Best Science Books | Summaries & Audio

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Under the Influence

by Robert H. Frank • 2020

Nobody decides alone. The $2 trillion proof that social contagion drives everything.

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 🦠 Social Contagion 👥 Social Influence 💸 Positional Spending 🤔 Cognitive Biases

Under the Influence

Nobody decides alone. The $2 trillion proof that social contagion drives everything.

by Robert H. Frank 2020 312 pages

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154 ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🦠 Social Contagion 👥 Social Influence 💸 Positional Spending 🤔 Cognitive Biases

Megafire

by Michael Kodas • 2017

A century of putting out every fire made the forests a tinderbox. Now climate change is the match.

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🔥 Wildfire 🏕️ Forest Ecology 🌪️ Climate Disasters 📋 Environmental Policy 🌲 Land Management

Megafire

A century of putting out every fire made the forests a tinderbox. Now climate change is the match.

by Michael Kodas 2017 384 pages

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254 ratings

🔥 Wildfire 🏕️ Forest Ecology 🌪️ Climate Disasters 📋 Environmental Policy 🌲 Land Management

The Handover

by David Runciman • 2023

Three inhuman agents run the world: states, corporations, and now AI. We have to pick one.

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🏛️ Political Theory 🏢 Corporate Power 🤖 Ai Governance 👥 Institutional Power 🧠 Group Decision Making

The Handover

Three inhuman agents run the world: states, corporations, and now AI. We have to pick one.

by David Runciman 2023 352 pages

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🏛️ Political Theory 🏢 Corporate Power 🤖 Ai Governance 👥 Institutional Power 🧠 Group Decision Making

Human Frontiers

by Michael Bhaskar • 2021

More money, more minds, more data than ever. So why have the big ideas dried up?

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🐌 Innovation Slowdown 📉 Diminishing Returns 📊 Progress Studies 💡 Idea Economy 🤖 Techno-Skepticism

Human Frontiers

More money, more minds, more data than ever. So why have the big ideas dried up?

by Michael Bhaskar 2021 432 pages

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126 ratings

🐌 Innovation Slowdown 📉 Diminishing Returns 📊 Progress Studies 💡 Idea Economy 🤖 Techno-Skepticism

I am Not a Brain

by Markus Gabriel • 2017

Neuroscience keeps looking for the self inside the skull. The real thing lives between people.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 📜 German Idealism 🔓 Free Will Debate 👥 Social Self 🔗 Mind-Body Problem

I am Not a Brain

Neuroscience keeps looking for the self inside the skull. The real thing lives between people.

by Markus Gabriel 2017 240 pages

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 📜 German Idealism 🔓 Free Will Debate 👥 Social Self 🔗 Mind-Body Problem

A Statin Nation

by Malcolm Kendrick • 2019

Cholesterol isn't the killer. Statins add days, not decades. The drug trials were rigged.

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🩺 Medical Skepticism 🫀 Cholesterol Controversy 💊 Pharma Criticism 🥩 Dietary Fat Defense ☀️ Vitamin D Deficiency

A Statin Nation

Cholesterol isn't the killer. Statins add days, not decades. The drug trials were rigged.

by Malcolm Kendrick 2019 304 pages

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282 ratings

🩺 Medical Skepticism 🫀 Cholesterol Controversy 💊 Pharma Criticism 🥩 Dietary Fat Defense ☀️ Vitamin D Deficiency

A Bigger Prize

by Margaret Heffernan • 2014

Competition sharpens, we're told. In business, science, and schools, the evidence says it dulls.

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📎 Collaborative Models 🔥 Intrinsic Motivation ☣️ Toxic Competition ⚖️ Meritocracy Critique 💻 Open Source Innovation

A Bigger Prize

Competition sharpens, we're told. In business, science, and schools, the evidence says it dulls.

by Margaret Heffernan 2014 416 pages

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📎 Collaborative Models 🔥 Intrinsic Motivation ☣️ Toxic Competition ⚖️ Meritocracy Critique 💻 Open Source Innovation

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

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387 ratings

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

Big Breaches

by Neil Daswani • 2021

The handful of missteps behind every mega-breach, and the fixes any organization can put in place.

