Évolution

Notre histoire ancestrale se dévoile à travers la science de pointe, révélant comment l'ADN, la sélection naturelle et les forces biologiques ont façonné tout, de nos corps à nos comportements. Des penseurs de premier plan éclairent la place de l'humanité dans la grande expérience de la nature, explorant le sexe, l'intelligence, la santé et les innombrables particularités qui font de nous des êtres uniquement humains.

Évolution Résumés de livres

Feeling & Knowing

par António Damásio • 2021

Consciousness begins in the body: feelings, not thought, build the first sense of self.

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🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤸 Embodied Cognition ❤️ Affective Neuroscience 🧬 Brain-Body Connection 🧬 Evolution Of Mind

Feeling & Knowing

Consciousness begins in the body: feelings, not thought, build the first sense of self.

par António Damásio 2021 256 pages

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🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤸 Embodied Cognition ❤️ Affective Neuroscience 🧬 Brain-Body Connection 🧬 Evolution Of Mind

How to Argue With a Racist

par Adam Rutherford • 2020

How to shut down racist pseudoscience with real genetics: ancestry, athletics, and intelligence.

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📊 Population Genetics 🧬 Race And Genetics 🌳 Genetic Ancestry 🔍 Pseudoscience Criticism 🧪 Evolutionary Biology

How to Argue With a Racist

How to shut down racist pseudoscience with real genetics: ancestry, athletics, and intelligence.

par Adam Rutherford 2020 224 pages

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📊 Population Genetics 🧬 Race And Genetics 🌳 Genetic Ancestry 🔍 Pseudoscience Criticism 🧪 Evolutionary Biology

A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived

par Adam Rutherford • 2016

The genome reveals one family: shared ancestors 3,400 years ago. Race was never real.

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🧬 Human Genetics 🏺 Ancient DNA 🌍 Human Origins 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Race And Genetics 🧩 Nature Vs Nurture

A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived

The genome reveals one family: shared ancestors 3,400 years ago. Race was never real.

par Adam Rutherford 2016 419 pages

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🧬 Human Genetics 🏺 Ancient DNA 🌍 Human Origins 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Race And Genetics 🧩 Nature Vs Nurture

Testosterone Rex

par Cordelia Fine • 2017

The familiar story of testosterone-fueled men and cautious women falls apart under real data.

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🧬 Sexual Selection 🧠 Biological Essentialism 🧬 Neurosexism ✳️ Feminist Science 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology

Testosterone Rex

The familiar story of testosterone-fueled men and cautious women falls apart under real data.

par Cordelia Fine 2017 272 pages

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🧬 Sexual Selection 🧠 Biological Essentialism 🧬 Neurosexism ✳️ Feminist Science 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology

A Crack in Creation

par Jennifer A. Doudna • 2017

The tool to rewrite the human genome came from bacteria. Our wisdom is still catching up.

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🧬 Gene Editing 🔬 Molecular Biology ⚡ Scientific Discovery ⚖️ Bioethics 💊 Future Of Medicine

A Crack in Creation

The tool to rewrite the human genome came from bacteria. Our wisdom is still catching up.

par Jennifer A. Doudna 2017 281 pages

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🧬 Gene Editing 🔬 Molecular Biology ⚡ Scientific Discovery ⚖️ Bioethics 💊 Future Of Medicine

Good Reasons for Bad Feelings

par Randolph M. Nesse • 2019

Your brain evolved for a different world. Depression and anxiety are the mismatch showing.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🏥 Evolutionary Medicine 🔄 Evolutionary Mismatch 😢 Adaptive Emotions 😰 Anxiety And Depression

Good Reasons for Bad Feelings

Your brain evolved for a different world. Depression and anxiety are the mismatch showing.

par Randolph M. Nesse 2019 384 pages

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🏥 Evolutionary Medicine 🔄 Evolutionary Mismatch 😢 Adaptive Emotions 😰 Anxiety And Depression

The Science of Positivity

par Loretta Graziano Breuning • 2013

Your brain chemicals chase survival, not happiness. Learn their rules to build better circuits.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology ⚗️ Brain Chemistry 😟 Negativity Bias 🔄 Cognitive Rewiring 📊 Social Comparison

The Science of Positivity

Your brain chemicals chase survival, not happiness. Learn their rules to build better circuits.

par Loretta Graziano Breuning 2013 224 pages

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology ⚗️ Brain Chemistry 😟 Negativity Bias 🔄 Cognitive Rewiring 📊 Social Comparison

Heavens on Earth

par Michael Shermer • 2018

The scientific case against the afterlife, immortality, and utopia, and why the real heaven is here.

