At Our Wits' End: Why We're Becoming Less Intelligent and What it Means for the Future (Societas)
By: Edward Dutton
4.09
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
We are becoming less intelligent. This is the shocking yet fascinating message of At Our Wits' End …
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1. Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
By: Charles Petzold
4.39
Format: 396 pages, Paperback
What do flashlights, the British invasion, black cats, and seesaws have to do with computers? In CO… read more
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- science
"Programming in machine code is like eating with a toothpick."-Charles Petzold, Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
"Yes, the earth is a massive conductor of electricity, but it can also be viewed as both a source of electrons and a repository for electrons. The earth is to electrons as an ocean is to drops of wate…"-Charles Petzold, Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
"Code is not like other how-computers-work books. It doesn't have big color illustrations of disk drives with arrows showing how the data sweeps into the computer. Code has no drawings of trains carry…"-Charles Petzold, Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
2. We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe
By: Jorge Cham , Daniel Whiteson
4.28
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
Prepare to learn everything we still don't know about our strange, mostly mysterious universe. P… read more
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- science
"Antiwater would look and feel and behave the same way as regular water except that if you drank it you would explode in a blinding flash of light, which, we admit, would be antirefreshing."-Jorge Cham, We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe
"A single gram of antiparticles combined with a gram of normal particles would release more than 40 kilotonnes of explosive force, which is more than twice as powerful as the atomic bombs dropped by t…"-Jorge Cham, We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe
3. Dysgenics: Genetic Deterioration in Modern Populations (Human Evolution, Behavior, and Intelligence)
By: Richard Lynn
3.78
Format: 237 pages, Hardcover
In the mid-19th century, a number of biological and social scientists came to believe that the gene… read more
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- biology
- psychology
- eugenics
- nonfiction
- genetics
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4. Being and Nothingness
By: Jean-Paul Sartre , Hazel E. Barnes , Mary Warnock , Richard Eyre
3.99
Format: 688 pages, Paperback
Being & Nothingness is without doubt one of the most significant philosophical books of the 20th ce… read more
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- philosophy
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- psychology
"I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating."-Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness
"Nothingness lies coiled in the heart of being - like a worm."-Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness
"It is certain that we cannot escape anguish, for we are anguish."-Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness
"Thus it amounts to the same thing whether one gets drunk alone or is a leader of nations."-Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness
5. The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime!
By: M.J. DeMarco
1.00
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Is the financial plan of mediocrity-a dream-stealing, soul-sucking dogma known as The Slowlane-your… read more
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- nonfiction
6. The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
By: Matt Ridley
3.71
Format: 101 pages, Paperback
Referring to Lewis Carroll's Red Queenfrom Through the Looking-Glass, a character who has to keep r… read more
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- biology
- nonfiction
- psychology
- science
7. Faust: First Part
By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Peter Salm
4.21
Format: None pages, Paperback
Goethe's masterpiece and perhaps the greatest work in German literature, Faust has made the legenda… read more
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8. Sun and Steel
By: Yukio Mishima , John Bester
4.57
Format: 270 pages, Paperback, Paper Dust Jacket
In this fascinating document, one of Japan's best known-and controversial-writers created what migh… read more
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9. The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life
By: Charles Murray , Richard J. Herrnstein
3.59
Format: 912 pages, Paperback
The controversial book linking intelligence to class and race in modern society, and what public po… read more
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- psychology
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- sociology
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"Many academic intellectuals hold middle-class values in contempt"-Charles Murray, The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life
"The moral ascendancy of equality has made it difficult to use concepts such as virtue, excellence, beauty and – above all – truth."-Charles Murray, The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life
"How large is the black-white difference? The usual answer to this question is one standard deviation. In discussing IQ tests, for example, the black mean is commonly given as 85, the white mean as 10…"-Charles Murray, The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life
"Richard Lynn was able to assemble eleven studies in his 1991 review of the literature. He estimated the median black African IQ to be 75, approximately 1.7 standard deviations below the U.S. overall …"-Charles Murray, The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life
10. Maxims
By: François de la Rochefoucauld , Leonard Tancock
3.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
The philosophy of La Rochefoucauld, which influenced French intellectuals as diverse as Voltaire an… read more
