Best Science Books | Summaries & Audio

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No More Normal

by Alastair Santhouse • 2025

Four times more mental disorders than 70 years ago. A psychiatrist asks: have we lost normal?

4.04

🧠 Psychiatric Overreach 📈 Diagnostic Inflation 🏥 Medicalizing Distress 📲 Social Contagion 💭 Memory Fallibility

No More Normal

Four times more mental disorders than 70 years ago. A psychiatrist asks: have we lost normal?

by Alastair Santhouse 2025 287 pages

4.04

91 ratings

🧠 Psychiatric Overreach 📈 Diagnostic Inflation 🏥 Medicalizing Distress 📲 Social Contagion 💭 Memory Fallibility

The Mind Race

by Russell Targ • 1985

Psychic abilities aren't supernatural. A physicist proved them in the lab, and anyone can learn.

4.00

🔬 Parapsychology 🌱 Psychic Development 👁️ Remote Viewing ⏳ Precognition 🧘 Mental Discipline

The Mind Race

Psychic abilities aren't supernatural. A physicist proved them in the lab, and anyone can learn.

by Russell Targ 1985 256 pages

4.00

24 ratings

🔬 Parapsychology 🌱 Psychic Development 👁️ Remote Viewing ⏳ Precognition 🧘 Mental Discipline

A Life on Our Planet

by David Attenborough • 2020

Half of all wild animals vanished in one lifetime. The way back requires more than cutting carbon.

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🍃 Environmental Memoir 🦜 Biodiversity Loss 🌍 Planetary Boundaries 🌿 Rewilding 📊 Ecological Economics

A Life on Our Planet

Half of all wild animals vanished in one lifetime. The way back requires more than cutting carbon.

by David Attenborough 2020 272 pages

4.50

35k+ ratings

🍃 Environmental Memoir 🦜 Biodiversity Loss 🌍 Planetary Boundaries 🌿 Rewilding 📊 Ecological Economics

The Populist Vision

by Charles Postel • 2007

Populists weren't anti-modern. They demanded public railroads, corporate-scale farms, and Jim Crow.

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💰 Gilded Age 🌾 American Populism 🚜 Rural History 🤝 Cooperative Economics 🔗 White Supremacy

The Populist Vision

Populists weren't anti-modern. They demanded public railroads, corporate-scale farms, and Jim Crow.

by Charles Postel 2007 397 pages

3.65

201 ratings

💰 Gilded Age 🌾 American Populism 🚜 Rural History 🤝 Cooperative Economics 🔗 White Supremacy

Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You

by Agustín Fuentes • 2008

Three myths about human nature: race, aggression, sex. Science disproved them. Common sense hung on.

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🧬 Biological Anthropology 🌱 Nature Vs Nurture 🏗️ Social Construction 🔄 Human Evolution 🤝 Human Cooperation

Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You

Three myths about human nature: race, aggression, sex. Science disproved them. Common sense hung on.

by Agustín Fuentes 2008 290 pages

3.72

281 ratings

🧬 Biological Anthropology 🌱 Nature Vs Nurture 🏗️ Social Construction 🔄 Human Evolution 🤝 Human Cooperation

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs

by Steve Brusatte • 2018

Dinosaurs were underdogs for 30 million years. Then two mass extinctions handed them the planet.

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🦴 Paleontology 🧬 Evolutionary Biology ☄️ Mass Extinctions 🦕 Prehistoric Life 🐦 Avian Evolution

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs were underdogs for 30 million years. Then two mass extinctions handed them the planet.

by Steve Brusatte 2018 404 pages

4.21

41k+ ratings

🦴 Paleontology 🧬 Evolutionary Biology ☄️ Mass Extinctions 🦕 Prehistoric Life 🐦 Avian Evolution

The Invincible Brain

by Majid Fotuhi • 2026

84% of patients reversed cognitive decline in twelve weeks. The treatment is not a drug.

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🧠 Dementia Prevention ⏳ Longevity Science 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🩺 Lifestyle Medicine 🧩 Brain Training

The Invincible Brain

84% of patients reversed cognitive decline in twelve weeks. The treatment is not a drug.

by Majid Fotuhi 2026 352 pages

4.15

213 ratings

🧠 Dementia Prevention ⏳ Longevity Science 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🩺 Lifestyle Medicine 🧩 Brain Training

Sleep Reimagined

by Pedram Navab FAASM • 2022

Your bed has become a battleground. Reclaim it by sleeping less, not more.

