychology 🧪 Neurochemistry 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma 📋 Psychiatric Diagnosis

Psycho-Logical

Depression, anxiety, addiction: the real brain science looks nothing like the popular explanations.

by Dean Burnett 2021

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🧑‍⚕️ Clinical Psychology 🧪 Neurochemistry 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma 📋 Psychiatric Diagnosis

The Alchemy of Us

by Ainissa Ramirez • 2020

We invented quartz clocks, steel rails, and silicon chips. Then they reinvented us.

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🧪 Materials Science 🔧 History Of Technology 🏺 Material Culture 🔍 Hidden History 📦 Everyday Objects

The Alchemy of Us

We invented quartz clocks, steel rails, and silicon chips. Then they reinvented us.

by Ainissa Ramirez 2020 328 pages

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🧪 Materials Science 🔧 History Of Technology 🏺 Material Culture 🔍 Hidden History 📦 Everyday Objects

The Sleep Revolution

by Arianna Huffington • 2016

We traded sleep for productivity and got neither. The science finally explains why.

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🔬 Sleep Science 🛏️ Sleep Hygiene 🌙 Circadian Rhythms 📱 Digital Detox 🔥 Burnout Prevention

The Sleep Revolution

We traded sleep for productivity and got neither. The science finally explains why.

by Arianna Huffington 2016 382 pages

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🔬 Sleep Science 🛏️ Sleep Hygiene 🌙 Circadian Rhythms 📱 Digital Detox 🔥 Burnout Prevention

The Microbiome Diet

by Raphael Kellman • 2014

Your gut bacteria control your metabolism. The healing protocol that makes weight loss stick.

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🦠 Gut Health 🔬 Microbiome Science ⚕️ Functional Medicine 🚫 Elimination Diets 🧠 Gut-Brain Connection

The Microbiome Diet

Your gut bacteria control your metabolism. The healing protocol that makes weight loss stick.

by Raphael Kellman 2014 352 pages

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🦠 Gut Health 🔬 Microbiome Science ⚕️ Functional Medicine 🚫 Elimination Diets 🧠 Gut-Brain Connection

A Human History of Emotion

by Richard Firth-Godbehere • 2021

Your six basic emotions are a modern Western fiction, and projecting them backward changed history.

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🎭 History Of Emotions 🌍 Cultural Psychology 🧱 Constructed Emotion ⚖️ Emotional Regimes 👥 Social History

A Human History of Emotion

Your six basic emotions are a modern Western fiction, and projecting them backward changed history.

by Richard Firth-Godbehere 2021 336 pages

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🎭 History Of Emotions 🌍 Cultural Psychology 🧱 Constructed Emotion ⚖️ Emotional Regimes 👥 Social History

Cesar's Rules

by Cesar Millan • 2006

Dogs read us better than we read ourselves. Become the leader your dog already needs.

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🐕 Dog Training 🧠 Dog Behavior 🐺 Pack Leadership 🍖 Positive Reinforcement 🎾 Canine Enrichment

Cesar's Rules

Dogs read us better than we read ourselves. Become the leader your dog already needs.

by Cesar Millan 2006 320 pages

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🐕 Dog Training 🧠 Dog Behavior 🐺 Pack Leadership 🍖 Positive Reinforcement 🎾 Canine Enrichment

The Neuroscience of You

by Chantel Prat • 2022

Your brain isn't like anyone else's. Neuroscience finally has a field guide for that.

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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🌈 Neurodiversity 🔄 Brain Plasticity ⚗️ Brain Chemistry ↔️ Left Brain Right Brain

The Neuroscience of You

Your brain isn't like anyone else's. Neuroscience finally has a field guide for that.

by Chantel Prat 2022 379 pages

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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🌈 Neurodiversity 🔄 Brain Plasticity ⚗️ Brain Chemistry ↔️ Left Brain Right Brain

Feeling & Knowing

by António Damásio • 2021

Consciousness begins in the body: feelings, not thought, build the first sense of self.

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🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤸 Embodied Cognition ❤️ Affective Neuroscience 🧬 Brain-Body Connection 🧬 Evolution Of Mind

Feeling & Knowing

Consciousness begins in the body: feelings, not thought, build the first sense of self.

by António Damásio 2021 256 pages

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🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤸 Embodied Cognition ❤️ Affective Neuroscience 🧬 Brain-Body Connection 🧬 Evolution Of Mind

Intelligence

by Stuart Ritchie • 2015

General intelligence is real, measurable, and predicts far more than we're comfortable admitting.