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💥 Data Breach Prevention 🛡️ Cybersecurity Management 🎭 Social Engineering 🔑 Encryption Practices 🦠 Malware Defense

Big Breaches

The handful of missteps behind every mega-breach, and the fixes any organization can put in place.

by Neil Daswani 2021 495 pages

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41 ratings

💥 Data Breach Prevention 🛡️ Cybersecurity Management 🎭 Social Engineering 🔑 Encryption Practices 🦠 Malware Defense

Sustainable Energy - without the hot air

by David J.C. MacKay • 2008

Most energy plans don't add up. A physicist's arithmetic reveals what would.

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🏛️ Energy Policy ⚡ Energy Systems 🌬️ Renewable Energy 🔢 Quantitative Reasoning 🌍 Decarbonization

Sustainable Energy - without the hot air

Most energy plans don't add up. A physicist's arithmetic reveals what would.

by David J.C. MacKay 2008 384 pages

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🏛️ Energy Policy ⚡ Energy Systems 🌬️ Renewable Energy 🔢 Quantitative Reasoning 🌍 Decarbonization

Once Upon A Number

by John Allen Paulos • 1998

Stories and statistics are two languages your brain was never designed to reconcile.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔢 Popular Mathematics 🔍 Philosophy Of Math 📖 Narrative Theory 🎲 Coincidence And Chance

Once Upon A Number

Stories and statistics are two languages your brain was never designed to reconcile.

by John Allen Paulos 1998 224 pages

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔢 Popular Mathematics 🔍 Philosophy Of Math 📖 Narrative Theory 🎲 Coincidence And Chance

Lore of Nutrition

by Noakes Tim • 2018

A tweet about low-carb diets got him prosecuted. The trial put nutrition orthodoxy on the stand.

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🥩 Low-Carb Diets 🩸 Insulin Resistance 🧈 Cholesterol Skepticism 🧬 Evolutionary Nutrition 🏭 Industry Influence

Lore of Nutrition

A tweet about low-carb diets got him prosecuted. The trial put nutrition orthodoxy on the stand.

by Noakes Tim 2018 488 pages

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165 ratings

🥩 Low-Carb Diets 🩸 Insulin Resistance 🧈 Cholesterol Skepticism 🧬 Evolutionary Nutrition 🏭 Industry Influence

Now or Never

by Tim Flannery • 2009

Climate change is outrunning every worst-case model. The solutions work; the timeline doesn't.

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🌍 Planetary Boundaries 🌎 Gaia Theory 🏭 Anthropocene 🌱 Carbon Sequestration 🌊 Ocean Acidification

Now or Never

Climate change is outrunning every worst-case model. The solutions work; the timeline doesn't.

by Tim Flannery 2009 176 pages

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193 ratings

🌍 Planetary Boundaries 🌎 Gaia Theory 🏭 Anthropocene 🌱 Carbon Sequestration 🌊 Ocean Acidification

The Science of Sin

by Jack Lewis • 2018

Lust, greed, and wrath are not moral failures. They're brain states, and that changes everything.

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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🚦 Impulse Control 🧘 Emotional Regulation 📱 Modern Temptations

The Science of Sin

Lust, greed, and wrath are not moral failures. They're brain states, and that changes everything.

by Jack Lewis 2018 304 pages

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230 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🚦 Impulse Control 🧘 Emotional Regulation 📱 Modern Temptations

Positive Neuroscience

by Joshua D. Greene • 2016

The brain circuit for joy isn't about reward. It widens attention and drives exploration instead.

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🧠 Positive Psychology 🧬 Affective Neuroscience 💭 Emotion And Cognition 👁️ Attention And Perception 💡 Creativity Research

Positive Neuroscience

The brain circuit for joy isn't about reward. It widens attention and drives exploration instead.

by Joshua D. Greene 2016 256 pages

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2 ratings

🧠 Positive Psychology 🧬 Affective Neuroscience 💭 Emotion And Cognition 👁️ Attention And Perception 💡 Creativity Research

Inside Cyber Warfare

by Jeffrey Carr • 2009

Cyberwar is a proxy war: states pull the strings, criminals and patriots pull the triggers.

