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The Seven Ages of Death
White Holes
Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything
Just One Thing: How simple changes can transform your life
La vida contada por un sapiens a un neandertal
Quantum Supremacy
Depphjärnan: varför mår vi så dåligt när vi har det så bra?
Skärmhjärnan
Jellyfish Age Backwards: Nature's Secrets to Longevity
Tak działa mózg. Jak mądrze dbać o jego funkcjonowanie
Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry
Drink?: The New Science of Alcohol and Your Health
Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind
A Brief History of Time
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
A Short History of Nearly Everything
The Selfish Gene
Cosmos
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Thinking, Fast and Slow
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Bad Science
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Stuff Matters by Mark MiodownikThe New Science of Strong Materials by J.E. GordonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondLiquid by Mark MiodownikSalt by Mark Kurlansky
The Wonder of Stuff
83 books — 12 voters
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. FeynmanCosmos by Carl Sagan1984 by George OrwellA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter
A Nerd's Guide to Reading
253 books — 75 voters

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. FeynmanThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Greatest Show on Earth by Richard DawkinsThe Language Instinct by Steven PinkerEuler by William Dunham
Popular Science for Smarties
131 books — 37 voters
The Case of the Frozen Addicts by J. William LangstonThe Best Bits of Physics by Alasdair C. ShawHow to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog) by Lee Alan DugatkinThe Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganWonderful Life by Stephen Jay Gould
How Science Works
14 books — 3 voters

A Survey of Physical Theory by Max PlanckBirth of a Theorem by Cédric VillaniLady Luck by Warren WeaverLove and Math by Edward FrenkelWhat Is Mathematics? An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods by Richard Courant
Rigorous Popular Science Books
15 books — 8 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksFuzz by Mary RoachSmoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin DoughtyMe Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
If you like Mary Roach...
53 books — 9 voters


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What worries me is the acceptance of the importance of feelings without any effort to understand their complex biological and sociocultural machinery. The best example of this attitude can be found in the attempt to explain bruised feelings or irrational behavior by appealing to surface social causes or the action of neurotransmitters, two explanations that pervade the social discourse as presented in the visual and printed media; and in the attempt to correct personal and social problems with m ...more
Antonio Damasio, Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain

Des résultats qui apparaissent pour la première fois dans des rapports ou des livres, même à gros tirage, n'ont aucune fiabilité. Tout simplement parce que ces publications n'ont pas passé le filtre du contrôle par les pairs. Les éditeurs n'ont évidemment pas la capacité d'expertise du monde académique et leur premier souci est plus de s'assurer du potentiel de vente d'un livre que de la parfaite légitimité scientifique des arguments que l'on y trouve. Par ailleurs, un livre qui se glorifie de p ...more
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