Best Science Books | Summaries & Audio

Science Book Summaries

Protein Power

by Michael R. Eades • 1996

Two hormones rule fat storage. The diet that puts the fat-burning one in charge.

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🥩 Low-Carb Diets 🩸 Insulin Resistance 🛠️ Metabolic Repair 🌿 Anti-Inflammatory Eating 🩺 Type 2 Diabetes

Protein Power

Two hormones rule fat storage. The diet that puts the fat-burning one in charge.

by Michael R. Eades 1996 448 pages

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🥩 Low-Carb Diets 🩸 Insulin Resistance 🛠️ Metabolic Repair 🌿 Anti-Inflammatory Eating 🩺 Type 2 Diabetes

Your Survival Instinct Is Killing You

by Marc Schoen • 2013

Why more comfort makes you less comfortable: your ancient survival brain, retrained.

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🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 💪 Discomfort Tolerance 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🌿 Stress Management 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

Your Survival Instinct Is Killing You

Why more comfort makes you less comfortable: your ancient survival brain, retrained.

by Marc Schoen 2013 269 pages

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500+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 💪 Discomfort Tolerance 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🌿 Stress Management 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

The Golem (Canto Classics)

by Harry Collins • 1992

Science, like a golem, is powerful but clumsy. Its real process is social, not neat method.

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🔬 Sociology Of Science 🤔 Philosophy Of Science 🧪 Scientific Method 🧫 Laboratory Studies 🌍 Science And Society

The Golem (Canto Classics)

Science, like a golem, is powerful but clumsy. Its real process is social, not neat method.

by Harry Collins 1992 214 pages

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🔬 Sociology Of Science 🤔 Philosophy Of Science 🧪 Scientific Method 🧫 Laboratory Studies 🌍 Science And Society

Looking for Spinoza

by António Damásio • 2001

A neuroscientist reveals feelings are body maps, and Spinoza mapped it first.

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🧠 Affective Neuroscience 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🧬 Consciousness Science 🫀 Interoception 🚶 Embodied Cognition

Looking for Spinoza

A neuroscientist reveals feelings are body maps, and Spinoza mapped it first.

by António Damásio 2001 355 pages

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🧠 Affective Neuroscience 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🧬 Consciousness Science 🫀 Interoception 🚶 Embodied Cognition

The Path to Longevity

by Luigi Fontana • 2020

To 100 with a 40-year-old's stamina: a scientist's whole-life protocol for healthspan.

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🔬 Longevity Science 🥗 Plant-Based Nutrition ⏳ Calorie Restriction 🕐 Intermittent Fasting 👴 Healthy Aging

The Path to Longevity

To 100 with a 40-year-old's stamina: a scientist's whole-life protocol for healthspan.

by Luigi Fontana 2020 318 pages

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119 ratings

🔬 Longevity Science 🥗 Plant-Based Nutrition ⏳ Calorie Restriction 🕐 Intermittent Fasting 👴 Healthy Aging

Letters to a Young Scientist

by Edward O. Wilson • 2013

Think like an artist, then work like an accountant. The real path to scientific discovery.

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🧪 Scientific Careers 🔬 Field Biology 💡 Scientific Creativity 🍂 Natural History 🌍 Biodiversity

Letters to a Young Scientist

Think like an artist, then work like an accountant. The real path to scientific discovery.

by Edward O. Wilson 2013 256 pages

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🧪 Scientific Careers 🔬 Field Biology 💡 Scientific Creativity 🍂 Natural History 🌍 Biodiversity

Diet for a New America

by John Robbins • 1987

One dietary choice links heart disease, the Amazon, world hunger, and billions of suffering animals.

