Books like The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind
12 books with a reading profile close to The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind by Michio Kaku. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
by Ed Yong
analytical, accessible
Ed Yong examines the complex symbiosis between animals and the trillions of bacteria, viruses, and fungi that inhabit their bodies.
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Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
analytical, accessible
Neil deGrasse Tyson assembles a collection of essays that explain the laws governing the universe and the history of scientific discovery.
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THE INVISIBLE COUP
analytical, accessible
Peter Schweizer argues that current patterns of mass migration are not accidental shifts in population but are instead calculated tools of political warfare.
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The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True
analytical, accessible
Richard Dawkins tackles questions that children ask about the world, such as who the first person was, what the sun is, why there are seasons, what causes earthquakes and rainbows, and why bad things happen.
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Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
analytical, accessible
Carlo Rovelli condenses the fundamental pillars of modern physics into seven distinct segments.
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THE DAY AFTER
analytical, accessible
The author of “Shameless” looks at the relationship Republicans and Democrats have to power and prescribes ways for it to be used after Donald Trump’s presidency.
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Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
analytical, accessible
Amanda Montell analyzes the intersection of sociolinguistics and gender dynamics to explain how English has been shaped by patriarchal structures.
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Ender's world
by Orson Scott Card, Janis Ian
analytical, accessible
Ender’s World is a collection of essays edited by Orson Scott Card that analyzes the military, psychological, and social dimensions of the novel Ender’s Game.
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Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
analytical, accessible
Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths explain how mathematical principles used in computer science apply to human dilemmas.
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10
LONDON FALLING
analytical, accessible
Patrick Radden Keefe reconstructs the investigation into the unexplained death of a nineteen-year-old Londoner whose public identity masked a complex private existence.
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Ultra-Processed People: Why We Can't Stop Eating Food That Isn't Food
analytical, accessible
Chris van Tulleken examines the rise of Ultra-Processed People (UPP) and the industrial manufacturing methods that create substances designed for overconsumption.
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The Wheel of Time Companion: The People, Places, and History of the Bestselling Series
by Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal
analytical, accessible
This volume serves as a comprehensive encyclopedia of the universe established in the fourteen-volume fantasy cycle.
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