Best Science Books | Summaries & Audio

Science Book Summaries

Computational Thinking

by Peter J. Denning • 2019

It is a 4,500-year-old practice that built modern science, yet most confuse it with just coding.

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💭 Computational Thinking 🕰️ History Of Computing 🎨 Design Thinking ⚙️ Software Engineering 🧠 Algorithmic Thinking

Computational Thinking

It is a 4,500-year-old practice that built modern science, yet most confuse it with just coding.

by Peter J. Denning 2019 246 pages

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304 ratings

💭 Computational Thinking 🕰️ History Of Computing 🎨 Design Thinking ⚙️ Software Engineering 🧠 Algorithmic Thinking

Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion

by Michelle Janikian • 2019

Psilocybin trips can heal or haunt. The difference: preparation, a sober sitter, and the work after.

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🌿 Plant Medicines 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy ⚖️ Microdosing 🛡️ Trip Safety 🔄 Psychedelic Integration

Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion

Psilocybin trips can heal or haunt. The difference: preparation, a sober sitter, and the work after.

by Michelle Janikian 2019 224 pages

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500+ ratings

🌿 Plant Medicines 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy ⚖️ Microdosing 🛡️ Trip Safety 🔄 Psychedelic Integration

The Grand Biocentric Design

by Robert Lanza • 2020

Awareness is the foundation; matter is its reflection. Death follows different rules than you think.

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🔬 Quantum Physics 🧠 Consciousness Studies 💡 Idealism ⚛️ Quantum Consciousness 👁️ Perception And Reality

The Grand Biocentric Design

Awareness is the foundation; matter is its reflection. Death follows different rules than you think.

by Robert Lanza 2020 298 pages

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500+ ratings

🔬 Quantum Physics 🧠 Consciousness Studies 💡 Idealism ⚛️ Quantum Consciousness 👁️ Perception And Reality

You, Happier

by Daniel G. Amen • 2022

Your brain has a type. Learn it, then apply the happiness strategy that actually fits.

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🧠 Happiness Neuroscience 🛡️ Brain Health 🥗 Nutritional Psychiatry 🔄 Cognitive Reframing ❤️ Happy Relationships

You, Happier

Your brain has a type. Learn it, then apply the happiness strategy that actually fits.

by Daniel G. Amen 2022 341 pages

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🧠 Happiness Neuroscience 🛡️ Brain Health 🥗 Nutritional Psychiatry 🔄 Cognitive Reframing ❤️ Happy Relationships

Virtually Human

by Martine Rothblatt • 2014

Software copies of human minds will outlive bodies and demand citizenship. They're almost here.

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🧠 Mind Uploading 💾 Digital Immortality 🔮 Transhumanism 🧬 Consciousness Studies ⚖️ AI Ethics

Virtually Human

Software copies of human minds will outlive bodies and demand citizenship. They're almost here.

by Martine Rothblatt 2014 368 pages

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182 ratings

🧠 Mind Uploading 💾 Digital Immortality 🔮 Transhumanism 🧬 Consciousness Studies ⚖️ AI Ethics

Keeping Up with the Quants

by Thomas H. Davenport • 2013

You hired the quants. Now learn the questions that turn their numbers into decisions.

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🏢 Data-Driven Management 📊 Business Analytics 🧮 Quantitative Thinking 📖 Data Storytelling 📋 Evidence-Based Management

Keeping Up with the Quants

You hired the quants. Now learn the questions that turn their numbers into decisions.

by Thomas H. Davenport 2013 229 pages

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🏢 Data-Driven Management 📊 Business Analytics 🧮 Quantitative Thinking 📖 Data Storytelling 📋 Evidence-Based Management

The Sourdough School

by Vanessa Kimbell • 2018

The craft of reading a jar of wild yeast: how sourdough becomes gut-healing bread.

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🍞 Artisan Baking 🫙 Wild Fermentation 🦠 Gut Health 🔬 Fermentation Science 🏺 Ancient Grains

The Sourdough School

The craft of reading a jar of wild yeast: how sourdough becomes gut-healing bread.

by Vanessa Kimbell 2018 206 pages

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🍞 Artisan Baking 🫙 Wild Fermentation 🦠 Gut Health 🔬 Fermentation Science 🏺 Ancient Grains

Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine

by David A. Kessler • 2025

Your food is engineered to addict you. The science, the drugs, and the unfinished revolution.