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🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition 🍽️ Food Ethics 🐄 Animal Welfare 🐔 Factory Farming 🏭 Meat Industry

Diet for a New America

One dietary choice links heart disease, the Amazon, world hunger, and billions of suffering animals.

by John Robbins 1987 464 pages

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🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition 🍽️ Food Ethics 🐄 Animal Welfare 🐔 Factory Farming 🏭 Meat Industry

Good Thinking

by David Robert Grimes • 2021

Bad logic corrupts medicine, politics, and media. A physicist shows how to spot it.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases ⚖️ Logical Fallacies 🔬 Scientific Skepticism 💭 Critical Thinking 📰 Media Literacy

Good Thinking

Bad logic corrupts medicine, politics, and media. A physicist shows how to spot it.

by David Robert Grimes 2021 400 pages

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🧠 Cognitive Biases ⚖️ Logical Fallacies 🔬 Scientific Skepticism 💭 Critical Thinking 📰 Media Literacy

Computer Hacking Beginners Guide

by Alan T. Norman • 2016

Land your first hack: Kali, Wi-Fi, social engineering, and the mental map to break in safely.

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🛡️ Ethical Hacking 🔒 Cybersecurity Basics 🐉 Kali Linux 🎭 Social Engineering 📶 Wi-Fi Security

Computer Hacking Beginners Guide

Land your first hack: Kali, Wi-Fi, social engineering, and the mental map to break in safely.

by Alan T. Norman 2016 167 pages

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🛡️ Ethical Hacking 🔒 Cybersecurity Basics 🐉 Kali Linux 🎭 Social Engineering 📶 Wi-Fi Security

The Omnivore's Dilemma

by Richie Chevat • 2015

Most of what you eat begins as corn, and the price tag hides the real cost.

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🍽️ Food Systems 🐄 Factory Farming 🇺🇸 American Diet 🗳️ Food Politics 🌾 Sustainable Agriculture

The Omnivore's Dilemma

Most of what you eat begins as corn, and the price tag hides the real cost.

by Richie Chevat 2015 352 pages

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🍽️ Food Systems 🐄 Factory Farming 🇺🇸 American Diet 🗳️ Food Politics 🌾 Sustainable Agriculture

Remember

by Lisa Genova • 2021

How memory works, why forgetting is normal, and the habits that cut Alzheimer's risk by 50%.

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🧠 Memory Science 🎯 Attention And Memory 😴 Sleep And Brain Health 🛡️ Alzheimer's Prevention 🌀 Memory Distortion

Remember

How memory works, why forgetting is normal, and the habits that cut Alzheimer's risk by 50%.

by Lisa Genova 2021 264 pages

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🧠 Memory Science 🎯 Attention And Memory 😴 Sleep And Brain Health 🛡️ Alzheimer's Prevention 🌀 Memory Distortion

Who Gets What ― and Why

by Alvin E. Roth • 2015

The hidden rules that allocate jobs, schools, and kidneys.

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📐 Market Design 🤝 Matching Markets ⚙️ Mechanism Design 📱 Platform Economics 🔨 Auction Theory

Who Gets What ― and Why

The hidden rules that allocate jobs, schools, and kidneys.

by Alvin E. Roth 2015 260 pages

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📐 Market Design 🤝 Matching Markets ⚙️ Mechanism Design 📱 Platform Economics 🔨 Auction Theory

Gravitation and Cosmology

by Steven Weinberg • 1972

A textbook that doesn't ask you to imagine curved spacetime; it proves you can't avoid it.

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🌀 General Relativity 🌌 Cosmology 📐 Spacetime Geometry 🕳️ Black Hole Physics 🌊 Gravitational Waves

Gravitation and Cosmology

A textbook that doesn't ask you to imagine curved spacetime; it proves you can't avoid it.

by Steven Weinberg 1972 688 pages

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🌀 General Relativity 🌌 Cosmology 📐 Spacetime Geometry 🕳️ Black Hole Physics 🌊 Gravitational Waves

Usability Engineering

by Jakob Nielsen • 1993

Usability is engineering, not art. Five dimensions, ten heuristics, one rule: test with real users.

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🎯 User-Centered Design 🧪 Usability Testing 🔍 Heuristic Evaluation 🔄 Iterative Design 👤 Human Factors

Usability Engineering

Usability is engineering, not art. Five dimensions, ten heuristics, one rule: test with real users.

by Jakob Nielsen 1993 384 pages

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🎯 User-Centered Design 🧪 Usability Testing 🔍 Heuristic Evaluation 🔄 Iterative Design 👤 Human Factors

This Is Your Brain on Parasites

by Kathleen McAuliffe • 2016

A parasite makes rats run toward cats. It may shape your personality, politics, and disgust.

