Best Science Books | Summaries & Audio

Science Book Summaries

The Tell

by Matthew Hertenstein • 2013

Facial structure predicts profits. Infant glances predict temperament. The science of fleeting cues.

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🧠 Social Psychology 🔪 Thin Slicing 👀 Nonverbal Cues 🤥 Lie Detection 👶 Attachment Theory

The Tell

Facial structure predicts profits. Infant glances predict temperament. The science of fleeting cues.

by Matthew Hertenstein 2013 288 pages

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500+ ratings

🧠 Social Psychology 🔪 Thin Slicing 👀 Nonverbal Cues 🤥 Lie Detection 👶 Attachment Theory

The Book of Elon

by Eric Jorgenson • 2026

Reason from scratch, own the factory, move at speed: the Elon Musk playbook for outsized impact.

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1k+

🚀 Startup Playbooks 🧠 First Principles Thinking 🏭 Manufacturing Philosophy ⚡ High Performance Culture 🔧 Founders And Builders

The Book of Elon

Reason from scratch, own the factory, move at speed: the Elon Musk playbook for outsized impact.

by Eric Jorgenson 2026 371 pages

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1k+ ratings

🚀 Startup Playbooks 🧠 First Principles Thinking 🏭 Manufacturing Philosophy ⚡ High Performance Culture 🔧 Founders And Builders

What Do You Think You Are?

by Brian Clegg • 2020

Your atoms were forged in dying stars. The rest of you is harder to explain.

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🧬 Human Origins 🧠 Consciousness 🌱 Nature Vs Nurture 👤 Self And Identity 💫 Cosmic Origins

What Do You Think You Are?

Your atoms were forged in dying stars. The rest of you is harder to explain.

by Brian Clegg 2020 288 pages

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136 ratings

🧬 Human Origins 🧠 Consciousness 🌱 Nature Vs Nurture 👤 Self And Identity 💫 Cosmic Origins

Junkyard Planet

by Adam Minter • 2013

What happens to your recycling after the truck leaves, and how it reshapes global economies.

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♻️ Waste Management 🚢 Global Waste Trade 🔄 Circular Economy 📊 Commodity Markets 🔗 Global Supply Chains

Junkyard Planet

What happens to your recycling after the truck leaves, and how it reshapes global economies.

by Adam Minter 2013 304 pages

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1k+ ratings

♻️ Waste Management 🚢 Global Waste Trade 🔄 Circular Economy 📊 Commodity Markets 🔗 Global Supply Chains

Memory Rescue

by Daniel G. Amen • 2017

Eleven modifiable threats drive memory loss. A framework reverses them.

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🧠 Brain Health 💭 Memory Improvement ⚠️ Cognitive Decline 🏃 Lifestyle Medicine 🥗 Food As Medicine

Memory Rescue

Eleven modifiable threats drive memory loss. A framework reverses them.

by Daniel G. Amen 2017 448 pages

4.05

500+ ratings

🧠 Brain Health 💭 Memory Improvement ⚠️ Cognitive Decline 🏃 Lifestyle Medicine 🥗 Food As Medicine

How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius

by Nick Greene • 2021

A napkin gave us the 24-second clock. A gimmick rewired offense. Seeing basketball's hidden design.

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🏀 Basketball History 📊 Sports Analytics 🎲 Game Design 🗺️ Basketball Strategy 🧠 Sports Psychology

How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius

A napkin gave us the 24-second clock. A gimmick rewired offense. Seeing basketball's hidden design.

by Nick Greene 2021 320 pages

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1k+ ratings

🏀 Basketball History 📊 Sports Analytics 🎲 Game Design 🗺️ Basketball Strategy 🧠 Sports Psychology

Evolution's Captain

by Peter Nichols • 2003

He kidnapped four Fuegians to save them, gave Darwin his ship, and was destroyed by both.

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🚢 Naval Exploration 🔬 Victorian Science 📜 Biographical History ⚔️ Faith And Science 🌍 Cultural Collision

Evolution's Captain

He kidnapped four Fuegians to save them, gave Darwin his ship, and was destroyed by both.

by Peter Nichols 2003 336 pages

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500+ ratings

🚢 Naval Exploration 🔬 Victorian Science 📜 Biographical History ⚔️ Faith And Science 🌍 Cultural Collision

Fat for Fuel

by Joseph Mercola • 2017

Cancer isn't a genetic lottery; it's a metabolic malfunction. Change your fuel, change your fate.