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🧠 Near-Death Experiences 💀 Mortality Salience 🔬 Scientific Skepticism 🧬 Life Extension 🏛️ Utopian Critique

Heavens on Earth

The scientific case against the afterlife, immortality, and utopia, and why the real heaven is here.

par Michael Shermer 2018 303 pages

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🧠 Near-Death Experiences 💀 Mortality Salience 🔬 Scientific Skepticism 🧬 Life Extension 🏛️ Utopian Critique

The Life Divine

par Sri Aurobindo • 1942

The material world is not an error. It's divinity condensed, and evolution is its homecoming.

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🕉️ Advaita Vedanta ☯️ Nondual Spirituality 🧬 Evolution Of Consciousness 🔄 Integral Philosophy 🌟 Divine Immanence

The Life Divine

The material world is not an error. It's divinity condensed, and evolution is its homecoming.

par Sri Aurobindo 1942 1154 pages

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🕉️ Advaita Vedanta ☯️ Nondual Spirituality 🧬 Evolution Of Consciousness 🔄 Integral Philosophy 🌟 Divine Immanence

Forbidden Archeology

par Michael A. Cremo • 1993

Modern human fossils appear in Miocene strata. For over a century, science has looked away.

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🦴 Paleoanthropology 🏺 Alternative Archaeology 🌍 Human Origins 🔍 Fossil Anomalies ⛓️ Scientific Dogmatism

Forbidden Archeology

Modern human fossils appear in Miocene strata. For over a century, science has looked away.

par Michael A. Cremo 1993 914 pages

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🦴 Paleoanthropology 🏺 Alternative Archaeology 🌍 Human Origins 🔍 Fossil Anomalies ⛓️ Scientific Dogmatism

The Language Game

par Morten H. Christiansen • 2022

Language isn't a fixed code; it's a second-by-second improvisation that built human culture.

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🗣️ Language Evolution 🧠 Cognitive Linguistics 🌍 Cultural Evolution 🌱 Spontaneous Order 👶 Language Acquisition

The Language Game

Language isn't a fixed code; it's a second-by-second improvisation that built human culture.

par Morten H. Christiansen 2022 304 pages

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🗣️ Language Evolution 🧠 Cognitive Linguistics 🌍 Cultural Evolution 🌱 Spontaneous Order 👶 Language Acquisition

Trialogues at the Edge of the West

par Rupert Sheldrake • 1992

Nature learns, chaos creates, and three minds argue the cosmos has a memory and a soul.

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🌌 Speculative Cosmology 🔬 Holistic Science 🍄 Psychedelic Philosophy 🌍 World Soul ✨ Resacralization

Trialogues at the Edge of the West

Nature learns, chaos creates, and three minds argue the cosmos has a memory and a soul.

par Rupert Sheldrake 1992 192 pages

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🌌 Speculative Cosmology 🔬 Holistic Science 🍄 Psychedelic Philosophy 🌍 World Soul ✨ Resacralization

Mean Genes

par Terry Burnham • 2000

Overeating, overspending, cheating: your genes want all three. The science of overriding them.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 💰 Behavioral Economics 😊 Hedonic Adaptation 🔄 Evolutionary Mismatch 🎲 Risk Perception

Mean Genes

Overeating, overspending, cheating: your genes want all three. The science of overriding them.

par Terry Burnham 2000 263 pages

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 💰 Behavioral Economics 😊 Hedonic Adaptation 🔄 Evolutionary Mismatch 🎲 Risk Perception

Visions

par Michio Kaku • 2011

When quantum physics, computing, and genetics converge, the 21st century truly begins.