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🧠 Parasite Manipulation 🧫 Gut-Brain Axis 🤢 Disgust Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🦠 Microbiome Health

This Is Your Brain on Parasites

A parasite makes rats run toward cats. It may shape your personality, politics, and disgust.

by Kathleen McAuliffe 2016 268 pages

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🧠 Parasite Manipulation 🧫 Gut-Brain Axis 🤢 Disgust Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🦠 Microbiome Health

Taking Charge of ADHD

by Russell A. Barkley • 1995

A disorder of self-control, not attention: the complete guide to parenting a child with ADHD.

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🧠 Adhd Parenting 🧒 Child Development ⚡ Executive Function 🏠 Behavior Management 🏫 School Accommodations

Taking Charge of ADHD

A disorder of self-control, not attention: the complete guide to parenting a child with ADHD.

by Russell A. Barkley 1995 321 pages

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🧠 Adhd Parenting 🧒 Child Development ⚡ Executive Function 🏠 Behavior Management 🏫 School Accommodations

50 Psychology Ideas You Really Need to Know

by Adrian Furnham • 2008

Why we obey, misremember, and misjudge: psychology's 50 essential ideas, explained.

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50 Psychology Ideas You Really Need to Know

Why we obey, misremember, and misjudge: psychology's 50 essential ideas, explained.

by Adrian Furnham 2008 208 pages

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Modern Text Book of Zoology

by R.L. Kotpal • 1995

The vertebrate body plan and its 500-million-year unfolding, from the notochord to the amniotic egg.

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🐟 Vertebrate Zoology 🦴 Comparative Anatomy 🐸 Water To Land Transition 🦎 Adaptive Radiation 🧬 Evolutionary Biology

Modern Text Book of Zoology

The vertebrate body plan and its 500-million-year unfolding, from the notochord to the amniotic egg.

by R.L. Kotpal 1995

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🐟 Vertebrate Zoology 🦴 Comparative Anatomy 🐸 Water To Land Transition 🦎 Adaptive Radiation 🧬 Evolutionary Biology

This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends

by Nicole Perlroth • 2021

Inside the hidden bazaar where governments and criminals buy the keys to your digital life.

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🧨 Zero-Day Exploits 💣 Cyberwarfare 🏁 Digital Arms Race 👁️ Surveillance State 🕵️ Digital Espionage

This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends

Inside the hidden bazaar where governments and criminals buy the keys to your digital life.

by Nicole Perlroth 2021 505 pages

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🧨 Zero-Day Exploits 💣 Cyberwarfare 🏁 Digital Arms Race 👁️ Surveillance State 🕵️ Digital Espionage

If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal

by Justin Gregg • 2022

Human intelligence is overrated. Animal cognition reveals why our big brains are a liability.

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🧠 Animal Cognition 🧐 Human Exceptionalism 🐬 Animal Consciousness ⚖️ Moral Psychology 💀 Death Awareness

If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal

Human intelligence is overrated. Animal cognition reveals why our big brains are a liability.

by Justin Gregg 2022 320 pages

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🧠 Animal Cognition 🧐 Human Exceptionalism 🐬 Animal Consciousness ⚖️ Moral Psychology 💀 Death Awareness

Knowledge and Power

by George Gilder • 2013

Demand-side economics misses the signal because real wealth comes from surprise.

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📡 Information Economics 📉 Supply-Side Economics 🏛️ Political Economy 💡 Innovation Economics 🗽 Free Market Advocacy

Knowledge and Power

Demand-side economics misses the signal because real wealth comes from surprise.

by George Gilder 2013 370 pages

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428 ratings

📡 Information Economics 📉 Supply-Side Economics 🏛️ Political Economy 💡 Innovation Economics 🗽 Free Market Advocacy

On Intelligence

by Jeff Hawkins • 2004

The brain runs one algorithm for sight, sound, and thought: memory and prediction.