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🧬 Obesity Science 🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods 🍩 Food Addiction 💉 GLP-1 Medications 🧠 Dopamine And Reward

Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine

Your food is engineered to addict you. The science, the drugs, and the unfinished revolution.

by David A. Kessler 2025 400 pages

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🧬 Obesity Science 🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods 🍩 Food Addiction 💉 GLP-1 Medications 🧠 Dopamine And Reward

Economics Rules

by Dani Rodrik • 2015

Economics is a toolkit, not a doctrine. The skill is knowing which model the moment demands.

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🔬 Economic Methodology 🧩 Model Thinking 📉 Financial Crises 🌍 Development Economics 🔎 Neoliberal Critique

Economics Rules

Economics is a toolkit, not a doctrine. The skill is knowing which model the moment demands.

by Dani Rodrik 2015 272 pages

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🔬 Economic Methodology 🧩 Model Thinking 📉 Financial Crises 🌍 Development Economics 🔎 Neoliberal Critique

Big Questions from Little People

by Gemma Elwin Harris • 2012

Kids ask the universe's biggest questions. Experts reply with clarity that stuns grown-ups.

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🧒 Children's Questions 🧠 Expert Answers 💡 Simple Explanations 🔬 Science For Kids 🤔 Philosophy For Children

Big Questions from Little People

Kids ask the universe's biggest questions. Experts reply with clarity that stuns grown-ups.

by Gemma Elwin Harris 2012 336 pages

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🧒 Children's Questions 🧠 Expert Answers 💡 Simple Explanations 🔬 Science For Kids 🤔 Philosophy For Children

The Microbiome Solution

by Robynne Chutkan MD • 2015

A five-day antibiotic course kills a third of your gut bacteria. The recovery plan.

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🩺 Gut Health 🦠 Microbiome 🥦 Plant-Based Eating 🏞️ Hygiene Hypothesis 🔬 Functional Medicine

The Microbiome Solution

A five-day antibiotic course kills a third of your gut bacteria. The recovery plan.

by Robynne Chutkan MD 2015 304 pages

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🩺 Gut Health 🦠 Microbiome 🥦 Plant-Based Eating 🏞️ Hygiene Hypothesis 🔬 Functional Medicine

We Are the Weather

by Jonathan Safran Foer • 2019

Sixty percent of mammals are livestock. Two plant-based meals a day saves 1.3 metric tons of carbon.

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🚜 Food Systems 📢 Climate Advocacy ⚖️ Environmental Ethics 🥬 Plant-Based Eating 🐄 Animal Agriculture

We Are the Weather

Sixty percent of mammals are livestock. Two plant-based meals a day saves 1.3 metric tons of carbon.

by Jonathan Safran Foer 2019 288 pages

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🚜 Food Systems 📢 Climate Advocacy ⚖️ Environmental Ethics 🥬 Plant-Based Eating 🐄 Animal Agriculture

Python for Geeks

by Muhammad Asif • 2021

Machine learning from notebook to production: Python libraries, data prep, and deployment paths.

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🐍 Python Programming ⚙️ Machine Learning Engineering 📊 Data Science 🚀 Production Deployment ☁️ Serverless Computing

Python for Geeks

Machine learning from notebook to production: Python libraries, data prep, and deployment paths.

by Muhammad Asif 2021 546 pages

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8 ratings

🐍 Python Programming ⚙️ Machine Learning Engineering 📊 Data Science 🚀 Production Deployment ☁️ Serverless Computing

Why Fish Don’t Exist

by Lulu Miller • 2020

The taxonomist who ranked fish also ranked humans. Neither hierarchy was real.

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🏷️ Taxonomy 🔴 Eugenics History 🍃 Natural History 🌀 Chaos And Order 🎭 Self-Deception

Why Fish Don’t Exist

The taxonomist who ranked fish also ranked humans. Neither hierarchy was real.

by Lulu Miller 2020 225 pages

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🏷️ Taxonomy 🔴 Eugenics History 🍃 Natural History 🌀 Chaos And Order 🎭 Self-Deception

Traditional Foods Are Your Best Medicine

by Ronald F. Schmid N.D. • 1987

Ten times the vitamins, zero chronic disease. The traditional food wisdom modern diets abandoned.