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🧬 Genetic Engineering 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🔮 Futurism 🧠 Transhumanism ⚖️ Bioethics

Visions

When quantum physics, computing, and genetics converge, the 21st century truly begins.

par Michio Kaku 2011 418 pages

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🧬 Genetic Engineering 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🔮 Futurism 🧠 Transhumanism ⚖️ Bioethics

Innate

par Kevin J. Mitchell • 2018

Genes and chance wire your brain; experience amplifies the differences, never erases them.

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🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🌱 Nature Versus Nurture 🧠 Brain Development 🎭 Personality Psychology

Innate

Genes and chance wire your brain; experience amplifies the differences, never erases them.

par Kevin J. Mitchell 2018 304 pages

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🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🌱 Nature Versus Nurture 🧠 Brain Development 🎭 Personality Psychology

This Is Your Brain on Parasites

par Kathleen McAuliffe • 2016

A parasite makes rats run toward cats. It may shape your personality, politics, and disgust.

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🧠 Parasite Manipulation 🧫 Gut-Brain Axis 🤢 Disgust Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🦠 Microbiome Health

This Is Your Brain on Parasites

A parasite makes rats run toward cats. It may shape your personality, politics, and disgust.

par Kathleen McAuliffe 2016 268 pages

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🧠 Parasite Manipulation 🧫 Gut-Brain Axis 🤢 Disgust Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🦠 Microbiome Health

The Awakened Ape

par Jevan Pradas • 2017

Happiness isn't something you chase; it's something your genes produce when the environment's right.

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🥩 Ancestral Health ⚡ Environmental Mismatch 🌿 Nature Connection 🧘 Mindfulness Meditation

The Awakened Ape

Happiness isn't something you chase; it's something your genes produce when the environment's right.

par Jevan Pradas 2017 293 pages

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🥩 Ancestral Health ⚡ Environmental Mismatch 🌿 Nature Connection 🧘 Mindfulness Meditation

The Psychology of Twilight

par E. David Klonsky • 2011

Your brain picked Team Edward or Team Jacob long before you did. The reasons aren't romantic.

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧠 Pop Psychology 🔗 Attachment Theory 🧪 Dopamine And Desire 🎬 Pop Culture Analysis

The Psychology of Twilight

Your brain picked Team Edward or Team Jacob long before you did. The reasons aren't romantic.

par E. David Klonsky 2011 272 pages

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧠 Pop Psychology 🔗 Attachment Theory 🧪 Dopamine And Desire 🎬 Pop Culture Analysis

Looking for Spinoza

par António Damásio • 2001

A neuroscientist reveals feelings are body maps, and Spinoza mapped it first.

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🧠 Affective Neuroscience 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🧬 Consciousness Science 🫀 Interoception 🚶 Embodied Cognition

Looking for Spinoza

A neuroscientist reveals feelings are body maps, and Spinoza mapped it first.

par António Damásio 2001 355 pages

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🧠 Affective Neuroscience 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🧬 Consciousness Science 🫀 Interoception 🚶 Embodied Cognition

Joyful

par Ingrid Fetell Lee • 2018

Color, curves, and a window with a view: ten physical switches that lift any room's mood.

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🧠 Environmental Psychology 🌸 Everyday Aesthetics 🎨 Color Psychology 🌿 Biophilic Design 👁️ Sensory Design

Joyful

Color, curves, and a window with a view: ten physical switches that lift any room's mood.

par Ingrid Fetell Lee 2018 318 pages

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🧠 Environmental Psychology 🌸 Everyday Aesthetics 🎨 Color Psychology 🌿 Biophilic Design 👁️ Sensory Design

Untrue

par Wednesday Martin • 2018

The plough, not biology, invented female monogamy. Inside the science that rewrites female lust.

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🦋 Female Sexuality 💔 Infidelity 🔓 Non-Monogamy 🏛️ Origins Of Patriarchy 🙊 Sexual Stigma

Untrue

The plough, not biology, invented female monogamy. Inside the science that rewrites female lust.

par Wednesday Martin 2018 320 pages

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🦋 Female Sexuality 💔 Infidelity 🔓 Non-Monogamy 🏛️ Origins Of Patriarchy 🙊 Sexual Stigma

The Male Brain

par Louann Brizendine • 2010

A woman's brain isn't a blank slate: hormones sculpt it for love, talk, and survival.