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🖥️ Cyber Warfare 🕶️ Proxy Warfare 💰 Cyber Crime Nexus 🔍 Attribution Problem ✊ Hacktivism

Inside Cyber Warfare

Cyberwar is a proxy war: states pull the strings, criminals and patriots pull the triggers.

by Jeffrey Carr 2009 240 pages

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216 ratings

🖥️ Cyber Warfare 🕶️ Proxy Warfare 💰 Cyber Crime Nexus 🔍 Attribution Problem ✊ Hacktivism

The Harvard Psychedelic Club

by Don Lattin • 2010

Four men, one Harvard LSD study, a breakup that gave America a counterculture and new spirituality.

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🍄 Psychedelic History ✌️ Counterculture Movement 🧠 Altered States ✨ Mystical Experience 🌿 Integrative Medicine

The Harvard Psychedelic Club

Four men, one Harvard LSD study, a breakup that gave America a counterculture and new spirituality.

by Don Lattin 2010 272 pages

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🍄 Psychedelic History ✌️ Counterculture Movement 🧠 Altered States ✨ Mystical Experience 🌿 Integrative Medicine

The Body Has a Mind of Its Own

by Sandra Blakeslee • 2007

Your brain's body maps extend into tools and space; remapping them can ease pain, deepen empathy.

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🧠 Embodied Cognition 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🪞 Mirror Neurons 🤕 Pain Science 🧘 Body Awareness

The Body Has a Mind of Its Own

Your brain's body maps extend into tools and space; remapping them can ease pain, deepen empathy.

by Sandra Blakeslee 2007 240 pages

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🧠 Embodied Cognition 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🪞 Mirror Neurons 🤕 Pain Science 🧘 Body Awareness

The Great Tech Game

by Anirudh Suri • 2022

Power once meant factories and oil. Now it runs on code, chips, and data.

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🖥️ Tech Geopolitics 💻 Digital Economy 🌐 Great Power Competition 🛡️ Cyber Warfare 🔒 Digital Sovereignty

The Great Tech Game

Power once meant factories and oil. Now it runs on code, chips, and data.

by Anirudh Suri 2022 719 pages

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131 ratings

🖥️ Tech Geopolitics 💻 Digital Economy 🌐 Great Power Competition 🛡️ Cyber Warfare 🔒 Digital Sovereignty

Ultrasociety

by Peter Turchin • 2015

War did not just destroy. Over ten millennia, it built the greatest cooperators on Earth.

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🧬 Cultural Evolution 📜 Big History 👥 Group Selection ⚔️ Warfare And Society 🏛️ State Formation

Ultrasociety

War did not just destroy. Over ten millennia, it built the greatest cooperators on Earth.

by Peter Turchin 2015 274 pages

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🧬 Cultural Evolution 📜 Big History 👥 Group Selection ⚔️ Warfare And Society 🏛️ State Formation

Snake Oil Science

by R. Barker Bausell • 2007

The pain relief is real; the needle is a prop. How placebo explains alternative medicine.

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🧐 Alternative Medicine Skepticism 💊 Placebo Effect 🔬 Clinical Trial Design 🩺 Science-Based Medicine 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Snake Oil Science

The pain relief is real; the needle is a prop. How placebo explains alternative medicine.

by R. Barker Bausell 2007 324 pages

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346 ratings

🧐 Alternative Medicine Skepticism 💊 Placebo Effect 🔬 Clinical Trial Design 🩺 Science-Based Medicine 🧠 Cognitive Biases

The Last Days of Night

by Graham Moore • 2016

An untested lawyer battles Edison in the patent war to decide who lights the modern world.

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🏙️ Gilded Age ⚖️ Legal Drama ⚡ Genius Rivalry 🧠 Tragic Genius 🖤 Dark Ambition

The Last Days of Night

An untested lawyer battles Edison in the patent war to decide who lights the modern world.

by Graham Moore 2016 371 pages

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🏙️ Gilded Age ⚖️ Legal Drama ⚡ Genius Rivalry 🧠 Tragic Genius 🖤 Dark Ambition

Coffee

by Kenneth Davids • 1976

Fresh grinding beats expensive gear. Then: roast science, origin flavors, the perfect shot.

