Best Science Books | Summaries & Audio

Science Book Summaries

The Wisdom of Wolves

by Elli H. Radinger • 2017

Forget alpha leaders. The real secrets to family and leadership are running wild in wolf country.

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🐺 Wolf Behavior 🦉 Animal Wisdom 🐾 Pack Dynamics 👥 Shared Leadership 🗣️ Animal Communication

The Wisdom of Wolves

Forget alpha leaders. The real secrets to family and leadership are running wild in wolf country.

by Elli H. Radinger 2017 256 pages

4.13

2k+ ratings

🐺 Wolf Behavior 🦉 Animal Wisdom 🐾 Pack Dynamics 👥 Shared Leadership 🗣️ Animal Communication

The Family Gene

by Joselin Linder • 2017

One family's mystery illness made them swell, choke. The gene revealed the liver pumps blood too.

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🧬 Genetic Disorders 🦠 Rare Diseases 🔍 Medical Mysteries 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Inherited Illness 🔬 Genetic Research

The Family Gene

One family's mystery illness made them swell, choke. The gene revealed the liver pumps blood too.

by Joselin Linder 2017 272 pages

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1k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Disorders 🦠 Rare Diseases 🔍 Medical Mysteries 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Inherited Illness 🔬 Genetic Research

Relax.

by Timothy Caulfield • 2020

Never been safer, yet drowning in health anxiety. The evidence for what to actually worry about.

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🧪 Health Myths 😵 Decision Fatigue 📊 Risk Perception 🎯 Anti-Perfectionism 📱 Digital Wellness

Relax.

Never been safer, yet drowning in health anxiety. The evidence for what to actually worry about.

by Timothy Caulfield 2020 301 pages

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500+ ratings

🧪 Health Myths 😵 Decision Fatigue 📊 Risk Perception 🎯 Anti-Perfectionism 📱 Digital Wellness

The Little Black Book of Decision Making

by Michael Nicholas • 2017

Stress hijacks your best thinking. Here is how to rewire attention and make smarter decisions.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔬 Decision Science 🧘 Mindfulness For Work 👁️ Attention Management ❤️ Emotional Regulation

The Little Black Book of Decision Making

Stress hijacks your best thinking. Here is how to rewire attention and make smarter decisions.

by Michael Nicholas 2017 256 pages

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126 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔬 Decision Science 🧘 Mindfulness For Work 👁️ Attention Management ❤️ Emotional Regulation

Happy Gut

by Vincent Pedre • 2015

Fix your gut first: a 28-day reset that reveals exactly which foods are working against you.

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🧬 Gut Health 🥗 Elimination Diets 🩹 Leaky Gut 🔍 Food Sensitivities 🌿 Functional Medicine

Happy Gut

Fix your gut first: a 28-day reset that reveals exactly which foods are working against you.

by Vincent Pedre 2015 432 pages

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1k+ ratings

🧬 Gut Health 🥗 Elimination Diets 🩹 Leaky Gut 🔍 Food Sensitivities 🌿 Functional Medicine

The Gratitude Project

by Jeremy Adam Smith • 2020

The science of why thank-you notes change your health, and the practices that make gratitude stick.

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🧠 Positive Psychology 📝 Gratitude Practice 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🤝 Reciprocity 💪 Resilience

The Gratitude Project

The science of why thank-you notes change your health, and the practices that make gratitude stick.

by Jeremy Adam Smith 2020 248 pages

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172 ratings

🧠 Positive Psychology 📝 Gratitude Practice 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🤝 Reciprocity 💪 Resilience

The Doctors Book of Food Remedies

by Selene Yeager • 2000

The doctor's manual that turns your kitchen into a pharmacy, one food at a time.

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🥗 Food As Medicine 🌱 Plant-Based Nutrition 🌾 Whole Foods Approach 📊 Evidence-Based Nutrition 🏥 Clinical Nutrition

The Doctors Book of Food Remedies

The doctor's manual that turns your kitchen into a pharmacy, one food at a time.

by Selene Yeager 2000 1244 pages

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165 ratings

🥗 Food As Medicine 🌱 Plant-Based Nutrition 🌾 Whole Foods Approach 📊 Evidence-Based Nutrition 🏥 Clinical Nutrition

On Muscle

by Bonnie Tsui • 2025

The tissue that moves you also makes you: muscle's hidden role in joy, identity, and resilience.

