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

The Cosmic Hologram

par Jude Currivan • 2017

The universe is a hologram of information, and your consciousness extends beyond your brain.

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🌀 Holographic Universe 🧠 Nonlocal Consciousness 🌌 Science And Spirituality 💡 Idealism 🌐 Panpsychism

The Cosmic Hologram

The universe is a hologram of information, and your consciousness extends beyond your brain.

par Jude Currivan 2017 272 pages

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🌀 Holographic Universe 🧠 Nonlocal Consciousness 🌌 Science And Spirituality 💡 Idealism 🌐 Panpsychism

Proust and the Squid

par Maryanne Wolf • 2007

Reading isn't genetic. The brain built it by recycling circuits meant for hunting and speech.

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📜 History Of Reading 🧠 Neuroscience Of Reading ✍️ History Of Writing 🤿 Deep Reading 🔤 Dyslexia

Proust and the Squid

Reading isn't genetic. The brain built it by recycling circuits meant for hunting and speech.

par Maryanne Wolf 2007 308 pages

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📜 History Of Reading 🧠 Neuroscience Of Reading ✍️ History Of Writing 🤿 Deep Reading 🔤 Dyslexia

Venomous

par Christie Wilcox • 2016

Venom is a precision biochemical weapon. Medicine is learning to retarget it against disease.

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🧪 Venom Biology ⚔️ Evolutionary Arms Race ☣️ Natural Toxins 💥 Pain Biology 💊 Drug Discovery

Venomous

Venom is a precision biochemical weapon. Medicine is learning to retarget it against disease.

par Christie Wilcox 2016 260 pages

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🧪 Venom Biology ⚔️ Evolutionary Arms Race ☣️ Natural Toxins 💥 Pain Biology 💊 Drug Discovery

The Ascent of Man

par Jacob Bronowski • 1973

Art and science are twin expressions of a single gift: the mind's ability to remake itself.

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🔬 History Of Science 🧬 Cultural Evolution 🦍 Human Origins 💭 Philosophy Of Science 🎨 Science And Art

The Ascent of Man

Art and science are twin expressions of a single gift: the mind's ability to remake itself.

par Jacob Bronowski 1973 352 pages

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🔬 History Of Science 🧬 Cultural Evolution 🦍 Human Origins 💭 Philosophy Of Science 🎨 Science And Art

A Brief History of Intelligence

par Max Solomon Bennett • 2023

Five evolutionary breakthroughs built your brain. Each one reveals what AI is still missing.

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🧠 Evolutionary Biology 🧩 Cognitive Science 🦎 Brain Evolution 🤔 Theory Of Mind 🗣️ Language Evolution

A Brief History of Intelligence

Five evolutionary breakthroughs built your brain. Each one reveals what AI is still missing.

par Max Solomon Bennett 2023 432 pages

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🧠 Evolutionary Biology 🧩 Cognitive Science 🦎 Brain Evolution 🤔 Theory Of Mind 🗣️ Language Evolution

The Story of the Human Body

par Daniel E. Lieberman • 2013

Your genes still expect a hunter-gatherer world. The mismatch is why you're sick.

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🧬 Evolutionary Medicine 🦴 Human Evolution 🏕️ Ancestral Health ⚠️ Evolutionary Mismatch 🌾 Agricultural Revolution

The Story of the Human Body

Your genes still expect a hunter-gatherer world. The mismatch is why you're sick.

par Daniel E. Lieberman 2013 480 pages

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🧬 Evolutionary Medicine 🦴 Human Evolution 🏕️ Ancestral Health ⚠️ Evolutionary Mismatch 🌾 Agricultural Revolution

The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved

par Mario Livio • 2005

A doomed French genius proved an equation unsolvable: his method became physics' hidden language.

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🧮 Group Theory 📜 History Of Mathematics ⚛️ Modern Physics 🦋 Symmetry In Nature 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology

The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved

A doomed French genius proved an equation unsolvable: his method became physics' hidden language.

par Mario Livio 2005 368 pages

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🧮 Group Theory 📜 History Of Mathematics ⚛️ Modern Physics 🦋 Symmetry In Nature 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology

The Catalyst

par Thomas R. Cech • 2024

DNA is famous. RNA built life, runs complexity, and will drive the next medical revolution.