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😴 Sleep Disorders 🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🔬 Sleep Science 🛌 Insomnia Treatment 🛏️ Sleep Hygiene

Sleep Reimagined

Your bed has become a battleground. Reclaim it by sleeping less, not more.

by Pedram Navab FAASM 2022 192 pages

3.71

207 ratings

😴 Sleep Disorders 🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🔬 Sleep Science 🛌 Insomnia Treatment 🛏️ Sleep Hygiene

Letter to a Christian Nation

by Sam Harris • 2006

The same skepticism Christians apply to Islam leads straight to atheism, with life or death stakes.

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⚛️ New Atheism ⛪ Religious Criticism 😥 Problem Of Evil 💣 Religion And Violence 🔬 Science And Religion

Letter to a Christian Nation

The same skepticism Christians apply to Islam leads straight to atheism, with life or death stakes.

by Sam Harris 2006 96 pages

3.99

42k+ ratings

⚛️ New Atheism ⛪ Religious Criticism 😥 Problem Of Evil 💣 Religion And Violence 🔬 Science And Religion

What's the Worst That Could Happen?

by Andrew Leigh • 2021

A one in six chance of extinction this century. The cause is not technology but politics.

3.81

💥 Existential Risk ⏳ Longtermism 🏛️ Democratic Erosion 📢 Populism 🧘 Modern Stoicism

What's the Worst That Could Happen?

A one in six chance of extinction this century. The cause is not technology but politics.

by Andrew Leigh 2021 240 pages

3.81

53 ratings

💥 Existential Risk ⏳ Longtermism 🏛️ Democratic Erosion 📢 Populism 🧘 Modern Stoicism

Altruism

by Matthieu Ricard • 2013

Selfishness is a myth. Altruism is a trainable skill, and the evidence says it's the missing lever.

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🤝 Altruism Research ☸️ Buddhist Psychology 🕊️ Engaged Buddhism 🧬 Evolutionary Cooperation 🧘 Mind Training

Altruism

Selfishness is a myth. Altruism is a trainable skill, and the evidence says it's the missing lever.

by Matthieu Ricard 2013 864 pages

4.24

500+ ratings

🤝 Altruism Research ☸️ Buddhist Psychology 🕊️ Engaged Buddhism 🧬 Evolutionary Cooperation 🧘 Mind Training

The Noodle Narratives

by Frederick K. Errington • 2013

Japan, U.S. prisons, Papua New Guinea: what instant noodles reveal about global capitalism.

3.43

🧑‍🔬 Food Anthropology 📦 Commodity Histories 🏭 Industrial Food 🌍 Global Food Systems ⚖️ Food Politics

The Noodle Narratives

Japan, U.S. prisons, Papua New Guinea: what instant noodles reveal about global capitalism.

by Frederick K. Errington 2013 216 pages

3.43

79 ratings

🧑‍🔬 Food Anthropology 📦 Commodity Histories 🏭 Industrial Food 🌍 Global Food Systems ⚖️ Food Politics

The Psychology of Computer Programming

by Gerald M. Weinberg • 1971

Bugs aren't technical failures but the fingerprints of ego, poor teams, and languages that mislead.

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🧠 Software Psychology 👥 Programming Teams ⚙️ Engineering Management 🧩 Human Factors 📋 Code Quality

The Psychology of Computer Programming

Bugs aren't technical failures but the fingerprints of ego, poor teams, and languages that mislead.

by Gerald M. Weinberg 1971 292 pages

4.06

500+ ratings

🧠 Software Psychology 👥 Programming Teams ⚙️ Engineering Management 🧩 Human Factors 📋 Code Quality

Brain

by Elizabeth R. Ricker • 2025

No manual came with your brain. Here are the daily habits, mental workouts, and early warnings.

4.09

🧠 Brain Health 🧩 Neuroplasticity 🔄 Daily Habits 🚀 Peak Performance 🤝 Brain-Body Connection

Brain

No manual came with your brain. Here are the daily habits, mental workouts, and early warnings.

by Elizabeth R. Ricker 2025 208 pages

4.09

54 ratings

🧠 Brain Health 🧩 Neuroplasticity 🔄 Daily Habits 🚀 Peak Performance 🤝 Brain-Body Connection

Mitochondria and the Future of Medicine

by Lee Know • 2018

The same cellular engines that made complex life possible are quietly driving your slow decline.