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🔥 Metabolic Health ⚡ Mitochondrial Health 🥑 Ketogenic Diets ⏳ Intermittent Fasting ⚖️ Insulin Resistance

Fat for Fuel

Cancer isn't a genetic lottery; it's a metabolic malfunction. Change your fuel, change your fate.

by Joseph Mercola 2017 369 pages

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2k+ ratings

🔥 Metabolic Health ⚡ Mitochondrial Health 🥑 Ketogenic Diets ⏳ Intermittent Fasting ⚖️ Insulin Resistance

The Science of Successful Organizational Change

by Paul Gibbons • 2015

Half of all change efforts fail. The fix is the behavioral science most leaders overlook.

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🔄 Change Management 🏃 Agile Organizations 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🪞 Cognitive Biases 🕸️ Complexity Theory

The Science of Successful Organizational Change

Half of all change efforts fail. The fix is the behavioral science most leaders overlook.

by Paul Gibbons 2015 308 pages

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45 ratings

🔄 Change Management 🏃 Agile Organizations 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🪞 Cognitive Biases 🕸️ Complexity Theory

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

by Ludwig Wittgenstein • 1921

Language pictures facts but cannot contain ethics, value, or the mystical; these lie beyond words.

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📝 Philosophy Of Language 🧠 Analytic Philosophy ➡️ Meaning And Reference 📐 Logical Form 🚫 Limits Of Thought

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

Language pictures facts but cannot contain ethics, value, or the mystical; these lie beyond words.

by Ludwig Wittgenstein 1921 142 pages

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22k+ ratings

📝 Philosophy Of Language 🧠 Analytic Philosophy ➡️ Meaning And Reference 📐 Logical Form 🚫 Limits Of Thought

Younger

by Harold Lancer • 2014

Why your cleanser should come second: a dermatologist's method for skin that repairs itself.

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🧴 Skincare Routines ⏳ Anti-Aging Remedies 🔬 Skin Biology 🏃 Lifestyle Medicine 🥗 Nutrition And Skin

Younger

Why your cleanser should come second: a dermatologist's method for skin that repairs itself.

by Harold Lancer 2014 272 pages

3.77

253 ratings

🧴 Skincare Routines ⏳ Anti-Aging Remedies 🔬 Skin Biology 🏃 Lifestyle Medicine 🥗 Nutrition And Skin

Einstein's Unfinished Symphony

by Marcia Bartusiak • 2000

Einstein predicted space-time ripples. The ear to hear them: four kilometers of laser.

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🌀 Gravitational Waves 🌌 Astrophysics 🧭 Scientific Quest 🏗️ Big Science ⚛️ Einstein's Legacy

Einstein's Unfinished Symphony

Einstein predicted space-time ripples. The ear to hear them: four kilometers of laser.

by Marcia Bartusiak 2000 272 pages

4.04

203 ratings

🌀 Gravitational Waves 🌌 Astrophysics 🧭 Scientific Quest 🏗️ Big Science ⚛️ Einstein's Legacy

The Future of the Brain

by Gary F. Marcus • 2014

The brain's future, mapped by neuroscientists building it: from gene to circuit to consciousness

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🧠 Neuroscience Research 🗺️ Brain Mapping ⚡ Neural Circuits 💻 Computational Neuroscience 💭 Consciousness Studies

The Future of the Brain

The brain's future, mapped by neuroscientists building it: from gene to circuit to consciousness

by Gary F. Marcus 2014 304 pages

3.70

210 ratings

🧠 Neuroscience Research 🗺️ Brain Mapping ⚡ Neural Circuits 💻 Computational Neuroscience 💭 Consciousness Studies

Mosquito

by Andrew Spielman • 2001

Smaller than a fingernail, deadlier than all wars combined: the insect that decided empires.

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🦠 Infectious Disease 🌍 Disease Ecology 🪲 Insect Science 🌿 Natural History 🏛️ Public Health History

Mosquito

Smaller than a fingernail, deadlier than all wars combined: the insect that decided empires.

by Andrew Spielman 2001 256 pages

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436 ratings

🦠 Infectious Disease 🌍 Disease Ecology 🪲 Insect Science 🌿 Natural History 🏛️ Public Health History

How Music Can Make You Better

by Indre Viskontas • 2019

The neuroscience behind why a song can stop time, ease pain, and bond strangers.