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🥘 Traditional Diets 🦴 Nutritional Anthropology 🔬 Weston A Price 💊 Food As Medicine 🥬 Raw Foods

Traditional Foods Are Your Best Medicine

Ten times the vitamins, zero chronic disease. The traditional food wisdom modern diets abandoned.

by Ronald F. Schmid N.D. 1987 288 pages

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🥘 Traditional Diets 🦴 Nutritional Anthropology 🔬 Weston A Price 💊 Food As Medicine 🥬 Raw Foods

Vienna

by Richard Cockett • 2023

Vienna's thinkers built the modern mind. When fascism drove them out, they rebuilt it globally.

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📚 Intellectual History 🏛️ Viennese Modernism 💰 Austrian Economics 🛋️ Psychoanalysis History ✈️ Diaspora And Exile

Vienna

Vienna's thinkers built the modern mind. When fascism drove them out, they rebuilt it globally.

by Richard Cockett 2023 535 pages

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📚 Intellectual History 🏛️ Viennese Modernism 💰 Austrian Economics 🛋️ Psychoanalysis History ✈️ Diaspora And Exile

Gut and Physiology Syndrome

by Natasha Campbell-McBride • 2020

Leaky gut drives chronic illness. A food-first protocol that heals the gut and reverses the damage.

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🦠 Leaky Gut Syndrome ⚔️ Autoimmune Disease 🍖 Bone Broth 🥒 Fermented Foods 🧹 Elimination Diets

Gut and Physiology Syndrome

Leaky gut drives chronic illness. A food-first protocol that heals the gut and reverses the damage.

by Natasha Campbell-McBride 2020 526 pages

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🦠 Leaky Gut Syndrome ⚔️ Autoimmune Disease 🍖 Bone Broth 🥒 Fermented Foods 🧹 Elimination Diets

CCNA 200-301 Official Cert Guide, Volume 1

by Wendell Odom • 2019

Not just the answers: the CLI habit, subnetting speed, and network reasoning the CCNA requires.

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🌐 Network Engineering 📜 Cisco Certification 🔀 Routing And Switching 📡 Network Fundamentals 📍 Ip Addressing

CCNA 200-301 Official Cert Guide, Volume 1

Not just the answers: the CLI habit, subnetting speed, and network reasoning the CCNA requires.

by Wendell Odom 2019 848 pages

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161 ratings

🌐 Network Engineering 📜 Cisco Certification 🔀 Routing And Switching 📡 Network Fundamentals 📍 Ip Addressing

How the Mind Changed

by Joseph Jebelli • 2022

The human brain didn't just get bigger. It learned to cook, gossip, and hallucinate a self.

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🧬 Human Evolution 🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🧩 Evolutionary Psychology 👥 Social Brain 🔮 Predictive Brain

How the Mind Changed

The human brain didn't just get bigger. It learned to cook, gossip, and hallucinate a self.

by Joseph Jebelli 2022 320 pages

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348 ratings

🧬 Human Evolution 🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🧩 Evolutionary Psychology 👥 Social Brain 🔮 Predictive Brain

Beyond the Occult

by Colin Wilson • 1989

Every ghost, premonition, and out-of-body experience is a clue: consciousness is still evolving.

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🔬 Parapsychology Research 🧿 Esoteric Philosophy 🔮 Psychic Phenomena ⛰️ Peak Experiences 🌊 Altered States

Beyond the Occult

Every ghost, premonition, and out-of-body experience is a clue: consciousness is still evolving.

by Colin Wilson 1989 381 pages

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260 ratings

🔬 Parapsychology Research 🧿 Esoteric Philosophy 🔮 Psychic Phenomena ⛰️ Peak Experiences 🌊 Altered States

Make

by Charles Platt • 2008

From Ohm's Law to Arduino: learn electronics by building, breaking, and fixing circuits.

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⚡ Electronic Fundamentals 🔌 Circuit Building 🛠️ Hobbyist Electronics 📟 Component Guides 🔧 Maker Movement

Make

From Ohm's Law to Arduino: learn electronics by building, breaking, and fixing circuits.

by Charles Platt 2008 349 pages

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⚡ Electronic Fundamentals 🔌 Circuit Building 🛠️ Hobbyist Electronics 📟 Component Guides 🔧 Maker Movement

Fostering Sustainable Behavior

by Doug McKenzie-Mohr • 1999

Posters and pamphlets don't change behavior. Six tools that do, and how to combine them.