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☕ Coffee Culture 🫘 Specialty Coffee 🏠 Home Barista 🌍 Single Origin 📖 Coffee History

Coffee

Fresh grinding beats expensive gear. Then: roast science, origin flavors, the perfect shot.

by Kenneth Davids 1976 288 pages

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130 ratings

☕ Coffee Culture 🫘 Specialty Coffee 🏠 Home Barista 🌍 Single Origin 📖 Coffee History

The End of Oil

by Paul Roberts • 2004

Peak oil, climate collapse, energy poverty: three crises converging, and no unified plan exists.

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🔄 Energy Transition 🛢️ Oil Geopolitics ⛽ Fossil Fuel Dependence 🌡️ Climate Security 🔐 Global Energy Security

The End of Oil

Peak oil, climate collapse, energy poverty: three crises converging, and no unified plan exists.

by Paul Roberts 2004 368 pages

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1k+ ratings

🔄 Energy Transition 🛢️ Oil Geopolitics ⛽ Fossil Fuel Dependence 🌡️ Climate Security 🔐 Global Energy Security

Python Programming

by John Zelle • 2003

A Python-first CS textbook that teaches what computation can do, not just how to code.

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📘 Introductory Programming 🐍 Python Programming 🧮 Algorithm Fundamentals 🏗️ Object-Oriented Design 🔄 Software Development

Python Programming

A Python-first CS textbook that teaches what computation can do, not just how to code.

by John Zelle 2003 528 pages

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483 ratings

📘 Introductory Programming 🐍 Python Programming 🧮 Algorithm Fundamentals 🏗️ Object-Oriented Design 🔄 Software Development

Math and the Mona Lisa

by Bülent Atalay • 2004

Before Newton, before Einstein, Leonardo knew the universe is mathematical. He proved it in paint.

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🎨 Math In Art 🧠 Polymathy 📐 Golden Ratio 🌿 Patterns In Nature ✨ Mathematical Beauty

Math and the Mona Lisa

Before Newton, before Einstein, Leonardo knew the universe is mathematical. He proved it in paint.

by Bülent Atalay 2004 314 pages

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500+ ratings

🎨 Math In Art 🧠 Polymathy 📐 Golden Ratio 🌿 Patterns In Nature ✨ Mathematical Beauty

Net Zero

by Dieter Helm • 2020

Why UN climate talks can't cut emissions, and how taxing carbon consumption can.

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🏷️ Carbon Pricing 📈 Market-Based Environmentalism 📦 Consumption Emissions 🌳 Natural Sequestration ⚡ Electricity Market Reform

Net Zero

Why UN climate talks can't cut emissions, and how taxing carbon consumption can.

by Dieter Helm 2020 329 pages

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270 ratings

🏷️ Carbon Pricing 📈 Market-Based Environmentalism 📦 Consumption Emissions 🌳 Natural Sequestration ⚡ Electricity Market Reform

The Chemical Age

by Frank von Hippel • 2020

Chemistry's greatest triumphs also produced Zyklon B, nerve agents, and the hole in the ozone layer.

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🧪 Environmental Chemistry 📜 Chemical History 🦟 Pesticide History ☣️ Chemical Warfare 🏭 Industrial Disasters

The Chemical Age

Chemistry's greatest triumphs also produced Zyklon B, nerve agents, and the hole in the ozone layer.

by Frank von Hippel 2020 368 pages

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184 ratings

🧪 Environmental Chemistry 📜 Chemical History 🦟 Pesticide History ☣️ Chemical Warfare 🏭 Industrial Disasters

Connections

by Karl Deisseroth • 2021

What mental illness reveals about the brain, from the psychiatrist who invented optogenetics.

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🧠 Clinical Neuroscience 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology 📋 Patient Case Studies 💗 Emotion And The Brain 💭 Consciousness Studies

Connections

What mental illness reveals about the brain, from the psychiatrist who invented optogenetics.

by Karl Deisseroth 2021 231 pages

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285 ratings

🧠 Clinical Neuroscience 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology 📋 Patient Case Studies 💗 Emotion And The Brain 💭 Consciousness Studies

Aristotle

by John Sellars • 2023

An ancient toolkit for thought: why Aristotle's logic, ethics, and politics never went out of style.