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🧠 Neuroscience Of Music 🎵 Music Therapy 🔄 Neuroplasticity 😢 Music And Emotion 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

How Music Can Make You Better

The neuroscience behind why a song can stop time, ease pain, and bond strangers.

by Indre Viskontas 2019 122 pages

3.85

255 ratings

🧠 Neuroscience Of Music 🎵 Music Therapy 🔄 Neuroplasticity 😢 Music And Emotion 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

The GCHQ Puzzle Book

by GCHQ • 2019

A spy agency's Christmas card puzzle drew half a million solvers. Their full vault is open.

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🔐 Cryptography 🔓 Codebreaking 🧩 Logic Puzzles 💡 Lateral Thinking 🧠 Brain Teasers

The GCHQ Puzzle Book

A spy agency's Christmas card puzzle drew half a million solvers. Their full vault is open.

by GCHQ 2019 368 pages

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402 ratings

🔐 Cryptography 🔓 Codebreaking 🧩 Logic Puzzles 💡 Lateral Thinking 🧠 Brain Teasers

How to Actually Change Your Mind

by Eliezer Yudkowsky • 2018

Humble confession changes nothing. The specific moves that actually correct your thinking.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🎯 Rationality Training 🙇 Epistemic Humility 📊 Bayesian Reasoning 🎭 Motivated Reasoning

How to Actually Change Your Mind

Humble confession changes nothing. The specific moves that actually correct your thinking.

by Eliezer Yudkowsky 2018 312 pages

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294 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🎯 Rationality Training 🙇 Epistemic Humility 📊 Bayesian Reasoning 🎭 Motivated Reasoning

Buddhist Biology

by David Philip Barash • 2013

Buddhism saw it first, biology confirms: the self is a process, not a thing.

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🧘 Secular Buddhism 🔬 Science And Religion 🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🕸️ Interconnectedness 🍂 Impermanence

Buddhist Biology

Buddhism saw it first, biology confirms: the self is a process, not a thing.

by David Philip Barash 2013 216 pages

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108 ratings

🧘 Secular Buddhism 🔬 Science And Religion 🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🕸️ Interconnectedness 🍂 Impermanence

Condenados a entendernos

by Arun Mansukhani • 2023

Independence is a myth. Rewire your social brain for relationships that actually last.

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🧸 Attachment Theory 🤝 Interdependence 💖 Emotional Regulation 💬 Conflict Resolution ⚖️ Power Dynamics

Condenados a entendernos

Independence is a myth. Rewire your social brain for relationships that actually last.

by Arun Mansukhani 2023 498 pages

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95 ratings

🧸 Attachment Theory 🤝 Interdependence 💖 Emotional Regulation 💬 Conflict Resolution ⚖️ Power Dynamics

Gestalt Therapy

by Dave Mann • 2010

A hundred techniques from the therapy that insists awareness, not effort, drives real change.

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🌀 Gestalt Therapy 🌱 Humanistic Psychology 🧘 Present-Moment Awareness 🎭 Experiential Therapy 🤝 Therapeutic Relationship

Gestalt Therapy

A hundred techniques from the therapy that insists awareness, not effort, drives real change.

by Dave Mann 2010 296 pages

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140 ratings

🌀 Gestalt Therapy 🌱 Humanistic Psychology 🧘 Present-Moment Awareness 🎭 Experiential Therapy 🤝 Therapeutic Relationship

The Age Fix

by Anthony Youn • 2015

A plastic surgeon's system for looking a decade younger: what to eat, apply, treat, and skip.

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✨ Anti-Aging Skincare 💆 Non-Surgical Aesthetics 🧼 Skincare Routines 🥗 Diet And Skin 🌿 Holistic Beauty

The Age Fix

A plastic surgeon's system for looking a decade younger: what to eat, apply, treat, and skip.

by Anthony Youn 2015 240 pages

3.92

394 ratings

✨ Anti-Aging Skincare 💆 Non-Surgical Aesthetics 🧼 Skincare Routines 🥗 Diet And Skin 🌿 Holistic Beauty

Riveted

by Jim Davies • 2014

Religion and art exploit the same brain quirks. Science alone refuses to use them, and it's losing.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🤔 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Cognition 🔍 Pattern Recognition 💭 Belief Formation

Riveted

Religion and art exploit the same brain quirks. Science alone refuses to use them, and it's losing.

by Jim Davies 2014 288 pages

3.70

406 ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🤔 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Cognition 🔍 Pattern Recognition 💭 Belief Formation

Introducing Psychology

by Nigel C. Benson • 1994

Psychology isn't one science but six rival traditions. This illustrated guide covers them all.