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🔬 History Of Science 📖 Scientific Memoir 🧬 Rna Biology 🌋 Origin Of Life 🌍 Rna World Hypothesis

The Catalyst

DNA is famous. RNA built life, runs complexity, and will drive the next medical revolution.

par Thomas R. Cech 2024 304 pages

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🔬 History Of Science 📖 Scientific Memoir 🧬 Rna Biology 🌋 Origin Of Life 🌍 Rna World Hypothesis

The Upright Thinkers

par Leonard Mlodinow • 2015

What connects bipedal apes to quantum physics? A single, stubborn habit of asking why.

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🏛️ Big History 🔬 History Of Science 🧬 Human Evolution 🧪 Scientific Method 📚 Intellectual History

The Upright Thinkers

What connects bipedal apes to quantum physics? A single, stubborn habit of asking why.

par Leonard Mlodinow 2015 352 pages

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🏛️ Big History 🔬 History Of Science 🧬 Human Evolution 🧪 Scientific Method 📚 Intellectual History

WARRIORS AND WORRIERS

par BENENSON • 2014

Men and women evolved to survive different threats, producing two human natures visible from birth.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology ♂️ Sex Differences ⚡ Risk And Fear 👥 Female Competition 🤝 Male Bonding

WARRIORS AND WORRIERS

Men and women evolved to survive different threats, producing two human natures visible from birth.

par BENENSON 2014 292 pages

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology ♂️ Sex Differences ⚡ Risk And Fear 👥 Female Competition 🤝 Male Bonding

Death by Comfort

par Paul Taylor • 2022

Your body expects a harsh world. Constant comfort breaks it; controlled stress repairs it.

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🩺 Preventive Medicine 🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 🥶 Deliberate Discomfort 🔬 Cellular Health 🦠 Gut Microbiome

Death by Comfort

Your body expects a harsh world. Constant comfort breaks it; controlled stress repairs it.

par Paul Taylor 2022 194 pages

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🩺 Preventive Medicine 🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 🥶 Deliberate Discomfort 🔬 Cellular Health 🦠 Gut Microbiome

Virtually Human

par Martine Rothblatt • 2014

Software copies of human minds will outlive bodies and demand citizenship. They're almost here.

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🧠 Mind Uploading 💾 Digital Immortality 🔮 Transhumanism 🧬 Consciousness Studies ⚖️ AI Ethics

Virtually Human

Software copies of human minds will outlive bodies and demand citizenship. They're almost here.

par Martine Rothblatt 2014 368 pages

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🧠 Mind Uploading 💾 Digital Immortality 🔮 Transhumanism 🧬 Consciousness Studies ⚖️ AI Ethics

Humanimal

par Adam Rutherford • 2016

We alone compose symphonies. Yet every supposedly unique human trait exists elsewhere in nature.

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🦴 Human Evolution 🔬 Comparative Biology 🧩 Animal Cognition 📚 Cultural Evolution 🤔 What Makes Us Human

Humanimal

We alone compose symphonies. Yet every supposedly unique human trait exists elsewhere in nature.

par Adam Rutherford 2016 256 pages

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🦴 Human Evolution 🔬 Comparative Biology 🧩 Animal Cognition 📚 Cultural Evolution 🤔 What Makes Us Human

The Machinery of Life

par David S. Goodsell • 1992

A molecular biologist's watercolors reveal the nanoscale machines running every cell in your body.

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🔬 Molecular Biology 🧬 Structural Biology 🎨 Scientific Illustration 🦠 Cell Biology 🔍 Nanoscale Science

The Machinery of Life

A molecular biologist's watercolors reveal the nanoscale machines running every cell in your body.

par David S. Goodsell 1992 179 pages

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🔬 Molecular Biology 🧬 Structural Biology 🎨 Scientific Illustration 🦠 Cell Biology 🔍 Nanoscale Science

The Collapse of Complex Societies

par Joseph A. Tainter • 1988

Society's greatest threat isn't invasion; it's the rising cost of keeping itself organized.