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🧠 Brain Sex Differences 🧪 Hormonal Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🤱 Maternal Neuroscience 🌙 Menopause Transition

The Male Brain

A woman's brain isn't a blank slate: hormones sculpt it for love, talk, and survival.

par Louann Brizendine 2010 271 pages

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🧠 Brain Sex Differences 🧪 Hormonal Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🤱 Maternal Neuroscience 🌙 Menopause Transition

Kluge

par Gary F. Marcus • 2008

Your brain is an evolutionary patch job: why you forget, misjudge, and chase empty pleasures.

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧠 Cognitive Biases ⏳ Evolutionary Mismatch 💭 Memory Fallibility 🏗️ Mental Architecture

Kluge

Your brain is an evolutionary patch job: why you forget, misjudge, and chase empty pleasures.

par Gary F. Marcus 2008 224 pages

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧠 Cognitive Biases ⏳ Evolutionary Mismatch 💭 Memory Fallibility 🏗️ Mental Architecture

The Science of Good and Evil

par Michael Shermer • 2004

Good and evil are evolutionary strategies, and science can decipher them.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🤝 Evolution Of Morality ✨ Secular Ethics 🔬 Moral Psychology 🕊️ Altruism

The Science of Good and Evil

Good and evil are evolutionary strategies, and science can decipher them.

par Michael Shermer 2004 350 pages

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🤝 Evolution Of Morality ✨ Secular Ethics 🔬 Moral Psychology 🕊️ Altruism

Timefulness

par Marcia Bjornerud • 2018

The climate crisis has a hidden dimension: time. Why the billion-year view matters now.

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⏳ Deep Time 🌍 Earth History 🔭 Long-Term Thinking 🏭 Anthropocene 🌿 Nature Connection

Timefulness

The climate crisis has a hidden dimension: time. Why the billion-year view matters now.

par Marcia Bjornerud 2018 224 pages

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⏳ Deep Time 🌍 Earth History 🔭 Long-Term Thinking 🏭 Anthropocene 🌿 Nature Connection

The Demon in the Machine

par Paul C.W. Davies • 2020

Life runs on information, not chemistry. Molecular demons manage it with near-perfect efficiency.

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🧬 Origin Of Life 📡 Information Theory 🧪 Molecular Biology 🔀 Complexity Science ⚛️ Quantum Biology

The Demon in the Machine

Life runs on information, not chemistry. Molecular demons manage it with near-perfect efficiency.

par Paul C.W. Davies 2020 320 pages

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🧬 Origin Of Life 📡 Information Theory 🧪 Molecular Biology 🔀 Complexity Science ⚛️ Quantum Biology

The Paleo Diet Revised

par Loren Cordain • 2001

The diet your genes expect: lean protein, foraged plants, and no grains, dairy, or sugar.

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🏛️ Ancestral Health 🥩 Paleo Diet 🔥 Anti-Inflammatory Diet 🚫 Elimination Diets 📉 Glycemic Control

The Paleo Diet Revised

The diet your genes expect: lean protein, foraged plants, and no grains, dairy, or sugar.

par Loren Cordain 2001 288 pages

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🏛️ Ancestral Health 🥩 Paleo Diet 🔥 Anti-Inflammatory Diet 🚫 Elimination Diets 📉 Glycemic Control

From Darwin to Derrida

par David Haig • 2020

Meaning and purpose seem beyond physics. This biologist argues they are products of it.

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🤔 Philosophy Of Biology 🌍 Cultural Evolution 💡 Naturalized Meaning 🧩 Selfish Gene Theory

From Darwin to Derrida

Meaning and purpose seem beyond physics. This biologist argues they are products of it.

par David Haig 2020 512 pages

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🤔 Philosophy Of Biology 🌍 Cultural Evolution 💡 Naturalized Meaning 🧩 Selfish Gene Theory

The Genius of Birds

par Jennifer Ackerman • 2016

Beneath a tiny skull is a brain that rivals primates in tool making, navigation, and culture.

