Evolúcia

Náš pradávny príbeh sa odvíja prostredníctvom najmodernejšej vedy a odhaľuje, ako DNA, prirodzený výber a biologické sily formovali všetko od našich tiel po naše správanie. Poprední myslitelia osvetľujú miesto ľudstva vo veľkom experimente prírody a skúmajú sex, inteligenciu, zdravie a nespočetné zvláštnosti, ktoré nás robia jedinečne ľudskými.

Evolúcia Zhrnutia kníh

Adaptive Markets

od Andrew W. Lo • 2017

Financial markets are jungles, not machines: biology, not physics, explains crashes and alpha.

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 📈 Investor Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Economics 📊 Market Efficiency 🛡️ Risk Management

Adaptive Markets

Financial markets are jungles, not machines: biology, not physics, explains crashes and alpha.

od Andrew W. Lo 2017 483 strán

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 📈 Investor Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Economics 📊 Market Efficiency 🛡️ Risk Management

Seeking Wisdom

od Peter Bevelin • 2003

Your brain is wired for an ancient savanna. The decision-making toolbox that rewires it for now.

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🧠 Mental Models 📉 Behavioral Economics 🤔 Cognitive Biases 🔗 Integrative Thinking 🔄 Systems Thinking

Seeking Wisdom

Your brain is wired for an ancient savanna. The decision-making toolbox that rewires it for now.

od Peter Bevelin 2003 318 strán

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🧠 Mental Models 📉 Behavioral Economics 🤔 Cognitive Biases 🔗 Integrative Thinking 🔄 Systems Thinking

The Feeling of What Happens

od António Damásio • 1999

Consciousness begins in the body: its hidden internal maps create the feeling of a self.

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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🏃 Embodied Cognition 🪞 Consciousness Studies ❤️ Affective Neuroscience

The Feeling of What Happens

Consciousness begins in the body: its hidden internal maps create the feeling of a self.

od António Damásio 1999 386 strán

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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🏃 Embodied Cognition 🪞 Consciousness Studies ❤️ Affective Neuroscience

Blueprint

od Robert Plomin • 2018

The single biggest influence on who you are is your DNA; the rest is mostly chance.

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🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🧪 Nature Vs Nurture 🔮 Genetic Prediction 📊 Heritability 👥 Twin Studies

Blueprint

The single biggest influence on who you are is your DNA; the rest is mostly chance.

od Robert Plomin 2018 266 strán

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🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🧪 Nature Vs Nurture 🔮 Genetic Prediction 📊 Heritability 👥 Twin Studies

Oxygen

od Nick Lane • 2002

The molecule that powers every breath you take is also rusting you from the inside out.

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🧬 Molecular Biology 🦎 Evolutionary Biology 🌍 Origin Of Life ⏳ Biochemistry Of Aging 📜 Big History

Oxygen

The molecule that powers every breath you take is also rusting you from the inside out.

od Nick Lane 2002 385 strán

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🧬 Molecular Biology 🦎 Evolutionary Biology 🌍 Origin Of Life ⏳ Biochemistry Of Aging 📜 Big History

This Is Your Brain on Music

od Daniel J. Levitin • 2006

Record producer turned neuroscientist: what he learned about music's grip on the brain.

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🎼 Music Cognition 🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Neural Processing 💭 Emotional Memory

This Is Your Brain on Music

Record producer turned neuroscientist: what he learned about music's grip on the brain.

od Daniel J. Levitin 2006 336 strán

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🎼 Music Cognition 🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Neural Processing 💭 Emotional Memory

The Evolution of Cooperation

od Robert Axelrod • 1984

Egoists cooperate when tomorrow matters. The simplest strategy in a computer tournament proved it.

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🎲 Game Theory 🧬 Evolutionary Game Theory 🧠 Rational Choice Theory 🤝 Cooperation Strategies 🔄 Reciprocity

The Evolution of Cooperation

Egoists cooperate when tomorrow matters. The simplest strategy in a computer tournament proved it.

od Robert Axelrod 1984 264 strán

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🎲 Game Theory 🧬 Evolutionary Game Theory 🧠 Rational Choice Theory 🤝 Cooperation Strategies 🔄 Reciprocity

Humans are not from Earth

od Ellis Silver • 2013

Sunlight burns you, chronic illness is universal, and 223 human genes appear nowhere else on Earth.

