In Search of the Ultimate Building Blocks
By: Gerard 't Hooft
3.87
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
From 1960 until 1990 theoretical physicists and experimentalists worked together to probe deeper an…
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1. Like Water for Chocolate
By: Laura Esquivel , Carol Christensen , Thomas Christensen
3.95
Format: 222 pages, Paperback
Earthy, magical, and utterly charming, this tale of family life in turn-of-the-century Mexico becam… read more
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"Porque no quiero."-Laura Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate
"Dicen que el sordo no oye, pero compone"-Laura Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate
"ما إن عانقها حتى اختلج جسدها كما الهلام"-Laura Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate
"Solo las ollas saben los hervores de su caldo."-Laura Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate
2. The Selfish Gene
By: Richard Dawkins
4.16
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
"The Selfish Gene" caused a wave of excitement among biologists and the general public when it was … read more
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"Chance" is just a word expressing ignorance"-Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene
"What shall it profit a male if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his immortal genes?"-Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene
"The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry."-Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene
"I am an enthusiastic Darwinian, but I think Darwinism is too big a theory to be confined to the narrow context of the gene."-Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene
3. Casino
By: Nicholas Pileggi
4.09
Format: 148 pages, Mass Market Paperback
From the author of the best-selling Mafia expose, Wiseguy, comes this inside story of the billion-d… read more
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- nonfiction
4. The Little Book of String Theory
By: Steven S. Gubser
4.20
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
"The Little Book of String Theory" offers a short, accessible, and entertaining introduction to one… read more
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- nonfiction
- physics
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5. The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
By: Richard Dawkins
3.57
Format: None pages, Paperback
***30th Anniversary Edition*** Cover note: Each copy of the anniversary edition of The Blind Watchm… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
6. Encounters with Einstein and Other Essays on People, Places and Particles
By: Werner Heisenberg
3.57
Format: None pages, Paperback
In nine essays and lectures composed in the last years of his life, Werner Heisenberg offers a bold… read more
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- physics
- science
7. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
By: Elizabeth Kolbert
4.12
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Over the last half-billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
8. La ridícula idea de no volver a verte
By: Rosa Montero
4.30
Format: 237 pages, Paperback
<>ROSA MONTERO. Una narracion a medio camino entre el recuerdo personal y la memoria de todos, entr… read more
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9. Hyperspace
By: Michio Kaku
4.18
Format: 342 pages,
How many dimensions do you live in? Three? Maybe that's all your commonsense sense perception perce… read more
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10. The Investigation
By: Stanisław Lem , Adele Milch
3.97
Format: 68 pages, Paperback
A young officer at Scotland Yard is assigned to investigate a puzzling and eerie case of missing-an… read more
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11. The Communist Manifesto
By: Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels , Gareth Stedman Jones
3.66
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A rousing call to arms whose influence is still felt today Originally published on the eve of th… read more
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"The bourgeois sees in his wife a mere instrument of production."-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
"Study of the past often turns into love of the past and a desire to keep it."-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
"Society as a whole is more and more splitting up into two great hostile camps"-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
"The free development of each is the condition for the free development of all."-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
12. A Brief History of Time
By: Stephen Hawking , Phạm Văn Thiều , None
4.21
Format: 226 pages, Paperback
A landmark volume in science writing by one of the great minds of our time, Stephen Hawking’s book … read more
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"God abhors a naked singularity."-Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time
"There should be no boundary to human endeavor."-Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time
"Cuando miramos al universo, lo vemos tal como fue en el pasado"-Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time
"If time travel is possible, where are the tourists from the future?"-Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time
13. Chance and Necessity
By: Jacques Monod
3.53
Format: 320 pages, Mass Market Paperback
This radical book by Nobel laureate Monod is an important intellectual event. Chance and Necessity … read more
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14. Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
By: Dan Ariely
3.00
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
Why do our headaches persist after taking a one-cent aspirin but disappear when we take a 50-cent a… read more
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15. The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
4.40
Format: 184 pages, Hardcover
A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable… read more
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16. El bosón de Higgs no te va a hacer la cama
By: Javier Santaolalla
1.00
Format: 64 pages, Kindle Edition
Viajes en el tiempo, agujeros negros, motores de antimateria, aceleracion del universo... La fisica… read more
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17. Dreams of a Final Theory: The Scientist's Search for the Ultimate Laws of Nature
By: Steven Weinberg
4.08
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
"Unusually well written and informative...Weinberg is one of the world's most creative theoretical … read more
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18. Brief Answers to the Big Questions
By: Stephen Hawking
4.28
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Stephen Hawking was recognized as one of the greatest minds of our time and a figure of inspiration… read more
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- nonfiction
- physics
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"I use the word “God"-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions
"This “Hawking temperature"-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions
"So some might imagine that I am an expert on time, although of course these days an expert is not necessarily a good thing to be."-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions
"I think it is legitimate to take a broader view and include externally transmitted information, as well as DNA, in the evolution of the human race."-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions
19. 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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- science