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🧠 Introductory Psychology 📜 History Of Psychology 🏫 Schools Of Psychology 🧬 Nature Vs Nurture 🎨 Illustrated Guides

Introducing Psychology

Psychology isn't one science but six rival traditions. This illustrated guide covers them all.

by Nigel C. Benson 1994 180 pages

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2k+ ratings

🧠 Introductory Psychology 📜 History Of Psychology 🏫 Schools Of Psychology 🧬 Nature Vs Nurture 🎨 Illustrated Guides

There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book

by Robert M. Martin • 1992

Logic, morality, identity: each cracks under a well-chosen paradox. This book chooses well.

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🧩 Philosophical Puzzles 💭 Thought Experiments 🔄 Paradoxes 🧠 Critical Thinking ⚖️ Moral Philosophy

There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book

Logic, morality, identity: each cracks under a well-chosen paradox. This book chooses well.

by Robert M. Martin 1992 327 pages

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247 ratings

🧩 Philosophical Puzzles 💭 Thought Experiments 🔄 Paradoxes 🧠 Critical Thinking ⚖️ Moral Philosophy

Making a Good Brain Great

by Daniel G. Amen • 2005

The complete program a psychiatrist uses to keep your brain sharp, calm, and resilient for life.

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🧠 Brain Health ⚡ Cognitive Enhancement 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🥗 Nutritional Psychiatry 🩺 Integrative Psychiatry

Making a Good Brain Great

The complete program a psychiatrist uses to keep your brain sharp, calm, and resilient for life.

by Daniel G. Amen 2005 336 pages

3.86

500+ ratings

🧠 Brain Health ⚡ Cognitive Enhancement 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🥗 Nutritional Psychiatry 🩺 Integrative Psychiatry

Think!

by Michael R. LeGault • 2006

Gut feelings are not wisdom. A defense of slow reason in a culture that worships intuition.

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🧠 Critical Thinking 🏛️ Cultural Criticism 📊 Evidence-Based Thinking 🎲 Intellectual Risk-Taking 💡 Enlightenment Rationalism

Think!

Gut feelings are not wisdom. A defense of slow reason in a culture that worships intuition.

by Michael R. LeGault 2006 355 pages

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500+ ratings

🧠 Critical Thinking 🏛️ Cultural Criticism 📊 Evidence-Based Thinking 🎲 Intellectual Risk-Taking 💡 Enlightenment Rationalism

Bursting with Energy

by Frank Shallenberger • 2022

Why some seventy-year-olds keep youthful energy, and the cellular repair that restores it.

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🧬 Anti-Aging Medicine 🔋 Mitochondrial Health 🩺 Functional Medicine ⚡ Cellular Energy 🧪 Biohacking

Bursting with Energy

Why some seventy-year-olds keep youthful energy, and the cellular repair that restores it.

by Frank Shallenberger 2022 337 pages

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11 ratings

🧬 Anti-Aging Medicine 🔋 Mitochondrial Health 🩺 Functional Medicine ⚡ Cellular Energy 🧪 Biohacking

Undoctored

by William Davis • 2017

The system profits from your illness. A cardiologist hands you the keys to bypass it.

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🏃 Ancestral Health 🏥 Healthcare Critique 🌾 Grain-Free Diets 🦠 Gut Microbiome 📉 Low-Carb Diets

Undoctored

The system profits from your illness. A cardiologist hands you the keys to bypass it.

by William Davis 2017 586 pages

4.14

1k+ ratings

🏃 Ancestral Health 🏥 Healthcare Critique 🌾 Grain-Free Diets 🦠 Gut Microbiome 📉 Low-Carb Diets

Civil Engineering

by David Muir Wood • 2012

Why bridges stand and dams hold: a compact tour of civil engineering, from soil to steel.