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🧠 Animal Cognition 🧩 Avian Intelligence 🐦 Bird Behavior 🗺️ Bird Migration 🔬 Ethology

The Genius of Birds

Beneath a tiny skull is a brain that rivals primates in tool making, navigation, and culture.

par Jennifer Ackerman 2016 352 pages

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🧠 Animal Cognition 🧩 Avian Intelligence 🐦 Bird Behavior 🗺️ Bird Migration 🔬 Ethology

Earthing

par Clinton Ober • 2010

Bare skin on ground transfers electrons that neutralize inflammation. Modern shoes stopped the flow.

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⚡ Energy Medicine 🦴 Ancestral Health 🔥 Inflammation Reduction 😴 Sleep Optimization 💊 Pain Management

Earthing

Bare skin on ground transfers electrons that neutralize inflammation. Modern shoes stopped the flow.

par Clinton Ober 2010 272 pages

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⚡ Energy Medicine 🦴 Ancestral Health 🔥 Inflammation Reduction 😴 Sleep Optimization 💊 Pain Management

The Myth of Race

par Robert Wald Sussman • 2014

Why biological race is a scientific fraud: the 500-year history of an idea built to justify power.

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🔬 History Of Science 🧬 Scientific Racism 🧪 Biological Determinism 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Race As Social Construct 🧫 Eugenics Movement

The Myth of Race

Why biological race is a scientific fraud: the 500-year history of an idea built to justify power.

par Robert Wald Sussman 2014 384 pages

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🔬 History Of Science 🧬 Scientific Racism 🧪 Biological Determinism 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Race As Social Construct 🧫 Eugenics Movement

Virtual Society

par Herman Narula • 2022

Virtual worlds built civilization. The metaverse will fix what it broke: making us feel we matter.

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🎮 Virtual Worlds 💰 Digital Economy 👷 Future Of Work 📊 Virtual Economies 🧠 Intrinsic Motivation

Virtual Society

Virtual worlds built civilization. The metaverse will fix what it broke: making us feel we matter.

par Herman Narula 2022 288 pages

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🎮 Virtual Worlds 💰 Digital Economy 👷 Future Of Work 📊 Virtual Economies 🧠 Intrinsic Motivation

Darwin Comes to Town

par Menno Schilthuizen • 2018

Evolution is unfolding faster on concrete than in any rainforest, right under your feet.

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🏙️ Urban Ecology 🧬 Contemporary Evolution 🦎 Urban Adaptation 🐦 Animal Behavior 🧩 Habitat Fragmentation

Darwin Comes to Town

Evolution is unfolding faster on concrete than in any rainforest, right under your feet.

par Menno Schilthuizen 2018 304 pages

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🏙️ Urban Ecology 🧬 Contemporary Evolution 🦎 Urban Adaptation 🐦 Animal Behavior 🧩 Habitat Fragmentation

Two Meals a Day

par Mark Sisson • 2021

Cut sugar, grains, and seed oils. Eat twice a day. Your body already knows the rest.

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🕐 Intermittent Fasting 💉 Insulin Regulation 🔥 Fat Adaptation 🥩 Nutrient Density ⏰ Meal Timing

Two Meals a Day

Cut sugar, grains, and seed oils. Eat twice a day. Your body already knows the rest.

par Mark Sisson 2021 305 pages

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🕐 Intermittent Fasting 💉 Insulin Regulation 🔥 Fat Adaptation 🥩 Nutrient Density ⏰ Meal Timing

The Journey of Humanity

par Oded Galor • 2022

Every human was poor for 300,000 years. Then some nations escaped. The reason sits in prehistory.

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📈 Economic History 🌍 Development Economics ⛓️ Malthusian Trap ⚖️ Economic Inequality 🗺️ Geographic Determinism

The Journey of Humanity

Every human was poor for 300,000 years. Then some nations escaped. The reason sits in prehistory.

par Oded Galor 2022 304 pages

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📈 Economic History 🌍 Development Economics ⛓️ Malthusian Trap ⚖️ Economic Inequality 🗺️ Geographic Determinism

The Book of Minds

par Philip Ball • 2022

Intelligence is not a yes-or-no question. It is a landscape, and humans occupy a single coordinate.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science 🐙 Animal Intelligence 👽 Alien Intelligence 🤖 Artificial Intelligence

The Book of Minds

Intelligence is not a yes-or-no question. It is a landscape, and humans occupy a single coordinate.

par Philip Ball 2022 513 pages

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science 🐙 Animal Intelligence 👽 Alien Intelligence 🤖 Artificial Intelligence

The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee

par Jared Diamond • 1991

How a species 98% chimp invented language, farming, and the means of its own ruin.