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🏚️ Societal Collapse 🕸️ Complex Systems 📉 Diminishing Returns ⚡ Energy And Society 🔄 Civilization Cycles

The Collapse of Complex Societies

Society's greatest threat isn't invasion; it's the rising cost of keeping itself organized.

par Joseph A. Tainter 1988 264 pages

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🏚️ Societal Collapse 🕸️ Complex Systems 📉 Diminishing Returns ⚡ Energy And Society 🔄 Civilization Cycles

The Social Instinct

par Nichola Raihani • 2021

Cooperation built life from genes to nations. The bill always lands on someone else.

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Human Evolution 🤝 Cooperation 👥 Collective Action 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology

The Social Instinct

Cooperation built life from genes to nations. The bill always lands on someone else.

par Nichola Raihani 2021 304 pages

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Human Evolution 🤝 Cooperation 👥 Collective Action 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology

How the Mind Changed

par Joseph Jebelli • 2022

The human brain didn't just get bigger. It learned to cook, gossip, and hallucinate a self.

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🧬 Human Evolution 🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🧩 Evolutionary Psychology 👥 Social Brain 🔮 Predictive Brain

How the Mind Changed

The human brain didn't just get bigger. It learned to cook, gossip, and hallucinate a self.

par Joseph Jebelli 2022 320 pages

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🧬 Human Evolution 🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🧩 Evolutionary Psychology 👥 Social Brain 🔮 Predictive Brain

Perception - How Our Bodies Shape Our Minds

par Dennis Proffitt • 2020

Hills steepen with fatigue and distances swell with weight: a tour of the body-built reality.

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🧠 Embodied Cognition 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🌏 Cultural Psychology 🌿 Ecological Psychology 👁️ Perception Studies

Perception - How Our Bodies Shape Our Minds

Hills steepen with fatigue and distances swell with weight: a tour of the body-built reality.

par Dennis Proffitt 2020 320 pages

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🧠 Embodied Cognition 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🌏 Cultural Psychology 🌿 Ecological Psychology 👁️ Perception Studies

Planta Sapiens

par Paco Calvo • 2022

A brainless intelligence: how plants learn, decide, and plan their futures.

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🌱 Plant Cognition ⚖️ Environmental Ethics 💬 Plant Communication 🕸️ Distributed Intelligence 🎯 Ecological Psychology

Planta Sapiens

A brainless intelligence: how plants learn, decide, and plan their futures.

par Paco Calvo 2022 304 pages

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🌱 Plant Cognition ⚖️ Environmental Ethics 💬 Plant Communication 🕸️ Distributed Intelligence 🎯 Ecological Psychology

How the Mind Works

par Steven Pinker • 1997

Your mind is a system of evolved modules. Consciousness is the one puzzle evolution left unsolved.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Cognitive Science 🧩 Modular Mind 💻 Computational Mind 🏗️ Cognitive Architecture

How the Mind Works

Your mind is a system of evolved modules. Consciousness is the one puzzle evolution left unsolved.

par Steven Pinker 1997 660 pages

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Cognitive Science 🧩 Modular Mind 💻 Computational Mind 🏗️ Cognitive Architecture

The Voyage of the Beagle

par Charles Darwin • 1839

The five-year voyage that found patterns in nature no theory of the time could explain.

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🍃 Natural History 🔬 Scientific Expeditions 👁️ Field Observation 🏝️ Island Biogeography 🎩 Victorian Naturalism

The Voyage of the Beagle

The five-year voyage that found patterns in nature no theory of the time could explain.

par Charles Darwin 1839 480 pages

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🍃 Natural History 🔬 Scientific Expeditions 👁️ Field Observation 🏝️ Island Biogeography 🎩 Victorian Naturalism

Why We Believe in God(s)

par J. Anderson Thomson • 2011

Faith is not divine. It is an accident of ordinary mental systems built for survival.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🛐 Psychology Of Religion 👀 Agency Detection 🔄 Cognitive Biases 👶 Attachment Theory

Why We Believe in God(s)

Faith is not divine. It is an accident of ordinary mental systems built for survival.

par J. Anderson Thomson 2011 144 pages

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🛐 Psychology Of Religion 👀 Agency Detection 🔄 Cognitive Biases 👶 Attachment Theory

An Elegant Defense

par Matt Richtel • 2019

The immune system is a mediator, not an army. Its balance governs cancer, allergies, and longevity.

