If you liked the biology plot in Higher Animals by Michael Specter , here is a list of 7 books like this:
1. Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men
By: Leonard Sax
5.00
Format: 229 pages,
Something scary is happening to boys today. From kindergarten to college, American boys are, on ave… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Leonard Sax's Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men book and Michael Specter's Higher Animals
2. The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
By: Riley Black
3.95
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books! "This is top-drawer science writi… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Riley Black's The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World book and Michael Specter's Higher Animals
- audiobook
- biology
- nonfiction
- science
"That's the goal of paleontology, after all - to start with the offerings of death and work back towards life."-Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
"It's an extension of how we often cope in the wake of our own personal traumas, remembering the wounds as we struggle to see the growth stimulated by terrible events. Resilience has no meaning withou…"-Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
"In time, extinction comes for all species. Some leave descendants. Others do not. Beautiful as the image is, there is no tree of life. The shape of biodiversity is more like a chaotic blanket, indivi…"-Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
3. 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
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Michio Kaku's Quantum Supremacy book and Michael Specter's Higher Animals
- audiobook
- nonfiction
- science
4. Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began
By: Leah Hazard
4.10
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking, triumphant investigation of the uterus--from birth to death, in sickness and in h… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Leah Hazard's Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began book and Michael Specter's Higher Animals
- audiobook
- biology
- nonfiction
- science
5. Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime
By: Sean Carroll
4.07
Format: 347 pages, Hardcover
As you read these words, copies of you are being created. Sean Carroll, theoretical physicist a… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Sean Carroll's Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime book and Michael Specter's Higher Animals
- audiobook
- nonfiction
- science
"Don't play Quantum Russian Roulette."-Sean Carroll, Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime
"As far as quantum field theory is concerned, a human being or the center of a star isn’t all that different from empty space."-Sean Carroll, Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime
"The enigma at the heart of quantum reality can be summed up in a single motto: what we see when we look at the world seems to be fundamentally different from what actually is."-Sean Carroll, Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime
"If there were some nefarious conspiracy to make the world look quantum-mechanical, it had to have been set up hundreds of years ago, when the light left those stars. It's possible, but doesn't seem l…"-Sean Carroll, Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime
6. Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future
By: Oliver Franklin-Wallis
4.44
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
An award-winning investigative journalist takes a deep dive into the global waste crisis, exposing … read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Oliver Franklin-Wallis's Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future book and Michael Specter's Higher Animals
- audiobook
- nonfiction
- science
"Cleaning up is expensive; arson is cheap."-Oliver Franklin-Wallis, Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future
"As modern agriculture and supply chains have made food cheap, diverse, and plentiful, it can also sometimes feel that we have forgotten to value the food we do eat, or understand the environmental or…"-Oliver Franklin-Wallis, Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future
"Nuclear waste is unlike other wastes. It is not only the danger…but the timescale. Trash inside a landfill might decay over decades, plastics over hundreds or thousands of years - the truth is we don…"-Oliver Franklin-Wallis, Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future
7. Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
By: Daniel E. Lieberman
4.18
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
If exercise is healthy (so good for you!), why do many people dislike or avoid it? These engaging s… read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Daniel E. Lieberman's Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding book and Michael Specter's Higher Animals
- audiobook
- biology
- nonfiction
- science
"Eating sensibly and exercising don't guarantee long life and good health; they just decrease the risk of getting sick."-Daniel E. Lieberman, Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
"The mantra of this book is that nothing about the biology of exercise makes sense except in the light of evolution, and nothing about exercise as a behavior makes sense except in the light of anthrop…"-Daniel E. Lieberman, Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
"We evolved to be physically active as we age, and in turn being active helps us age well. Further, the longer we stay active, the greater the benefit, and it is almost never too late to benefit from …"-Daniel E. Lieberman, Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
"For generation after generation, our ancestors young and old woke up each morning thankful to be alive and with no choice but to spend several hous walking, digging, and doing other physical activiti…"-Daniel E. Lieberman, Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
8. Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
By: Cat Bohannon
4.32
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
THE REAL ORIGIN OF OUR SPECIES: a myth-busting, eye-opening landmark account of how humans evolved,… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Cat Bohannon's Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution book and Michael Specter's Higher Animals
- audiobook
- biology
- nonfiction
- science
9. 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
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Zoë Schlanger's The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth book and Michael Specter's Higher Animals
- audiobook
- biology
- nonfiction
- science
10. Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World
By: Henry Grabar
4.20
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
An entertaining, enlightening, and utterly original investigation into one of the most quietly infl… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Henry Grabar's Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World book and Michael Specter's Higher Animals
- nonfiction
- audiobook
11. Chrysalis
By: Anuja Varghese
3.96
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Canadian Governor General's Literary for Fiction Genre-blending stories of transfo… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Anuja Varghese's Chrysalis book and Michael Specter's Higher Animals
- audiobook
12. Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World
By: John Vaillant
4.35
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A stunning account of a colossal wildfire that collided with a city and a panoramic exploration of … read more
Want to Read $ 4.99Similar categories in John Vaillant's Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World book and Michael Specter's Higher Animals
- audiobook
- nonfiction
- science
13. Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
By: Susan Magsamen
3.91
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A life-altering journey through the science of neuroaesthetics, which offers proof for how our brai… read more
Want to Read $ 4.99Similar categories in Susan Magsamen's Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us book and Michael Specter's Higher Animals
- audiobook
- nonfiction
- science
14. 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
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Rebecca Boyle's Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are book and Michael Specter's Higher Animals
- audiobook
- nonfiction
- science
15. The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science
By: Kate Zernike
4.42
Format: 411 pages, Hardcover
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who broke the story, the inspiring account of the sixtee… read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Kate Zernike's The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science book and Michael Specter's Higher Animals
- audiobook
- nonfiction
- science
"The women had spent their careers trying not to think about being women, hoping they would be seen as scientists. But as the first or only in so many settings, they felt they had to live up to a high…"-Kate Zernike, The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science
16. Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure
By: Vaclav Smil
3.87
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times -bestselling author, a new volume on the history of human ingenuity—and its… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Vaclav Smil's Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure book and Michael Specter's Higher Animals
- audiobook
- nonfiction
- science
17. Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture
By: Kyle Chayka
3.68
Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition
A history and investigation of a world ruled by algorithms, which determine the shape of culture it… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Kyle Chayka's Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture book and Michael Specter's Higher Animals
- audiobook
- nonfiction
- science
18. So Many Steves: Afternoons with Steve Martin
By: Steve Martin
3.83
Format: 3 pages, Audiobook
Steve Martin is more candid than he’s ever been about his creative life in this engrossing audio-bi… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Steve Martin's So Many Steves: Afternoons with Steve Martin book and Michael Specter's Higher Animals