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🧬 Muscle Biology 🏋️ Exercise Science 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 🧠 Embodied Cognition 💪 Gender And Strength

On Muscle

The tissue that moves you also makes you: muscle's hidden role in joy, identity, and resilience.

by Bonnie Tsui 2025 256 pages

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1k+ ratings

🧬 Muscle Biology 🏋️ Exercise Science 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 🧠 Embodied Cognition 💪 Gender And Strength

How to Sleep Well

by Neil Stanley • 2018

The sleep industry is selling you a crisis. The science says you're fine.

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🔬 Sleep Science 🛏️ Sleep Hygiene 😴 Sleep Myths 🩺 Wellness Skepticism 🌓 Circadian Rhythms

How to Sleep Well

The sleep industry is selling you a crisis. The science says you're fine.

by Neil Stanley 2018 256 pages

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286 ratings

🔬 Sleep Science 🛏️ Sleep Hygiene 😴 Sleep Myths 🩺 Wellness Skepticism 🌓 Circadian Rhythms

Mawson's Will

by Lennard Bickel • 1977

He ate the dogs to live. The livers were poison, and he was still alone.

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🧊 Polar Exploration 🇦🇶 Antarctic Expeditions 🏕️ Survival Narratives 🗺️ Heroic Age Of Exploration ⛰️ Expedition Disasters

Mawson's Will

He ate the dogs to live. The livers were poison, and he was still alone.

by Lennard Bickel 1977 272 pages

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1k+ ratings

🧊 Polar Exploration 🇦🇶 Antarctic Expeditions 🏕️ Survival Narratives 🗺️ Heroic Age Of Exploration ⛰️ Expedition Disasters

Strength in Stillness

by Bob Roth • 2018

No clearing of the mind, no special posture: 20 minutes twice a day to lower blood pressure.

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🕉️ Mantra Meditation 😰 Stress Reduction 🔬 Meditation Science 💤 Rest And Recovery 🏔️ Peak Performance

Strength in Stillness

No clearing of the mind, no special posture: 20 minutes twice a day to lower blood pressure.

by Bob Roth 2018 224 pages

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2k+ ratings

🕉️ Mantra Meditation 😰 Stress Reduction 🔬 Meditation Science 💤 Rest And Recovery 🏔️ Peak Performance

Uncontrolled Spread

by Scott Gottlieb • 2021

Every part of America's pandemic defense was designed for a different war.

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🏥 Public Health Policy 🛡️ Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Institutional Failure 🚨 Crisis Response 🔒 National Security

Uncontrolled Spread

Every part of America's pandemic defense was designed for a different war.

by Scott Gottlieb 2021 480 pages

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1k+ ratings

🏥 Public Health Policy 🛡️ Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Institutional Failure 🚨 Crisis Response 🔒 National Security

Treat Your Own Knees

by Jim Johnson • 2003

Most knee pain isn't structural damage. Four trainable functions restore it, starting with a pillow.

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🦵 Joint Health 🩺 Chronic Pain 🏋️ Physical Therapy 📊 Evidence-Based Exercise 🩹 Self-Treatment

Treat Your Own Knees

Most knee pain isn't structural damage. Four trainable functions restore it, starting with a pillow.

by Jim Johnson 2003 96 pages

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243 ratings

🦵 Joint Health 🩺 Chronic Pain 🏋️ Physical Therapy 📊 Evidence-Based Exercise 🩹 Self-Treatment

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression

by Zindel V. Segal • 2001

Half of recovered patients relapse. Mindfulness training stops the slide before it starts.

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🧘 Mindfulness-Based Therapy 🏥 Depression Treatment 🔄 Relapse Prevention 🧠 Cognitive Therapy 👤 Somatic Awareness

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression

Half of recovered patients relapse. Mindfulness training stops the slide before it starts.

by Zindel V. Segal 2001 471 pages

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452 ratings

🧘 Mindfulness-Based Therapy 🏥 Depression Treatment 🔄 Relapse Prevention 🧠 Cognitive Therapy 👤 Somatic Awareness

The Germ Code

by Jason Tetro • 2013

We declared war on germs and lost. The microbes we tried to kill run our health.