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🧠 Social Psychology 📢 Social Marketing 📋 Behavior Change Programs 🎨 Behavioral Design 🤝 Community Engagement

Fostering Sustainable Behavior

Posters and pamphlets don't change behavior. Six tools that do, and how to combine them.

by Doug McKenzie-Mohr 1999 192 pages

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🧠 Social Psychology 📢 Social Marketing 📋 Behavior Change Programs 🎨 Behavioral Design 🤝 Community Engagement

Branding Between the Ears

by Sandeep Dayal • 2021

Ninety-five percent of choice is subconscious: how to build a brand the brain can't resist.

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🧠 Brand Strategy 🧪 Consumer Psychology 🔬 Neuromarketing 🎯 Cognitive Biases 📈 Behavioral Economics

Branding Between the Ears

Ninety-five percent of choice is subconscious: how to build a brand the brain can't resist.

by Sandeep Dayal 2021 346 pages

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38 ratings

🧠 Brand Strategy 🧪 Consumer Psychology 🔬 Neuromarketing 🎯 Cognitive Biases 📈 Behavioral Economics

Marine Biology

by Philip V. Mladenov • 2013

71% of the planet is salt water; it provides half our oxygen, and its life support is failing.

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🐟 Marine Biology 🌊 Ocean Ecosystems 🛡️ Marine Conservation 🪸 Coral Reefs 🧊 Polar Oceans

Marine Biology

71% of the planet is salt water; it provides half our oxygen, and its life support is failing.

by Philip V. Mladenov 2013 224 pages

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🐟 Marine Biology 🌊 Ocean Ecosystems 🛡️ Marine Conservation 🪸 Coral Reefs 🧊 Polar Oceans

The Green Beauty Guide

by Julie Gabriel • 2008

Your skin absorbs 60% of what you apply. The label-decoding, DIY guide to safer beauty.

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🧴 Clean Beauty 🌿 Natural Skincare 🔍 Ingredient Literacy 🧪 Diy Beauty Recipes 🏭 Beauty Industry Exposé

The Green Beauty Guide

Your skin absorbs 60% of what you apply. The label-decoding, DIY guide to safer beauty.

by Julie Gabriel 2008 400 pages

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🧴 Clean Beauty 🌿 Natural Skincare 🔍 Ingredient Literacy 🧪 Diy Beauty Recipes 🏭 Beauty Industry Exposé

Lies My Doctor Told Me

by Harmony Clearwater Grace • 2015

Osteoporosis drugs may weaken bones, and calcium pills can harden your arteries instead.

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🦴 Bone Health 💊 Pharma Critique 🩺 Functional Medicine 📰 Medical Misinformation 🏥 Patient Advocacy

Lies My Doctor Told Me

Osteoporosis drugs may weaken bones, and calcium pills can harden your arteries instead.

by Harmony Clearwater Grace 2015 66 pages

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🦴 Bone Health 💊 Pharma Critique 🩺 Functional Medicine 📰 Medical Misinformation 🏥 Patient Advocacy

Models of My Life

by Herbert A. Simon • 1991

He taught computers to think, then used them to reveal how human minds actually work.

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🧠 Cognitive Psychology 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 💰 Behavioral Economics 📖 Scientific Memoir 💻 History Of Computing

Models of My Life

He taught computers to think, then used them to reveal how human minds actually work.

by Herbert A. Simon 1991 415 pages

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437 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Psychology 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 💰 Behavioral Economics 📖 Scientific Memoir 💻 History Of Computing

The Quantum Rules

by Kunal K. Das • 2013

Quantum laws don't just govern particles: they explain why relationships fail and time speeds up.

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🔬 Quantum Metaphors ⚛️ Popular Physics 💭 Everyday Philosophy 🧠 Science-Based Self Help ⏳ Time Perception

The Quantum Rules

Quantum laws don't just govern particles: they explain why relationships fail and time speeds up.

by Kunal K. Das 2013 320 pages

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256 ratings

🔬 Quantum Metaphors ⚛️ Popular Physics 💭 Everyday Philosophy 🧠 Science-Based Self Help ⏳ Time Perception

The Power of Vedic Maths

by Atul Gupta • 2013

Sixteen ancient formulas that turn mental math into a reflex, even for squares and roots.

