Worlds Without End: Exoplanets, Habitability, and the Future of Humanity
By: Chris Impey
4.07
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
The science of finding habitable planets beyond our solar system and the prospects for establishing…
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1. This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
By: Daniel J. Levitin
4.18
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
Whether you load your iPod with Bach or Bono, music has a significant role in your life--even if yo… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
3. A History of the World in 6 Glasses
By: Tom Standage
4.40
Format: None pages, Paperback
Throughout human history, certain drinks have done much more than just quench thirst. As Tom Standa… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
4. Cosmos
By: Carl Sagan
4.39
Format: 384 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The story of fifteen billion years of cosmic evolution transforming matter and life into consciousn… read more
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- astronomy
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"We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
"Civilization is a product of the cerebral cortex."-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
"Observation: I can't see a thing. Conclusion: Dinosaurs."-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
"We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands."-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
5. Erasure
By: Percival Everett
3.62
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
"Thelonious (Monk) Ellison has never allowed race to define his identity. But as both a writer and … read more
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6. Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War
By: Michael J. Neufeld , None
3.29
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The first authoritative biography of Wernher von Braun, chief rocket engineer of the Third Reich--c… read more
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7. The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically
By: Peter Singer
3.68
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
From the ethicist the New Yorkercalls "the most influential living philosopher," a new way of think… read more
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8. Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
By: Robert M. Sapolsky
4.25
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the … read more
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"I’m being diplomatic. Many readers will know of the “replication crisis"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"Obviously, imposing these classifications on determinism, free will, and moral responsibility is wildly simplified. A key simplification is pretending that most people have clean “yes"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"You cannot decide all the sensory stimuli in your environment, your hormone levels this morning, whether something traumatic happened to you in the past, the socioeconomic status of your parents, you…"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
9. A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains
By: Max Solomon Bennett
4.46
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Equal parts Sapiens , Behave, and Superintelligence , but wholly original in scope, A Brief History… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
10. White Holes
By: Carlo Rovelli
4.10
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A mesmerizing trip to the strange world of white holes from the bestselling author of Seven Brief L… read more
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- astronomy
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11. A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
By: Kelly Weinersmith
4.06
Format: 448 pages, ebook
Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away—no climate change, no … read more
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- astronomy
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"For now, if leaving Earth is humanity leaving the cradle, well, humanity is going straight to its neighbor's basement."-Kelly Weinersmith, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
"The Moon isn't just sort of a gray Sahara without air. Its surface is made of jagged, electrically charged microscopic glass and stone, which clings to pressure suits and landing vehicles. Nor is Mar…"-Kelly Weinersmith, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
12. On the Origin of Time: Stephen Hawking's Final Theory
By: Thomas Hertog
4.08
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Stephen Hawking’s closest collaborator offers the intellectual supersta… read more
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- nonfiction
- astronomy
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- nature
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"We can compare spacetime to an open, conic cup. We move forward in time by following the cone upward to the top. We move through space by going around in circles. If we imagine going back in time, we…"-Thomas Hertog, On the Origin of Time: Stephen Hawking's Final Theory
13. The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean
By: Susan Casey
4.24
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling author Susan Casey, an awe-inspiring portrait of the mysterious world beneath the … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- nature
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14. What We Owe the Future
By: William MacAskill
3.84
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
An Oxford philosopher makes the case for "longtermism"—that positively influencing the long-term fu… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
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15. The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Change Your World
By: David Robson
4.19
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A journey through the cutting-edge science of how our mindset shapes every facet of our lives, reve… read more
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- science
16. Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life
By: Dacher Keltner
3.64
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Awe is mysterious. How do we begin to quantify the goose bumps we feel when we see the Grand Canyon… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
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17. 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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- nonfiction
- history
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18. Agency (Jackpot #2)
By: William Gibson
3.81
Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition
In William Gibson's first novel since 2014's New York Times bestselling The Peripheral, a gifted "a… read more
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"I dislike calling them stubs,"-William Gibson, Agency (Jackpot #2)
"You’re too young to remember it,"-William Gibson, Agency (Jackpot #2)
"I like it. A Silicon Valley ghost story."-William Gibson, Agency (Jackpot #2)