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🧠 Predictive Processing 🤖 Brain Inspired Ai 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 💾 Memory And Learning 🧬 Neuroscience Of Intelligence

On Intelligence

The brain runs one algorithm for sight, sound, and thought: memory and prediction.

by Jeff Hawkins 2004 261 pages

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🧠 Predictive Processing 🤖 Brain Inspired Ai 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 💾 Memory And Learning 🧬 Neuroscience Of Intelligence

Meet Your Dog

by Kim Brophey • 2018

Your dog's behavior puzzle has four pieces. Most advice only hands you one.

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🐕 Dog Behavior 🔬 Ethology 🏡 Environmental Enrichment 📚 Owner Education ⚙️ Behavioral Management

Meet Your Dog

Your dog's behavior puzzle has four pieces. Most advice only hands you one.

by Kim Brophey 2018 256 pages

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🐕 Dog Behavior 🔬 Ethology 🏡 Environmental Enrichment 📚 Owner Education ⚙️ Behavioral Management

The Edge Effect

by Eric R. Braverman • 2004

Four brain chemicals rule your health. A test that shows which one you're losing first.

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🧠 Brain Health 🩺 Functional Medicine 🔗 Brain-Body Connection 🧬 Longevity Science 🏷️ Personality Typing

The Edge Effect

Four brain chemicals rule your health. A test that shows which one you're losing first.

by Eric R. Braverman 2004 312 pages

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🧠 Brain Health 🩺 Functional Medicine 🔗 Brain-Body Connection 🧬 Longevity Science 🏷️ Personality Typing

Can Science Explain Everything?

by John C. Lennox • 2019

Science has limits. A mathematician explores the evidence for Christianity that reason demands.

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⚛️ Science And Religion ✝️ Christian Apologetics 🧠 Faith And Reason 🔬 Limits Of Science ✨ Miracles And Science

Can Science Explain Everything?

Science has limits. A mathematician explores the evidence for Christianity that reason demands.

by John C. Lennox 2019 128 pages

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⚛️ Science And Religion ✝️ Christian Apologetics 🧠 Faith And Reason 🔬 Limits Of Science ✨ Miracles And Science

The Good Ancestor

by Roman Krznaric • 2020

Short-term thinking is not in our DNA. A philosopher traces its source and the older cure.

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⚖️ Intergenerational Justice 🔭 Longtermism ⏳ Temporal Awareness 🔄 Systems Thinking 🌍 Planetary Boundaries

The Good Ancestor

Short-term thinking is not in our DNA. A philosopher traces its source and the older cure.

by Roman Krznaric 2020 336 pages

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⚖️ Intergenerational Justice 🔭 Longtermism ⏳ Temporal Awareness 🔄 Systems Thinking 🌍 Planetary Boundaries

Impossible to Ignore

by Carmen Simon • 2016

Audiences forget ninety percent of your message. What survives decides whether they act.

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📢 Content Marketing 🧠 Memory Science 👁️ Attention Design 🔄 Behavioral Design 💾 Information Retention

Impossible to Ignore

Audiences forget ninety percent of your message. What survives decides whether they act.

by Carmen Simon 2016 288 pages

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📢 Content Marketing 🧠 Memory Science 👁️ Attention Design 🔄 Behavioral Design 💾 Information Retention

Younger Next Year

by Chris Crowley • 2004

Daily exercise, real food, connection: the signals that keep your body building, not decaying.

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🧬 Healthy Aging 🏋️ Senior Fitness 🥗 Lifestyle Medicine 🧪 Biological Aging 🌴 Retirement Lifestyle

Younger Next Year

Daily exercise, real food, connection: the signals that keep your body building, not decaying.

by Chris Crowley 2004 321 pages

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🧬 Healthy Aging 🏋️ Senior Fitness 🥗 Lifestyle Medicine 🧪 Biological Aging 🌴 Retirement Lifestyle

Cryptography

by Keith M. Martin • 2020

Your digital life depends on secret math. Who should be able to break it?

