Popular Science

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When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life
The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI
Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality
The Seven Ages of Death
The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything
Quantum Supremacy
Black Holes: The Key to Understanding the Universe
Jellyfish Age Backwards: Nature's Secrets to Longevity
Depphjärnan: varför mår vi så dåligt när vi har det så bra?
Traumaland. Polacy w cieniu przeszłości
Just One Thing: How simple changes can transform your life
Vanedyr - Videnskabens manipulation af vores instinkter
On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters
Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI
Ancestors: A History of Britain in Seven Burials
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
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
Bad Science
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Blood River by Tim ButcherAdapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyLeading Hybrid and Remote Teams by Gleb TsipurskyThe Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyNever Go With Your Gut by Gleb Tsipursky
Mind-changing Nonfiction
97 books — 75 voters
Shamanism by Manvir   SinghA Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century by Heather E. HeyingRace Marxism by James   LindsayCynical Theories by Helen Pluckrose12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson
Decoding the Gurus Podcast
82 books — 2 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
17 books — 10 voters
The Power Broker by Robert A. CaroA Pattern Language by Christopher W. AlexanderThe Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane JacobsPalaces for the People by Eric KlinenbergThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Urban Planning/Social Ecology
113 books — 11 voters


Thomas Wheeler
Included in the GSM standard for mobile devices was the ability to use the mobile network's control channel (the parhway that controls the call but doesn't carry the call itself) to send short alphanumeric messages. It was envisioned principally as a means for one-way communication from the company to the subscriber (such as "your bill is due"). That changed when the functionality was discovered by Norwegian teenagers in the late 1980s. ...more
Tom Wheeler, From Gutenberg to Google: The History of Our Future

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
Pierre Cahuc, Le Négationnisme économique. Et comment s'en débarrasser (ESSAIS)

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