Around the World in Eighty Games: From Tarot to Tic-Tac-Toe, Catan to Chutes and Ladders, a Mathematician Unlocks the Secrets of the World's Greatest Games
By: Marcus du Sautoy
3.64
Format: 369 pages, Hardcover
“A delightful global tour of how humans think and play, led by one of our finest mathematical story…
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1. The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia
By: Bernard Suits , Thomas Hurka
4.33
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
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- gaming
- games
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2. Liar & Spy
By: Rebecca Stead
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
When seventh grader Georges (the Sis silent) moves into a Brooklyn apartment building, he meets Saf… read more
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3. How to Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes
By: Cody Cassidy
4.06
Format: 195 pages, Paperback
A detailed guide to surviving history’s most challenging threats, from outrunning dinosaurs to maki… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
- audiobook
4. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
By: David Mitchell
4.16
Format: 433 pages, ebook
A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
5. A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
By: Kelly Weinersmith
4.06
Format: 448 pages, ebook
Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away—no climate change, no … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
- audiobook
"For now, if leaving Earth is humanity leaving the cradle, well, humanity is going straight to its neighbor's basement."-Kelly Weinersmith, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
"The Moon isn't just sort of a gray Sahara without air. Its surface is made of jagged, electrically charged microscopic glass and stone, which clings to pressure suits and landing vehicles. Nor is Mar…"-Kelly Weinersmith, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
6. Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are
By: Rebecca Boyle
3.95
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An intimate look at the Moon and its relationship to life on Earth--from the primordial soup to the… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
- audiobook
7. Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
By: Sabine Hossenfelder
3.92
Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “An informed and entertaining guide to what science can and cannot t… read more
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- mathematics
- nonfiction
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"Sometimes the only scientific answer we can give is 'We don't know."-Sabine Hossenfelder, Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
"Today I think they don't teach the principle of least action in school because then everybody would go and study physics."-Sabine Hossenfelder, Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
"There are no exact metaphors, not for quantum mechanics and not for anything else, because if they were exact, they wouldn't be metaphors."-Sabine Hossenfelder, Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
"Instead of thinking of ourselves as selecting possible futures, I suggest we remain curious about what's to come and strive to learn more about ourselves and the universe we inhabit."-Sabine Hossenfelder, Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
8. The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary
By: Sarah Ogilvie
3.88
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A history and celebration of the many far-flung volunteers who helped define the English language, … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"Murray took Dictionary work with him to the hospital when Ada was giving birth. If you look at page 2, column 1 of the first volume of the printed Dictionary, twenty-third line from the bottom, you w…"-Sarah Ogilvie, The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary
9. Draft Day: How Hockey Teams Pick Winners or Get Left Behind
By: Doug MacLean
3.57
Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition
Doug MacLean, former NHL coach, general manager, team president, and one of the game’s biggest pers… read more
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- nonfiction
10. Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos
By: Lisa Kaltenegger
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Riveting and timely, a look at the research that is transforming our understanding of the cosmos in… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
- audiobook
11. How to Talk to a Science Denier: Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason
By: Lee McIntyre
3.86
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
Can we change the minds of science deniers? Encounters with flat earthers, anti-vaxxers, coronaviru… read more
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- history
- science
- audiobook
"Nadie se autoidentifica como negacionista de la ciencia. A menudo se ven a sí mismos como más científicos que los científicos. Lo que uno de nosotros piense de ellos, muchos de ellos lo pensarán de n…"-Lee McIntyre, How to Talk to a Science Denier: Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason
"Quizá sea tan difícil que un negacionista de la ciencia cambie de opinión a base de evidencia porque, en cierto sentido, la evidencia no es realmente lo que fundamenta sus creencias. Puede que el con…"-Lee McIntyre, How to Talk to a Science Denier: Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason
"Aunque el contenido de los sistemas de creencias varíe, todo negacionismo de la ciencia parece fundamentarse en un reducido conjunto de errores del razonamiento humano. [...] 1)Evidencia basada en un…"-Lee McIntyre, How to Talk to a Science Denier: Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason
"En su libro tremendamente útil How to Have Impossible Conversations, el filósofo Peter Boghossian y el matemático James Lindsay nos proporcionan un sorprendente consejo para tratar de convencer a alg…"-Lee McIntyre, How to Talk to a Science Denier: Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason
12. Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World in a Big Way
By: Roma Agrawal
3.63
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Shortlisted for the 2023 Royal Society Science Book Prize A structural engineer examines the sev… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
- audiobook
13. Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close
By: Hannah Carlson
3.62
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
“Who knew the humble pocket could hold so much history? In this enthralling and always surprising a… read more
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- cultural
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
14. Bridge to Bat City
By: Ernest Cline
3.35
Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition
After losing her mother, thirteen-year-old Opal B. Flats moves in with her uncle Roscoe on the fami… read more
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15. Around the World in Eighty Games: From Tarot to Tic-Tac-Toe, Catan to Chutes and Ladders, a Mathematician Unlocks the Secrets of the World's Greatest Games
By: Marcus du Sautoy
3.64
Format: 369 pages, Hardcover
“A delightful global tour of how humans think and play, led by one of our finest mathematical story… read more
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- cultural
- science
- history
- pop culture
- mathematics
- nonfiction
- gaming
- games
- education
- audiobook
16. The Mastery of Life: A Toltec Guide to Personal Freedom (Toltec Mastery Series)
By: Miguel Ruiz Jr.
4.54
Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition
“The greatest journey you can take is the one within yourself.” -- don Miguel Ruiz Jr.Outside Mexic… read more
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17. Empire of the Sum: The Rise and Reign of the Pocket Calculator
By: Keith Houston
3.87
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
The hidden history of the pocket calculator―a device that ushered in modern mathematics, helped bui… read more
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- audiobook
- history
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18. The Book at War: Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict
By: Andrew Pettegree
3.84
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
'Rich, authoritative and highly readable, Andrew Pettegree's tour de force will appeal to anyone fo… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
19. Playing with Reality: How Games Have Shaped Our World
By: Kelly Clancy
3.92
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A wide-ranging intellectual history that reveals how important games have been to human progress, a… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
"The problem is not that a paper-clip-maximizing AI will arise in the future and turn the universe into paper clips. The maximizers are already here. Any consequences too subtle to measure--environmen…"-Kelly Clancy, Playing with Reality: How Games Have Shaped Our World
20. Love Triangle: How Trigonometry Shapes the World
By: Matt Parker
4.16
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An ode to trigonometry, the most important idea in mathematics and the key concept that enables our… read more
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- mathematics
- nonfiction
- science
- audiobook
21. Mapmatics: How We Navigate the World Through Numbers
By: Paulina Rowińska
3.98
Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition
How does a delivery driver distribute hundreds of packages in a single working day? Why does remote… read more
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- mathematics
- history
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