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🛸 Ancient Astronauts 🏺 Forbidden Archaeology 🦠 Panspermia Theory 🧬 Alternative Evolution 👽 Extraterrestrial Hypothesis

Humans are not from Earth

Sunlight burns you, chronic illness is universal, and 223 human genes appear nowhere else on Earth.

od Ellis Silver 2013 57 strán

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🛸 Ancient Astronauts 🏺 Forbidden Archaeology 🦠 Panspermia Theory 🧬 Alternative Evolution 👽 Extraterrestrial Hypothesis

The Naked Ape

od Desmond Morris • 1967

A zoologist treats Homo sapiens as just another animal. The report still bites.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧬 Sociobiology 🐒 Popular Ethology 💑 Pair-Bonding 💬 Social Grooming

The Naked Ape

A zoologist treats Homo sapiens as just another animal. The report still bites.

od Desmond Morris 1967 192 strán

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧬 Sociobiology 🐒 Popular Ethology 💑 Pair-Bonding 💬 Social Grooming

Big Gods

od Ara Norenzayan • 2013

Moralizing gods let strangers cooperate at scale. Then secular institutions took over the job.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 📈 Cultural Evolution 🌍 Origins Of Religion 👁️ Supernatural Punishment 📡 Costly Signaling

Big Gods

Moralizing gods let strangers cooperate at scale. Then secular institutions took over the job.

od Ara Norenzayan 2013 257 strán

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398 hodnotení

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 📈 Cultural Evolution 🌍 Origins Of Religion 👁️ Supernatural Punishment 📡 Costly Signaling

The Anatomy of Violence

od Adrian Raine • 2013

Slower heartbeats and smaller amygdalae predict crime. Violence is as biological as it is social.

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🧠 Neurocriminology 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology 🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🔪 Violence And The Brain 👤 Psychopathy

The Anatomy of Violence

Slower heartbeats and smaller amygdalae predict crime. Violence is as biological as it is social.

od Adrian Raine 2013 501 strán

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🧠 Neurocriminology 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology 🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🔪 Violence And The Brain 👤 Psychopathy

The Moral Animal

od Robert Wright • 1994

Our noblest impulses and our ugliest desires share one source: millions of years of evolution.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 👤 Human Nature 🐒 Behavioral Evolution 🎭 Self-Deception 💑 Mating Strategies

The Moral Animal

Our noblest impulses and our ugliest desires share one source: millions of years of evolution.

od Robert Wright 1994 467 strán

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 👤 Human Nature 🐒 Behavioral Evolution 🎭 Self-Deception 💑 Mating Strategies

The Elephant in the Brain

od Kevin Simler • 2017

Your brain hides your true motives. It's not a bug; it's a feature for deceiving others.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🎭 Self-Deception 📡 Social Signaling 🏆 Status Seeking 🔬 Behavioral Science

The Elephant in the Brain

Your brain hides your true motives. It's not a bug; it's a feature for deceiving others.

od Kevin Simler 2017 400 strán

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🎭 Self-Deception 📡 Social Signaling 🏆 Status Seeking 🔬 Behavioral Science

A General Theory of Love

od Thomas Lewis • 2000

The limbic brain runs your love life, and it cannot be reached with words.

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📎 Attachment Theory 🧘 Emotional Regulation 🤝 Social Connection 🧠 Brain Evolution 🧬 Interpersonal Neurobiology

A General Theory of Love

The limbic brain runs your love life, and it cannot be reached with words.

od Thomas Lewis 2000 274 strán

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📎 Attachment Theory 🧘 Emotional Regulation 🤝 Social Connection 🧠 Brain Evolution 🧬 Interpersonal Neurobiology

The Nature of Technology

od W. Brian Arthur • 2009

Technology is nature harnessed, then endlessly recombined. Each invention fuels the next.

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🏛️ Philosophy Of Technology 💡 Innovation Theory 🌀 Complexity Science 🔄 Technology Evolution 🔗 Systems Thinking

The Nature of Technology

Technology is nature harnessed, then endlessly recombined. Each invention fuels the next.

od W. Brian Arthur 2009 256 strán

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🏛️ Philosophy Of Technology 💡 Innovation Theory 🌀 Complexity Science 🔄 Technology Evolution 🔗 Systems Thinking

Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language

od Robin I.M. Dunbar • 1996

Gossip isn't petty. It's the reason language exists: a louder, faster replacement for grooming.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🐒 Primatology 🗣️ Origins Of Language 🧩 Social Cognition 💬 Gossip

Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language

Gossip isn't petty. It's the reason language exists: a louder, faster replacement for grooming.

od Robin I.M. Dunbar 1996

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🐒 Primatology 🗣️ Origins Of Language 🧩 Social Cognition 💬 Gossip

Deep Simplicity

od John Gribbin • 2004

Simple rules, run long enough, build a universe. A physicist shows the working.