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12. Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
By: Machado de Assis
4.25
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
A publicação de 'Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas' não só inaugura o Realismo no Brasil, como inicia… read more
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"Quem escapa do perigo vive a vida com outra intensidade."-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
"Em verdade vos digo que toda a sabedoria humana não vale um par de botas curtas."-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
"Diz que o homem tem “uma grande vantagem sobre o resto do universo: sabe que morre, ao passo que o universo ignora-o absolutamente"-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
"هر دوره زندگی چاپ جدیدی است که چاپ قبلی را تصحیح میکند و خودش هم در چاپ بعدی تصحیح میشود، تا برسد به چاپ متن نهایی که ناشر به کرم ها تقدیم میکندش."-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
13. Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel
By: Michio Kaku
3.75
Format: 273 pages,
A fascinating exploration of the science of the impossible--from death rays and force fields to inv… read more
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14. Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
By: Carlo Rovelli
4.08
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A startling new look at quantum theory, from the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physi… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- history
- science
"But structures are processes are not there so that organisms can survive and reproduce. It is the other way round: organisms survive and reproduce because these structures have happened to gradually …"-Carlo Rovelli, Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
"Credo che uno dei grandi errori che fanno gli esseri umani quando tentano di capire qualcosa sia volere certezze. La ricerca della conoscenza non si nutre di certezze: si nutre di una radicale assenz…"-Carlo Rovelli, Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
"In qualunque angolo dell'universo troviamo vertiginosi pozzi di strati di realtà. In questi strati siamo riusciti a riconoscere regolarità, sulle quali abbiamo raccolto informazione rilevante per noi…"-Carlo Rovelli, Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
15. Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
By: Steven Pinker
4.20
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
If you think the world is coming to an end, think again: people are living longer, healthier, freer… read more
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- history
- politics
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- sociology
- science
"There is no law of complex systems that says that intelligent agents must turn into ruthless conquistadors. Indeed, we know of one highly advanced form of intelligence that evolved without this defec…"-Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
"Enlightenment humanism, then, is far from being a crowd-pleaser. The idea that the ultimate good is to use knowledge to enhance human welfare leaves people cold. Deep explanations of the universe, th…"-Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
"This heroic story is not just another myth. Myths are fictions, but this one is true-true to the best of our knowledge, which is the only truth we can have. We believe it because we have reasons to b…"-Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
"Our understanding of who we are, where we came from, how the world works, and what matters in life depends on partaking of the vast and ever-expanding store of knowledge. Though unlettered hunters, h…"-Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
16. Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age
By: Sanjay Gupta
4.08
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Keep your brain young, healthy, and sharp with this science-driven guide to protecting your mind fr… read more
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- psychology
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"For example, what should you do when the person seems stuck on repeating a word, activity, or sentence over and over again? Repetition is common in the disease's later stages. The person is searching…"-Sanjay Gupta, Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age
17. Blueprint: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are
By: Robert Plomin
3.96
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
One of the world's top behavioural geneticists argues that we need a radical rethink about what mak… read more
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- psychology
- nonfiction
- genetics
- science
18. Noticing: An Essential Reader (1973-2023)
By: Steve Sailer
4.37
Format: 458 pages, Paperback
“If the meritocracy were real, Steve Sailer would be one of the most famous writers in the world. S… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
19. At Our Wits' End: Why We're Becoming Less Intelligent and What it Means for the Future (Societas)
By: Edward Dutton
4.09
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
We are becoming less intelligent. This is the shocking yet fascinating message of At Our Wits' End … read more
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- psychology
- eugenics
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- sociology
- genetics
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20. Modernity and Cultural Decline: A Biobehavioral Perspective
By: Matthew Alexandar Sarraf
4.35
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
This book argues that despite the many real advantages that industrial modernity has yielded--inclu… read more
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21. Crumbling Genome: The Impact of Deleterious Mutations on Humans
By: Alexey S. Kondrashov
4.31
Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition
A thought-provoking exploration of deleterious mutations in the human genome and their effects on h… read more
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