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🦠 Immunology 🦠 Microbiome 🔥 Autoimmunity 🎗️ Cancer Immunotherapy 🧠 Mind-Body Connection

An Elegant Defense

The immune system is a mediator, not an army. Its balance governs cancer, allergies, and longevity.

par Matt Richtel 2019 448 pages

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🦠 Immunology 🦠 Microbiome 🔥 Autoimmunity 🎗️ Cancer Immunotherapy 🧠 Mind-Body Connection

The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology

par David M. Buss • 2005

Psychology describes how the mind works. Evolutionary psychology explains why it evolved that way.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Cognitive Science 🧩 Modular Mind 🐾 Adaptationism 🌱 Nature Nurture Debate

The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology

Psychology describes how the mind works. Evolutionary psychology explains why it evolved that way.

par David M. Buss 2005 1028 pages

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Cognitive Science 🧩 Modular Mind 🐾 Adaptationism 🌱 Nature Nurture Debate

Spiritual Evolution

par George E. Vaillant • 2008

Positive emotions aren't soft: they're hardwired survival tools, and brain scans prove it.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 😊 Positive Psychology 🔬 Science And Faith 🕊️ Forgiveness And Healing 🌌 Awe And Transcendence

Spiritual Evolution

Positive emotions aren't soft: they're hardwired survival tools, and brain scans prove it.

par George E. Vaillant 2008 256 pages

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 😊 Positive Psychology 🔬 Science And Faith 🕊️ Forgiveness And Healing 🌌 Awe And Transcendence

Why Fish Don’t Exist

par Lulu Miller • 2020

The taxonomist who ranked fish also ranked humans. Neither hierarchy was real.

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🏷️ Taxonomy 🔴 Eugenics History 🍃 Natural History 🌀 Chaos And Order 🎭 Self-Deception

Why Fish Don’t Exist

The taxonomist who ranked fish also ranked humans. Neither hierarchy was real.

par Lulu Miller 2020 225 pages

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🏷️ Taxonomy 🔴 Eugenics History 🍃 Natural History 🌀 Chaos And Order 🎭 Self-Deception

Evolutionary Ideas

par Sam Tatam • 2022

Most innovation fails. The answer: borrow the behavioral shortcuts evolution already built into us.

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 💡 Innovation Strategy 🦎 Biomimicry 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🎛️ Behavioral Design

Evolutionary Ideas

Most innovation fails. The answer: borrow the behavioral shortcuts evolution already built into us.

par Sam Tatam 2022 326 pages

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 💡 Innovation Strategy 🦎 Biomimicry 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🎛️ Behavioral Design

Science and Religion

par Thomas Dixon • 1903

The war between science and religion is a myth. Every famous clash was really about politics.

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🧬 Science And Religion 🔭 History Of Science ⛪ Creationism Debates 🦜 Darwin And Faith 🧘 Mind And Soul

Science and Religion

The war between science and religion is a myth. Every famous clash was really about politics.

par Thomas Dixon 1903 168 pages

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🧬 Science And Religion 🔭 History Of Science ⛪ Creationism Debates 🦜 Darwin And Faith 🧘 Mind And Soul

An Epidemic of Absence

par Moises Velasquez-Manoff • 2012

Parasites taught immune systems what to ignore. Without them, the body mistakes itself for a threat.

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🧬 Evolutionary Medicine 🩺 Autoimmune Disease 🧫 Microbiome Science 🧹 Hygiene Hypothesis ⚖️ Immune Regulation

An Epidemic of Absence

Parasites taught immune systems what to ignore. Without them, the body mistakes itself for a threat.

par Moises Velasquez-Manoff 2012 400 pages

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🧬 Evolutionary Medicine 🩺 Autoimmune Disease 🧫 Microbiome Science 🧹 Hygiene Hypothesis ⚖️ Immune Regulation

On Human Nature

par Edward O. Wilson • 1978

Evolution is our best mythology. The argument for anchoring ethics, art, and religion in biology.