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🏛️ Greek Philosophy ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🧠 Logic And Reasoning 🌌 Metaphysics 🗳️ Political Philosophy

Aristotle

An ancient toolkit for thought: why Aristotle's logic, ethics, and politics never went out of style.

by John Sellars 2023 123 pages

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232 ratings

🏛️ Greek Philosophy ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🧠 Logic And Reasoning 🌌 Metaphysics 🗳️ Political Philosophy

Swedenborg

by Gary Lachman • 2012

A scientist catalogued heaven and hell like a naturalist. Then Kant took him seriously.

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🕯️ Western Esotericism ✝️ Christian Mysticism 🧠 Altered States 👻 Afterlife Studies 🔣 Sacred Symbolism

Swedenborg

A scientist catalogued heaven and hell like a naturalist. Then Kant took him seriously.

by Gary Lachman 2012 208 pages

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118 ratings

🕯️ Western Esotericism ✝️ Christian Mysticism 🧠 Altered States 👻 Afterlife Studies 🔣 Sacred Symbolism

This View of Life

by David Sloan Wilson • 2019

Social Darwinism got Darwin wrong. His real theory: cooperation, not competition, built humanity.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🌍 Cultural Evolution 👥 Group Selection ⚡ Evolutionary Mismatch 🔄 Systems Thinking

This View of Life

Social Darwinism got Darwin wrong. His real theory: cooperation, not competition, built humanity.

by David Sloan Wilson 2019 288 pages

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372 ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🌍 Cultural Evolution 👥 Group Selection ⚡ Evolutionary Mismatch 🔄 Systems Thinking

On Animals

by Susan Orlean • 2021

Pigeon racing, taxidermy, lion hugging: Susan Orlean on the animal obsessions that fill our lives.

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🦁 Animal Essays 🐾 Human-Animal Bond 🌍 Wildlife Conservation ⚖️ Animal Ethics 📰 Literary Journalism

On Animals

Pigeon racing, taxidermy, lion hugging: Susan Orlean on the animal obsessions that fill our lives.

by Susan Orlean 2021 247 pages

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6k+ ratings

🦁 Animal Essays 🐾 Human-Animal Bond 🌍 Wildlife Conservation ⚖️ Animal Ethics 📰 Literary Journalism

The Invisible History of the Human Race

by Christine Kenneally • 2014

Human history is written in DNA: migrations, crashes, and secrets we are only starting to read.

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🧬 Human Genetics 🗺️ Genetic Ancestry 📜 Genealogy Studies 🌐 Cultural Inheritance 💊 Personalized Medicine

The Invisible History of the Human Race

Human history is written in DNA: migrations, crashes, and secrets we are only starting to read.

by Christine Kenneally 2014 370 pages

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1k+ ratings

🧬 Human Genetics 🗺️ Genetic Ancestry 📜 Genealogy Studies 🌐 Cultural Inheritance 💊 Personalized Medicine

Counting Sheep

by Paul R. Martin • 2002

What happens during the third of your life spent asleep, and the cost of treating it as optional.

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🛏️ Sleep Science 🌙 Dream Psychology ⏰ Circadian Rhythms 😴 Sleep Deprivation 🐬 Animal Sleep

Counting Sheep

What happens during the third of your life spent asleep, and the cost of treating it as optional.

by Paul R. Martin 2002 432 pages

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440 ratings

🛏️ Sleep Science 🌙 Dream Psychology ⏰ Circadian Rhythms 😴 Sleep Deprivation 🐬 Animal Sleep

My Father's Brain

by Sandeep Jauhar • 2023

A cardiologist watches his father forget how to use a fork. His medical training offers nothing.