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🔬 Mitochondrial Health 🩺 Functional Medicine 🔥 Metabolic Health ⏳ Anti-Aging Science ⚡ Energy Metabolism

Mitochondria and the Future of Medicine

The same cellular engines that made complex life possible are quietly driving your slow decline.

by Lee Know 2018 353 pages

4.16

500+ ratings

🔬 Mitochondrial Health 🩺 Functional Medicine 🔥 Metabolic Health ⏳ Anti-Aging Science ⚡ Energy Metabolism

Introduction to Health and Safety at Work

by Phil Hughes • 2003

From UK law to site safety: risk assessment, management systems, and the controls that prevent harm.

4.03

🏭 Workplace Safety 🩺 Occupational Health 📋 Risk Assessment ⚠️ Hazard Control 🤝 Safety Culture

Introduction to Health and Safety at Work

From UK law to site safety: risk assessment, management systems, and the controls that prevent harm.

by Phil Hughes 2003 472 pages

4.03

61 ratings

🏭 Workplace Safety 🩺 Occupational Health 📋 Risk Assessment ⚠️ Hazard Control 🤝 Safety Culture

Speak Ericksonian

by Richard K. Nongard • 2014

Boredom becomes trance, vagueness a key, story a tool: the Ericksonian method for change.

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🧠 Clinical Hypnotherapy 💬 Therapeutic Communication 🗣️ Nlp Techniques 🌀 Hypnosis Training 🗝️ Indirect Suggestion

Speak Ericksonian

Boredom becomes trance, vagueness a key, story a tool: the Ericksonian method for change.

by Richard K. Nongard 2014 263 pages

4.25

100 ratings

🧠 Clinical Hypnotherapy 💬 Therapeutic Communication 🗣️ Nlp Techniques 🌀 Hypnosis Training 🗝️ Indirect Suggestion

How to Not Know

by Simone Stolzoff • 2026

Certainty feels safe but leaves you fragile. Real resilience comes from learning to not know.

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🎲 Uncertainty Tolerance 🤔 Intellectual Humility 🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📊 Behavioral Economics

How to Not Know

Certainty feels safe but leaves you fragile. Real resilience comes from learning to not know.

by Simone Stolzoff 2026 224 pages

4.14

500+ ratings

🎲 Uncertainty Tolerance 🤔 Intellectual Humility 🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📊 Behavioral Economics

The Neuroscience of Human Relationships

by Louis Cozolino • 2006

Two brains are needed to build one: the science of how relationships physically sculpt the mind.

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🧠 Social Neuroscience 🤝 Interpersonal Neurobiology 🔗 Attachment Theory 🕳️ Implicit Memory 🧬 Polyvagal Theory

The Neuroscience of Human Relationships

Two brains are needed to build one: the science of how relationships physically sculpt the mind.

by Louis Cozolino 2006 464 pages

4.32

500+ ratings

🧠 Social Neuroscience 🤝 Interpersonal Neurobiology 🔗 Attachment Theory 🕳️ Implicit Memory 🧬 Polyvagal Theory

Training for Soccer Players

by Marc Briggs • 2013

Two engines power every sprint and tackle. Most players only fuel one. Fix that.

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⚽ Soccer Training 📆 Periodization 🍎 Sports Nutrition 🩹 Injury Prevention 🏋️ Strength And Conditioning

Training for Soccer Players

Two engines power every sprint and tackle. Most players only fuel one. Fix that.

by Marc Briggs 2013 286 pages

2.33

3 ratings

⚽ Soccer Training 📆 Periodization 🍎 Sports Nutrition 🩹 Injury Prevention 🏋️ Strength And Conditioning

The Puzzler

by A.J. Jacobs • 2022

Puzzles teach us to reframe problems, erase bad answers, and love the struggle. One man's proof.

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🔍 Immersive Journalism 🧩 Puzzle Culture 📜 Puzzle History 🧠 Cognitive Flexibility ✏️ Epistemic Humility

The Puzzler

Puzzles teach us to reframe problems, erase bad answers, and love the struggle. One man's proof.

by A.J. Jacobs 2022 368 pages

3.93

3k+ ratings

🔍 Immersive Journalism 🧩 Puzzle Culture 📜 Puzzle History 🧠 Cognitive Flexibility ✏️ Epistemic Humility

Small Worlds

by Duncan J. Watts • 1999

A few distant links turn clustered networks into superhighways for disease, ideas, and synchrony.