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🏗️ Civil Infrastructure 🧱 Construction Materials ⚙️ Engineering Basics 🏛️ Structural Design 💧 Water Infrastructure

Civil Engineering

Why bridges stand and dams hold: a compact tour of civil engineering, from soil to steel.

by David Muir Wood 2012 143 pages

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137 ratings

🏗️ Civil Infrastructure 🧱 Construction Materials ⚙️ Engineering Basics 🏛️ Structural Design 💧 Water Infrastructure

Grass, Soil, Hope

by Courtney White • 2014

Carbon is not the enemy: the ranchers and farmers burying it to save the climate.

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🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🪱 Soil Restoration 🌬️ Carbon Sequestration 🏙️ Urban Agriculture 🐂 Holistic Management

Grass, Soil, Hope

Carbon is not the enemy: the ranchers and farmers burying it to save the climate.

by Courtney White 2014 244 pages

4.04

168 ratings

🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🪱 Soil Restoration 🌬️ Carbon Sequestration 🏙️ Urban Agriculture 🐂 Holistic Management

The Little Book of Mathematical Principles, Theories & Things

by Robert Solomon • 2008

A compact tour through math's biggest ideas: zero, infinity, and the proof that broke mathematics.

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🏛️ History Of Mathematics 📐 Math Primers 🧱 Mathematical Foundations 🔢 Number Theory 💻 History Of Computing

The Little Book of Mathematical Principles, Theories & Things

A compact tour through math's biggest ideas: zero, infinity, and the proof that broke mathematics.

by Robert Solomon 2008 224 pages

3.97

438 ratings

🏛️ History Of Mathematics 📐 Math Primers 🧱 Mathematical Foundations 🔢 Number Theory 💻 History Of Computing

Heaven and Hell

by Neel Burton • 2015

Feelings built for the savanna now decide your career, your politics, and your love life.

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🏛️ Philosophical Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🌌 Existential Psychology ⚖️ Moral Emotions 🧘 Emotion Regulation

Heaven and Hell

Feelings built for the savanna now decide your career, your politics, and your love life.

by Neel Burton 2015 208 pages

3.62

250 ratings

🏛️ Philosophical Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🌌 Existential Psychology ⚖️ Moral Emotions 🧘 Emotion Regulation

Dr. Colbert's Healthy Gut Zone

by Don Colbert • 2021

Chronic disease often starts with a leaky gut. A doctor's plan to seal the gut wall.

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🫄 Gut Health 🦠 Microbiome 🔓 Leaky Gut 🥗 Anti-Inflammatory Diet 🩺 Functional Medicine

Dr. Colbert's Healthy Gut Zone

Chronic disease often starts with a leaky gut. A doctor's plan to seal the gut wall.

by Don Colbert 2021 242 pages

4.17

116 ratings

🫄 Gut Health 🦠 Microbiome 🔓 Leaky Gut 🥗 Anti-Inflammatory Diet 🩺 Functional Medicine

Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party

by Edward Dolnick • 2024

Before Darwin, bizarre fossils had already cracked the God-ordained universe wide open.

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🎩 Victorian Science 📜 History Of Science ⛏️ Fossil Hunting 💀 Extinction ⏳ Deep Time

Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party

Before Darwin, bizarre fossils had already cracked the God-ordained universe wide open.

by Edward Dolnick 2024 338 pages

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2k+ ratings

🎩 Victorian Science 📜 History Of Science ⛏️ Fossil Hunting 💀 Extinction ⏳ Deep Time

Invisible Heroes

by Belleruth Naparstek • 2004

Language fails after trauma. Guided imagery targets the right brain, where real healing begins.

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🧠 Trauma Recovery ⚠️ Ptsd 🖼️ Guided Imagery 🧘 Mind Body Healing 🧬 Neuroscience Of Trauma

Invisible Heroes

Language fails after trauma. Guided imagery targets the right brain, where real healing begins.

by Belleruth Naparstek 2004 400 pages

4.28

223 ratings

🧠 Trauma Recovery ⚠️ Ptsd 🖼️ Guided Imagery 🧘 Mind Body Healing 🧬 Neuroscience Of Trauma

Software Engineering for Data Scientists

by Catherine Nelson • 2024

Write code that survives production: the software engineering skills notebooks never taught you.