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🧩 Complexity Science 🦋 Chaos Theory ❄️ Fractal Geometry 🕸️ Network Theory 🔄 Self-Organization

Deep Simplicity

Simple rules, run long enough, build a universe. A physicist shows the working.

od John Gribbin 2004 279 strán

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🧩 Complexity Science 🦋 Chaos Theory ❄️ Fractal Geometry 🕸️ Network Theory 🔄 Self-Organization

Origins

od Lewis Dartnell • 2019

Tectonic shifts, ice ages, and ancient oceans didn't set the stage. They wrote human history.

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🌍 Big History 🧬 Human Evolution 🗺️ Geographic Determinism ❄️ Climate History ⛰️ Plate Tectonics

Origins

Tectonic shifts, ice ages, and ancient oceans didn't set the stage. They wrote human history.

od Lewis Dartnell 2019 352 strán

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🌍 Big History 🧬 Human Evolution 🗺️ Geographic Determinism ❄️ Climate History ⛰️ Plate Tectonics

A Thousand Brains

od Jeff Hawkins • 2021

Every cortical column in your brain learns a full model of the world. Then they vote.

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🧠 Neural Architecture 🗺️ Spatial Cognition 🕸️ Distributed Cognition 🔮 Predictive Processing 🤖 Brain-Inspired Ai

A Thousand Brains

Every cortical column in your brain learns a full model of the world. Then they vote.

od Jeff Hawkins 2021 288 strán

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🧠 Neural Architecture 🗺️ Spatial Cognition 🕸️ Distributed Cognition 🔮 Predictive Processing 🤖 Brain-Inspired Ai

The Better Angels of Our Nature

od Steven Pinker • 2010

Violence has plummeted for centuries. The numbers prove it. So does the danger it could reverse.

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🗡️ History Of Violence 📊 Quantitative History 🏛️ State And Violence 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Biases

The Better Angels of Our Nature

Violence has plummeted for centuries. The numbers prove it. So does the danger it could reverse.

od Steven Pinker 2010 806 strán

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🗡️ History Of Violence 📊 Quantitative History 🏛️ State And Violence 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Biases

The Human Animal

od Desmond Morris • 1994

Of 193 primate species, only one is hairless. A zoologist explains what bare skin cost us.

3.9

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🦍 Human Evolution 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🐒 Primate Behavior 🔬 Comparative Zoology 🧬 Behavioral Evolution

The Human Animal

Of 193 primate species, only one is hairless. A zoologist explains what bare skin cost us.

od Desmond Morris 1994 224 strán

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263 hodnotení

🦍 Human Evolution 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🐒 Primate Behavior 🔬 Comparative Zoology 🧬 Behavioral Evolution

Incognito

od David Eagleman • 2011

Your brain has already decided before you know it. Consciousness is just the press release.

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Incognito

Your brain has already decided before you know it. Consciousness is just the press release.

od David Eagleman 2011 305 strán

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Life Ascending

od Nick Lane • 2009

Evolution's hardest problems, from life's origin to death itself, all have a chemical answer.

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🔄 Evolutionary Transitions 🌋 Origin Of Life ⏳ Deep Time 🌿 Natural History

Life Ascending

Evolution's hardest problems, from life's origin to death itself, all have a chemical answer.

od Nick Lane 2009 352 strán

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🔄 Evolutionary Transitions 🌋 Origin Of Life ⏳ Deep Time 🌿 Natural History

The Emotional Lives of Animals

od Marc Bekoff • 2007

Elephants mourn, dolphins laugh. Animal emotions are real, and the science demands a moral answer.

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🐒 Animal Behavior 🧠 Animal Cognition 🔬 Comparative Psychology 🐘 Animal Sentience 🐄 Animal Welfare

The Emotional Lives of Animals

Elephants mourn, dolphins laugh. Animal emotions are real, and the science demands a moral answer.

od Marc Bekoff 2007 256 strán

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🐒 Animal Behavior 🧠 Animal Cognition 🔬 Comparative Psychology 🐘 Animal Sentience 🐄 Animal Welfare

Inside of a Dog

od Alexandra Horowitz • 2009

Your dog inhabits a world of smell you cannot enter. Science can finally take you inside.

