Close Encounters with Humankind: A Paleoanthropologist Investigates Our Evolving Species
By: Sang-Hee Lee
3.89
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
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1. Türlerin Kökeni - Manga
By: Charles Darwin , None , Koiçiro Oomine , None
3.84
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Yordam Kitap, Marx'in temel eseri Kapital'in manga (cizgi roman) uyarlamasindan sonra bir baska cig… read more
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- nonfiction
- evolution
- science
2. The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
By: Mark Forsyth
4.48
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The Etymologicon springs from Mark Forsyth's Inky Fool blog on the strange connections between word… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
3. The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
By: Steven Pinker
4.10
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Why is so much writing so bad, and how can we make it better? Is the English language being corrupt… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
4. A Mathematician's Apology
By: G.H. Hardy
4.37
Format: None pages, Paperback
Written in 1940 as his mathematical powers were declining, G.H. Hardy's apology offers an engaging … read more
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5. Summertime All the Cats Are Bored
By: Steven Rendall , Philippe Georget
3.60
Format: 137 pages, Paperback
It's the middle of a long hot summer on the French Mediterranean shore and the town is teeming with… read more
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6. Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom
By: Tom Holland
4.11
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
In AD 900, few would have guessed that the splintering kingdoms of Christendom were candidates for … read more
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7. River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life
By: Richard Dawkins , Lalla Ward
4.14
Format: 438 pages, Paperback
How did the replication bomb we call "life" begin and where in the world, or rather, in the univers… read more
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8. Reflections in a Golden Eye
By: Carson McCullers
3.77
Format: 230 pages, Paperback
A powerful and passionate tale is set on a southern army post --a human hell inhabited by a sexuall… read more
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9. Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
By: Carl Sagan
4.19
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Dr Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insights into… read more
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10. White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America
By: Anthea Butler
4.27
Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition
The American political scene today is poisonously divided, and the vast majority of white evangelic… read more
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- history
- audiobook
11. The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
By: Steve Brusatte
4.38
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
In his acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, American paleontologist Steve Brusa… read more
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- history
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- evolution
- palaeontology
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
12. Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters
By: Charan Ranganath
3.95
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Memory is far more than a record of the past. In this groundbreaking tour of the mind and brain, on… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
13. Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
By: Jonathan Kennedy
3.94
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An account of how the major transformations in history—from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth o… read more
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- history
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- science
"Pathogens thrive on inequality and injustice."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"Across the whole of the Americas, the introduction of infectious diseases from Europe resulted in a 90 percent fall in the population, from about 60.5 million in 1500 to 6 million a century later."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"There is one universally incorrect choice: do nothing. This didn't work when humans thought that plagues were a punishment sent by angry gods. Nor does a laissez-faire approach help stop disease when…"-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
14. The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
By: Zoë Schlanger
4.37
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning environment and science reporter Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popu… read more
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- audiobook
- biology
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
15. A Molecule Away from Madness: Tales of the Hijacked Brain
By: Sara Manning Peskin
4.21
Format: 214 pages, Hardcover
Our brains are the most complex machines known to humankind, but they have an Achilles heel: the ve… read more
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- biology
- history
- nonfiction
- science
16. The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)
By: Katie Mack
4.26
Format: 226 pages, Hardcover
From one of the most dynamic rising stars in astrophysics, an accessible and eye-opening look—in th… read more
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- history
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- popular science
- nature
- audiobook
"It also means that cosmology doesn’t really have a well-defined concept of “now."-Katie Mack, The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)
"We are a species poised between an awareness of our ultimate insignificance and an ability to reach far beyond our mundane lives, into the void, to solve the most fundamental mysteries of the cosmos."-Katie Mack, The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)
"In the meantime, we'll continue on, making new pathc through the woods to see what we might find hiding there. Someday, deep in the unknown wilderness of the distant future, the Sun will expand, the …"-Katie Mack, The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)
"You may have heard that "we are made of stardust" (or "star stuff" if you're Sagan), and this is absolutely true if we measure by mass. All the heavier elements in your body—oxygen, carbon, nitrogen,…"-Katie Mack, The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)
17. Gravity’s Century: From Einstein’s Eclipse to Images of Black Holes
By: Ron Cowen
3.93
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping account of the century of experimentation that confirmed Einstein's general theory of re… read more
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- history
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- popular science
- science
18. Survival of the Friendliest: Understanding Our Origins and Rediscovering Our Common Humanity
By: Brian Hare
4.05
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A powerful new theory of human nature suggests that our unique friendliness is the secret to our su… read more
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- science
- history
- biology
- evolution
- nonfiction
- anthropology
"This progression is a manifestation of synaptic pruning. When our brains are growing, we make more neurons than we need. As we navigate our lives, solving problems and adapting to different environme…"-Brian Hare, Survival of the Friendliest: Understanding Our Origins and Rediscovering Our Common Humanity
19. 2023 on Goodreads
By: Various
4.11
Format: None pages, None
Whether or not you've had time to write your own reviews, here's a chance to review your entire 202… read more
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20. Prehistorias de mujeres. Descubre lo que no te han contado sobre nosotras
By: Marga Sánchez Romero
4.33
Format: 288 pages, ebook
¿De verdad eran ellas las que se quedaban cuidando a la prole? ¿Cómo era realmente la maternidad y … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- anthropology
21. White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity
By: Robert P. Jones
4.43
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
Drawing on history, public opinion surveys, and personal experience, Robert P. Jones delivers a pro… read more
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- history
22. 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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- science
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23. Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains
By: Bethany Brookshire
4.03
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An engrossing and revealing study of why we deem certain animals “pests” and others not—from cats t… read more
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24. Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America
By: Barbara McQuade
4.15
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An urgent, comprehensive explanation of the ways disinformation is impacting democracy, and practic… read more
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25. Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South
By: Winfred Rembert
4.57
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Winfred Rembert grew up as a field hand on a Georgia plantation. He embraced the Civil Rights Movem… read more
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- history
- audiobook
26. A Pocket History of Human Evolution: How We Became Sapiens
By: Silvana Condemi
3.96
Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition
Why aren’t we more like other apes? How did we win the evolutionary race? Find out how “wise” Homo … read more
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- science
- history
- biology
- evolution
- nonfiction
- popular science
- anthropology
27. Close Encounters with Humankind: A Paleoanthropologist Investigates Our Evolving Species
By: Sang-Hee Lee
3.89
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
“Deftly weaving together science and personal observation, Lee proves an engaging, authoritative gu… read more
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- science
- history
- biology
- evolution
- palaeontology
- nonfiction
- popular science
- nature
- anthropology
28. Strange Survivors: How Organisms Attack and Defend in the Game of Life
By: Oné R. Pagán
3.88
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Life is beautiful, ruthless, and very, very strange. In the evolutionary arms race that has rage… read more
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- nature
- audiobook
29. Dancing Cockatoos and the Dead Man Test: How Behavior Evolves and Why It Matters
By: Marlene Zuk
3.83
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
For centuries, people have been returning to the same tired nature-versus-nurture debate, trying to… read more
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- history
- biology
- evolution
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
30. Bones: Inside and Out
By: Roy A. Meals
3.85
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A lively, illustrated exploration of the 500-million-year history of bone, a touchstone for underst… read more
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