Focus here is on books that treat scientific thinking as a practiced skill that helps us counteract our natural jump-to-conclusions tendency and navigate successfully – in work teams, personal lives, education, communities, politics.

This list is intended to contain material on how a scientific way of thinking mobilizes our rational powers and makes us better problem solvers and informed citizens. An underlying assumption is that a scientific way of thinking is not our default mode and takes some practice to develop. As a result, titles can be about thinking scientifically, deliberate practice/habits, or both.