3.88

🕸️ Network Science 📐 Graph Theory 🔗 Complex Systems 📊 Mathematical Modeling 🌊 Emergent Behavior

Small Worlds

A few distant links turn clustered networks into superhighways for disease, ideas, and synchrony.

by Duncan J. Watts 1999 280 pages

3.88

85 ratings

🕸️ Network Science 📐 Graph Theory 🔗 Complex Systems 📊 Mathematical Modeling 🌊 Emergent Behavior

A Framework for Political Analysis

by David Easton • 1979

Governments fall, regimes change. The real puzzle: why any political system lasts at all.

3.94

🏛️ Political Systems 🔄 Systems Theory 🌐 Comparative Politics 🧪 Behavioralism 🏗️ Structural Functionalism

A Framework for Political Analysis

Governments fall, regimes change. The real puzzle: why any political system lasts at all.

by David Easton 1979

3.94

33 ratings

🏛️ Political Systems 🔄 Systems Theory 🌐 Comparative Politics 🧪 Behavioralism 🏗️ Structural Functionalism

Python Programming for Beginners

by MARK CODING • 2020

Python for absolute beginners: automate spreadsheets, scrape websites, analyze data step by step.

5.00

🐍 Python Programming 💻 Learn To Code 🌱 Absolute Beginners 🛠️ Hands-On Learning 📊 Data Analysis

Python Programming for Beginners

Python for absolute beginners: automate spreadsheets, scrape websites, analyze data step by step.

by MARK CODING 2020 138 pages

5.00

1 ratings

🐍 Python Programming 💻 Learn To Code 🌱 Absolute Beginners 🛠️ Hands-On Learning 📊 Data Analysis

A World Appears

by Michael Pollan • 2026

Plants learn, cells feel, the self is a story. Consciousness is stranger than any computer model.

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6k+

📕 Philosophy Of Mind 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤲 Embodied Cognition 🌱 Plant Intelligence 🎭 Self And Identity

A World Appears

Plants learn, cells feel, the self is a story. Consciousness is stranger than any computer model.

by Michael Pollan 2026 320 pages

4.02

6k+ ratings

📕 Philosophy Of Mind 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤲 Embodied Cognition 🌱 Plant Intelligence 🎭 Self And Identity

Welcome to Your Brain

by Sandra Aamodt • 2008

The brain science behind lost keys, bad gambles, and why you can't tickle yourself.

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🧠 Brain Science 🔬 Everyday Neuroscience 🎯 Cognitive Biases 🗂️ Memory Systems ❤️ Emotion Science

Welcome to Your Brain

The brain science behind lost keys, bad gambles, and why you can't tickle yourself.

by Sandra Aamodt 2008 240 pages

3.72

1k+ ratings

🧠 Brain Science 🔬 Everyday Neuroscience 🎯 Cognitive Biases 🗂️ Memory Systems ❤️ Emotion Science

DNA

by James D. Watson • 2002

DNA's co-discoverer on how the double helix became a tool to rewrite medicine, crime, and identity.

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🧬 Molecular Biology ✂️ Genetic Engineering 📜 History Of Genetics 🔍 DNA Forensics 🧠 Nature Nurture Debate

DNA

DNA's co-discoverer on how the double helix became a tool to rewrite medicine, crime, and identity.

by James D. Watson 2002 464 pages

4.11

2k+ ratings

🧬 Molecular Biology ✂️ Genetic Engineering 📜 History Of Genetics 🔍 DNA Forensics 🧠 Nature Nurture Debate

Sabia Mente

by Marcos Vázquez García • 2025

Cognitive biases are ancient traps. The Stoics called them something else but knew the cure.

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🧠 Mental Models 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🏛️ Modern Stoicism 📊 Behavioral Economics 💡 Critical Thinking

Sabia Mente

Cognitive biases are ancient traps. The Stoics called them something else but knew the cure.

by Marcos Vázquez García 2025 266 pages

4.26

237 ratings

🧠 Mental Models 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🏛️ Modern Stoicism 📊 Behavioral Economics 💡 Critical Thinking

For the Glory of God

by Rodney Stark • 2003

The same theology that built science and ended slavery also burned witches. Why?