"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
20. When We Cease to Understand the World
By: Benjamín Labatut
4.14
Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition
One of The New York Times Book Review ’s 10 Best Books of 2021 Shortlisted for the 2021 Internat… read more
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- physics
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"Como la luna en el budismo, una partícula no existe; el acto de medición la vuelve un objeto real"-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World
"Reality, they said to those present, does not exist as something separate from the act of observation."-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World
"Una de las cosas que siempre me han sorprendido de Chile es la aversión que sentimos por la cordillera. No habitamos las montañas."-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World
"Solo una visione di insieme, come quella di un santo, di un pazzo o di un mistico, ci permetterà di decifrare la forma in cui è organizzato l’universo."-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World
21. The Order of Time
By: Carlo Rovelli
4.12
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Time is a mystery that does not cease to puzzle us. Philosophers, artists and poets have long explo… read more
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- physics
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"We understand the world in its becoming, not in its being."-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time
"Our fear of death seems to me to be an error of evolution."-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time
"Children grow up and discover that the world is not as it seemed from within the four walls of their homes. Humankind as a whole does the same."-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time
"Before Newton, time for humanity was the way of counting how things changed. Before him, no one had thought it possible that a time independent of things could exist. Don't take your intuitions and i…"-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time
22. Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist
By: Frans de Waal
4.16
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
New York Times best-selling author and world-renowned primatologist Frans de Waal explores sex and … read more
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- science
23. The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma
By: Mustafa Suleyman
3.86
Format: 332 pages, Hardcover
A warning of the unprecedented risks that AI and other fast-developing technologies pose to global … read more
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- science
24. The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity—and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race
By: Daniel Z. Lieberman
4.15
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Why are we obsessed with the things we want and bored when we get them? Why is addiction "perfect… read more
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- science
"It’s better to be smart than strong."-Daniel Z. Lieberman, The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity—and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race
"Success inspired confidence; confidence produced success."-Daniel Z. Lieberman, The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity—and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race
"Having a confident expectation of success can make obstacles melt before your eyes."-Daniel Z. Lieberman, The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity—and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race
"As the German philosopher Arthur Schoppenhauer wrote, "Dreams are brief madness and madness a long dreams."-Daniel Z. Lieberman, The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity—and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race
25. ¿Qué hace un bosón como tú en un Big Bang como este?: Orgías cósmicas, polvo de estrellas y otras locuras cuánticas
By: Javier Santaolalla
4.22
Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition
Un libro para todos los públicos, ameno y desenfadado, que explica -¡y se entiende!- conceptos tan … read more
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- nonfiction
- physics
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26. The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality
By: Oded Galor
3.85
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A landmark, radically uplifting account of our species' progress from one of the world's pre-eminen… read more
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- science
"У 1579-му міська рада Гданська наказала непомітно втопити винахідника нового верстата для плетіння тасьми, який загрожував традиційним виробникам цієї продукції."-Oded Galor, The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality
"У 1958 році американський політолог Едвард Бенфілд сформулював впливову теорію, відповідно до якої низький рівень економічного розвитку в цьому регіоні пов’язаний з міцними родинними зв’язками. За йо…"-Oded Galor, The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality
"Дуже часто рекомендації західних держав щодо розвитку політики в бідніших країнах мало відрізняються від «ритуалів відновлення» в жителів острова Танна. Вони передбачають зовнішню імітацію інститутів…"-Oded Galor, The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality
"Після Великого повстання проти Римської імперії, яке спалахнуло в Юдеї 66 року н. е., римляни знищили Єрусалим і Єрусалимський храм. Кілька основних течій юдаїзму зникло, зокрема садукеї (священники …"-Oded Galor, The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality
27. Beyond Weird
By: Philip Ball
4.11
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
'This is the book I wish I could have written but am very glad I've read' Jim Al-Khalili ‘I thin… read more
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- physics
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"Quantum theory had the strangest genesis,"-Philip Ball, Beyond Weird
"[C]lassical physics is just a special case of quantum physics."-Philip Ball, Beyond Weird
"Cabe decir que los genios tienen más posibilidades de incurrir en el error que la media."-Philip Ball, Beyond Weird
"Creer que el genio conlleva estar libre de error es malinterpretar la naturaleza de la creatividad y el entendimiento."-Philip Ball, Beyond Weird
28. La energía nuclear salvará el mundo: Derribando mitos sobre la energía nuclear
By: Alfredo García
4.29
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Ni los operadores nucleares son como Homer Simpson, ni en España se puede producir una catástrofe c… read more
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- physics
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29. In Search of the Ultimate Building Blocks
By: Gerard 't Hooft
3.87
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
From 1960 until 1990 theoretical physicists and experimentalists worked together to probe deeper an… read more
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- nonfiction
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30. En agosto nos vemos
By: Gabriel García Márquez
3.63
Format: 142 pages, Hardcover
Un maravilloso regalo inesperado para los innumerables lectores de García Márquez Cada mes de a… read more
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"Do you know how old I am?"-Gabriel García Márquez, En agosto nos vemos
"The sea was an oasis of gold under the afternoon sun."-Gabriel García Márquez, En agosto nos vemos
"It was always a joyful love where even madness was admissible."-Gabriel García Márquez, En agosto nos vemos
"They both lay listening intently to the sounds of their souls."-Gabriel García Márquez, En agosto nos vemos
