20 must-read science books like Medical Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths by Steven Novella

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Medical Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths

By: Steven Novella

4.20

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Do you need eight glasses of water a day? Does vitamin C protect you from catching a cold? Are orga…

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Cover of Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon by Kim Zetter

1. Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon

By: Kim Zetter

4.17

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

In January 2010, inspectors with the International Atomic Energy Agency noticed that centrifuges at… read more

Similar categories in Kim Zetter's Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon book and Steven Novella's Medical Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
  • audiobook
"The nations, of course, that are most at risk of a destructive digital attack are the ones with the greatest connectivity. Marcus Ranum, one of the early innovators of the computer firewall, called S…"

-Kim Zetter, Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon

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2. Bad Science

By: Ben Goldacre

3.94

Format: None pages, Paperback

Full of spleen, this is a hilarious, invigorating and informative journey through the world of Bad … read more

Similar categories in Ben Goldacre's Bad Science book and Steven Novella's Medical Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths

  • health
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • popular science
  • science
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3. Lifelong Health: Achieving Optimum Well-Being at Any Age

By: Anthony A. Goodman

3.97

Format: 570 pages, Audiobook

18 hrs and 15 mins We all want to discover the secret to a long and healthy life. But how do you in… read more

Similar categories in Anthony A. Goodman's Lifelong Health: Achieving Optimum Well-Being at Any Age book and Steven Novella's Medical Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths

  • science
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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4. Scientific Secrets for Self-Control

By: None

3.66

Format: 320 pages, Audible Audio

Publishers summary from audible.com: Join an expert in self-control research for six engaging and i… read more

Similar categories in None's Scientific Secrets for Self-Control book and Steven Novella's Medical Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths

  • science
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. The Art of Public Speaking: Lessons From the Greatest Speeches in History

By: John R. Hale

3.92

Format: 290 pages,

it is very though and start off with the History of Public Speaking then it moves to the core issue… read more

Similar categories in John R. Hale's The Art of Public Speaking: Lessons From the Greatest Speeches in History book and Steven Novella's Medical Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

6. The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True

By: Richard Dawkins , Dave McKean

3.74

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Magic takes many forms. Supernatural magic is what our ancestors used in order to explain the world… read more

Similar categories in Richard Dawkins's The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True book and Steven Novella's Medical Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths

  • biology
  • nonfiction
  • science
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7. Biology: The Science of Life

By: None

3.90

Format: 205 pages,

Six part series taught by Professor Stephen Nowicki of Duke University. Each part contains six audi… read more

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  • biology
  • nonfiction
  • science
  • audiobook
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8. The Great Courses: Understanding the Mysteries of Human Behavior

By: Mark R. Leary , Mark Leary

3.94

Format: 456 pages,

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

9. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

By: Siddhartha Mukherjee

4.26

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

The Emperor of All Maladies is a magnificent, profoundly humane "biography" of cancer--from its fir… read more

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10. Brain Myths Exploded: Lessons from Neuroscience

By: Indre Viskontas

3.79

Format: 160 pages, Audible Audio

Much of the layperson's knowledge of the brain is predicated on a lack of understanding about this … read more

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11. The Addictive Brain

By: Thad A. Polk

3.97

Format: None pages, Audiobook

http://www.thegreatcourses.com/course... Addiction touches us all. Whether it's a friend who can't … read more

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12. 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

Similar categories in Charles Duhigg's Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection book and Steven Novella's Medical Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths

  • science
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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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13. Diagnosis: Solving the Most Baffling Medical Mysteries

By: Lisa Sanders

4.01

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

As a Yale School of Medicine physician, the New York Times bestselling author of Every Patient Tell… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Sanders's Diagnosis: Solving the Most Baffling Medical Mysteries book and Steven Novella's Medical Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths

  • science
  • health
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. Agent 355

By: Marie Benedict

3.73

Format: 84 pages, Kindle Edition

A novella A fictional portrayal of a real-life Revolutionary spy and her daring deeds, from the … read more

Similar categories in Marie Benedict's Agent 355 book and Steven Novella's Medical Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths

  • audiobook
Cover of The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries by Neil deGrasse Tyson

15. The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries

By: Neil deGrasse Tyson

4.16

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

Everything we now know about the universe-from the behavior of quarks to the birth of entire galaxi… read more

Similar categories in Neil deGrasse Tyson's The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries book and Steven Novella's Medical Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths

  • audiobook
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • popular science
  • science
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16. Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel's Autism: My Journey as a Vaccine Scientist, Pediatrician, and Autism Dad

By: Peter J. Hotez

4.13

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In 1994, Peter J. Hotez's nineteen-month-old daughter, Rachel, was diagnosed with autism. Dr. Hotez… read more

Similar categories in Peter J. Hotez's Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel's Autism: My Journey as a Vaccine Scientist, Pediatrician, and Autism Dad book and Steven Novella's Medical Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths

  • science
  • health
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You

By: Susan Rogers

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

This Is What It Sounds Like is a journey into the science and soul of music that reveals the secret… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
  • audiobook
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18. Activate Your Vagus Nerve: Unleash Your Body’s Natural Ability to Overcome Gut Sensitivities, Inflammation, Autoimmunity, Brain Fog, Anxiety and Depression

By: Navaz Habib

3.80

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

Repair your vagus nerve and experience amazing health and wellness benefits Your vagus nerve is … read more