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⛪ Religious History 📊 Historical Sociology 🔬 Science And Religion 🧙 Witch Hunts ⛓️ Abolitionism

For the Glory of God

The same theology that built science and ended slavery also burned witches. Why?

by Rodney Stark 2003 504 pages

3.96

229 ratings

⛪ Religious History 📊 Historical Sociology 🔬 Science And Religion 🧙 Witch Hunts ⛓️ Abolitionism

The Last Man Who Knew Everything

by Mike Hockney • 2012

The universe is math, not matter, and your mind is a zero with infinite potential.

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🌌 Mathematical Platonism 🧠 Panpsychism 🕯️ Esoteric Philosophy 🔄 Hegelian Dialectics 👁️ Secret Societies

The Last Man Who Knew Everything

The universe is math, not matter, and your mind is a zero with infinite potential.

by Mike Hockney 2012 298 pages

4.46

90 ratings

🌌 Mathematical Platonism 🧠 Panpsychism 🕯️ Esoteric Philosophy 🔄 Hegelian Dialectics 👁️ Secret Societies

Man's Higher Consciousness

by Hilton Hotema • 1952

Humans were not built to eat. The body runs on air; food is an acquired slow poison.

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🍃 Alternative Health 🥗 Natural Hygiene 🧹 Fasting ⏳ Longevity 🔥 Vitalism

Man's Higher Consciousness

Humans were not built to eat. The body runs on air; food is an acquired slow poison.

by Hilton Hotema 1952 300 pages

4.34

115 ratings

🍃 Alternative Health 🥗 Natural Hygiene 🧹 Fasting ⏳ Longevity 🔥 Vitalism

I Told You So!

by Matt Kaplan • 2026

Science punishes its boldest discoveries. From handwashing to mRNA, the pattern is fixable.

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500+

🔬 History Of Science 👥 Sociology Of Science 🔄 Paradigm Shifts 🧪 Research Culture 🚨 Scientific Fraud

I Told You So!

Science punishes its boldest discoveries. From handwashing to mRNA, the pattern is fixable.

by Matt Kaplan 2026 288 pages

3.80

500+ ratings

🔬 History Of Science 👥 Sociology Of Science 🔄 Paradigm Shifts 🧪 Research Culture 🚨 Scientific Fraud

Senior Secondary School Mathematics For Class - 12

by R.S. Aggarwal • 2013

Ace Class 12 math: every topic, from relations to calculus, explained with clarity.

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📐 Precalculus 📚 High School Math 🔺 Trigonometry 🧮 Matrices 📉 Differential Equations

Senior Secondary School Mathematics For Class - 12

Ace Class 12 math: every topic, from relations to calculus, explained with clarity.

by R.S. Aggarwal 2013

3.72

294 ratings

📐 Precalculus 📚 High School Math 🔺 Trigonometry 🧮 Matrices 📉 Differential Equations

How to Read a Tree

by Tristan Gooley • 2023

Bark cracks, bent trunks, and stubby roots are not flaws but notes in a tree's autobiography.

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🧭 Natural Navigation 🌳 Tree Identification 🗺️ Landscape Reading 👀 Nature Observation 🌲 Woodland Ecology

How to Read a Tree

Bark cracks, bent trunks, and stubby roots are not flaws but notes in a tree's autobiography.

by Tristan Gooley 2023 384 pages

4.09

1k+ ratings

🧭 Natural Navigation 🌳 Tree Identification 🗺️ Landscape Reading 👀 Nature Observation 🌲 Woodland Ecology

Erebus

by Michael Palin • 2018

She mapped Antarctica, then vanished in the Arctic with 129 men. The full story of HMS Erebus.

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11k+

🧊 Polar Exploration 🚢 Maritime History 🗺️ Northwest Passage ⛵ Age Of Sail 🎙️ Oral History

Erebus

She mapped Antarctica, then vanished in the Arctic with 129 men. The full story of HMS Erebus.

by Michael Palin 2018 334 pages

4.28

11k+ ratings

🧊 Polar Exploration 🚢 Maritime History 🗺️ Northwest Passage ⛵ Age Of Sail 🎙️ Oral History

Loneliness

by John T. Cacioppo • 2008

Loneliness is an ancient biological alarm. Ignored, it remakes the brain and sickens the body.