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🦴 Human Evolution 🦍 Primate Behavior 📜 Cultural Evolution 💑 Mating Strategies 🌾 Origins Of Agriculture

The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee

How a species 98% chimp invented language, farming, and the means of its own ruin.

par Jared Diamond 1991 360 pages

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🦴 Human Evolution 🦍 Primate Behavior 📜 Cultural Evolution 💑 Mating Strategies 🌾 Origins Of Agriculture

The Invisible Landscape

par Terence McKenna • 1975

A psychedelic expedition into the I Ching reveals time as a fractal wave plunging toward zero.

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🍄 Psychedelic Philosophy 🪶 Shamanism 🌿 Entheogens 🌐 Holographic Universe ☯️ I Ching Studies

The Invisible Landscape

A psychedelic expedition into the I Ching reveals time as a fractal wave plunging toward zero.

par Terence McKenna 1975 256 pages

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🍄 Psychedelic Philosophy 🪶 Shamanism 🌿 Entheogens 🌐 Holographic Universe ☯️ I Ching Studies

The Longevity Code

par Kris Verburgh • 2018

Aging isn't wear and tear. Fixable mechanisms like sugar cross-links and weak mitochondria drive it

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🧬 Aging Biology ⏳ Longevity Science 🐒 Evolutionary Medicine 🍬 Sugar And Aging 🔥 Hormesis

The Longevity Code

Aging isn't wear and tear. Fixable mechanisms like sugar cross-links and weak mitochondria drive it

par Kris Verburgh 2018 320 pages

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🧬 Aging Biology ⏳ Longevity Science 🐒 Evolutionary Medicine 🍬 Sugar And Aging 🔥 Hormesis

Brain-Wise

par Patricia S. Churchland • 2002

Everything we call mind is brain activity. Once philosophy accepts that, all its questions change.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Neurophilosophy 💭 Consciousness Studies ❤️ Emotion And Reason ⛓️ Free Will Debate

Brain-Wise

Everything we call mind is brain activity. Once philosophy accepts that, all its questions change.

par Patricia S. Churchland 2002

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Neurophilosophy 💭 Consciousness Studies ❤️ Emotion And Reason ⛓️ Free Will Debate

The Language Puzzle

par Steven Mithen • 2024

Language's origin: a six-million-year puzzle pieced from genes, tools, and ape gestures.

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🧬 Language Evolution 🐒 Primate Communication 🗣️ Evolution Of Speech 👶 Language Acquisition 🧠 Neural Networks

The Language Puzzle

Language's origin: a six-million-year puzzle pieced from genes, tools, and ape gestures.

par Steven Mithen 2024 544 pages

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🧬 Language Evolution 🐒 Primate Communication 🗣️ Evolution Of Speech 👶 Language Acquisition 🧠 Neural Networks

The Hand

par Frank R. Wilson • 1998

The hand is not the brain's tool. It is the brain's architect.

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🧬 Human Evolution 🦴 Paleoanthropology 🧠 Embodied Cognition 💪 Motor Control 🔧 Tool Use

The Hand

The hand is not the brain's tool. It is the brain's architect.

par Frank R. Wilson 1998 416 pages

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🧬 Human Evolution 🦴 Paleoanthropology 🧠 Embodied Cognition 💪 Motor Control 🔧 Tool Use

La psychologie de l'intelligence

par Jean Piaget • 2001

Thinking is biology's most flexible adaptation, built from actions that become reversible.