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🦠 Human Microbiome 🧫 Infectious Disease 🏥 Public Health 🌍 Pandemic History 💊 Antibiotic Resistance

The Germ Code

We declared war on germs and lost. The microbes we tried to kill run our health.

by Jason Tetro 2013 274 pages

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142 ratings

🦠 Human Microbiome 🧫 Infectious Disease 🏥 Public Health 🌍 Pandemic History 💊 Antibiotic Resistance

How Technology Works

by D.K. Publishing • 2019

A visual tour of the physics inside your phone, your microwave, and the power grid.

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🔍 Visual Encyclopedias ⚙️ How Things Work ⚡ Applied Physics 🔧 Engineering Fundamentals 💻 Digital Literacy

How Technology Works

A visual tour of the physics inside your phone, your microwave, and the power grid.

by D.K. Publishing 2019 256 pages

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166 ratings

🔍 Visual Encyclopedias ⚙️ How Things Work ⚡ Applied Physics 🔧 Engineering Fundamentals 💻 Digital Literacy

Smarter Tomorrow

by Elizabeth R. Ricker • 2021

Fifteen minutes of personal experiments each day can upgrade your brain: here's how to start.

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🧠 Cognitive Enhancement 🔬 Scientific Self-Help 🧪 Self-Experimentation 🧬 Biohacking 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Smarter Tomorrow

Fifteen minutes of personal experiments each day can upgrade your brain: here's how to start.

by Elizabeth R. Ricker 2021 368 pages

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252 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Enhancement 🔬 Scientific Self-Help 🧪 Self-Experimentation 🧬 Biohacking 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Desperate Remedies

by Andrew Scull • 2022

For two centuries, psychiatry's cures have caused more harm than the illnesses they target.

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🏥 History Of Psychiatry 🏛️ Institutional Critique 💉 Medical Hubris 🏷️ Diagnostic Controversy 💊 Pharmaceutical Ethics

Desperate Remedies

For two centuries, psychiatry's cures have caused more harm than the illnesses they target.

by Andrew Scull 2022 512 pages

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448 ratings

🏥 History Of Psychiatry 🏛️ Institutional Critique 💉 Medical Hubris 🏷️ Diagnostic Controversy 💊 Pharmaceutical Ethics

Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo

by Ian Harris • 2016

Many common surgeries work no better than a fake incision: a surgeon reveals the evidence.

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🔬 Evidence-Based Medicine ⚠️ Medical Overtreatment 💊 Placebo Studies 🧪 Clinical Trial Critique 💰 Conflicts Of Interest

Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo

Many common surgeries work no better than a fake incision: a surgeon reveals the evidence.

by Ian Harris 2016 240 pages

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196 ratings

🔬 Evidence-Based Medicine ⚠️ Medical Overtreatment 💊 Placebo Studies 🧪 Clinical Trial Critique 💰 Conflicts Of Interest

BOOM

by Tony Horwitz • 2014

From oil sands to Gulf Coast: a pipeline route where roughnecks, strippers, and ranchers collide.

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🛢️ Energy Politics 🏭 Oil Industry 📰 Narrative Journalism 🗺️ Travelogue 🌍 Environmental Justice

BOOM

From oil sands to Gulf Coast: a pipeline route where roughnecks, strippers, and ranchers collide.

by Tony Horwitz 2014 116 pages

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500+ ratings

🛢️ Energy Politics 🏭 Oil Industry 📰 Narrative Journalism 🗺️ Travelogue 🌍 Environmental Justice

The Ages of Globalization

by Jeffrey D. Sachs • 2020

What if globalization began with the first human migration? Its latest chapter could be its last.

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🌍 World History 🌐 Globalization 🧬 Human Origins ⚙️ Technological Change 📈 Inequality

The Ages of Globalization

What if globalization began with the first human migration? Its latest chapter could be its last.

by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2020 280 pages

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404 ratings

🌍 World History 🌐 Globalization 🧬 Human Origins ⚙️ Technological Change 📈 Inequality

Learning From the Octopus

by Rafe Sagarin • 2012

Octopi mastered security without a memo. What they know that our defenses keep missing.

