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What Should We Be Worried About?

Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night

by John Brockman
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014

Drawing from the horizons of science, today's leading thinkers reveal the hidden threats nobody is talking about—and expose the false fears everyone else is distracted by. What should we be worried about? That is the question John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org ("The world's smartest...

Head Strong

The Bulletproof Plan to Activate Untapped Brain Energy to Work Smarter and Think Faster-in Just Two Weeks

by Dave Asprey
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017

From the creator of Bulletproof Coffee and author of the bestselling The Bulletproof Diet comes a revolutionary plan to upgrade your brainpower—in two weeks or less. For the last decade, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Dave Asprey has worked with world-renowned doctors and scientists to uncover...

10% Human

How Your Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness

by Alanna Collen
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015

You are just 10% human. For every one of the cells that make up the vessel that you call your body, there are nine impostor cells hitching a ride. You are not just flesh and blood, muscle and bone, brain and skin, but also bacteria and fungi. Over your lifetime, you will carry the equivalent weight...

Thinking

The New Science of Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Prediction in Life and Markets

by John Brockman
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013

Unlock your mind From the bestselling authors of Thinking, Fast and Slow; The Black Swan; and Stumbling on Happiness comes a cutting-edge exploration of the mysteries of rational thought, decision-making, intuition, morality, willpower, problem-solving, prediction, forecasting, unconscious...

This Idea Is Brilliant

Lost, Overlooked, and Underappreciated Scientific Concepts Everyone Should Know

by John Brockman
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018

Brilliant but overlooked ideas you must know, as revealed by today’s most innovative minds What scientific term or concept ought to be more widely known? That is the question John Brockman, publisher of the acclaimed science salon Edge.org (“The world’s smartest website”—The Guardian),...

The Red Queen

Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature

by Matt Ridley
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012

Referring to Lewis Carroll's Red Queen from Through the Looking-Glass, a character who has to keep running to stay in the same place, Matt Ridley demonstrates why sex is humanity's best strategy for outwitting its constantly mutating internal predators. The Red Queen answers dozens of other riddles...

Genius Foods

Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life

by Max Lugavere, Paul Grewal M.D.
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018

New York Times Bestseller Discover the critical link between your brain and the food you eat and change the way your brain ages, in this cutting-edge, practical guide to eliminating brain fog, optimizing brain health, and achieving peak mental performance from media personality and leading...

The Invention of Science

A New History of the Scientific Revolution

by David Wootton
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015

A companion to such acclaimed works as The Age of Wonder, A Clockwork Universe, and Darwin’s Ghosts—a groundbreaking examination of the greatest event in history, the Scientific Revolution, and how it came to change the way we understand ourselves and our world. We live in a world transformed...

Evolutionaries

Unlocking the Spiritual and Cultural Potential of Science's Greatest Idea

by Carter Phipps
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012

“Carter Phipps brilliantly expands our understanding of evolution by showing us that a new science is emerging—one that will holistically integrate our understanding of consciousness, cosmology, and evolution.” —Deepak Chopra Blending cutting-edge ideas with incisive spiritual insights,...

A Crack in the Edge of the World

America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906

by Simon Winchester
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013

The international bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa vividly brings to life the 1906San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of America's relentless western expansion. Simon Winchester has also fashioned an enthralling and informative informative look...

The Longevity Paradox

How to Die Young at a Ripe Old Age

by Dr. Steven R Gundry, MD
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2019

From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Plant Paradox comes a groundbreaking plan for living a long, healthy, happy life. From the moment we are born, our cells begin to age. But aging does not have to mean decline. World-renowned surgeon Dr. Steven Gundry has been treating mature...

Proust and the Squid

The Story and Science of the Reading Brain

by Maryanne Wolf
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017

"Human beings were never born to read," writes Tufts University cognitive neuroscientist and child development expert Maryanne Wolf. Reading is a human invention that reflects how the brain rearranges itself to learn something new. In this ambitious, provocative book, Wolf chronicles the remarkable...

Pieces of Light

How the New Science of Memory Illuminates the Stories We Tell About Our Pasts

by Charles Fernyhough
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013

Shortlisted for the 2013 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books Leading psychologist Charles Fernyhough blends the most current science with literature and personal stories in Pieces of Light: How the New Science of Memory Illuminates the Stories We Tell About Our Pasts. A new...

Hillbilly Elegy

A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

by J. D. Vance
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, NAMED BY THE TIMES AS ONE OF "6 BOOKS TO HELP UNDERSTAND TRUMP'S WIN" AND SOON TO BE A MAJOR-MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY RON HOWARD **"You will not read a more important book about America this year.**"—The Economist "A riveting...
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