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🧒 Developmental Psychology 🏗️ Constructivism 📈 Stage Theory 🧠 Cognitive Development 🏛️ Epistemology

La psychologie de l'intelligence

Thinking is biology's most flexible adaptation, built from actions that become reversible.

par Jean Piaget 2001 202 pages

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🧒 Developmental Psychology 🏗️ Constructivism 📈 Stage Theory 🧠 Cognitive Development 🏛️ Epistemology

The Social Leap

par William Von Hippel • 2018

We're savannah apes in skyscrapers: cooperative, self-deceiving, and never satisfied for long.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧬 Human Evolution 👥 Social Cognition 🎭 Self-Deception 🦚 Sexual Selection

The Social Leap

We're savannah apes in skyscrapers: cooperative, self-deceiving, and never satisfied for long.

par William Von Hippel 2018 304 pages

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧬 Human Evolution 👥 Social Cognition 🎭 Self-Deception 🦚 Sexual Selection

Darwin's Doubt

par Stephen C. Meyer • 2013

The Cambrian explosion produced complex animals without ancestors. The math points to a designer.

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🧠 Intelligent Design 🦠 Cambrian Explosion 🦴 Paleontology 🧬 Biological Information 🐙 Origin Of Body Plans

Darwin's Doubt

The Cambrian explosion produced complex animals without ancestors. The math points to a designer.

par Stephen C. Meyer 2013 512 pages

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🧠 Intelligent Design 🦠 Cambrian Explosion 🦴 Paleontology 🧬 Biological Information 🐙 Origin Of Body Plans

The Darwin Economy

par Robert H. Frank • 2011

Darwin explains tax policy better than Adam Smith: the evolutionary case for taxing the top.

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🏛️ Political Economy 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💎 Conspicuous Consumption ⚠️ Market Failures 🤝 Collective Action

The Darwin Economy

Darwin explains tax policy better than Adam Smith: the evolutionary case for taxing the top.

par Robert H. Frank 2011 240 pages

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🏛️ Political Economy 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💎 Conspicuous Consumption ⚠️ Market Failures 🤝 Collective Action

Blueprint

par Nicholas A. Christakis • 2019

Goodness is our default setting. Evolution built us for love, friendship, and cooperation.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🌐 Human Universals 🏛️ Cultural Anthropology 📜 Cultural Evolution 🕸️ Social Networks

Blueprint

Goodness is our default setting. Evolution built us for love, friendship, and cooperation.

par Nicholas A. Christakis 2019 544 pages

3.95

2 000+ évaluations

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🌐 Human Universals 🏛️ Cultural Anthropology 📜 Cultural Evolution 🕸️ Social Networks

At the Water's Edge

par Carl Zimmer • 1998

Getting onto land was a 390-million-year project. Going back took whales just 15 million.

4.09

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Paleontology 🔬 Macroevolution 🦖 Transitional Fossils ☄️ Mass Extinctions

At the Water's Edge

Getting onto land was a 390-million-year project. Going back took whales just 15 million.

par Carl Zimmer 1998 290 pages

4.09

2 000+ évaluations

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Paleontology 🔬 Macroevolution 🦖 Transitional Fossils ☄️ Mass Extinctions

The Future of Life

par Edward O. Wilson • 2002

Extinction runs 1,000 times too fast. The bottleneck is not knowledge but a global land ethic.

4.14

3 000+

🦠 Biodiversity Crisis 🌿 Conservation Biology ☠️ Sixth Extinction 🦏 Species Extinction 🌴 Tropical Rainforests

The Future of Life

Extinction runs 1,000 times too fast. The bottleneck is not knowledge but a global land ethic.

par Edward O. Wilson 2002 256 pages

4.14

3 000+ évaluations

🦠 Biodiversity Crisis 🌿 Conservation Biology ☠️ Sixth Extinction 🦏 Species Extinction 🌴 Tropical Rainforests

Outgrowing God

par Richard Dawkins • 2019

Humans have invented thousands of gods. A scientist's case for why yours is one of them.

4.06

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🧠 New Atheism ⛪ Religious Critique 🌍 Secular Humanism 🌐 Comparative Religion 📖 Biblical Criticism

Outgrowing God

Humans have invented thousands of gods. A scientist's case for why yours is one of them.

par Richard Dawkins 2019 200 pages

4.06

6 000+ évaluations

🧠 New Atheism ⛪ Religious Critique 🌍 Secular Humanism 🌐 Comparative Religion 📖 Biblical Criticism

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