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🦎 Biomimicry 🛡️ Homeland Security 🔄 Adaptive Systems 🕸️ Decentralized Networks 🔗 Systems Thinking

Learning From the Octopus

Octopi mastered security without a memo. What they know that our defenses keep missing.

by Rafe Sagarin 2012 320 pages

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224 ratings

🦎 Biomimicry 🛡️ Homeland Security 🔄 Adaptive Systems 🕸️ Decentralized Networks 🔗 Systems Thinking

Butterfly Economics

by Paul Ormerod • 1998

Crash without a shock: how firms and crowds generate boom, bust, and everything in between.

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🧩 Complexity Economics 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🕸️ Network Effects 🧬 Evolutionary Economics 💥 Heterodox Economics

Butterfly Economics

Crash without a shock: how firms and crowds generate boom, bust, and everything in between.

by Paul Ormerod 1998 217 pages

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223 ratings

🧩 Complexity Economics 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🕸️ Network Effects 🧬 Evolutionary Economics 💥 Heterodox Economics

Introduction to Information Science

by David Bawden • 2012

Information science studies every document ever made: clay tablets, databases, genes, all of it.

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📄 Document Theory 🗂️ Knowledge Organization 🔍 Information Retrieval ⚖️ Information Ethics 🌐 Information Society

Introduction to Information Science

Information science studies every document ever made: clay tablets, databases, genes, all of it.

by David Bawden 2012 384 pages

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171 ratings

📄 Document Theory 🗂️ Knowledge Organization 🔍 Information Retrieval ⚖️ Information Ethics 🌐 Information Society

Close Your Eyes, Get Free

by Grace Smith • 2018

Bad habits live in the subconscious, where willpower can't reach. Self-hypnosis can.

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🌀 Self-Hypnosis 🧠 Mental Reprogramming 😌 Stress Reduction 🌊 Brainwave Meditation 🔬 Neuroplasticity

Close Your Eyes, Get Free

Bad habits live in the subconscious, where willpower can't reach. Self-hypnosis can.

by Grace Smith 2018 288 pages

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239 ratings

🌀 Self-Hypnosis 🧠 Mental Reprogramming 😌 Stress Reduction 🌊 Brainwave Meditation 🔬 Neuroplasticity

Do Humankind’s Best Days Lie Ahead?

by Steven Pinker • 2016

Four thinkers debate: are we actually getting better, or just trading old problems for bigger ones?

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🏛️ Human Progress 📊 Data-Driven Optimism 🧠 Cognitive Biases ☢️ Existential Risk 💡 Enlightenment Values

Do Humankind’s Best Days Lie Ahead?

Four thinkers debate: are we actually getting better, or just trading old problems for bigger ones?

by Steven Pinker 2016 128 pages

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1k+ ratings

🏛️ Human Progress 📊 Data-Driven Optimism 🧠 Cognitive Biases ☢️ Existential Risk 💡 Enlightenment Values

The Brain

by Marco Magrini • 2017

Your brain rewires daily: the operating guide biology class never gave you.

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🧠 Brain Science 🔄 Neuroplasticity 💪 Brain Health 📚 Memory And Learning 👴 Cognitive Aging

The Brain

Your brain rewires daily: the operating guide biology class never gave you.

by Marco Magrini 2017 285 pages

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🧠 Brain Science 🔄 Neuroplasticity 💪 Brain Health 📚 Memory And Learning 👴 Cognitive Aging

A Tear at the Edge of Creation

by Marcelo Gleiser • 2010

Symmetry is sterile. Imperfection gave us galaxies, life, and consciousness. Unification is a myth.

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🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🌌 Cosmology 🧬 Origin Of Life 💔 Critique Of Unification 🌎 Cosmic Humility

A Tear at the Edge of Creation

Symmetry is sterile. Imperfection gave us galaxies, life, and consciousness. Unification is a myth.

by Marcelo Gleiser 2010 304 pages

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396 ratings

🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🌌 Cosmology 🧬 Origin Of Life 💔 Critique Of Unification 🌎 Cosmic Humility

Newton's Football

by Allen St. John • 2013

Football as science: unpredictable bounces, strategic arms races, and the physics of brain injury.