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🧮 Mental Math 🕉️ Vedic Math 🇮🇳 Indian Mathematics 📝 Exam Preparation 📚 Study Skills

The Power of Vedic Maths

Sixteen ancient formulas that turn mental math into a reflex, even for squares and roots.

by Atul Gupta 2013 176 pages

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157 ratings

🧮 Mental Math 🕉️ Vedic Math 🇮🇳 Indian Mathematics 📝 Exam Preparation 📚 Study Skills

Ending Medical Reversal

by Vinayak K. Prasad • 2015

Why standard medical treatments from stents to hormone therapy keep getting overturned.

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📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🧪 Clinical Trials 🔍 Overdiagnosis 💊 Pharma Influence 🩺 Patient Empowerment

Ending Medical Reversal

Why standard medical treatments from stents to hormone therapy keep getting overturned.

by Vinayak K. Prasad 2015 280 pages

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407 ratings

📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🧪 Clinical Trials 🔍 Overdiagnosis 💊 Pharma Influence 🩺 Patient Empowerment

The 100 Simple Secrets of Happy People

by David Niven • 2000

What researchers know about happiness, boiled down to 100 things you can do today.

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🧪 Happiness Research 😊 Positive Psychology 🔗 Relationship Science 🙏 Gratitude Practice 🫂 Self-Acceptance

The 100 Simple Secrets of Happy People

What researchers know about happiness, boiled down to 100 things you can do today.

by David Niven 2000 182 pages

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2k+ ratings

🧪 Happiness Research 😊 Positive Psychology 🔗 Relationship Science 🙏 Gratitude Practice 🫂 Self-Acceptance

Machine Learning with R

by Brett Lantz • 2015

Build the algorithms that catch spam, flag fraud, and recommend products: a hands-on guide in R.

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💻 R Language 🤖 Machine Learning 📈 Predictive Modeling 🏷️ Supervised Learning 📊 Classification Algorithms

Machine Learning with R

Build the algorithms that catch spam, flag fraud, and recommend products: a hands-on guide in R.

by Brett Lantz 2015 375 pages

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💻 R Language 🤖 Machine Learning 📈 Predictive Modeling 🏷️ Supervised Learning 📊 Classification Algorithms

The Social Instinct

by Nichola Raihani • 2021

Cooperation built life from genes to nations. The bill always lands on someone else.

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Human Evolution 🤝 Cooperation 👥 Collective Action 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology

The Social Instinct

Cooperation built life from genes to nations. The bill always lands on someone else.

by Nichola Raihani 2021 304 pages

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500+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Human Evolution 🤝 Cooperation 👥 Collective Action 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology

Perception - How Our Bodies Shape Our Minds

by Dennis Proffitt • 2020

Hills steepen with fatigue and distances swell with weight: a tour of the body-built reality.

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🧠 Embodied Cognition 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🌏 Cultural Psychology 🌿 Ecological Psychology 👁️ Perception Studies

Perception - How Our Bodies Shape Our Minds

Hills steepen with fatigue and distances swell with weight: a tour of the body-built reality.

by Dennis Proffitt 2020 320 pages

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238 ratings

🧠 Embodied Cognition 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🌏 Cultural Psychology 🌿 Ecological Psychology 👁️ Perception Studies

Quantum Mechanics

by Leonard Susskind • 2014

The physics degree you never got: quantum states as vectors, and the math that replaces intuition.

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🧪 Quantum Mechanics 📐 Mathematical Physics ⚛️ Theoretical Physics 🧮 Linear Algebra ➗ Operator Theory

Quantum Mechanics

The physics degree you never got: quantum states as vectors, and the math that replaces intuition.

by Leonard Susskind 2014 364 pages

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2k+ ratings

🧪 Quantum Mechanics 📐 Mathematical Physics ⚛️ Theoretical Physics 🧮 Linear Algebra ➗ Operator Theory

About Time

by Adam Frank • 2011

Time is a human invention, rebuilt every era. Our cosmology just catches up.