- nonfiction
- audiobook
19. Who's Afraid of Gender?
By: Judith Butler
4.02
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a fear of gender is fueling reactionary politi… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Judith Butler's Who's Afraid of Gender? book and Michael Specter's Higher Animals
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Imagine if you were Jewish and someone tells you that you are not. Imagine if you are lesbian and someone laughs in your face and says you are confused since you are really heterosexual. Imagine if y…"-Judith Butler, Who's Afraid of Gender?
20. The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery
By: Adam Gopnik
3.12
Format: 256 pages, ebook
"[W]ise, companionable, and often extremely funny.” ―Oliver Burkeman, The Atlantic Best-selling … read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Adam Gopnik's The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery book and Michael Specter's Higher Animals
- nonfiction
- audiobook
21. 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
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Roma Agrawal's Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World in a Big Way book and Michael Specter's Higher Animals
- audiobook
- nonfiction
- science
22. 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
Want to Read $ 19.99Similar categories in Barbara McQuade's Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America book and Michael Specter's Higher Animals
- nonfiction
- audiobook
23. Inside Voice
By: Lake Bell
4.10
Format: 14 pages, Audiobook
A humorous, insightful, and personal deep dive into our most outward-facing, least-appreciated trai… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Lake Bell's Inside Voice book and Michael Specter's Higher Animals
- nonfiction
- audiobook
24. Park Cruising: What Happens When We Wander Off the Path
By: Marcus McCann
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
An intimate look at one of culture’s most enduring taboos: public sex. Park Cruising takes a long l… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Marcus McCann's Park Cruising: What Happens When We Wander Off the Path book and Michael Specter's Higher Animals
- nonfiction
- audiobook
25. Tabula Rasa: Volume 1
By: John McPhee
3.91
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A literary legend’s engaging review of his career, stressing the work he never completed, and why. … read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in John McPhee's Tabula Rasa: Volume 1 book and Michael Specter's Higher Animals
- nonfiction
- audiobook
26. Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer
By: Steven Johnson
4.20
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
As a species we have doubled our life expectancy in just one hundred years. All the advances of mod… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Steven Johnson's Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer book and Michael Specter's Higher Animals
- audiobook
- nonfiction
- science
27. Vaccinated: One Man's Quest to Defeat the World's Deadliest Diseases
By: Paul A. Offit
4.29
Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition
His goal—to prevent every disease that commonly attacked children—was unattainable. But Maurice Hi… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Paul A. Offit's Vaccinated: One Man's Quest to Defeat the World's Deadliest Diseases book and Michael Specter's Higher Animals
- audiobook
- biology
- nonfiction
- science
Similar categories in Michael Specter's Higher Animals book and Michael Specter's Higher Animals
- audiobook
- biology
- nonfiction
- science
29. Outsmart Your Brain: Why Learning is Hard and How You Can Make It Easy
By: Daniel T. Willingham
3.99
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In this revolutionary, comprehensive, and accessible guide on how the brain learns, discover how to… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Daniel T. Willingham's Outsmart Your Brain: Why Learning is Hard and How You Can Make It Easy book and Michael Specter's Higher Animals
- audiobook
- nonfiction
- science
30. The Math of Life and Death: 7 Mathematical Principles That Shape Our Lives
By: Kit Yates
3.91
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From birthdays to birth rates to how we perceive the passing of time, mathematical patterns shape o… read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Kit Yates's The Math of Life and Death: 7 Mathematical Principles That Shape Our Lives book and Michael Specter's Higher Animals
- audiobook
- nonfiction
- science
31. Canada Alone: Navigating the Post-American World
By: Kim Richard Nossal
3.70
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Canada must prepare for an isolationist and unpredictable neighbour to the South should a MAGA lead… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Kim Richard Nossal's Canada Alone: Navigating the Post-American World book and Michael Specter's Higher Animals
- nonfiction