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🏈 Football Strategy ⚛️ Physics Of Sport 🧠 Concussion Crisis 📋 Coaching Philosophy 📜 Sports History

Newton's Football

Football as science: unpredictable bounces, strategic arms races, and the physics of brain injury.

by Allen St. John 2013 272 pages

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185 ratings

🏈 Football Strategy ⚛️ Physics Of Sport 🧠 Concussion Crisis 📋 Coaching Philosophy 📜 Sports History

The Ten Books on Architecture

by Vitruvius

The ancient blueprint behind Western architecture: from human proportion to war machines.

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📖 Architectural Theory 🗿 Classical Orders 🧱 Building Materials ⚙️ Ancient Engineering 📏 Proportional Systems

The Ten Books on Architecture

The ancient blueprint behind Western architecture: from human proportion to war machines.

by Vitruvius 368 pages

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2k+ ratings

📖 Architectural Theory 🗿 Classical Orders 🧱 Building Materials ⚙️ Ancient Engineering 📏 Proportional Systems

Travelers to Unimaginable Lands

by Dasha Kiper • 2023

Your brain is built to misunderstand dementia; that's why caregiving feels like a moral failure.

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🧠 Dementia Care 👥 Caregiver Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Biases ⚖️ Moral Psychology 🔬 Neuropsychology

Travelers to Unimaginable Lands

Your brain is built to misunderstand dementia; that's why caregiving feels like a moral failure.

by Dasha Kiper 2023 290 pages

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1k+ ratings

🧠 Dementia Care 👥 Caregiver Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Biases ⚖️ Moral Psychology 🔬 Neuropsychology

Forensics

by D.P. Lyle • 2008

How bodies decompose, how DNA really works, and the forensic mistakes crime writers keep making.

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🖋️ Crime Writing 🔬 Forensic Science 🩺 Forensic Pathology 🔍 Crime Scene Investigation ⏱️ Death Investigation

Forensics

How bodies decompose, how DNA really works, and the forensic mistakes crime writers keep making.

by D.P. Lyle 2008 448 pages

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375 ratings

🖋️ Crime Writing 🔬 Forensic Science 🩺 Forensic Pathology 🔍 Crime Scene Investigation ⏱️ Death Investigation

The TIGER Protocol

by Akil Palanisamy • 2023

The root-cause protocol for autoimmunity: heal the gut, clear toxins, rebalance immunity.

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🩺 Autoimmune Disease 💊 Functional Medicine 🦠 Gut Health 🥗 Elimination Diets 🌿 Detoxification

The TIGER Protocol

The root-cause protocol for autoimmunity: heal the gut, clear toxins, rebalance immunity.

by Akil Palanisamy 2023 400 pages

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100 ratings

🩺 Autoimmune Disease 💊 Functional Medicine 🦠 Gut Health 🥗 Elimination Diets 🌿 Detoxification

How Your Brain Works

by New Scientist • 2017

86 billion neurons construct your reality, rewrite your past, and scrub themselves clean each night.

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🧠 Neuroscience Primers 👁️ Perception And Reality 💭 Memory Systems 🌌 Consciousness Studies 🔄 Brain Plasticity

How Your Brain Works

86 billion neurons construct your reality, rewrite your past, and scrub themselves clean each night.

by New Scientist 2017 240 pages

3.92

353 ratings

🧠 Neuroscience Primers 👁️ Perception And Reality 💭 Memory Systems 🌌 Consciousness Studies 🔄 Brain Plasticity

Beat Autoimmune

by Palmer Kippola • 2017

Six reversible root causes of autoimmunity, from a woman who beat MS after 26 years.

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🩺 Autoimmune Disorders 🔍 Functional Medicine 🌱 Root Cause Healing 🦠 Gut Health 🥗 Elimination Diets

Beat Autoimmune

Six reversible root causes of autoimmunity, from a woman who beat MS after 26 years.

by Palmer Kippola 2017 384 pages

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481 ratings

🩺 Autoimmune Disorders 🔍 Functional Medicine 🌱 Root Cause Healing 🦠 Gut Health 🥗 Elimination Diets

A Short History of (Nearly) Everything Paranormal

by Terje Simonsen • 2020

A century of psi research, from lab telepathy to military clairvoyance, that science dismissed.