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🔬 History Of Science ⏳ Philosophy Of Time 🧠 Time Perception 🌌 Cosmology And Culture 🕰️ Sociology Of Time

About Time

Time is a human invention, rebuilt every era. Our cosmology just catches up.

by Adam Frank 2011 432 pages

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484 ratings

🔬 History Of Science ⏳ Philosophy Of Time 🧠 Time Perception 🌌 Cosmology And Culture 🕰️ Sociology Of Time

The Voyage of the Beagle

by Charles Darwin • 1839

The five-year voyage that found patterns in nature no theory of the time could explain.

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🍃 Natural History 🔬 Scientific Expeditions 👁️ Field Observation 🏝️ Island Biogeography 🎩 Victorian Naturalism

The Voyage of the Beagle

The five-year voyage that found patterns in nature no theory of the time could explain.

by Charles Darwin 1839 480 pages

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8k+ ratings

🍃 Natural History 🔬 Scientific Expeditions 👁️ Field Observation 🏝️ Island Biogeography 🎩 Victorian Naturalism

WTF?

by Tim O'Reilly • 2017

The economy is now an algorithm, and nobody wrote human well-being into its code.

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🏗️ Platform Economy 🤖 Algorithmic Management 💼 Future Of Work 🌱 New Economics 🧠 Collective Intelligence

WTF?

The economy is now an algorithm, and nobody wrote human well-being into its code.

by Tim O'Reilly 2017 448 pages

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1k+ ratings

🏗️ Platform Economy 🤖 Algorithmic Management 💼 Future Of Work 🌱 New Economics 🧠 Collective Intelligence

Stick with It

by Sean Young • 2017

Why most behavior change fails, and which of seven subtle levers finally rewires a habit for good.

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🔄 Behavior Change 🧱 Small Wins 👥 Social Accountability 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🎁 Reward Design

Stick with It

Why most behavior change fails, and which of seven subtle levers finally rewires a habit for good.

by Sean Young 2017 304 pages

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🔄 Behavior Change 🧱 Small Wins 👥 Social Accountability 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🎁 Reward Design

Death by Comfort

by Paul Taylor • 2022

Your body expects a harsh world. Constant comfort breaks it; controlled stress repairs it.

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🩺 Preventive Medicine 🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 🥶 Deliberate Discomfort 🔬 Cellular Health 🦠 Gut Microbiome

Death by Comfort

Your body expects a harsh world. Constant comfort breaks it; controlled stress repairs it.

by Paul Taylor 2022 194 pages

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495 ratings

🩺 Preventive Medicine 🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 🥶 Deliberate Discomfort 🔬 Cellular Health 🦠 Gut Microbiome

Cognitive Neuroscience

by Richard Passingham • 2016

Seeing is not believing: your brain builds reality from parallel streams, then fact-checks itself.

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🧠 Brain Science 📚 Cognitive Psychology 🧪 Neuropsychology 👁️ Perception Science 💾 Memory Systems

Cognitive Neuroscience

Seeing is not believing: your brain builds reality from parallel streams, then fact-checks itself.

by Richard Passingham 2016 160 pages

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318 ratings

🧠 Brain Science 📚 Cognitive Psychology 🧪 Neuropsychology 👁️ Perception Science 💾 Memory Systems

Polyvagal Practices

by Deb Dana • 2023

Three nervous system states, one personal toolkit: learn to move from shutdown or anxiety to calm.

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🧠 Somatic Psychology 🧬 Nervous System Regulation 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🛠 Self-Regulation Tools 🧘 Embodied Awareness

Polyvagal Practices

Three nervous system states, one personal toolkit: learn to move from shutdown or anxiety to calm.

by Deb Dana 2023 152 pages

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235 ratings

🧠 Somatic Psychology 🧬 Nervous System Regulation 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🛠 Self-Regulation Tools 🧘 Embodied Awareness

The Great Transition

by Lester R. Brown • 2014

Wind and solar are now cheapest. The shift isn't a political choice; it's a price signal.