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🌿 Evolutionary Biology 🐝 Sociobiology 🧬 Human Nature ⚔️ Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology

On Human Nature

Evolution is our best mythology. The argument for anchoring ethics, art, and religion in biology.

par Edward O. Wilson 1978 288 pages

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🌿 Evolutionary Biology 🐝 Sociobiology 🧬 Human Nature ⚔️ Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology

Spontaneous Evolution

par Bruce H. Lipton • 2008

Survival of the fittest is backward. Cooperation powers evolution, and we can direct it.

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🧬 Epigenetics 🧠 Mind-Body Healing 💭 Belief Reprogramming 🌱 Conscious Evolution 🌍 Paradigm Shifts

Spontaneous Evolution

Survival of the fittest is backward. Cooperation powers evolution, and we can direct it.

par Bruce H. Lipton 2008 6 pages

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🧬 Epigenetics 🧠 Mind-Body Healing 💭 Belief Reprogramming 🌱 Conscious Evolution 🌍 Paradigm Shifts

Solving Modern Problems With a Stone-Age Brain

par Douglas T. Kenrick • 2022

Your brain is built for the Stone Age; the modern world has learned every button to push.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🪨 Modern Mismatch 🧱 Environment Design 🤝 Friendship Science 👑 Status Seeking

Solving Modern Problems With a Stone-Age Brain

Your brain is built for the Stone Age; the modern world has learned every button to push.

par Douglas T. Kenrick 2022 364 pages

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🪨 Modern Mismatch 🧱 Environment Design 🤝 Friendship Science 👑 Status Seeking

The Carnivore Diet

par Shawn Baker • 2019

Plants use chemical warfare; humans evolved as hunters. The surprising case for a meat-only diet.

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🦴 Evolutionary Nutrition 🔬 Nutritional Skepticism 🌿 Plant Toxicity 🥩 Zero-Carb Diets 🩺 Autoimmune Healing

The Carnivore Diet

Plants use chemical warfare; humans evolved as hunters. The surprising case for a meat-only diet.

par Shawn Baker 2019 224 pages

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🦴 Evolutionary Nutrition 🔬 Nutritional Skepticism 🌿 Plant Toxicity 🥩 Zero-Carb Diets 🩺 Autoimmune Healing

When the Sky Fell

par Rand Flem-Ath • 1995

Ancient maps reveal an ice-free Antarctica. The civilization that charted it may still be there.

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⚱️ Lost Civilizations 📜 Alternative History 🌊 Catastrophism 📖 Myth As History 🗿 Ancient Anomalies

When the Sky Fell

Ancient maps reveal an ice-free Antarctica. The civilization that charted it may still be there.

par Rand Flem-Ath 1995 179 pages

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⚱️ Lost Civilizations 📜 Alternative History 🌊 Catastrophism 📖 Myth As History 🗿 Ancient Anomalies

Wired for Culture

par Mark Pagel • 2012

Culture isn't a byproduct of big brains. It's the reason we have them.

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🦴 Evolutionary Anthropology 🔄 Cultural Evolution 👥 Social Learning 📚 Cumulative Culture 🤝 Group Cooperation

Wired for Culture

Culture isn't a byproduct of big brains. It's the reason we have them.

par Mark Pagel 2012 432 pages

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🦴 Evolutionary Anthropology 🔄 Cultural Evolution 👥 Social Learning 📚 Cumulative Culture 🤝 Group Cooperation

The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire

par Henry Gee • 2025

The human population will soon peak and shrink. The only way out of extinction leads through space.