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🧠 Alzheimer's Disease 📋 Dementia Care 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Caregiving 🕳️ Memory Loss 📖 Medical Memoir

My Father's Brain

A cardiologist watches his father forget how to use a fork. His medical training offers nothing.

by Sandeep Jauhar 2023 258 pages

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1k+ ratings

🧠 Alzheimer's Disease 📋 Dementia Care 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Caregiving 🕳️ Memory Loss 📖 Medical Memoir

Exploring Happiness

by Sissela Bok • 2010

Too complex for one discipline: what philosophy and brain science find when they meet on happiness.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Happiness 📜 History Of Ideas ⚖️ Moral Philosophy 🔬 Multidisciplinary Inquiry 😊 Positive Psychology

Exploring Happiness

Too complex for one discipline: what philosophy and brain science find when they meet on happiness.

by Sissela Bok 2010 224 pages

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199 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Happiness 📜 History Of Ideas ⚖️ Moral Philosophy 🔬 Multidisciplinary Inquiry 😊 Positive Psychology

Transcendental Meditation

by Jack Forem • 1973

One effortless meditation that restores the body, sharpens the brain, and reverses biological aging.

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🕉️ Mantra Meditation 📜 Vedic Traditions 🧘 Stress Relief 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌱 Self-Actualization

Transcendental Meditation

One effortless meditation that restores the body, sharpens the brain, and reverses biological aging.

by Jack Forem 1973 384 pages

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356 ratings

🕉️ Mantra Meditation 📜 Vedic Traditions 🧘 Stress Relief 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌱 Self-Actualization

Life Driven Purpose

by Dan Barker • 2014

The cosmos owes you nothing. That's the starting point for building a meaning worth having.

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🏛️ Secular Humanism ⚖️ Harm Reduction Ethics 🎯 Meaning Making 🐒 Animal Nature 🧠 Modern Atheism

Life Driven Purpose

The cosmos owes you nothing. That's the starting point for building a meaning worth having.

by Dan Barker 2014 216 pages

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240 ratings

🏛️ Secular Humanism ⚖️ Harm Reduction Ethics 🎯 Meaning Making 🐒 Animal Nature 🧠 Modern Atheism

The Plant-Based Solution

by Joel K. Kahn • 2018

When statins and stents aren't enough: a cardiologist's plant-based plan to reverse heart disease.

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🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition 🩺 Lifestyle Medicine 🔄 Disease Reversal ⚡ Metabolic Health 🍎 Food As Medicine

The Plant-Based Solution

When statins and stents aren't enough: a cardiologist's plant-based plan to reverse heart disease.

by Joel K. Kahn 2018 284 pages

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475 ratings

🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition 🩺 Lifestyle Medicine 🔄 Disease Reversal ⚡ Metabolic Health 🍎 Food As Medicine

Once a Wolf

by Bryan Sykes • 2019

The wolf-to-dog story is not about campfires. It's about a hunting partnership 30,000 years old.

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🐺 Canine Domestication 🧬 Ancient Dna ❤️ Human-Animal Bond 🐕 Canine Genetics 🐑 Animal Cloning

Once a Wolf

The wolf-to-dog story is not about campfires. It's about a hunting partnership 30,000 years old.

by Bryan Sykes 2019 304 pages

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328 ratings

🐺 Canine Domestication 🧬 Ancient Dna ❤️ Human-Animal Bond 🐕 Canine Genetics 🐑 Animal Cloning

The Stories We Live By

by Dan P. McAdams • 1993

Identity is not traits. It is a story, its emotional tone forged before words.

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🔬 Narrative Psychology 🌱 Adult Development 📖 Life Narratives 🧩 Identity Formation 💭 Meaning Making

The Stories We Live By

Identity is not traits. It is a story, its emotional tone forged before words.

by Dan P. McAdams 1993 336 pages

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288 ratings

🔬 Narrative Psychology 🌱 Adult Development 📖 Life Narratives 🧩 Identity Formation 💭 Meaning Making

Black Holes

by Katherine Blundell • 2014

Gravity's most extreme creations: regions where time stalls, light is trapped, and physics unravels.