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🔬 Intelligence Research 📝 Cognitive Testing 🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🌱 Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Brain And Cognition

Intelligence

General intelligence is real, measurable, and predicts far more than we're comfortable admitting.

by Stuart Ritchie 2015 160 pages

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🔬 Intelligence Research 📝 Cognitive Testing 🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🌱 Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Brain And Cognition

Because Internet

by Gretchen McCulloch • 2019

Why a period feels angry and emoji work like gestures: the hidden grammar of internet English.

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🖥️ Internet Linguistics ✍️ Informal Writing 👋 Digital Gestures 🌐 Internet Culture 🗣️ Sociolinguistics

Because Internet

Why a period feels angry and emoji work like gestures: the hidden grammar of internet English.

by Gretchen McCulloch 2019 273 pages

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🖥️ Internet Linguistics ✍️ Informal Writing 👋 Digital Gestures 🌐 Internet Culture 🗣️ Sociolinguistics

The Mind’s I

by Douglas R. Hofstadter • 1981

Borges, Turing, a headless mystic: the anthology where the self dissolves one essay at a time.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 👁️ Consciousness Studies 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🔬 Cognitive Science 💭 Thought Experiments

The Mind’s I

Borges, Turing, a headless mystic: the anthology where the self dissolves one essay at a time.

by Douglas R. Hofstadter 1981 512 pages

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 👁️ Consciousness Studies 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🔬 Cognitive Science 💭 Thought Experiments

On the Move

by Oliver Sacks • 2015

Patients frozen for decades took one drug and woke. Their neurologist was not ready.

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🧠 Clinical Neurology 🩺 Medical Memoir 🧬 Neurological Disorders 📖 Narrative Medicine 🔄 Neuroplasticity

On the Move

Patients frozen for decades took one drug and woke. Their neurologist was not ready.

by Oliver Sacks 2015 397 pages

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21k+ ratings

🧠 Clinical Neurology 🩺 Medical Memoir 🧬 Neurological Disorders 📖 Narrative Medicine 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Crimes Against Logic

by Jamie Whyte • 2004

Most public arguments are crime scenes. A philosopher dusts for the fingerprints of fallacy.

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🧠 Critical Thinking 🔍 Spotting Fallacies 🗣️ Public Discourse 🤨 Skepticism 📰 Media Criticism

Crimes Against Logic

Most public arguments are crime scenes. A philosopher dusts for the fingerprints of fallacy.

by Jamie Whyte 2004 157 pages

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🧠 Critical Thinking 🔍 Spotting Fallacies 🗣️ Public Discourse 🤨 Skepticism 📰 Media Criticism

One Mind

by Larry Dossey • 2013

Individual minds are an illusion: a doctor's case for the one consciousness we all share.

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🧠 Nonlocal Consciousness 🔮 Parapsychology 💀 Near-Death Experiences 👶 Reincarnation Studies 🕉️ Transpersonal Psychology

One Mind

Individual minds are an illusion: a doctor's case for the one consciousness we all share.

by Larry Dossey 2013 339 pages

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🧠 Nonlocal Consciousness 🔮 Parapsychology 💀 Near-Death Experiences 👶 Reincarnation Studies 🕉️ Transpersonal Psychology

An Introduction to General Systems Thinking

by Gerald M. Weinberg • 1975

Stability is not a property of a system but a contract it negotiates with its environment.

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🧩 Systems Theory 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🤖 Cybernetics 💻 Computational Thinking 👁️ Observer Bias

An Introduction to General Systems Thinking

Stability is not a property of a system but a contract it negotiates with its environment.

by Gerald M. Weinberg 1975 320 pages

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🧩 Systems Theory 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🤖 Cybernetics 💻 Computational Thinking 👁️ Observer Bias

Understanding Your Child's Brain

by Álvaro Bilbao • 2015

Why punishment fails the developing brain, and the small shifts that turn tantrums into connection.

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🧠 Brain-Based Parenting ✅ Positive Discipline ❤️ Empathic Parenting 🤝 Cooperative Parenting 🔗 Attachment Theory

Understanding Your Child's Brain

Why punishment fails the developing brain, and the small shifts that turn tantrums into connection.

by Álvaro Bilbao 2015 181 pages

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🧠 Brain-Based Parenting ✅ Positive Discipline ❤️ Empathic Parenting 🤝 Cooperative Parenting 🔗 Attachment Theory

Testosterone Rex

by Cordelia Fine • 2017

The familiar story of testosterone-fueled men and cautious women falls apart under real data.

