18 Top science books like Why? The Purpose of the Universe by Philip Goff

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Why? The Purpose of the Universe

By: Philip Goff

3.77

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Why are we here? What's the point of existence? On the 'big questions' of meaning and purpose, West…

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1. Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

By: Robert M. Sapolsky

4.25

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the … read more

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  • audiobook
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • science
"I’m being diplomatic. Many readers will know of the “replication crisis"

-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

"Obviously, imposing these classifications on determinism, free will, and moral responsibility is wildly simplified. A key simplification is pretending that most people have clean “yes"

-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

"You cannot decide all the sensory stimuli in your environment, your hormone levels this morning, whether something traumatic happened to you in the past, the socioeconomic status of your parents, you…"

-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

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2. Being You: A New Science of Consciousness

By: Anil Seth

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Being You is not as simple as it sounds. Somehow, within each of our brains, billions of neurons wo… read more

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  • science
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • audiobook
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3. The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality

By: William Egginton

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A poet, a physicist, and a philosopher explored the greatest enigmas in the universe—the nature of … read more

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  • audiobook
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • science
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4. Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters

By: Brian Klaas

4.13

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

Want to know what chaos theory can teach us about human events? In the perspective-altering traditi… read more

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  • audiobook
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • science
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5. The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes

By: Donald D. Hoffman

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Can we trust our senses to tell us the truth? Challenging leading scientific theories that claim th… read more

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  • audiobook
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • science
"Once we know the rules that human vision uses to decode messages about fitness, we can use those rules to send the messages we want. Consider jeans."

-Donald D. Hoffman, The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes

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6. The Maniac

By: Benjamín Labatut

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From one of contemporary literature’s most exciting new voices, a haunting story centered on the Hu… read more

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  • philosophy
  • audiobook
"[...] si nuestra especie iba a sobrevivir el siglo XX, necesitábamos llenar el enorme vacío dejado por la huida de los dioses, y la única candidata viable para realizar esa extraña y esotérica transf…"

-Benjamín Labatut, The Maniac

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7. White Holes

By: Carlo Rovelli

4.10

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A mesmerizing trip to the strange world of white holes from the bestselling author of Seven Brief L… read more

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  • audiobook
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • science
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8. Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet

By: Hannah Ritchie

4.29

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

‘Truly essential’ MARGARET ATWOOD Feeling anxious, powerless or confused about the future of our p… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • science
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9. Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism

By: Yanis Varoufakis

4.01

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The #1 bestselling economist shows how capitalism has been replaced by a more exploitative system, … read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Il profitto è vulnerabile alla competizione di mercato, mentre la rendita non lo è."

-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism

"Se non è un mercato capitalista, in cosa entriamo, buon Dio, quando andiamo su amazon.com ?"

-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism

"Oltre ad avvertirci che ogni nuova epoca forgiata da qualche tecnologia rivoluzionaria produce una generazione che “mai passerà un giorno immune da fatica e dolore, struggendosi anche di notte"

-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism

"La rivoluzione digitale potrebbe consistere nel trasformare i lavoratori salariati in proletari del cloud, che vivono una vita sempre più precaria e stressante sotto il controllo invisibile di capi a…"

-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism

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10. 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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  • audiobook
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • science
"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

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11. Psych: The Story of the Human Mind

By: Paul Bloom

4.15

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read A compelling and accessible new perspective on the modern science… read more

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  • audiobook
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • science
"If you’re looking for a word to refer to the process of coming to know things through exposure to the right sort of information in the environment, I’d recommend “learning."

-Paul Bloom, Psych: The Story of the Human Mind

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12. Free Agents: How Evolution Gave Us Free Will

By: Kevin J. Mitchell

3.89

Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition

An evolutionary case for the existence of free willScientists are learning more and more about how … read more

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  • audiobook
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • science
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13. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

By: Sebastian Junger

3.92

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by t… read more

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  • audiobook
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • science
"Everyone has a relationship with death whether they want one or not; refusing to think about death is its own kind of relationship. When we hear about another person's death, we are hearing a version…"

-Sebastian Junger, In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

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14. Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI

By: Ethan Mollick

4.13

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

**A New York Times Bestseller**'Co-Intelligence is the very best book I know about the ins, outs, a… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • science
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15. Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present

By: Fareed Zakaria

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The CNN host and best-selling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the pola… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. The Experience Machine

By: Andy Clark

3.93

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A grand new vision of cognitive science that explains how our minds build our worldsFor as long as … read more

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  • audiobook
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • science
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17. Why? The Purpose of the Universe

By: Philip Goff

3.77

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Why are we here? What's the point of existence? On the 'big questions' of meaning and purpose, West… read more

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  • audiobook
  • theology
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • science
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18. Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World

By: Nick Bostrom

3.90

Format: 536 pages, Hardcover

A greyhound catching the mechanical lure—what would he actually do with it? Has he given this any t… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • science
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19. Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy

By: David J. Chalmers

3.73

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

Virtual reality is genuine reality; that’s the central thesis of Reality+. In a highly original wor… read more

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  • audiobook
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • science
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20. Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs

By: Luis Elizondo

4.29

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The former head of the Pentagon program responsible for the investigation of UFOs—now known as unid… read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • science
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21. Life as No One Knows It: The Physics of Life's Emergence

By: Sara Imari Walker

4.06

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

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Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

Robert M. Sapolsky

4.25

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Being You: A New Science of Consciousness

Anil Seth

4.10

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The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality

William Egginton

4.28

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Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters

Brian Klaas

4.13

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AI Doctor: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare - A Guide for Users, Buyers, Builders, and Investors

Ronald M. Razmi

4.28

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Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI

Ethan Mollick

4.13

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AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future

Kai-Fu Lee

3.86

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Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World

Mo Gawdat

3.82

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