Similar categories in Navaz Habib's Activate Your Vagus Nerve: Unleash Your Body’s Natural Ability to Overcome Gut Sensitivities, Inflammation, Autoimmunity, Brain Fog, Anxiety and Depression book and Steven Novella's Medical Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of How to Say It: Words That Make a Difference by Allison Friederichs Atkison

19. How to Say It: Words That Make a Difference

By: Allison Friederichs Atkison

3.47

Format: 5 pages, Audible Audio

Words. We use them all the time, every day, mostly without giving them much thought at all. We take… read more

Similar categories in Allison Friederichs Atkison's How to Say It: Words That Make a Difference book and Steven Novella's Medical Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of History's Great Military Blunders and the Lessons They Teach by Gregory S. Aldrete

20. History's Great Military Blunders and the Lessons They Teach

By: Gregory S. Aldrete

3.91

Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 12 hours and 12 minutes Military history often highlights successes and sugges… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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21. Understanding Cultural and Human Geography

By: Paul Robbins

4.17

Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio

24 Lectures 1 Writing the World: The Mapmakers Craft 2 The Problem with Geographical Determinism 3 … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
  • audiobook
Cover of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Techniques for Retraining Your Brain by Jason M. Satterfield

22. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Techniques for Retraining Your Brain

By: Jason M. Satterfield

4.05

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Why is it so hard to lose weight, stop smoking, or establish healthy habits? Why do couples argue a… read more

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  • science
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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23. 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

Similar categories in Robert M. Sapolsky's Stress and Your Body book and Steven Novella's Medical Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths

  • science
  • health
  • medical
  • biology
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of How Conversation Works: 6 Lessons for Better Communication by Anne Curzan

24. How Conversation Works: 6 Lessons for Better Communication

By: Anne Curzan

3.73

Format: None pages, Audiobook

How do you make conversation with someone you have just met? When is communicating by email ill-adv… read more

Similar categories in Anne Curzan's How Conversation Works: 6 Lessons for Better Communication book and Steven Novella's Medical Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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25. The Power of Sleep

By: Jennifer Molano

3.28

Format: None pages, Audiobook

It’s hard to think of something more satisfying than getting a good night’s sleep. Why is that? Wha… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Molano's The Power of Sleep book and Steven Novella's Medical Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths

  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Medical School for Everyone: Grand Rounds Cases by Roy Benaroch

26. Medical School for Everyone: Grand Rounds Cases

By: Roy Benaroch

4.28

Format: None pages, Audio CD

When you’re sick, you go to a doctor to figure out what’s wrong. But how doctors work isn’t some im… read more

Similar categories in Roy Benaroch's Medical School for Everyone: Grand Rounds Cases book and Steven Novella's Medical Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths

  • science
  • health
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Medical Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths by Steven Novella

27. Medical Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths

By: Steven Novella

4.20

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Do you need eight glasses of water a day? Does vitamin C protect you from catching a cold? Are orga… read more

Similar categories in Steven Novella's Medical Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths book and Steven Novella's Medical Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths

  • science
  • history
  • health
  • medical
  • biology
  • medicine
  • skepticism
  • nonfiction
  • popular science
  • audiobook
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28. Mind-Body Medicine: The New Science of Optimal Health

By: Jason M. Satterfield

4.40

Format: 19 pages, Audible Audio

In recent decades, science has revealed that the mind and body are intimately connected in ways we … read more

Similar categories in Jason M. Satterfield's Mind-Body Medicine: The New Science of Optimal Health book and Steven Novella's Medical Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths

  • audiobook
  • health
  • biology
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Daily Life by Jason M. Satterfield

29. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Daily Life

By: Jason M. Satterfield

4.05

Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio

You talk to yourself all day long. We all do. Most of what we say carries no emotional weight, but … read more

Similar categories in Jason M. Satterfield's Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Daily Life book and Steven Novella's Medical Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths

  • health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Scientific Secrets for a Powerful Memory by Peter M. Vishton

30. Scientific Secrets for a Powerful Memory

By: Peter M. Vishton

3.75

Format: 3 pages, Audio CD

What was the name of your first pet? Where did you put your house keys? How do you get to work ever… read more

Similar categories in Peter M. Vishton's Scientific Secrets for a Powerful Memory book and Steven Novella's Medical Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths

  • science
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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31. The Science of Natural Healing

By: Mimi Guarneri

4.32

Format: None pages, DVD

Delve into the world of holistic healthcare, the range of nature-based methods and treatments that … read more

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  • audiobook

26 Best audiobook books like Medical Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths by Steven Novella

Transform Your Habits

Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon

Kim Zetter

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Lifelong Health: Achieving Optimum Well-Being at Any Age

Anthony A. Goodman

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Scientific Secrets for Self-Control

None

3.66

Transform Your Habits

The Art of Public Speaking: Lessons From the Greatest Speeches in History

John R. Hale

3.92

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24 must-read audiobook books like History's Great Military Blunders and the Lessons They Teach by Gregory S. Aldrete

Transform Your Habits

The Vikings

Kenneth W. Harl

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Language A to Z

None , John McWhorter

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Monarchy: England and Her Rulers from the Tudors to the Windsors

David Starkey

3.93

Transform Your Habits

The Skeptic's Guide to American History

Mark A. Stoler

2.00

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