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2k+

🕸️ Loneliness Studies 🧠 Social Neuroscience 📢 Social Pain 🤝 Altruism 🔄 Cognitive Reframing

Loneliness

Loneliness is an ancient biological alarm. Ignored, it remakes the brain and sickens the body.

by John T. Cacioppo 2008 336 pages

3.93

2k+ ratings

🕸️ Loneliness Studies 🧠 Social Neuroscience 📢 Social Pain 🤝 Altruism 🔄 Cognitive Reframing

How to Teach Using Simulation in Healthcare

by Mike Davis • 2017

The debrief is where the learning happens. How to design and run simulations that teach.

🏥 Healthcare Simulation 📚 Medical Education 🧪 Experiential Learning 💬 Debriefing 🧠 Human Factors

How to Teach Using Simulation in Healthcare

The debrief is where the learning happens. How to design and run simulations that teach.

by Mike Davis 2017 192 pages

🏥 Healthcare Simulation 📚 Medical Education 🧪 Experiential Learning 💬 Debriefing 🧠 Human Factors

The Book of Nature

by Barbara Mahany • 2023

Nature, God's first testament, written in birds and seasons. No translation needed, only attention.

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🌿 Nature Spirituality ✝️ Christian Mysticism 🧘 Contemplative Practice 🌍 Panentheism 💔 Ecological Grief

The Book of Nature

Nature, God's first testament, written in birds and seasons. No translation needed, only attention.

by Barbara Mahany 2023 191 pages

4.26

100 ratings

🌿 Nature Spirituality ✝️ Christian Mysticism 🧘 Contemplative Practice 🌍 Panentheism 💔 Ecological Grief

I Think, Therefore I Lie

by Warren Archer • 2019

Self-deception evolved first, lying to others came second, and objectivity was never the goal.

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🤥 Self-Deception 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 📢 Misinformation 💭 Memory Fallibility

I Think, Therefore I Lie

Self-deception evolved first, lying to others came second, and objectivity was never the goal.

by Warren Archer 2019 220 pages

3.44

9 ratings

🤥 Self-Deception 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 📢 Misinformation 💭 Memory Fallibility

Using Graphic Novels in the STEM Classroom

by William Boerman-Cornell • 2023

How graphic novels make STEM concepts click, and which ones to use in your classroom.

5.00

🧪 Stem Education 📚 Comics In The Classroom 👁️ Visual Literacy 📖 Multimodal Literacy 🎓 Educational Comics

Using Graphic Novels in the STEM Classroom

How graphic novels make STEM concepts click, and which ones to use in your classroom.

by William Boerman-Cornell 2023 168 pages

5.00

1 ratings

🧪 Stem Education 📚 Comics In The Classroom 👁️ Visual Literacy 📖 Multimodal Literacy 🎓 Educational Comics

The Devil's Castle

by Susanne Paola Antonetta • 2025

Diagnostic categories created by eugenicists to justify Nazi euthanasia still live inside the DSM.

3.26

🧠 Psychiatric History ☠️ Nazi Eugenics 🧬 Biological Psychiatry 📋 Psychiatric Diagnosis 🗣️ Critical Psychiatry

The Devil's Castle

Diagnostic categories created by eugenicists to justify Nazi euthanasia still live inside the DSM.

by Susanne Paola Antonetta 2025 336 pages

3.26

77 ratings

🧠 Psychiatric History ☠️ Nazi Eugenics 🧬 Biological Psychiatry 📋 Psychiatric Diagnosis 🗣️ Critical Psychiatry

Secure

by Amir Levine • 2026

Exclusion registers in the brain like physical injury. What actually restores a sense of safety.

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500+

🧩 Attachment Theory 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🌊 Emotional Regulation 🔧 Relationship Repair 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

Secure

Exclusion registers in the brain like physical injury. What actually restores a sense of safety.

by Amir Levine 2026 288 pages

3.86

500+ ratings

🧩 Attachment Theory 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🌊 Emotional Regulation 🔧 Relationship Repair 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

Quantum Computing and Future

by Utpal Chakraborty • 2022

Supercomputers take millennia; quantum machines take minutes. What that speed means for industry.

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🧬 Quantum Computing 🌐 Emerging Technology ⚡ Industry Disruption 📲 Digital Transformation 📊 Technology Impact

Quantum Computing and Future

Supercomputers take millennia; quantum machines take minutes. What that speed means for industry.

by Utpal Chakraborty 2022 124 pages

2.00

1 ratings

🧬 Quantum Computing 🌐 Emerging Technology ⚡ Industry Disruption 📲 Digital Transformation 📊 Technology Impact

The Political System

by David Easton • 1953

Political science is rich in data but poor in theory. This 1953 diagnosis still holds.