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🔒 Digital Security 🔐 Encryption 👁️ Digital Privacy 📐 Applied Mathematics 📡 Surveillance

Cryptography

Your digital life depends on secret math. Who should be able to break it?

by Keith M. Martin 2020 316 pages

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174 ratings

🔒 Digital Security 🔐 Encryption 👁️ Digital Privacy 📐 Applied Mathematics 📡 Surveillance

The Dorito Effect

by Mark Schatzker • 2015

We bred flavor out of food and sprayed imitation back on. Your body noticed.

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🧪 Food Science 🚜 Industrial Agriculture 🏭 Processed Food 👅 Flavor Science 🗳️ Food Politics

The Dorito Effect

We bred flavor out of food and sprayed imitation back on. Your body noticed.

by Mark Schatzker 2015

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🧪 Food Science 🚜 Industrial Agriculture 🏭 Processed Food 👅 Flavor Science 🗳️ Food Politics

It's Been a Good Life

by Isaac Asimov • 2002

Five hundred books. The laws for fictional robots. It started behind a candy counter in Brooklyn.

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🚀 Golden Age Sf 📝 Author Memoirs 🔬 Science Communication 🤲 Secular Humanism ✍️ Prolific Writing

It's Been a Good Life

Five hundred books. The laws for fictional robots. It started behind a candy counter in Brooklyn.

by Isaac Asimov 2002 310 pages

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481 ratings

🚀 Golden Age Sf 📝 Author Memoirs 🔬 Science Communication 🤲 Secular Humanism ✍️ Prolific Writing

Political Ecology

by Paul Robbins • 2004

Environmental problems are political problems. A critical field guide to the tools that prove it.

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🌍 Political Ecology 🏛️ Environmental Politics 🗺️ Critical Geography 💰 Political Economy Of Nature 🐑 Commons Governance

Political Ecology

Environmental problems are political problems. A critical field guide to the tools that prove it.

by Paul Robbins 2004 242 pages

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208 ratings

🌍 Political Ecology 🏛️ Environmental Politics 🗺️ Critical Geography 💰 Political Economy Of Nature 🐑 Commons Governance

Overcoming Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors

by Charles S. Mansueto • 2020

Hair pulling and skin picking have five hidden triggers. A clinical program neutralizes each one.

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🔁 Compulsive Behaviors 🧠 Ocd Spectrum ✂️ Compulsive Grooming 🔄 Habit Reversal 🎯 Trigger Management

Overcoming Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors

Hair pulling and skin picking have five hidden triggers. A clinical program neutralizes each one.

by Charles S. Mansueto 2020 216 pages

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305 ratings

🔁 Compulsive Behaviors 🧠 Ocd Spectrum ✂️ Compulsive Grooming 🔄 Habit Reversal 🎯 Trigger Management

The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons

by Sam Kean • 2014

History's most bizarre brain traumas, and what each one revealed about your mind.

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🧠 Neuroscience 📜 History Of Science 🏥 Medical History 📖 Clinical Tales 🧩 Neurological Disorders

The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons

History's most bizarre brain traumas, and what each one revealed about your mind.

by Sam Kean 2014 416 pages

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🧠 Neuroscience 📜 History Of Science 🏥 Medical History 📖 Clinical Tales 🧩 Neurological Disorders

The Genius of Birds

by Jennifer Ackerman • 2016

Beneath a tiny skull is a brain that rivals primates in tool making, navigation, and culture.

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🧠 Animal Cognition 🧩 Avian Intelligence 🐦 Bird Behavior 🗺️ Bird Migration 🔬 Ethology

The Genius of Birds

Beneath a tiny skull is a brain that rivals primates in tool making, navigation, and culture.

by Jennifer Ackerman 2016 352 pages

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🧠 Animal Cognition 🧩 Avian Intelligence 🐦 Bird Behavior 🗺️ Bird Migration 🔬 Ethology

Psychology

by Gillian Butler • 1998

Your brain constructs what you see, not records it. And it takes shortcuts that fool you.