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🦴 Human Evolution 📉 Demographic Decline 🧬 Genetic Bottlenecks ⏳ Big History 🌍 Climate Crisis

The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire

The human population will soon peak and shrink. The only way out of extinction leads through space.

par Henry Gee 2025 288 pages

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🦴 Human Evolution 📉 Demographic Decline 🧬 Genetic Bottlenecks ⏳ Big History 🌍 Climate Crisis

Super Genes

par Deepak Chopra • 2015

Your genes are not stone. The levers, from diet to meditation, that rewire your biology.

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🧬 Epigenetics 🦠 Microbiome 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 🌿 Holistic Health 🍎 Lifestyle Medicine

Super Genes

Your genes are not stone. The levers, from diet to meditation, that rewire your biology.

par Deepak Chopra 2015 336 pages

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🧬 Epigenetics 🦠 Microbiome 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 🌿 Holistic Health 🍎 Lifestyle Medicine

Born to Be Good

par Dacher Keltner • 2009

Darwin argued sympathy, not self-interest, shaped human evolution. The biology now proves him right.

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🌞 Positive Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ⚖️ Moral Psychology 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🗣️ Nonverbal Communication

Born to Be Good

Darwin argued sympathy, not self-interest, shaped human evolution. The biology now proves him right.

par Dacher Keltner 2009 336 pages

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🌞 Positive Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ⚖️ Moral Psychology 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🗣️ Nonverbal Communication

Cheaper, Faster, Better

par Tom Steyer • 2024

The invisible hand shaping your life is not economics: it's the social limit of 150 relationships.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧬 Human Evolution 🐒 Primate Behavior 🧩 Cognitive Limits 👥 Group Dynamics

Cheaper, Faster, Better

The invisible hand shaping your life is not economics: it's the social limit of 150 relationships.

par Tom Steyer 2024 280 pages

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧬 Human Evolution 🐒 Primate Behavior 🧩 Cognitive Limits 👥 Group Dynamics

Gene Eating

par Giles Yeo • 2018

The brain treats weight loss like starvation. A geneticist on why most diets ignore real biology.

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🧬 Obesity Science 🥊 Diet Myth Debunking 🔥 Metabolism Science 💉 Hormones And Weight 🏭 Food Processing

Gene Eating

The brain treats weight loss like starvation. A geneticist on why most diets ignore real biology.

par Giles Yeo 2018 336 pages

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🧬 Obesity Science 🥊 Diet Myth Debunking 🔥 Metabolism Science 💉 Hormones And Weight 🏭 Food Processing

Guilt, Shame, and Anxiety

par Peter R. Breggin • 2014

Your guilt was built to protect a tribe, not to make you happy. The exit strategy.

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧠 Human Nature 👶 Childhood Conditioning 🗣️ Inner Critic 🧳 Emotional Baggage

Guilt, Shame, and Anxiety

Your guilt was built to protect a tribe, not to make you happy. The exit strategy.

par Peter R. Breggin 2014 320 pages

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧠 Human Nature 👶 Childhood Conditioning 🗣️ Inner Critic 🧳 Emotional Baggage

This Idea Must Die

par John Brockman • 2015

175 scientists each nominate one idea to retire, from IQ to the Big Bang itself.

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🔬 Meta-Science 🛑 Scientific Dead Ends 🕸️ Complexity Science 🐦 Emergence 🧠 Intelligence Debates

This Idea Must Die

175 scientists each nominate one idea to retire, from IQ to the Big Bang itself.

par John Brockman 2015 568 pages

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🔬 Meta-Science 🛑 Scientific Dead Ends 🕸️ Complexity Science 🐦 Emergence 🧠 Intelligence Debates

Liars and Outliers

par Bruce Schneier • 2012

You trust strangers with your money and your life. Here is what makes that possible.

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👥 Sociology Of Trust 🧬 Evolutionary Game Theory 🏛️ Institutional Design ⭐ Reputation Systems 🔒 Security Mindset

Liars and Outliers

You trust strangers with your money and your life. Here is what makes that possible.

par Bruce Schneier 2012 348 pages

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👥 Sociology Of Trust 🧬 Evolutionary Game Theory 🏛️ Institutional Design ⭐ Reputation Systems 🔒 Security Mindset

The Unfolding of Language

par Guy Deutscher • 2005

Language has no inventor. Its intricate architecture is the product of decay, not deliberate design.

