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
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. FeynmanMy Brief History by Stephen W. HawkingTesla by Margaret CheneyGenius  by James GleickThe Queen's Conjurer by Benjamin Woolley
Science Biographies
50 books — 12 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

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

The Martian by Andy WeirThe Lost City of Z by David GrannThe Invention of Nature by Andrea WulfThe Gene by Siddhartha MukherjeeOn the Move by Oliver Sacks
Science Friday Radio Show/Podcast
106 books — 44 voters


Stephen D. Carver
If I had to explain AI over coffee, I’d say this: imagine a super-intern who has read every encyclopedia, watched every YouTube video, and memorized every Wikipedia page." Artificial Intelligence Explained: The Complete Beginner’s Guide – 50 Essential Answers by AI, Clarified for Humans ...more
Stephen D. Carver

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
If you can't understand a study, the problem is with the study, not with you. ...more
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are

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