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🔬 Parapsychology History 👻 Anomalous Phenomena 🧠 Consciousness Studies ⚖️ Paranormal Skepticism 🌍 Cross-Cultural Psi

A Short History of (Nearly) Everything Paranormal

A century of psi research, from lab telepathy to military clairvoyance, that science dismissed.

by Terje Simonsen 2020 544 pages

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106 ratings

🔬 Parapsychology History 👻 Anomalous Phenomena 🧠 Consciousness Studies ⚖️ Paranormal Skepticism 🌍 Cross-Cultural Psi

I'm So Effing Hungry

by Amy Shah MD • 2023

Cravings aren't willpower. Hack your gut, sleep, and circadian clock to turn them off.

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🧠 Gut-Brain Axis 🥗 Nutritional Psychiatry 🏭 Food Industry Criticism 🚫 Craving Management ⏰ Circadian Health

I'm So Effing Hungry

Cravings aren't willpower. Hack your gut, sleep, and circadian clock to turn them off.

by Amy Shah MD 2023 248 pages

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1k+ ratings

🧠 Gut-Brain Axis 🥗 Nutritional Psychiatry 🏭 Food Industry Criticism 🚫 Craving Management ⏰ Circadian Health

Algorithm Design

by Jon Kleinberg • 2005

Design algorithms that run fast; recognize the problems that never will; and learn the workarounds.

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🧮 Algorithm Design ⏱️ Computational Complexity 🕸️ Graph Theory 🧩 Dynamic Programming 🚫 Np Completeness

Algorithm Design

Design algorithms that run fast; recognize the problems that never will; and learn the workarounds.

by Jon Kleinberg 2005 864 pages

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500+ ratings

🧮 Algorithm Design ⏱️ Computational Complexity 🕸️ Graph Theory 🧩 Dynamic Programming 🚫 Np Completeness

The Evolutionary Bases of Consumption

by Gad Saad • 2007

Your shopping cart is a fossil. Every purchase reveals a survival strategy from the Pleistocene.

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🧠 Consumer Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💎 Conspicuous Consumption 📡 Costly Signaling ⚠️ Evolutionary Mismatch

The Evolutionary Bases of Consumption

Your shopping cart is a fossil. Every purchase reveals a survival strategy from the Pleistocene.

by Gad Saad 2007 360 pages

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54 ratings

🧠 Consumer Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💎 Conspicuous Consumption 📡 Costly Signaling ⚠️ Evolutionary Mismatch

Written in Blood

by Colin Wilson • 1989

How science replaced luck and torture in crime detection, from arsenic tests to DNA.

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🧬 Forensic Science 🕰️ Crime History 🔍 Trace Evidence 🩺 Forensic Pathology 🆔 Criminal Identification

Written in Blood

How science replaced luck and torture in crime detection, from arsenic tests to DNA.

by Colin Wilson 1989 544 pages

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233 ratings

🧬 Forensic Science 🕰️ Crime History 🔍 Trace Evidence 🩺 Forensic Pathology 🆔 Criminal Identification

Whole Earth

by John Markoff • 2022

One LSD trip, one catalog, and the man who connected the counterculture to the computer age.

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🌻 Counterculture History 🕸️ Systems Thinking 🌍 Environmental Pragmatism ⏳ Long-Term Thinking 🌉 Californian Ideology

Whole Earth

One LSD trip, one catalog, and the man who connected the counterculture to the computer age.

by John Markoff 2022 416 pages

3.90

242 ratings

🌻 Counterculture History 🕸️ Systems Thinking 🌍 Environmental Pragmatism ⏳ Long-Term Thinking 🌉 Californian Ideology

The Mark of a Giant

by Ted Stewart • 2013

Ambition usually grabs. In seven lives that reshaped the world, it gave.

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🏛️ History Makers 🏔️ Perseverance Stories 📖 Inspirational Biography 🚧 Breaking Barriers 🔬 Scientific Breakthroughs

The Mark of a Giant

Ambition usually grabs. In seven lives that reshaped the world, it gave.

by Ted Stewart 2013 320 pages

3.96

288 ratings

🏛️ History Makers 🏔️ Perseverance Stories 📖 Inspirational Biography 🚧 Breaking Barriers 🔬 Scientific Breakthroughs

Risk Intelligence

by Dylan Evans • 2012

Your probability estimates are worse than you think. It's trainable, and the payoff is real.