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🧠 Canine Cognition 👃 Animal Senses 🐕 Dog Behavior 💞 Human-Animal Bond 🔬 Ethology

Inside of a Dog

Your dog inhabits a world of smell you cannot enter. Science can finally take you inside.

od Alexandra Horowitz 2009 353 strán

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🧠 Canine Cognition 👃 Animal Senses 🐕 Dog Behavior 💞 Human-Animal Bond 🔬 Ethology

The Sciences of the Artificial

od Herbert A. Simon • 1969

A science of the artificial: how constrained minds design systems that work in a complex world.

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🧪 Complexity Science 🎨 Design Theory 🧠 Cognitive Science ⚖️ Decision Constraints 🧱 Modular Design

The Sciences of the Artificial

A science of the artificial: how constrained minds design systems that work in a complex world.

od Herbert A. Simon 1969 248 strán

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🧪 Complexity Science 🎨 Design Theory 🧠 Cognitive Science ⚖️ Decision Constraints 🧱 Modular Design

The Gardener and the Carpenter

od Alison Gopnik • 2016

Children aren't built; they're grown. A developmental scientist explains why the difference matters.

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🧒 Child Development 🎲 Play-Based Learning 🔍 Parenting Critique 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 👥 Alloparenting

The Gardener and the Carpenter

Children aren't built; they're grown. A developmental scientist explains why the difference matters.

od Alison Gopnik 2016 322 strán

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🧒 Child Development 🎲 Play-Based Learning 🔍 Parenting Critique 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 👥 Alloparenting

Fluke

od Brian Klaas • 2024

Your brain evolved to hide chance from you. Chaos science reveals what you are missing.

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🦋 Chaos Theory 🔬 Complexity Science 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🎲 Historical Contingency

Fluke

Your brain evolved to hide chance from you. Chaos science reveals what you are missing.

od Brian Klaas 2024 335 strán

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🦋 Chaos Theory 🔬 Complexity Science 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🎲 Historical Contingency

The Real Happy Pill

od Anders Hansen • 2016

Your brain evolved to move all day. Here's what happens when you give it that.

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🧠 Exercise And Brain Health 🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🧓 Dementia Prevention ⚡ Stress Biology

The Real Happy Pill

Your brain evolved to move all day. Here's what happens when you give it that.

od Anders Hansen 2016 233 strán

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🧠 Exercise And Brain Health 🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🧓 Dementia Prevention ⚡ Stress Biology

The Human Zoo

od Desmond Morris • 1969

Urban anxiety, status obsession, and self-destruction: a zoologist traces them back to captivity.

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🏙️ Urban Anthropology 🐒 Human Ethology 🦒 Captivity Analogy 👑 Dominance Hierarchies 📊 Status Signaling

The Human Zoo

Urban anxiety, status obsession, and self-destruction: a zoologist traces them back to captivity.

od Desmond Morris 1969 320 strán

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🏙️ Urban Anthropology 🐒 Human Ethology 🦒 Captivity Analogy 👑 Dominance Hierarchies 📊 Status Signaling

Freedom Evolves

od Daniel C. Dennett • 2003

Evolution didn't just build bodies. It built choice itself, and determinism was never the enemy.

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🧠 Free Will Debate ⚖️ Compatibilism 🧬 Evolutionary Philosophy 🌐 Cultural Evolution 🧩 Distributed Cognition

Freedom Evolves

Evolution didn't just build bodies. It built choice itself, and determinism was never the enemy.

od Daniel C. Dennett 2003 368 strán

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🧠 Free Will Debate ⚖️ Compatibilism 🧬 Evolutionary Philosophy 🌐 Cultural Evolution 🧩 Distributed Cognition

Useful Delusions

od Shankar Vedantam • 2021

Self-deception isn't a flaw. It's what holds relationships, nations, and economies together.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🪞 Self-Deception 🛒 Consumer Psychology ⛪ Psychology Of Religion

Useful Delusions

Self-deception isn't a flaw. It's what holds relationships, nations, and economies together.

od Shankar Vedantam 2021 259 strán

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🪞 Self-Deception 🛒 Consumer Psychology ⛪ Psychology Of Religion

Lifespan

od David A. Sinclair • 2019

Aging is a disease of lost epigenetic information, and the first treatments are already here.

