11 must-read science books like The Learning Brain by Thad A. Polk

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The Learning Brain

By: Thad A. Polk

4.39

Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio

One of the most complicated and advanced computers on Earth can't be purchased in any store. This a…

If you liked the science plot in The Learning Brain by Thad A. Polk , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Exploring Metaphysics

By: None , David Kyle Johnson

4.00

Format: 12 pages, Audible Audio

Length: 11 hours and 24 minutes What comes to mind when you hear the word “metaphysics”? Forget th… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • audiobook
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2. The Great Ideas of Psychology (Great Courses, #660)

By: Daniel N. Robinson

4.15

Format: 275 pages,

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  • audiobook
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • science
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3. Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy

By: Thomas Sowell

3.49

Format: 16 pages, Hardcover

This is the revised and enlarged edition of a new kind of introduction to economics for the general… read more

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  • nonfiction

4. Critical Chain

By: Eliyahu M. Goldratt

3.36

Format: 96 pages,

CADENA CRITICA es una cautivante novela de negocios con un ritmo rapido. Esta novela hace por la ge… read more

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5. Skepticism 101: How to Think like a Scientist

By: Michael Shermer

2.88

Format: 29 pages, Audible Audio

Despite our best efforts, we're all vulnerable to believing things without using logic or having pr… read more

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6. Beyond the Goal: Eliyahu Goldratt Speaks on the Theory of Constraints

By: Eliyahu M. Goldratt

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Audio CD

Eliyahu M Goldratt, the author of The Goal, elaborates on his theories in his non fiction audio. He… read more

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7. Isn't It Obvious?

By: Eliyahu M. Goldratt , None , None

3.48

Format: None pages, Paperback

This book does for retail what Goldratt's International best-seller did for manufacturing. A breakt… read more

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8. How the Stock Market Works

By: Ramon P. DeGennaro

4.36

Format: None pages, Audiobook

This course is an introduction to the stock market and stock investing for novices and experienced … read more

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9. Quantum Supremacy

By: Michio Kaku

3.79

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An exhilarating tour of humanity's next great technological achievement—quantum computing—which may… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

By: Charles Duhigg

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780593243916. Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the … read more

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  • audiobook
  • science
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"Strong leaders didn't help people align. In fact, groups with a dominant leader had the least amount of neural synchrony."

-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

"To communicate with someone, we must connect with them. When we absorb what someone is saying and they comprehend what we say, it's because our brains have, to some degree, aligned."

-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

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11. Clean Architecture

By: Robert C. Martin

4.23

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Building upon the success of best-sellers The Clean Coder and Clean Code, legendary software crafts… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The only way to go fast, is to go well."

-Robert C. Martin, Clean Architecture

"All race conditions, deadlock conditions, and concurrent update problems are due to mutable variables."

-Robert C. Martin, Clean Architecture

"I'm a programmer. I like programming. And the best way I've found to have a positive impact on code is to write it."

-Robert C. Martin, Clean Architecture

"Any organisation that designs a system will produce a design whose structure is a copy of the organisation's communication structure"

-Robert C. Martin, Clean Architecture

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12. Crashes and Crises: Lessons from a History of Financial Disasters

By: Connel Fullenkamp

4.01

Format: 12 pages, Audible Audio

Professor Connel Fullenkamp of Duke University guides listeners through four centuries of economic … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • education
  • audiobook
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13. Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia

By: Christina Thompson

4.24

Format: 365 pages, Hardcover

A blend of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel and Simon Winchester’s Pacific, a thrilling intel… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Vision is not so much about just looking but knowing what to look for. It's experience."

-Christina Thompson, Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia

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14. The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction

By: Meghan Cox Gurdon

4.30

Format: 304 pages, ebook

A Wall Street Journal writer’s conversation-changing look at how reading aloud makes adults and chi… read more

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  • audiobook
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • self help
"Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but the eye itself can be coaxed, informed, and persuaded."

-Meghan Cox Gurdon, The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction

"There are times when dreams sustain us more than facts. To read a book and surrender to a story is to keep our very humanity alive."

-Meghan Cox Gurdon, The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction

"By setting aside time every day, we can leave the pixelated wilds and rest at least for a little while in a place of unplugged, authentic human connection."

-Meghan Cox Gurdon, The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction

"Wherever young people are growing up, they deserve to know what went into the making of their world. They have a right to be free to enjoy the richness that history and culture have bequeathed them."

-Meghan Cox Gurdon, The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction

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15. The Essentials of Social Psychology

By: Wind Goodfriend

3.83

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Every interaction you have with people, each day of your life, involves social psychology. For thos… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • science
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16. Your Deceptive Mind: A Scientific Guide to Critical Thinking Skills

By: Steven Novella

4.25

Format: 6 pages, Audio CD

Volumes 1 and 2 of Your Deceptive Mind: A Scientific Guide to Critical Thinking Skills Lecture Seri… read more

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  • audiobook
  • self help
  • psychology
  • neuroscience
  • nonfiction
  • science
"If B follows A, then B is not necessarily a cause of A."

-Steven Novella, Your Deceptive Mind: A Scientific Guide to Critical Thinking Skills

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17. Influence: Mastering Life's Most Powerful Skill

By: Kenneth G. Brown

3.69

Format: 112 pages, Audio CD

Contains 12 Lectures: 1. A Model for Successful Influence 2. Characteristics of Influential A… read more

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  • audiobook
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • self help
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18. What Einstein Got Wrong

By: Dan Hooper

4.09

Format: 6 pages, Audible Audio

Description from Website: He was the quintessential genius whose brainpower rewrote the laws of … read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • audiobook
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19. Stress and Your Body

By: Robert M. Sapolsky

4.32

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Feeling stressed? You're not alone. Stress is an inherent aspect of life that can have tremendous n… read more

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  • audiobook
  • self help
  • biology
  • psychology
  • neuroscience
  • nonfiction
  • science
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20. The Learning Brain

By: Thad A. Polk

4.39

Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio

One of the most complicated and advanced computers on Earth can't be purchased in any store. This a… read more

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  • audiobook
  • self help
  • social science
  • biology
  • psychology
  • neuroscience
  • brain
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • science
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21. Understanding Genetics: DNA, Genes, And Their Real World Applications

By: David E. Sadava

4.17

Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio

Course Lecture Titles 1. Our Inheritance 2. Mendel and Genes 3. Genes and Chromosomes 4. The… read more

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  • biology
  • nonfiction
  • science
  • audiobook

14 Best audiobook books like The Learning Brain by Thad A. Polk

Transform Your Habits

Exploring Metaphysics

None , David Kyle Johnson

4.00

Transform Your Habits

The Great Ideas of Psychology (Great Courses, #660)

Daniel N. Robinson

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Quantum Supremacy

Michio Kaku

3.79

Transform Your Habits

Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

Charles Duhigg

4.05

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22 Top audiobook books like Understanding Genetics: DNA, Genes, And Their Real World Applications by David E. Sadava

Transform Your Habits

Exploring Metaphysics

None , David Kyle Johnson

4.00

Transform Your Habits

The Higgs Boson and Beyond

Sean Carroll

4.12

Transform Your Habits

The Nature of Matter: Understanding the Physical World

David W. Ball

3.98

Transform Your Habits

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

David Reich

4.13

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