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🏗️ Software Craftsmanship 👁️ Code Readability 🧩 Modular Design 🧪 Automated Testing 🛡️ Error Handling

Software Engineering for Data Scientists

Write code that survives production: the software engineering skills notebooks never taught you.

by Catherine Nelson 2024 257 pages

4.27

48 ratings

🏗️ Software Craftsmanship 👁️ Code Readability 🧩 Modular Design 🧪 Automated Testing 🛡️ Error Handling

How to Talk About Climate Change in a Way That Makes a Difference

by Rebecca Huntley • 2020

Facts alone won't move anyone on climate. Here is what actually works, emotion by emotion.

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📢 Climate Communication 🧠 Environmental Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Biases 😰 Eco-Anxiety 🔄 Behavior Change

How to Talk About Climate Change in a Way That Makes a Difference

Facts alone won't move anyone on climate. Here is what actually works, emotion by emotion.

by Rebecca Huntley 2020 227 pages

3.89

368 ratings

📢 Climate Communication 🧠 Environmental Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Biases 😰 Eco-Anxiety 🔄 Behavior Change

The Philosophy of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

by Donald J. Robertson • 2010

Cognitive therapy did not begin with Beck; it started two thousand years ago in Athens.

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🏛️ Stoic Philosophy 🛋️ Cognitive Therapy 🔄 Cognitive Reframing 🤲 Acceptance Practices 📜 Practical Philosophy

The Philosophy of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Cognitive therapy did not begin with Beck; it started two thousand years ago in Athens.

by Donald J. Robertson 2010 316 pages

4.21

321 ratings

🏛️ Stoic Philosophy 🛋️ Cognitive Therapy 🔄 Cognitive Reframing 🤲 Acceptance Practices 📜 Practical Philosophy

The Personality Brokers

by Merve Emre • 2018

Two amateur women invented a personality test. Science rejected it. Everyone else took it.

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🧪 Personality Testing 📜 History Of Psychology 👩‍🔬 Women In Science 🔮 Pseudoscience 🧠 Jungian Psychology

The Personality Brokers

Two amateur women invented a personality test. Science rejected it. Everyone else took it.

by Merve Emre 2018 307 pages

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3k+ ratings

🧪 Personality Testing 📜 History Of Psychology 👩‍🔬 Women In Science 🔮 Pseudoscience 🧠 Jungian Psychology

The Common Sense of Science

by Jacob Bronowski • 1951

The Scientific Revolution was cultural. Science is personal, never the cold machine you fear.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Science 📜 History Of Science 🔭 Scientific Revolution 🏛️ Science And Society ✨ Scientific Humanism

The Common Sense of Science

The Scientific Revolution was cultural. Science is personal, never the cold machine you fear.

by Jacob Bronowski 1951 160 pages

3.83

141 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Science 📜 History Of Science 🔭 Scientific Revolution 🏛️ Science And Society ✨ Scientific Humanism

The Good Bee

by Alison Benjamin • 2019

25,000 bee species exist, most solitary and stingless, and every third bite of food requires them.

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🐝 Pollinator Ecology 🦋 Insect Conservation 🏙️ Urban Ecology 🔬 Citizen Science ⚠️ Colony Collapse

The Good Bee

25,000 bee species exist, most solitary and stingless, and every third bite of food requires them.

by Alison Benjamin 2019 193 pages

4.17

323 ratings

🐝 Pollinator Ecology 🦋 Insect Conservation 🏙️ Urban Ecology 🔬 Citizen Science ⚠️ Colony Collapse

The Occasional Human Sacrifice

by Carl Elliott • 2024

They expose deadly medical experiments and lose everything. Why they can't stay silent.

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🏥 Medical Ethics 📢 Whistleblowing 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 🔬 Research Ethics 🤫 Organizational Silence

The Occasional Human Sacrifice

They expose deadly medical experiments and lose everything. Why they can't stay silent.

by Carl Elliott 2024 368 pages

3.86

500+ ratings

🏥 Medical Ethics 📢 Whistleblowing 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 🔬 Research Ethics 🤫 Organizational Silence

Predictive Analytics For Dummies

by Anasse Bari • 2013

A guide to building models that forecast, classify, and find hidden patterns, without a math degree.

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📊 Data Science 🔮 Predictive Modeling 🐥 Beginner Guides 🧹 Data Preparation 🧩 Clustering

Predictive Analytics For Dummies

A guide to building models that forecast, classify, and find hidden patterns, without a math degree.

by Anasse Bari 2013 360 pages

3.74

111 ratings

📊 Data Science 🔮 Predictive Modeling 🐥 Beginner Guides 🧹 Data Preparation 🧩 Clustering

Anticancer

by David Servan-Schreiber • 2007

Genes don't decide cancer's fate: your daily choices build an internal environment that does.