"We’ve sourced something field-expedient,"-William Gibson, Agency (Jackpot #2)
19. Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos
By: Lisa Kaltenegger
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Riveting and timely, a look at the research that is transforming our understanding of the cosmos in… read more
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- adult
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20. Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI
By: Ethan Mollick
4.13
Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition
**A New York Times Bestseller**'Co-Intelligence is the very best book I know about the ins, outs, a… read more
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21. Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe
By: Philip Plait
4.27
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A rip-roaring tour of the cosmos with the Bad Astronomer, bringing you up close and personal with t… read more
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- nonfiction
- astronomy
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22. Manifest in Action: Unlock Your Limitless Potential
By: Roxie Nafousi
4.22
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The life-changing, seven-step guide to manifesting from self-development coach and internationally … read more
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- nonfiction
23. Writing for Busy Readers: Communicate More Effectively in the Real World
By: Todd Rogers
3.89
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Writing well is for school. Writing effectively is for life . Todd Rogers and Jessica Lasky-Fink o… read more
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24. The Experience Machine
By: Andy Clark
3.93
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A grand new vision of cognitive science that explains how our minds build our worldsFor as long as … read more
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25. The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy: What Animals on Earth Reveal about Aliens – and Ourselves
By: Arik Kershenbaum
3.96
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
DISCOVER HOW LIFE REALLY WORKS - ON EARTH AND IN SPACE We are unprepared for the greatest discov… read more
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"One of the most fundamental rules of natural selection, on Earth and across the universe, is that there is always a cost-benefit trade-off. Improving your abilities in one field must reduce your capa…"-Arik Kershenbaum, The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy: What Animals on Earth Reveal about Aliens – and Ourselves
"Whenever there is a conflict of interest (or a potential conflict of interest) between two animals making their own decisions to maximize their own fitness, then an evolutionary game is in play. Each…"-Arik Kershenbaum, The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy: What Animals on Earth Reveal about Aliens – and Ourselves
26. The Language Puzzle: Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved
By: Steven Mithen
4.14
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
A top scholar reveals the most complete picture to date of how early human speech led to the langua… read more
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27. The Demon in the Machine: How Hidden Webs of Information Are Solving the Mystery of Life
By: Paul C.W. Davies
4.04
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
'A gripping new drama in science ... if you want to understand how the concept of life is changing,… read more
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- nature
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"Network theory confirms the view that information can take on 'a life of its own'. In the yeast network my colleagues found that 40 per cent of node pairs that are correlated via information transfer…"-Paul C.W. Davies, The Demon in the Machine: How Hidden Webs of Information Are Solving the Mystery of Life
"To conclude: time doesn’t pass. (I hope the reader is now convinced!) Well, what does pass, then? I shall argue that it is the conscious awareness of the fleeting self that changes from moment to mom…"-Paul C.W. Davies, The Demon in the Machine: How Hidden Webs of Information Are Solving the Mystery of Life
"More radically, how can we be sure that the source of consciousness lies within our bodies at all? You might think that because a blow to the head renders one unconscious, the ‘seat of consciousness’…"-Paul C.W. Davies, The Demon in the Machine: How Hidden Webs of Information Are Solving the Mystery of Life
28. A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us about the Destiny of the Human Species
By: Rob Dunn
3.98
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A leading ecologist argues that if humankind is to survive on a fragile planet, we must understand … read more
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- history
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"We were offered a deal by nature: if we gave up thousands of species of birds, plants, mammals, butterflies, and bees, in exchange we could have a handful of new kinds of mosquitoes and rats. It is a…"-Rob Dunn, A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us about the Destiny of the Human Species
"The diversity-stability law, states that ecosystems that include more species are more stable through time... The law of dependence states that all species depend on other species. And we, as humans,…"-Rob Dunn, A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us about the Destiny of the Human Species
"It is surprising that we as a species have been as successful as we have despite our ignorance of the biological world and our biased perspective on its dimensions. Einstein said that "the eternal my…"-Rob Dunn, A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us about the Destiny of the Human Species
"In my experience, people who study climate change are planning for this last scenario in their own daily lives. At work, they write about the RCP2.6 path and how to get on it. At home, in their free …"-Rob Dunn, A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us about the Destiny of the Human Species
29. The Matter of Everything: How Curiosity, Physics, and Improbable Experiments Changed the World
By: Suzie Sheehy
4.19
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An accelerator physicist's fascinating journey through the experiments that uncovered the nature of… read more
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30. Wonderstruck: How Wonder and Awe Shape the Way We Think
By: Helen De Cruz
3.57
Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition
A philosopher explores the transformative role of wonder and awe in an uncertain worldWonder and aw… read more
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31. Worlds Without End: Exoplanets, Habitability, and the Future of Humanity
By: Chris Impey
4.07
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
The science of finding habitable planets beyond our solar system and the prospects for establishing… read more
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