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Brave Genius: A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize

by Sean B. Carroll

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Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery

by Richard Hollingham

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by Steven Pinker (Goodreads Author)

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Ninglu’s Quotes

“Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future.”
― Hippocrates

tags: forecasts, medicine

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“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.”
― Søren Kierkegaard

tags: civil-rights, free-speech, free-will, freedom, intelligence, liberty, stupidity

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“Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.”
― Albert Camus

tags: human-nature, man, mankind, philosophy

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“Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

tags: humor, philosophy, science-fiction

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“Time is a game played beautifully by children.”
― Heraclitus, Fragments

tags: fragment-52, games, heraclitus, leisure, philosophy, play, time, wisdom

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OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more

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This Group explores scientific topics. We have an active monthly book club, as well as discussions on a variety of topics including science in the new ...more

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Study and discussion of the important questions of ethical and political philosophy from Confucius and Socrates to the present. Rules (see also the ...more

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