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📊 Risk Literacy 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🎲 Probability Estimation 📈 Bayesian Thinking

Risk Intelligence

Your probability estimates are worse than you think. It's trainable, and the payoff is real.

by Dylan Evans 2012 276 pages

3.71

256 ratings

📊 Risk Literacy 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🎲 Probability Estimation 📈 Bayesian Thinking

Solar Energy

by Arno Smets • 2016

The semiconductor physics from photon to grid: how light becomes electricity and gets delivered.

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☀️ Photovoltaics 🔬 Semiconductor Physics 🌍 Renewable Energy 🏗️ Solar Engineering ⚡ Energy Science

Solar Energy

The semiconductor physics from photon to grid: how light becomes electricity and gets delivered.

by Arno Smets 2016 825 pages

4.04

151 ratings

☀️ Photovoltaics 🔬 Semiconductor Physics 🌍 Renewable Energy 🏗️ Solar Engineering ⚡ Energy Science

Multimedia Learning

by Richard E. Mayer • 2001

Why adding pictures to a lesson can double understanding or destroy it.

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🧱 Instructional Design 🧠 Cognitive Load Theory 📊 Evidence-Based Teaching 🔬 Learning Science 👁️ Visual Communication

Multimedia Learning

Why adding pictures to a lesson can double understanding or destroy it.

by Richard E. Mayer 2001 222 pages

4.07

166 ratings

🧱 Instructional Design 🧠 Cognitive Load Theory 📊 Evidence-Based Teaching 🔬 Learning Science 👁️ Visual Communication

The Book

by Tom M. Tango • 2006

Most baseball strategy is wrong: the numbers reveal when to bunt, steal, and use your closer.

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⚾ Sabermetrics 📊 Sports Analytics 🎲 Game Theory 🧠 Decision Science 📈 Data-Driven Decisions

The Book

Most baseball strategy is wrong: the numbers reveal when to bunt, steal, and use your closer.

by Tom M. Tango 2006 385 pages

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1k+ ratings

⚾ Sabermetrics 📊 Sports Analytics 🎲 Game Theory 🧠 Decision Science 📈 Data-Driven Decisions

That Sugar Book

by Damon Gameau • 2015

He ate 40 teaspoons of sugar from 'healthy' foods. His liver turned fatty in three weeks.

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🕵️ Hidden Sugars 🧠 Sugar Addiction 🔬 Self-Experimentation 🏭 Food Industry Exposé 🚫 Sugar Detox

That Sugar Book

He ate 40 teaspoons of sugar from 'healthy' foods. His liver turned fatty in three weeks.

by Damon Gameau 2015 351 pages

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500+ ratings

🕵️ Hidden Sugars 🧠 Sugar Addiction 🔬 Self-Experimentation 🏭 Food Industry Exposé 🚫 Sugar Detox

Earth in Human Hands

by David Grinspoon • 2016

If most civilizations burn out within a thousand years, why would we be the exception?

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🏭 Anthropocene Studies 🪐 Planetary Science ⏳ Civilizational Longevity 👽 Astrobiology 🌡️ Geoengineering

Earth in Human Hands

If most civilizations burn out within a thousand years, why would we be the exception?

by David Grinspoon 2016 545 pages

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311 ratings

🏭 Anthropocene Studies 🪐 Planetary Science ⏳ Civilizational Longevity 👽 Astrobiology 🌡️ Geoengineering

Penguin Celebrations - The Science of Everyday Life

by Jay Ingram • 1989

What walking, blinking, and bees reveal about physics, evolution, and your own brain.

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Penguin Celebrations - The Science of Everyday Life

What walking, blinking, and bees reveal about physics, evolution, and your own brain.

by Jay Ingram 1989 200 pages

3.76

230 ratings

Computer Networks and Internets

by Douglas E. Comer • 1996

Networking as a system, not a spec sheet: the lasting foundation under every protocol war.

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💻 Computer Networking 📋 Network Protocols 📡 Data Communications 🌐 Tcp/Ip 🔗 Internetworking

Computer Networks and Internets

Networking as a system, not a spec sheet: the lasting foundation under every protocol war.

by Douglas E. Comer 1996 768 pages

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131 ratings

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