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🧬 Longevity Science 🧫 Epigenetics 🥗 Caloric Restriction 🏃 Longevity Lifestyle 💊 Aging As Disease

Lifespan

Aging is a disease of lost epigenetic information, and the first treatments are already here.

od David A. Sinclair 2019 433 strán

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🧬 Longevity Science 🧫 Epigenetics 🥗 Caloric Restriction 🏃 Longevity Lifestyle 💊 Aging As Disease

A Silent Fire

od Shilpa Ravella • 2022

Chronic inflammation links heart disease, cancer, and dementia. Your next meal turns it up or down.

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🔥 Chronic Inflammation 🥗 Anti-Inflammatory Diet 🧬 Immune System 🦠 Gut Microbiome 🧓 Healthy Aging

A Silent Fire

Chronic inflammation links heart disease, cancer, and dementia. Your next meal turns it up or down.

od Shilpa Ravella 2022 368 strán

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🔥 Chronic Inflammation 🥗 Anti-Inflammatory Diet 🧬 Immune System 🦠 Gut Microbiome 🧓 Healthy Aging

The Storytelling Animal

od Jonathan Gottschall • 2012

Why a world without stories would unravel civilization, and why dreams are survival drills.

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 📖 Narrative Psychology 📚 Science Of Story 🧠 Social Simulation 🌙 Dream Science

The Storytelling Animal

Why a world without stories would unravel civilization, and why dreams are survival drills.

od Jonathan Gottschall 2012 248 strán

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 📖 Narrative Psychology 📚 Science Of Story 🧠 Social Simulation 🌙 Dream Science

Work

od James Suzman • 2020

Work predates paychecks by billions of years. A history of how energy became employment.

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🌍 Big History 🔨 History Of Work ⚡ Energy And Society 💰 Economic History 🏹 Forager Societies

Work

Work predates paychecks by billions of years. A history of how energy became employment.

od James Suzman 2020 464 strán

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🌍 Big History 🔨 History Of Work ⚡ Energy And Society 💰 Economic History 🏹 Forager Societies

Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation

od Olivia Judson • 2002

An animal advice column: promiscuous bees, murderous ducks, and the rotifers who ditched sex.

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦚 Sexual Selection 🐒 Animal Behavior 🧪 Sperm Competition 🦜 Female Promiscuity

Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation

An animal advice column: promiscuous bees, murderous ducks, and the rotifers who ditched sex.

od Olivia Judson 2002 308 strán

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦚 Sexual Selection 🐒 Animal Behavior 🧪 Sperm Competition 🦜 Female Promiscuity

The Optimism Bias

od Tali Sharot • 2011

Your brain overestimates good outcomes; a neuroscientist reveals how this bias shapes memory.

3.78

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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🤔 Cognitive Biases 🌈 Positive Illusions 💪 Emotional Resilience 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

The Optimism Bias

Your brain overestimates good outcomes; a neuroscientist reveals how this bias shapes memory.

od Tali Sharot 2011 272 strán

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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🤔 Cognitive Biases 🌈 Positive Illusions 💪 Emotional Resilience 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

Genome

od Matt Ridley • 1999

What 23 chromosomes reveal about human origins, personality, and the limits of genetic fate.

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🧬 Molecular Genetics 🗺️ Genomics 🌿 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Human Evolution 🏺 Ancient DNA

Genome

What 23 chromosomes reveal about human origins, personality, and the limits of genetic fate.

od Matt Ridley 1999 344 strán

4.06

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🧬 Molecular Genetics 🗺️ Genomics 🌿 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Human Evolution 🏺 Ancient DNA

Idiot Brain

od Dean Burnett • 2016

Motion sickness, overeating, and anxiety: not glitches but survival instincts from the savannah.

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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Biases 📝 Memory Fallibility 👁️ Sensory Perception

Idiot Brain

Motion sickness, overeating, and anxiety: not glitches but survival instincts from the savannah.

od Dean Burnett 2016 302 strán

3.97

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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Biases 📝 Memory Fallibility 👁️ Sensory Perception

Guns, Germs, and Steel

od Jared Diamond • 2005

Why didn't the Americas conquer Europe? The answer hides in geography, not genes.