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⚡ Energy Transition ☀️ Renewable Energy 📉 Energy Economics 🌍 Climate Policy 🚗 Electric Vehicles

The Great Transition

Wind and solar are now cheapest. The shift isn't a political choice; it's a price signal.

by Lester R. Brown 2014 194 pages

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201 ratings

⚡ Energy Transition ☀️ Renewable Energy 📉 Energy Economics 🌍 Climate Policy 🚗 Electric Vehicles

Boldly Go

by William Shatner • 2022

At 90, William Shatner went to space. The cosmic awe he expected arrived as crushing grief.

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🎭 Celebrity Memoir 👴 Reflective Aging ✨ Wonder And Awe 🐴 Animal-Human Bond 💖 Self-Compassion

Boldly Go

At 90, William Shatner went to space. The cosmic awe he expected arrived as crushing grief.

by William Shatner 2022 256 pages

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1k+ ratings

🎭 Celebrity Memoir 👴 Reflective Aging ✨ Wonder And Awe 🐴 Animal-Human Bond 💖 Self-Compassion

Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon

by Rahul Jandial • 2019

A brain surgeon on protecting your mind: sleep, fasting, a second language work; brain games don't.

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🧠 Brain Health 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🔬 Popular Neuroscience 🛡️ Dementia Prevention 😴 Sleep Science

Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon

A brain surgeon on protecting your mind: sleep, fasting, a second language work; brain games don't.

by Rahul Jandial 2019 272 pages

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4k+ ratings

🧠 Brain Health 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🔬 Popular Neuroscience 🛡️ Dementia Prevention 😴 Sleep Science

Math for Mystics

by Renna Shesso • 2007

The ancient math that cast spells and built temples, retooled for modern intuition and ritual.

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📐 Sacred Geometry 🔢 Number Mysticism 🌀 Esoteric Math 🌻 Golden Ratio 🌙 Lunar Magic

Math for Mystics

The ancient math that cast spells and built temples, retooled for modern intuition and ritual.

by Renna Shesso 2007 224 pages

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145 ratings

📐 Sacred Geometry 🔢 Number Mysticism 🌀 Esoteric Math 🌻 Golden Ratio 🌙 Lunar Magic

Humanimal

by Adam Rutherford • 2016

We alone compose symphonies. Yet every supposedly unique human trait exists elsewhere in nature.

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🦴 Human Evolution 🔬 Comparative Biology 🧩 Animal Cognition 📚 Cultural Evolution 🤔 What Makes Us Human

Humanimal

We alone compose symphonies. Yet every supposedly unique human trait exists elsewhere in nature.

by Adam Rutherford 2016 256 pages

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2k+ ratings

🦴 Human Evolution 🔬 Comparative Biology 🧩 Animal Cognition 📚 Cultural Evolution 🤔 What Makes Us Human

Planta Sapiens

by Paco Calvo • 2022

A brainless intelligence: how plants learn, decide, and plan their futures.

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🌱 Plant Cognition ⚖️ Environmental Ethics 💬 Plant Communication 🕸️ Distributed Intelligence 🎯 Ecological Psychology

Planta Sapiens

A brainless intelligence: how plants learn, decide, and plan their futures.

by Paco Calvo 2022 304 pages

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500+ ratings

🌱 Plant Cognition ⚖️ Environmental Ethics 💬 Plant Communication 🕸️ Distributed Intelligence 🎯 Ecological Psychology

This Book May Save Your Life

by Karan Rajan • 2023

Your body is a masterpiece of near-fatal design. The practical fixes for its worst flaws.

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🧬 Evolutionary Medicine ⚠️ Bodily Flaws 🦠 Gut Health 🧠 Brain Hacks 🧫 Microbiome

This Book May Save Your Life

Your body is a masterpiece of near-fatal design. The practical fixes for its worst flaws.

by Karan Rajan 2023 296 pages

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1k+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Medicine ⚠️ Bodily Flaws 🦠 Gut Health 🧠 Brain Hacks 🧫 Microbiome

Why We Believe in God(s)

by J. Anderson Thomson • 2011

Faith is not divine. It is an accident of ordinary mental systems built for survival.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🛐 Psychology Of Religion 👀 Agency Detection 🔄 Cognitive Biases 👶 Attachment Theory

Why We Believe in God(s)

Faith is not divine. It is an accident of ordinary mental systems built for survival.

by J. Anderson Thomson 2011 144 pages

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🛐 Psychology Of Religion 👀 Agency Detection 🔄 Cognitive Biases 👶 Attachment Theory

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