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🎯 Defining The Political 📚 Political Theory ⚖️ Values In Science 🔬 Methodology 🔄 Systems Theory

The Political System

Political science is rich in data but poor in theory. This 1953 diagnosis still holds.

by David Easton 1953 388 pages

3.96

28 ratings

🎯 Defining The Political 📚 Political Theory ⚖️ Values In Science 🔬 Methodology 🔄 Systems Theory

The Great Plant-Based Con

by Jayne Buxton • 2022

The data against meat is mostly weak associations. The fortune behind the plant-based push is not.

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🥩 Nutrition Myths 🗳️ Food Politics 🌿 Regenerative Agriculture 🦴 Ancestral Diets 🏢 Food Industry Critique

The Great Plant-Based Con

The data against meat is mostly weak associations. The fortune behind the plant-based push is not.

by Jayne Buxton 2022 529 pages

3.52

343 ratings

🥩 Nutrition Myths 🗳️ Food Politics 🌿 Regenerative Agriculture 🦴 Ancestral Diets 🏢 Food Industry Critique

Oltre l'invisibile. Dove scienza e spiritualità si uniscono

by Federico Faggin • 2024

He invented the microprocessor. Then a mystical awakening, and he built a physics to explain it.

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⚛️ Quantum Physics 🧠 Consciousness Studies ✨ Science And Spirituality 💫 Panpsychism 🌌 Modern Idealism

Oltre l'invisibile. Dove scienza e spiritualità si uniscono

He invented the microprocessor. Then a mystical awakening, and he built a physics to explain it.

by Federico Faggin 2024 304 pages

3.78

98 ratings

⚛️ Quantum Physics 🧠 Consciousness Studies ✨ Science And Spirituality 💫 Panpsychism 🌌 Modern Idealism

La psicopatia

by Robert D. Hare • 2018

Rational, not psychotic: the clinical tool that separates true psychopaths from ordinary offenders.

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🏛️ Forensic Psychology 📋 Clinical Assessment 🧠 Psychopathy 🎭 Personality Disorders ⚠️ Antisocial Behavior

La psicopatia

Rational, not psychotic: the clinical tool that separates true psychopaths from ordinary offenders.

by Robert D. Hare 2018 307 pages

4.21

28 ratings

🏛️ Forensic Psychology 📋 Clinical Assessment 🧠 Psychopathy 🎭 Personality Disorders ⚠️ Antisocial Behavior

Kicksology

by Brian Metzler • 2019

The shoe that boosted marathon speed by four percent and launched an industry arms race.

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🏃 Running Culture 👟 Sneaker Culture 💼 Sports Business 🔬 Sports Technology ✏️ Product Design

Kicksology

The shoe that boosted marathon speed by four percent and launched an industry arms race.

by Brian Metzler 2019 274 pages

3.95

148 ratings

🏃 Running Culture 👟 Sneaker Culture 💼 Sports Business 🔬 Sports Technology ✏️ Product Design

Phenomenology

by Dan Zahavi • 2008

Consciousness is an openness, not a container. An introduction to phenomenology.

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🗺️ Continental Philosophy 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Phenomenological Method 🦾 Embodied Cognition 👥 Intersubjectivity

Phenomenology

Consciousness is an openness, not a container. An introduction to phenomenology.

by Dan Zahavi 2008 158 pages

4.15

303 ratings

🗺️ Continental Philosophy 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Phenomenological Method 🦾 Embodied Cognition 👥 Intersubjectivity

The Dark Sides of Empathy

by Fritz Breithaupt • 2019

Empathy can fuel cruelty: the more we feel another's pain, the more we enjoy inflicting it.

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📚 Empathy Studies 🧭 Moral Psychology 🕳️ Dark Empathy 🦠 Emotional Parasitism 😈 Sadistic Pleasure

The Dark Sides of Empathy

Empathy can fuel cruelty: the more we feel another's pain, the more we enjoy inflicting it.

by Fritz Breithaupt 2019 288 pages

3.63

59 ratings

📚 Empathy Studies 🧭 Moral Psychology 🕳️ Dark Empathy 🦠 Emotional Parasitism 😈 Sadistic Pleasure

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