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🧬 Sexual Selection 🧠 Biological Essentialism 🧬 Neurosexism ✳️ Feminist Science 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology

Testosterone Rex

The familiar story of testosterone-fueled men and cautious women falls apart under real data.

by Cordelia Fine 2017 272 pages

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🧬 Sexual Selection 🧠 Biological Essentialism 🧬 Neurosexism ✳️ Feminist Science 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology

The Science of Positivity

by Loretta Graziano Breuning • 2013

Your brain chemicals chase survival, not happiness. Learn their rules to build better circuits.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology ⚗️ Brain Chemistry 😟 Negativity Bias 🔄 Cognitive Rewiring 📊 Social Comparison

The Science of Positivity

Your brain chemicals chase survival, not happiness. Learn their rules to build better circuits.

by Loretta Graziano Breuning 2013 224 pages

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology ⚗️ Brain Chemistry 😟 Negativity Bias 🔄 Cognitive Rewiring 📊 Social Comparison

The Lever of Riches

by Joel Mokyr • 1990

Europe didn't out-invent Asia by chance. Culture, not geography, explains who industrializes first.

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🏛️ Economic History 🔧 History Of Technology 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🌏 Great Divergence 💡 Innovation Economics

The Lever of Riches

Europe didn't out-invent Asia by chance. Culture, not geography, explains who industrializes first.

by Joel Mokyr 1990 368 pages

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326 ratings

🏛️ Economic History 🔧 History Of Technology 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🌏 Great Divergence 💡 Innovation Economics

Hallucinations

by Oliver Sacks • 2012

Hallucinations are not the brain breaking. They are the brain showing how it builds reality.

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🧠 Clinical Neurology 👁️ Hallucinations 🌌 Altered States 👂 Sensory Perception 💭 Consciousness Studies

Hallucinations

Hallucinations are not the brain breaking. They are the brain showing how it builds reality.

by Oliver Sacks 2012 352 pages

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🧠 Clinical Neurology 👁️ Hallucinations 🌌 Altered States 👂 Sensory Perception 💭 Consciousness Studies

Extra Life

by Steven Johnson • 2023

For millennia, humans lived to thirty-five. Then, in a century, we doubled it. How that happened.

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🏥 Public Health 📜 History Of Medicine 🦠 Epidemiology 💉 Vaccination 🚽 Sanitation

Extra Life

For millennia, humans lived to thirty-five. Then, in a century, we doubled it. How that happened.

by Steven Johnson 2023 320 pages

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🏥 Public Health 📜 History Of Medicine 🦠 Epidemiology 💉 Vaccination 🚽 Sanitation

The Genesis Machine

by Amy Webb • 2022

Life is becoming programmable. The technology is here; the rules for using it are not.

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🧬 Synthetic Biology 📋 Science Policy ⚖️ Bioethics 🔮 Futurism 🧫 Reproductive Technology

The Genesis Machine

Life is becoming programmable. The technology is here; the rules for using it are not.

by Amy Webb 2022 368 pages

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500+ ratings

🧬 Synthetic Biology 📋 Science Policy ⚖️ Bioethics 🔮 Futurism 🧫 Reproductive Technology

Good Reasons for Bad Feelings

by Randolph M. Nesse • 2019

Your brain evolved for a different world. Depression and anxiety are the mismatch showing.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🏥 Evolutionary Medicine 🔄 Evolutionary Mismatch 😢 Adaptive Emotions 😰 Anxiety And Depression

Good Reasons for Bad Feelings

Your brain evolved for a different world. Depression and anxiety are the mismatch showing.

by Randolph M. Nesse 2019 384 pages

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🏥 Evolutionary Medicine 🔄 Evolutionary Mismatch 😢 Adaptive Emotions 😰 Anxiety And Depression

Dreaming Wide Awake

by David Jay Brown • 2016

Lucid dreaming, shamanic journeying, and psychedelic trips: three names for one exploration.

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🧠 Lucid Dreaming 🪶 Shamanic Practices 🌀 Altered States 🔬 Consciousness Studies 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy

Dreaming Wide Awake

Lucid dreaming, shamanic journeying, and psychedelic trips: three names for one exploration.

by David Jay Brown 2016 422 pages

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🧠 Lucid Dreaming 🪶 Shamanic Practices 🌀 Altered States 🔬 Consciousness Studies 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy

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