13 Top science books like A Short History of Humanity: A New History of Old Europe by Johannes Krause

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A Short History of Humanity: A New History of Old Europe

By: Johannes Krause

4.16

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A radical retelling of humanity's restless, genetically mingled history based on the revolutionary …

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1. The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics (Theoretical Minimum #1)

By: Leonard Susskind , George Hrabovsky

4.00

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

A Wall Street JournalBest Book of 2013 A world-class physicist and a citizen scientist combine forc… read more

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2. Poesie

By: Emily Dickinson , Gabriella Sobrino , Ugo Attardi

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Rimaste ignote fino alla sua morte, le poesie di Emily Dickinson, enigmatiche, sfuggenti, tormentat… read more

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3. Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past

By: David Reich

4.13

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking book about how ancient DNA has profoundly changed our understanding of human histo… read more

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  • science
  • history
  • biology
  • evolution
  • nonfiction
  • archaeology
  • genetics
  • anthropology
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4. A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters

By: Henry Gee

4.05

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

In the beginning, Earth was an inhospitably alien place―in constant chemical flux, covered with chu… read more

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  • history
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  • evolution
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"For if life on Earth was forged in fire, it was hardened in ice."

-Henry Gee, A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters

"Therefore, do not despair. The Earth abides, and life is living yet."

-Henry Gee, A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters

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5. Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History

By: Nellie Bowles

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From former New York Times reporter Nellie Bowles, a look at how some of the most educated people i… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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6. God: An Anatomy

By: Francesca Stavrakopoulou

4.25

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

An astonishing and revelatory history that re-presents God as he was originally envisioned by ancie… read more

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  • nonfiction
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"How could I not be distracted? Here was a deity just like those I’d visited in museums as a child—a god of ancient myths, fantastic stories and long-lost rituals; a god from the distant past, from a …"

-Francesca Stavrakopoulou, God: An Anatomy

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7. A Short History of Humanity: A New History of Old Europe

By: Johannes Krause

4.16

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A radical retelling of humanity's restless, genetically mingled history based on the revolutionary … read more

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  • audiobook
  • science
  • history
  • biology
  • evolution
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • archaeology
  • genetics
  • anthropology
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8. Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art

By: Rebecca Wragg Sykes

4.02

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Since their discovery more than 160 years ago, Neanderthals have metamorphosed from the losers of t… read more

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9. Wozu Rassismus?

By: Aladin El-Mafaalani

4.49

Format: 185 pages, Paperback

Umfassend, kurz, aktuell und fundiert. Hier erfährt man alles, was man zum Thema Rassismus wissen m… read more

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  • history
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"Rassismus erzeugt Selbstwert durch Abwertung der anderen und Aufwertung der eigenen Zugehörigkeit. Diese psychologische Wirkung trägt auch zu seiner Stabilisierung und Persistenz bei. In allen Dimens…"

-Aladin El-Mafaalani, Wozu Rassismus?

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10. Some Assembly Required: Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA

By: Neil Shubin

4.14

Format: 267 pages, Hardcover

In Some Assembly Required, Neil Shubin takes readers on a journey of discovery spanning centuries, … read more

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11. Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI

By: Madhumita Murgia

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A riveting story of what it means to be human in a world changed by artificial intelligence, reveal… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
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12. What Is Life?: Five Great Ideas in Biology

By: Paul Nurse

3.96

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

The Nobel Prize–winning scientist’s elegant explanation of the fundamental ideas in biology and the… read more

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  • science
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13. The World Before Us: How Science is Revealing a New Story of Our Human Origins

By: Tom Higham

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

'Fascinating and entertaining. If you read one book on human origins, this should be it' Ian Morris… read more

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Cover of How the World Became Rich: The Historical Origins of Economic Growth by Mark Koyama

14. How the World Became Rich: The Historical Origins of Economic Growth

By: Mark Koyama

4.24

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Most humans are significantly richer than their ancestors. Humanity gained nearly all of its wealth… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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15. Der Fall des Präsidenten

By: Marc Elsberg

3.96

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

»Mr. President, Sie haben das Recht zu schweigen!« – Wenn Fiktion zur Realität wird – der neue Best… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of La scienza nascosta dei cosmetici by Beatrice Mautino

16. La scienza nascosta dei cosmetici

By: Beatrice Mautino

4.13

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

No al marketing della paura. No ai titoloni allarmistici che generano psicosi. E basta guru. Per sa… read more

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Cover of Notes from an Apocalypse: A Personal Journey to the End of the World and Back by Mark    O'Connell

17. Notes from an Apocalypse: A Personal Journey to the End of the World and Back

By: Mark O'Connell

3.73

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

"A fantastic book. It's harrowing, tender-hearted, and funny as hell. O'Connell proves himself to b… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
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"The future is a source of fear not because we know what will happen, and that it will be terrible, but because we know so little, and have so little control. The apocalyptic sensibility, the apocalyp…"

-Mark O'Connell, Notes from an Apocalypse: A Personal Journey to the End of the World and Back

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18. Brainscapes: The Warped, Wondrous Maps Written in Your Brain―And How They Guide You

By: Rebecca Schwarzlose

3.83

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A path-breaking journey into the brain, showing how perception, thought, and action are products of… read more

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  • biology
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  • audiobook
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19. The Hidden Universe

By: Alexandre Antonelli

3.91

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

We don't know what we've got until it's gone...This brief, lucid book by the Director of Science at… read more

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  • biology
  • nonfiction
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20. La meraviglia del tutto: Conversazione con Massimo Polidoro (Italian Edition)

By: Piero Angela

4.55

Format: 528 pages, Kindle Edition

"Questo è probabilmente l'ultimo libro che scrivo. Non pensavo di farlo, ma poi ho riflettuto che f… read more

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  • nonfiction
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"Non ho mai chiesto favori e, quindi, nessuno ne ha mai chiesti a me. Il mio telefono non squilla, come si dice. Con la mia barchetta ho sempre cercato di andare avanti, malgrado i venti sfavorevoli e…"

-Piero Angela, La meraviglia del tutto: Conversazione con Massimo Polidoro (Italian Edition)

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