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🧠 Introductory Psychology 🔍 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Influence 🧩 Memory And Learning 🏥 Abnormal Psychology

Psychology

Your brain constructs what you see, not records it. And it takes shortcuts that fool you.

by Gillian Butler 1998 168 pages

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🧠 Introductory Psychology 🔍 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Influence 🧩 Memory And Learning 🏥 Abnormal Psychology

To Explain the World

by Steven Weinberg • 2015

What took two millennia: how humanity learned to test nature instead of just arguing about it.

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🔬 History Of Science 🔍 Scientific Method 🧪 Experimental Science 🌌 Cosmology 🤔 Philosophy Of Science

To Explain the World

What took two millennia: how humanity learned to test nature instead of just arguing about it.

by Steven Weinberg 2015 432 pages

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🔬 History Of Science 🔍 Scientific Method 🧪 Experimental Science 🌌 Cosmology 🤔 Philosophy Of Science

Python for Kids

by Jason R. Briggs • 2012

Start with a turtle that draws, end with a game you built yourself. Python for kids.

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🐍 Python Programming 🧒 Coding For Children 🐢 Turtle Graphics 🎮 Game Development 💻 Young Programmers

Python for Kids

Start with a turtle that draws, end with a game you built yourself. Python for kids.

by Jason R. Briggs 2012 345 pages

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500+ ratings

🐍 Python Programming 🧒 Coding For Children 🐢 Turtle Graphics 🎮 Game Development 💻 Young Programmers

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory

by Caitlin Doughty • 2014

A crematory trainee discovers the dead aren't the scary part; the funeral industry is.

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💀 Death Acceptance ⚱️ Funeral Industry 🌿 Natural Burial 🕯️ Death Rituals 🚫 Death Taboos

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory

A crematory trainee discovers the dead aren't the scary part; the funeral industry is.

by Caitlin Doughty 2014 254 pages

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💀 Death Acceptance ⚱️ Funeral Industry 🌿 Natural Burial 🕯️ Death Rituals 🚫 Death Taboos

Climate Change

by Joseph Romm • 2015

Climate change is accelerating faster than predicted. The most expensive thing we can do is nothing.

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🧪 Climate Science 📋 Climate Policy ⚡ Energy Transition 💰 Climate Economics 🏭 Carbon Reduction

Climate Change

Climate change is accelerating faster than predicted. The most expensive thing we can do is nothing.

by Joseph Romm 2015 328 pages

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500+ ratings

🧪 Climate Science 📋 Climate Policy ⚡ Energy Transition 💰 Climate Economics 🏭 Carbon Reduction

The Demon in the Machine

by Paul C.W. Davies • 2020

Life runs on information, not chemistry. Molecular demons manage it with near-perfect efficiency.

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🧬 Origin Of Life 📡 Information Theory 🧪 Molecular Biology 🔀 Complexity Science ⚛️ Quantum Biology

The Demon in the Machine

Life runs on information, not chemistry. Molecular demons manage it with near-perfect efficiency.

by Paul C.W. Davies 2020 320 pages

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500+ ratings

🧬 Origin Of Life 📡 Information Theory 🧪 Molecular Biology 🔀 Complexity Science ⚛️ Quantum Biology

Born for Love

by Bruce D. Perry • 2009

The biology of empathy: early care builds it; inequality and screens tear it down.

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🧸 Attachment Theory 🧠 Neuroscience Of Empathy ⚖️ Inequality And Health 📱 Modern Loneliness 👥 Us Versus Them

Born for Love

The biology of empathy: early care builds it; inequality and screens tear it down.

by Bruce D. Perry 2009 384 pages

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🧸 Attachment Theory 🧠 Neuroscience Of Empathy ⚖️ Inequality And Health 📱 Modern Loneliness 👥 Us Versus Them

Love and Math

by Edward Frenkel • 2013

Prime numbers and quantum fields share a hidden architecture. Most people never learn it exists.

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Love and Math

Prime numbers and quantum fields share a hidden architecture. Most people never learn it exists.

by Edward Frenkel 2013 292 pages

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3k+ ratings

Learning from Leonardo

by Fritjof Capra • 2013

He traced water, drew muscles, and built wings. He also painted the Mona Lisa.