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🧬 Evolutionary Linguistics 📜 Historical Linguistics 🗣️ Origin Of Language 🧠 Cognitive Linguistics 🔗 Metaphor Theory

The Unfolding of Language

Language has no inventor. Its intricate architecture is the product of decay, not deliberate design.

par Guy Deutscher 2005 368 pages

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🧬 Evolutionary Linguistics 📜 Historical Linguistics 🗣️ Origin Of Language 🧠 Cognitive Linguistics 🔗 Metaphor Theory

How Dogs Work

par Raymond Coppinger • 2015

Dog behavior decoded not as thought but as physics: the shape, the motor, the emergent pattern.

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🐺 Canine Ethology 🦊 Animal Behavior 🌊 Behavioral Emergence 🐕 Breed Differences 📋 Ethology

How Dogs Work

Dog behavior decoded not as thought but as physics: the shape, the motor, the emergent pattern.

par Raymond Coppinger 2015 224 pages

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🐺 Canine Ethology 🦊 Animal Behavior 🌊 Behavioral Emergence 🐕 Breed Differences 📋 Ethology

A Short History of the World

par H.G. Wells • 1922

Human history is the final page of a two-billion-year story we are only beginning to read.

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🌍 Big History 🔬 Popular Science ⏳ Deep Time 🦴 Human Origins 🧬 Evolutionary History

A Short History of the World

Human history is the final page of a two-billion-year story we are only beginning to read.

par H.G. Wells 1922 371 pages

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🌍 Big History 🔬 Popular Science ⏳ Deep Time 🦴 Human Origins 🧬 Evolutionary History

Why Most Things Fail

par Paul Ormerod • 2005

Business and biology share one extinction curve. Smarter planning barely bends it.

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🧬 Evolutionary Economics 🔗 Complexity Economics 📉 Power-Law Patterns 🏢 Corporate Failure 🔮 Limits Of Prediction

Why Most Things Fail

Business and biology share one extinction curve. Smarter planning barely bends it.

par Paul Ormerod 2005 272 pages

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🧬 Evolutionary Economics 🔗 Complexity Economics 📉 Power-Law Patterns 🏢 Corporate Failure 🔮 Limits Of Prediction

The Brain and the Meaning of Life

par Paul Thagard • 2010

Mental life is brain activity, and meaning is its reward for satisfying three deep human needs.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🧬 Mind Brain Identity 🔬 Neurophilosophy 🔭 Scientific Realism 📊 Evidence-Based Thinking

The Brain and the Meaning of Life

Mental life is brain activity, and meaning is its reward for satisfying three deep human needs.

par Paul Thagard 2010 296 pages

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🧬 Mind Brain Identity 🔬 Neurophilosophy 🔭 Scientific Realism 📊 Evidence-Based Thinking

Esprits créateurs

par Pascal Boyer • 2018

Nations clash, gods multiply, and families splinter for reasons your conscious mind never sees.

3.90

397

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🏛️ Cognitive Anthropology 🔄 Cultural Evolution 🔬 Cognitive Science ⛪ Evolution Of Religion

Esprits créateurs

Nations clash, gods multiply, and families splinter for reasons your conscious mind never sees.

par Pascal Boyer 2018 359 pages

3.90

397 évaluations

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🏛️ Cognitive Anthropology 🔄 Cultural Evolution 🔬 Cognitive Science ⛪ Evolution Of Religion

The Scientific American Book of Love, Sex and the Brain

par Judith Horstman • 2011

Love, cocaine, and prayer light up the same brain circuits. A tour of our many bonds.

3.87

119

🧠 Neuroscience Of Love 🔬 Social Neuroscience ⚗️ Brain Chemistry 🤝 Bonding And Attachment 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology

The Scientific American Book of Love, Sex and the Brain

Love, cocaine, and prayer light up the same brain circuits. A tour of our many bonds.

par Judith Horstman 2011 264 pages

3.87

119 évaluations

🧠 Neuroscience Of Love 🔬 Social Neuroscience ⚗️ Brain Chemistry 🤝 Bonding And Attachment 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology

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