From One Cell: A Journey into Life's Origins and the Future of Medicine
By: Ben Stanger
4.25
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Inside the quest to unlock the mysteries of development―and find the key to transforming our future…
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1. 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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- audiobook
- biology
- evolution
- nonfiction
- 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
2. Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
By: Edmund Conway
4.52
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
"You can get anything you want from anywhere in the world at a bargain price, but don't [whatever you do] expect to understand how it was made or how it got to you."-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"Brothers and sisters,’ said the man. ‘I want to tell you this. The greatest thing on earth is to have the love of God in your heart, and the next greatest thing is to have electricity in your house.’…"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"To say that concrete is everywhere is hardly an exaggeration. Despite the fact that we only began mass producing this mixture of sand, aggregates and cement just over a century ago, there are now mor…"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"A few years ago some geologists sifted through the data [and] estimated that the amount of sand, soil and rock we humans mine and quarry and dredge each year is some 24 times greater than the amount …"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
3. Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters
By: Charan Ranganath
3.95
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Memory is far more than a record of the past. In this groundbreaking tour of the mind and brain, on… read more
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- science
- health
- nonfiction
- audiobook
4. 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
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- science
- history
- health
- biology
- evolution
- nonfiction
- audiobook
5. The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works
By: Helen Czerski
4.23
Format: 446 pages, Hardcover
A scientist’s exploration of the "ocean engine"―the physics behind the ocean’s systems―and why it m… read more
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- audiobook
- history
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6. For Blood and Money: Billionaires, Biotech, and the Quest for a Blockbuster Drug
By: Nathan Vardi
4.30
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A gripping business narrative and scientific thriller about what it takes to bring a wonder drug to… read more
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- history
- health
- medical
- biology
- medicine
- nonfiction
- science
7. The Earth Transformed: An Untold History
By: Peter Frankopan
3.94
Format: 736 pages, Hardcover
A revolutionary new history that reveals how climate change has dramatically shaped the development… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
8. The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last
By: Azra Raza
4.07
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
With the fascinating scholarship of The Emperor of All Maladies and the deeply personal experience … read more
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- science
- history
- health
- medical
- biology
- medicine
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Treating cancer as one disease is like treating Africa as one country."-Azra Raza, The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last
"There is one and only one goal for all of us—to ensure that all our intellectual efforts are directed toward the relief of humanity’s suffering."-Azra Raza, The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last
"The vast majority of researchers are studying diseases they never see, in animals who don’t get them spontaneously, or in test tubes where the “cancer"-Azra Raza, The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last
"We should not be aiming for weeks of improved survival. Our goals should be higher. The public needs to see how far we have drifted from the original aims as oncologists and researchers and at what c…"-Azra Raza, The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last
9. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
By: Kevin Fedarko
4.36
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
A deeply moving account ever of walking the Grand Canyon, a highly dangerous, life-changing 750-mil… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment. -Annie Dillard"-Kevin Fedarko, A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
10. The Good Virus: The Amazing Story and Forgotten Promise of the Phage
By: Tom Ireland
4.43
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
At every moment, within your body and all around you, trillions of microscopic combatants are fight… read more
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- science
- history
- health
- medical
- biology
- medicine
- nonfiction
- audiobook
11. 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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- audiobook
- history
- evolution
- nonfiction
- science
12. The Master Builder: How the New Science of the Cell Is Rewriting the Story of Life
By: Alfonso Martinez Arias
4.05
Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition
"An ingenious argument" (Kirkus) for a "novel thesis" (Publishers Weekly) that cells, not DNA, hold… read more
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- biology
- nonfiction
- science
13. Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever
By: Joseph Cox
4.12
Format: None pages, None
The inside story of the largest law-enforcement sting operation ever, in which the FBI made its own… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
14. The Catalyst: RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life's Deepest Secrets
By: Thomas R. Cech
4.37
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A Nobel Prize–winning scientist reveals biology’s most transformative achievements in decades―a Dou… read more
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- history
- biology
- medicine
- nonfiction
- science
15. Waves in an Impossible Sea: How Everyday Life Emerges from the Cosmic Ocean
By: Matt Strassler
4.34
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A theoretical physicist takes us on an awe-inspiring journey from relativity to the Higgs field, sh… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
16. Says Who? A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words
By: Anne Curzan
4.12
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A kinder, funner usage guide to the ever-changing English language and a useful tool for both the g… read more
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- history
- audiobook
17. Remnants of Ancient Life: The New Science of Old Fossils
By: Dale E. Greenwalt
4.10
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The revolution in science that is transforming our understanding of extinct life We used to thin… read more
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- history
- biology
- evolution
- nonfiction
- audiobook
18. Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life
By: Ferris Jabr
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A vivid account of a major shift in how we understand Earth, from an exceptionally talented new voi… read more
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- history
- biology
- nonfiction
- science
19. From One Cell: A Journey into Life's Origins and the Future of Medicine
By: Ben Stanger
4.25
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Inside the quest to unlock the mysteries of development―and find the key to transforming our future… read more
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- history
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- medical
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- medicine
- evolution
- nonfiction
- audiobook
20. Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery
By: Theodore H. Schwartz
4.52
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
“If you are at all curious about the brain or the surgeons who operate on it, Gray Matters is a mus… read more
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- medical
- medicine
- nonfiction
- science
21. Black Saturday: An Unfiltered Account of the October 7th Attack on Israel and the War in Gaza
By: Trey Yingst
4.60
Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition
Fox News war correspondent Trey Yingst shares his gripping, firsthand account of the events of Octo… read more
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- nonfiction
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