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🕳️ Black Hole Physics 🌌 Astrophysics ⚫ Event Horizons 🖤 General Relativity 🌟 Stellar Evolution

Black Holes

Gravity's most extreme creations: regions where time stalls, light is trapped, and physics unravels.

by Katherine Blundell 2014 120 pages

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421 ratings

🕳️ Black Hole Physics 🌌 Astrophysics ⚫ Event Horizons 🖤 General Relativity 🌟 Stellar Evolution

Doing Data Science

by Cathy O'Neil • 2013

Your model is lying to you. The ninety percent of data science that algorithms won't fix.

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📊 Data Science 📈 Statistical Thinking 🧹 Data Wrangling 🔧 Feature Engineering 🔗 Causal Inference

Doing Data Science

Your model is lying to you. The ninety percent of data science that algorithms won't fix.

by Cathy O'Neil 2013 405 pages

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500+ ratings

📊 Data Science 📈 Statistical Thinking 🧹 Data Wrangling 🔧 Feature Engineering 🔗 Causal Inference

In Defense of Food

by Michael Pollan • 2008

Food became a chemistry problem, and we got sicker. The solution predates science.

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🏭 Food Systems 🌍 Traditional Diets 🥬 Whole Foods 🌱 Plant-Based Eating 🍽️ Mindful Eating

In Defense of Food

Food became a chemistry problem, and we got sicker. The solution predates science.

by Michael Pollan 2008 244 pages

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100k+ ratings

🏭 Food Systems 🌍 Traditional Diets 🥬 Whole Foods 🌱 Plant-Based Eating 🍽️ Mindful Eating

Whatever Happened to the Metric System?

by John Bemelmans Marciano • 2013

A tale of revolutions, divine measures, and why a global standard stopped at America's shores.

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🔬 History Of Science 📏 History Of Measurement 🛡️ Cultural Resistance 🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism 💡 Enlightenment Rationalism

Whatever Happened to the Metric System?

A tale of revolutions, divine measures, and why a global standard stopped at America's shores.

by John Bemelmans Marciano 2013 320 pages

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321 ratings

🔬 History Of Science 📏 History Of Measurement 🛡️ Cultural Resistance 🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism 💡 Enlightenment Rationalism

Preparing Children for Success in School and Life

by Marcia L. Tate • 2011

Relationships, not flash cards: twenty brain-based strategies for school success.

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🧒 Child Development 🧠 Brain Science 📚 Neuroeducation ✋ Multisensory Learning 🧭 Executive Function

Preparing Children for Success in School and Life

Relationships, not flash cards: twenty brain-based strategies for school success.

by Marcia L. Tate 2011 208 pages

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22 ratings

🧒 Child Development 🧠 Brain Science 📚 Neuroeducation ✋ Multisensory Learning 🧭 Executive Function

Eye of the Beholder

by Laura J. Snyder • 2015

Vermeer and Leeuwenhoek lived blocks apart, using lenses to show the world what it had never seen.

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🧀 Dutch Golden Age 🖼️ Dutch Painting 🎨 Art And Science 👁️ Optics And Vision 📷 Camera Obscura

Eye of the Beholder

Vermeer and Leeuwenhoek lived blocks apart, using lenses to show the world what it had never seen.

by Laura J. Snyder 2015 448 pages

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398 ratings

🧀 Dutch Golden Age 🖼️ Dutch Painting 🎨 Art And Science 👁️ Optics And Vision 📷 Camera Obscura

Healing Is Possible

by Neil Nathan • 2013

Single-fix medicine fails chronic illness. A clinician's guide to untangling the hidden layers.

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🩺 Chronic Illness Recovery 🧬 Functional Medicine 🌿 Integrative Health ⚖️ Hormonal Imbalances 🦠 Gut Health

Healing Is Possible

Single-fix medicine fails chronic illness. A clinician's guide to untangling the hidden layers.

by Neil Nathan 2013 348 pages

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31 ratings

🩺 Chronic Illness Recovery 🧬 Functional Medicine 🌿 Integrative Health ⚖️ Hormonal Imbalances 🦠 Gut Health

The Science of Star Wars

by Mark Brake • 2016

The real science of hyperspace, alien biology, and the Force: more surprising than Star Wars.

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The Science of Star Wars

The real science of hyperspace, alien biology, and the Force: more surprising than Star Wars.

by Mark Brake 2016 272 pages

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