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🎗️ Cancer Prevention 🩺 Lifestyle Medicine 🥦 Anticancer Diet 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🧘 Stress Reduction

Anticancer

Genes don't decide cancer's fate: your daily choices build an internal environment that does.

by David Servan-Schreiber 2007

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5k+ ratings

🎗️ Cancer Prevention 🩺 Lifestyle Medicine 🥦 Anticancer Diet 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🧘 Stress Reduction

Gulp

by Mary Roach • 2013

Rectal smuggling, flammable farts, and Elvis: a tour of the digestive tract's hidden life.

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🧬 Digestive Science 🚫 Bodily Taboos 👃 Sensory Science 🦠 Gut Microbiome 🏥 Medical History

Gulp

Rectal smuggling, flammable farts, and Elvis: a tour of the digestive tract's hidden life.

by Mary Roach 2013 348 pages

3.93

52k+ ratings

🧬 Digestive Science 🚫 Bodily Taboos 👃 Sensory Science 🦠 Gut Microbiome 🏥 Medical History

I'm a Joke and So Are You

by Robin Ince • 2018

A comedian investigates why we joke to survive anxiety, grief, and the awkwardness of being alive.

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🎤 Stand Up Comedy 😰 Anxiety And Creativity 🧠 Neuroscience Of Humor 💀 Humor And Grief 🔪 Comedy As Social Critique

I'm a Joke and So Are You

A comedian investigates why we joke to survive anxiety, grief, and the awkwardness of being alive.

by Robin Ince 2018 288 pages

3.93

1k+ ratings

🎤 Stand Up Comedy 😰 Anxiety And Creativity 🧠 Neuroscience Of Humor 💀 Humor And Grief 🔪 Comedy As Social Critique

Healing Mushrooms

by Tero Isokauppila • 2017

Ten edible mushrooms can replace half your supplement cabinet; this guide shows which and how.

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🍄 Medicinal Mushrooms 🍳 Mushroom Cooking 🌿 Adaptogens 🛡️ Immune Health 🧠 Brain Health

Healing Mushrooms

Ten edible mushrooms can replace half your supplement cabinet; this guide shows which and how.

by Tero Isokauppila 2017 223 pages

4.18

500+ ratings

🍄 Medicinal Mushrooms 🍳 Mushroom Cooking 🌿 Adaptogens 🛡️ Immune Health 🧠 Brain Health

On Quality

by Robert M. Pirsig • 2021

Value isn't a judgment we add to reality. It is reality, and everything else follows.

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🏷️ Value Theory ☯️ Nonduality 🌏 Comparative Philosophy 🧘 Eastern Thought 🎨 Creative Process

On Quality

Value isn't a judgment we add to reality. It is reality, and everything else follows.

by Robert M. Pirsig 2021 224 pages

3.64

387 ratings

🏷️ Value Theory ☯️ Nonduality 🌏 Comparative Philosophy 🧘 Eastern Thought 🎨 Creative Process

Supersurvivors

by David B. Feldman • 2014

Positive thinking can stall recovery. The research on what helps people thrive after trauma.

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🩹 Trauma Recovery 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth 🧠 Realistic Optimism 💀 Mortality Awareness 🧭 Meaning Making

Supersurvivors

Positive thinking can stall recovery. The research on what helps people thrive after trauma.

by David B. Feldman 2014 243 pages

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500+ ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth 🧠 Realistic Optimism 💀 Mortality Awareness 🧭 Meaning Making

Practical Intelligence

by Karl Albrecht • 2007

Most good ideas die unrecorded. The trainable mental skills that IQ tests never measured.

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🧠 Mental Models 🔬 Applied Psychology 🔄 Cognitive Flexibility 💡 Divergent Thinking ❤️ Emotional Intelligence

Practical Intelligence

Most good ideas die unrecorded. The trainable mental skills that IQ tests never measured.

by Karl Albrecht 2007 416 pages

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🧠 Mental Models 🔬 Applied Psychology 🔄 Cognitive Flexibility 💡 Divergent Thinking ❤️ Emotional Intelligence

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