4.04

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🌍 Big History 🗺️ Geographic Determinism 🌏 Human Geography 🌾 Agricultural Revolution 🐄 Domestication

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Why didn't the Americas conquer Europe? The answer hides in geography, not genes.

od Jared Diamond 2005 498 strán

4.04

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🌍 Big History 🗺️ Geographic Determinism 🌏 Human Geography 🌾 Agricultural Revolution 🐄 Domestication

Self Comes to Mind

od António Damásio • 2010

The self is a process built from body maps: three layers that turn mind into experience.

3.97

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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🤔 Consciousness Studies 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🦴 Embodied Cognition 💓 Emotion And Reason

Self Comes to Mind

The self is a process built from body maps: three layers that turn mind into experience.

od António Damásio 2010 384 strán

3.97

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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🤔 Consciousness Studies 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🦴 Embodied Cognition 💓 Emotion And Reason

What Is Life?

od Paul Nurse • 2020

All life runs on five core principles. A Nobel laureate shows what they are.

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What Is Life?

All life runs on five core principles. A Nobel laureate shows what they are.

od Paul Nurse 2020 160 strán

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Molecular Biology of the Cell

od Bruce Alberts • 1983

Every cell in your body runs the same operating system. This is its complete manual.

4.36

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🔬 Molecular Biology 🧫 Cell Biology 🧪 Biochemistry 🧬 Gene Expression 📡 Cell Signaling

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Every cell in your body runs the same operating system. This is its complete manual.

od Bruce Alberts 1983 1616 strán

4.36

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🔬 Molecular Biology 🧫 Cell Biology 🧪 Biochemistry 🧬 Gene Expression 📡 Cell Signaling

The Psychopath Inside

od James Fallon • 2013

A neuroscientist studied killers' brain scans and found one that matched his own.

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🧠 Psychopathy Research 🔍 Forensic Psychology 💔 Empathy And Emotion 🌱 Nature Vs Nurture 📖 Neuro-Memoir

The Psychopath Inside

A neuroscientist studied killers' brain scans and found one that matched his own.

od James Fallon 2013 246 strán

3.50

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🧠 Psychopathy Research 🔍 Forensic Psychology 💔 Empathy And Emotion 🌱 Nature Vs Nurture 📖 Neuro-Memoir

Social

od Matthew D. Lieberman • 2013

Your brain treats rejection like a broken bone. Connection is a biological need, not a luxury.

4.07

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🧠 Social Neuroscience 🤝 Social Connection 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🎯 Social Influence 😔 Loneliness

Social

Your brain treats rejection like a broken bone. Connection is a biological need, not a luxury.

od Matthew D. Lieberman 2013 384 strán

4.07

3 000+ hodnotení

🧠 Social Neuroscience 🤝 Social Connection 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🎯 Social Influence 😔 Loneliness

Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps

od Allan Pease • 1998

He hunts silence. She gathers words. Your friction is biology, not character.

3.75

11 000+

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 👥 Gender Differences 💬 Communication Styles 🧠 Pop Neuroscience 👩‍❤️‍👨 Straight Couples

Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps

He hunts silence. She gathers words. Your friction is biology, not character.

od Allan Pease 1998

3.75

11 000+ hodnotení

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 👥 Gender Differences 💬 Communication Styles 🧠 Pop Neuroscience 👩‍❤️‍👨 Straight Couples

Exercised

od Daniel E. Lieberman • 2021

Exercise is a modern invention your body never evolved for. The mismatch changes the rules.

4.17

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Human Evolution 💊 Evolutionary Medicine 🏕️ Ancestral Health 🏃 Endurance Sports

Exercised

Exercise is a modern invention your body never evolved for. The mismatch changes the rules.

od Daniel E. Lieberman 2021

4.17

10 000+ hodnotení

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Human Evolution 💊 Evolutionary Medicine 🏕️ Ancestral Health 🏃 Endurance Sports

How to Create a Mind

od Ray Kurzweil • 2012

The brain runs on 300 million pattern recognizers. Copy that hierarchy, and human-level AI is next.

3.96

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🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🧠 Cognitive Science 💻 Computational Neuroscience 🔍 Pattern Recognition 🧬 Brain-Inspired Ai

How to Create a Mind

The brain runs on 300 million pattern recognizers. Copy that hierarchy, and human-level AI is next.

od Ray Kurzweil 2012 336 strán

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What if ADHD traits are an evolutionary adaptation mismatched with modern life?

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