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🧠 Systems Thinking 🔍 Scientific Method 🏛️ Renaissance Science 🌳 Holistic Science 🎨 Art And Science

Learning from Leonardo

He traced water, drew muscles, and built wings. He also painted the Mona Lisa.

by Fritjof Capra 2013 408 pages

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108 ratings

🧠 Systems Thinking 🔍 Scientific Method 🏛️ Renaissance Science 🌳 Holistic Science 🎨 Art And Science

Women in White Coats

by Olivia Campbell • 2021

Seven women enrolled in medical school in 1869. The men rioted. They changed medicine anyway.

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👩‍⚕️ Women In Medicine 🏫 Medical Education 🕰️ 19th Century Medicine 📜 Women's History 🚺 Pioneering Women

Women in White Coats

Seven women enrolled in medical school in 1869. The men rioted. They changed medicine anyway.

by Olivia Campbell 2021 300 pages

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👩‍⚕️ Women In Medicine 🏫 Medical Education 🕰️ 19th Century Medicine 📜 Women's History 🚺 Pioneering Women

The Chemistry of Joy

by Henry Emmons • 2005

Your kitchen, your breath, your movement, and your mind: the missing half of depression treatment.

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🩺 Integrative Psychiatry 🥑 Mood And Nutrition 🕉️ Ayurvedic Psychology 🧘 Mindfulness For Depression 🏃 Lifestyle Medicine

The Chemistry of Joy

Your kitchen, your breath, your movement, and your mind: the missing half of depression treatment.

by Henry Emmons 2005 290 pages

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500+ ratings

🩺 Integrative Psychiatry 🥑 Mood And Nutrition 🕉️ Ayurvedic Psychology 🧘 Mindfulness For Depression 🏃 Lifestyle Medicine

Behavioural Economics

by Michelle Baddeley • 2017

Standard economics assumes rational choice. Real decisions run on bias, impulse, and social forces.

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🚶 Nudge Theory 👥 Social Norms 💰 Behavioral Finance

Behavioural Economics

Standard economics assumes rational choice. Real decisions run on bias, impulse, and social forces.

by Michelle Baddeley 2017 168 pages

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253 ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🚶 Nudge Theory 👥 Social Norms 💰 Behavioral Finance

Last Child in the Woods

by Richard Louv • 2005

Childhood went indoors in a generation. What was lost isn't nostalgia; it's measurable and physical.

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🏕️ Nature And Childhood 🌳 Outdoor Parenting 🪵 Unstructured Play 🌱 Biophilia Hypothesis 🌲 Nature Therapy

Last Child in the Woods

Childhood went indoors in a generation. What was lost isn't nostalgia; it's measurable and physical.

by Richard Louv 2005 310 pages

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15k+ ratings

🏕️ Nature And Childhood 🌳 Outdoor Parenting 🪵 Unstructured Play 🌱 Biophilia Hypothesis 🌲 Nature Therapy

The Big Switch

by Nicholas Carr • 2008

What electrification did to factories, cloud computing is doing to business, labor, and your mind.

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⚡ History Of Technology ☁️ Cloud Computing 🔄 Digital Transformation 💰 Winner-Take-All Economics 👁️ Attention Economy

The Big Switch

What electrification did to factories, cloud computing is doing to business, labor, and your mind.

by Nicholas Carr 2008 224 pages

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2k+ ratings

⚡ History Of Technology ☁️ Cloud Computing 🔄 Digital Transformation 💰 Winner-Take-All Economics 👁️ Attention Economy

ACSM's Guidelines For Exercise Testing And Prescription

by American College of Sports Medicine • 2000

One size fails every body. The evidence-based guide to individualized exercise prescription.

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🧬 Exercise Science 🏥 Sports Medicine 📋 Clinical Guidelines 🧠 Behavior Change Theory 📝 Exercise Prescription

ACSM's Guidelines For Exercise Testing And Prescription

One size fails every body. The evidence-based guide to individualized exercise prescription.

by American College of Sports Medicine 2000 366 pages

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264 ratings

🧬 Exercise Science 🏥 Sports Medicine 📋 Clinical Guidelines 🧠 Behavior Change Theory 📝 Exercise Prescription

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