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1	Evolving Ourselves: How Unnatural Selection and Nonrandom Mutation are Changing Life on Earth by Juan Enríquez 4.18 avg rating — 706 ratings score: 297, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics by Richard H. Thaler 4.16 avg rating — 24,342 ratings score: 287, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Machines of Loving Grace: The Quest for Common Ground Between Humans and Robots by John Markoff 3.67 avg rating — 635 ratings score: 271, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Mindware: Tools for Smart Thinking by Richard E. Nisbett (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 1,834 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World by Bruce Schneier really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,919 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Cool: How the Brain’s Hidden Quest for Cool Drives Our Economy and Shapes Our World by Steven Quartz 3.59 avg rating — 227 ratings score: 186, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Pagans: The End of Traditional Religion and the Rise of Christianity by James J. O'Donnell 3.38 avg rating — 1,072 ratings score: 185, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature's Deep Design by Frank Wilczek 3.88 avg rating — 1,527 ratings score: 184, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction by Philip E. Tetlock 4.08 avg rating — 23,039 ratings score: 177, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	A Force for Good: The Dalai Lama's Vision for Our World by Daniel Goleman (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 1,154 ratings score: 174, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	This Idea Must Die: Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress by John Brockman (Editor) 3.51 avg rating — 1,369 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Is Shame Necessary?: New Uses for an Old Tool by Jennifer Jacquet 3.51 avg rating — 289 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Utopia Experiment by Dylan Evans (Goodreads Author) 3.42 avg rating — 883 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Professor in the Cage: Why Men Fight and Why We Like to Watch by Jonathan Gottschall 3.77 avg rating — 1,302 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	How to Raise a Wild Child: The Art and Science of Falling in Love with Nature by Scott D. Sampson 3.79 avg rating — 2,437 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Data-ism: The Revolution Transforming Decision Making, Consumer Behavior, and Almost Everything Else – A New York Times Reporter's Journey Through Big Data by Steve Lohr 3.46 avg rating — 551 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Faith Versus Fact: Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible by Jerry A. Coyne 4.11 avg rating — 1,808 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Privacy in the Modern Age: The Search for Solutions by Marc Rotenberg (Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 30 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert by John M. Gottman 4.26 avg rating — 37,127 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Dreams of Earth and Sky by Freeman Dyson 3.90 avg rating — 136 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Anxious: Using the Brain to Understand and Treat Fear and Anxiety by Joseph E. LeDoux 3.65 avg rating — 740 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Why Information Grows: The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies by César A. Hidalgo (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 1,525 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science by Richard Dawkins (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 1,635 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Strange Tools: Art and Human Nature by Alva Noë 3.70 avg rating — 252 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Monsters: The Hindenburg Disaster and the Birth of Pathological Technology by Ed Regis 3.10 avg rating — 69 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars