🧪 Emotional Biochemistry

An exploration of the molecular underpinnings of feeling—how neurotransmitters, hormones, and neural circuits create the subjective experience of emotion. For readers who want to understand the chemistry behind the chaos.

Molecules of Emotion

by Candace B. Pert • 1997

Emotions are proteins, not moods. They travel body-wide, and the immune system is always listening.

4.14

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🧠 Psychoneuroimmunology 🩺 Mind-Body Medicine 🤒 Psychosomatic Illness

Molecules of Emotion 91%

Emotions are proteins, not moods. They travel body-wide, and the immune system is always listening.

by Candace B. Pert 1997

4.14

4k+ ratings

🧠 Psychoneuroimmunology 🩺 Mind-Body Medicine 🤒 Psychosomatic Illness

Overloaded

by Ginny Smith • 2021

Your brain is a chemical balancing act. Every emotion, memory, and choice depends on it.

3.95

294

🧪 Neurochemistry 🧠 Behavioral Neuroscience 🧩 Memory Reconsolidation

Overloaded 90%

Your brain is a chemical balancing act. Every emotion, memory, and choice depends on it.

by Ginny Smith 2021

3.95

294 ratings

🧪 Neurochemistry 🧠 Behavioral Neuroscience 🧩 Memory Reconsolidation

Better Living Through Neurochemistry - A guide to the optimization of serotonin, dopamine and the neurotransmitters that color your world

by James Lee • 2014

How to use food, movement, and supplements to optimize your brain's key mood chemicals.

4.31

124

🧪 Neurochemistry 🧠 Brain Health 💊 Supplement Guides

Better Living Through Neurochemistry - A guide to the optimization of serotonin, dopamine and the neurotransmitters that color your world Summary

Better Living Through Neurochemistry - A guide to the optimization of serotonin, dopamine and the neurotransmitters that color your world 89%

How to use food, movement, and supplements to optimize your brain's key mood chemicals.

by James Lee 2014

4.31

124 ratings

🧪 Neurochemistry 🧠 Brain Health 💊 Supplement Guides

The Scientific American Book of Love, Sex and the Brain

by 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

The Scientific American Book of Love, Sex and the Brain Summary

The Scientific American Book of Love, Sex and the Brain 89%

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

by Judith Horstman 2011

3.87

119 ratings

🧠 Neuroscience Of Love 🔬 Social Neuroscience ⚗️ Brain Chemistry

Principles of Biochemistry

by Albert L. Lehninger • 1970

Four weak forces hold every cell together. The rest of biochemistry is just their consequences.

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3k+

🧬 Molecular Biology ⚗️ Biological Chemistry 🧪 Modern Biochemistry

Principles of Biochemistry 89%

Four weak forces hold every cell together. The rest of biochemistry is just their consequences.

by Albert L. Lehninger 1970

4.17

3k+ ratings

🧬 Molecular Biology ⚗️ Biological Chemistry 🧪 Modern Biochemistry

Your Brain on Food

by Gary L. Wenk • 2010

The difference between a drug and a meal is dose. A neuroscientist's tour of your brain.

3.42

699

🍽️ Food And Mood 🧪 Neurochemistry ⚡ Neurotransmitters

Your Brain on Food 89%

The difference between a drug and a meal is dose. A neuroscientist's tour of your brain.

by Gary L. Wenk 2010

3.42

699 ratings

🍽️ Food And Mood 🧪 Neurochemistry ⚡ Neurotransmitters

Emotional

by Leonard Mlodinow • 2022

Emotion doesn't sabotage reason. It supplies the hidden calculations behind every decision you make.

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🧪 Emotion Science 🧘 Emotion Regulation 🧠 Mind-Body Connection

Emotional 89%

Emotion doesn't sabotage reason. It supplies the hidden calculations behind every decision you make.

by Leonard Mlodinow 2022

3.84

2k+ ratings

🧪 Emotion Science 🧘 Emotion Regulation 🧠 Mind-Body Connection

Dirty Minds

by Kayt Sukel • 2012

Romantic love activates the same brain circuits as cocaine. Heartbreak is neurological withdrawal.

3.55

447

🧠 Neuroscience Of Love 🔬 Relationship Science ⚗️ Neurochemistry

Dirty Minds 89%

Romantic love activates the same brain circuits as cocaine. Heartbreak is neurological withdrawal.

by Kayt Sukel 2012

3.55

447 ratings

🧠 Neuroscience Of Love 🔬 Relationship Science ⚗️ Neurochemistry

The Archaeology of Mind

by Jaak Panksepp • 2012

Ancient brain circuits shared with every mammal produce your emotions. Thought shows up late.

4.44

410

🧠 Affective Neuroscience 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Neurobiology

The Archaeology of Mind 89%

Ancient brain circuits shared with every mammal produce your emotions. Thought shows up late.

by Jaak Panksepp 2012

4.44

410 ratings

🧠 Affective Neuroscience 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Neurobiology

Looking for Spinoza

by António Damásio • 2001

A neuroscientist discovers a 17th-century philosopher already mapped the biology of joy and sorrow.

3.96

2k+

🧠 Affective Neuroscience 🏛️ Neurophilosophy 🤝 Social Emotions

Looking for Spinoza 88%

A neuroscientist discovers a 17th-century philosopher already mapped the biology of joy and sorrow.

by António Damásio 2001

3.96

2k+ ratings

🧠 Affective Neuroscience 🏛️ Neurophilosophy 🤝 Social Emotions

The Molecule of More

by Daniel Z. Lieberman • 2018

Dopamine delivers wanting, not pleasure. It falls silent the moment you arrive.

4.13

20k+

🧠 Neurochemistry 🔄 Hedonic Adaptation 💉 Addiction Science

The Molecule of More 88%

Dopamine delivers wanting, not pleasure. It falls silent the moment you arrive.

by Daniel Z. Lieberman 2018

4.13

20k+ ratings

🧠 Neurochemistry 🔄 Hedonic Adaptation 💉 Addiction Science

Nutrient Power

by William J. Walsh • 2012

Depression and schizophrenia as nutrient deficiencies: the lab markers and the targeted supplements.

4.09

712

🔬 Orthomolecular Medicine 🧪 Methylation Imbalances ⚖️ Trace Mineral Metabolism

Nutrient Power 88%

Depression and schizophrenia as nutrient deficiencies: the lab markers and the targeted supplements.

by William J. Walsh 2012

4.09

712 ratings

🔬 Orthomolecular Medicine 🧪 Methylation Imbalances ⚖️ Trace Mineral Metabolism

Candace Pert

by Pamela Ryckman • 2023

She discovered the opiate receptor. The prize went to her male mentor. She never forgave science.

3.88

👩‍🔬 Women In Science 🧠 Neuroscience History 🧘 Mind-Body Medicine

Candace Pert 88%

She discovered the opiate receptor. The prize went to her male mentor. She never forgave science.

by Pamela Ryckman 2023

3.88

68 ratings

👩‍🔬 Women In Science 🧠 Neuroscience History 🧘 Mind-Body Medicine

The Feeling of What Happens

by António Damásio • 1999

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

4.01

4k+

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🏃 Embodied Cognition

The Feeling of What Happens 88%

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

by António Damásio 1999

4.01

4k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🏃 Embodied Cognition

The Strange Order of Things

by António Damásio • 2017

Feelings, not reason, built human culture. The drive for homeostasis began in single cells.

3.75

3k+

🧠 Neuroscience Of Emotion 🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🌍 Cultural Evolution

The Strange Order of Things 88%

Feelings, not reason, built human culture. The drive for homeostasis began in single cells.

by António Damásio 2017

3.75

3k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroscience Of Emotion 🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🌍 Cultural Evolution

The Female Brain

by Louann Brizendine • 2006

What you call her personality is her neurochemistry: a brain rebuilt by hormones across lifetime.

3.85

15k+

🧠 Brain Sex Differences 🧬 Hormones And Behavior 🤝 Attachment Science

The Female Brain 88%

What you call her personality is her neurochemistry: a brain rebuilt by hormones across lifetime.

by Louann Brizendine 2006

3.85

15k+ ratings

🧠 Brain Sex Differences 🧬 Hormones And Behavior 🤝 Attachment Science

A General Theory of Love

by Thomas Lewis • 2000

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

4.10

5k+

📎 Attachment Theory 🧘 Emotional Regulation 🤝 Social Connection

A General Theory of Love 88%

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

by Thomas Lewis 2000

4.10

5k+ ratings

📎 Attachment Theory 🧘 Emotional Regulation 🤝 Social Connection

The Mood Cure

by Julia Ross • 2002

Rebalance your brain chemistry with targeted nutrition, and depression can lift within a day.

4.02

2k+

🧠 Nutritional Psychology ⚗️ Orthomolecular Medicine 🔬 Functional Medicine

The Mood Cure 88%

Rebalance your brain chemistry with targeted nutrition, and depression can lift within a day.

by Julia Ross 2002

4.02

2k+ ratings

🧠 Nutritional Psychology ⚗️ Orthomolecular Medicine 🔬 Functional Medicine

Habits of a Happy Brain

by Loretta Graziano Breuning • 2015

Four brain chemicals shape your happiness. Learn the daily habits that trigger each one on demand.

4.01

6k+

🔬 Happiness Science 🔄 Habit Formation 🧠 Neuroplasticity

Habits of a Happy Brain 88%

Four brain chemicals shape your happiness. Learn the daily habits that trigger each one on demand.

by Loretta Graziano Breuning 2015

4.01

6k+ ratings

🔬 Happiness Science 🔄 Habit Formation 🧠 Neuroplasticity

Dealing With Feeling

by Marc Brackett • 2025

A Yale psychologist's system for turning emotional reactions into deliberate responses you choose.

4.04

562

🧠 Emotion Regulation 🧩 Emotional Intelligence 🔬 Affective Science

Dealing With Feeling 88%

A Yale psychologist's system for turning emotional reactions into deliberate responses you choose.

by Marc Brackett 2025

4.04

562 ratings

🧠 Emotion Regulation 🧩 Emotional Intelligence 🔬 Affective Science

The DOSE Effect

by T.J. Power • 2025

Modern life broke four brain chemicals that control your mood and drive. Twenty habits fix them.

4.11

4k+

🧠 Brain Chemistry 🎯 Dopamine Regulation 📱 Digital Wellness

The DOSE Effect 88%

Modern life broke four brain chemicals that control your mood and drive. Twenty habits fix them.

by T.J. Power 2025

4.11

4k+ ratings

🧠 Brain Chemistry 🎯 Dopamine Regulation 📱 Digital Wellness

Wired for Love

by Stephanie Cacioppo • 2022

She studied love as a neuroscientist. Then her husband died, and her brain became the experiment.

4.04

2k+

🧠 Neuroscience Of Love 🔬 Relationship Science 💔 Grief And Loss

Wired for Love 88%

She studied love as a neuroscientist. Then her husband died, and her brain became the experiment.

by Stephanie Cacioppo 2022

4.04

2k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroscience Of Love 🔬 Relationship Science 💔 Grief And Loss

The Happy Brain

by Dean Burnett • 2018

A neuroscientist reveals the messy brain circuits behind happiness, and why the chase backfires.

3.70

2k+

😊 Positive Psychology 🧠 Brain Chemistry 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

The Happy Brain 88%

A neuroscientist reveals the messy brain circuits behind happiness, and why the chase backfires.

by Dean Burnett 2018

3.70

2k+ ratings

😊 Positive Psychology 🧠 Brain Chemistry 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

Projections

by Karl Deisseroth • 2021

How grief, mania, and psychosis reveal the ancient brain circuits that built human emotion.

4.00

2k+

🧠 Biological Psychiatry 💔 Affective Neuroscience 🔌 Neural Circuits

Projections 88%

How grief, mania, and psychosis reveal the ancient brain circuits that built human emotion.

by Karl Deisseroth 2021

4.00

2k+ ratings

🧠 Biological Psychiatry 💔 Affective Neuroscience 🔌 Neural Circuits

How Emotions Are Made

by Lisa Feldman Barrett • 2017

Emotions aren't hardwired. They're built fresh each time from prediction, body, and culture.

4.09

13k+

🔬 Affective Neuroscience 🧠 Psychology Of Emotion 🔮 Predictive Processing

How Emotions Are Made 88%

Emotions aren't hardwired. They're built fresh each time from prediction, body, and culture.

by Lisa Feldman Barrett 2017

4.09

13k+ ratings

🔬 Affective Neuroscience 🧠 Psychology Of Emotion 🔮 Predictive Processing

The Emotional Brain

by Joseph E. LeDoux • 1996

Emotions are unconscious survival circuits. Conscious feelings are just the readout, not the engine.

4.07

3k+

🧠 Affective Neuroscience 🔌 Brain Circuitry 💭 Emotional Memory

The Emotional Brain 88%

Emotions are unconscious survival circuits. Conscious feelings are just the readout, not the engine.

by Joseph E. LeDoux 1996

4.07

3k+ ratings

🧠 Affective Neuroscience 🔌 Brain Circuitry 💭 Emotional Memory

The Male Brain

by Louann Brizendine • 2010

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

3.82

6k+

🧠 Brain Sex Differences 🧪 Hormonal Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

The Male Brain 88%

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

by Louann Brizendine 2010

3.82

6k+ ratings

🧠 Brain Sex Differences 🧪 Hormonal Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

The Embodied Mind

by Thomas R. Verny • 2021

Your heart thinks. Your gut remembers. Memory and identity are distributed across your whole body.

3.97

148

🧠 Embodied Cognition 🌿 Integrative Medicine 🦠 Gut-Brain Connection

The Embodied Mind 88%

Your heart thinks. Your gut remembers. Memory and identity are distributed across your whole body.

by Thomas R. Verny 2021

3.97

148 ratings

🧠 Embodied Cognition 🌿 Integrative Medicine 🦠 Gut-Brain Connection

Why Him? Why Her?

by Helen Fisher • 2009

Brain chemistry creates four love personalities. Find yours and you'll spot your natural match.

3.87

3k+

🧬 Personality Typing 🔬 Relationship Science 💞 Romantic Compatibility

Why Him? Why Her? 88%

Brain chemistry creates four love personalities. Find yours and you'll spot your natural match.

by Helen Fisher 2009

3.87

3k+ ratings

🧬 Personality Typing 🔬 Relationship Science 💞 Romantic Compatibility

Unlocking the Emotional Brain

by Bruce Ecker • 2012

The brain has a built-in undo for emotional learnings. Most therapy triggers it by accident.

4.44

248

🧠 Clinical Psychology 🧬 Neuroplasticity 💭 Emotional Schemas

Unlocking the Emotional Brain 88%

The brain has a built-in undo for emotional learnings. Most therapy triggers it by accident.

by Bruce Ecker 2012

4.44

248 ratings

🧠 Clinical Psychology 🧬 Neuroplasticity 💭 Emotional Schemas

The Body Has a Mind of Its Own

by Sandra Blakeslee • 2007

Your brain's body maps extend into tools and space; remapping them can ease pain, deepen empathy.

3.98

796

🧠 Embodied Cognition 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🪞 Mirror Neurons

The Body Has a Mind of Its Own 88%

Your brain's body maps extend into tools and space; remapping them can ease pain, deepen empathy.

by Sandra Blakeslee 2007

3.98

796 ratings

🧠 Embodied Cognition 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🪞 Mirror Neurons

Feeling & Knowing

by António Damásio • 2021

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

3.57

2k+

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤸 Embodied Cognition ❤️ Affective Neuroscience

Feeling & Knowing 88%

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

by António Damásio 2021

3.57

2k+ ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤸 Embodied Cognition ❤️ Affective Neuroscience

Life on the Edge

by Johnjoe McFadden • 2014

Enzymes tunnel through walls, leaves harvest light near perfectly, birds steer by subatomic compass.

4.11

4k+

🧬 Quantum Biology 🔬 Molecular Biology ⚛️ Biophysics

Life on the Edge 88%

Enzymes tunnel through walls, leaves harvest light near perfectly, birds steer by subatomic compass.

by Johnjoe McFadden 2014

4.11

4k+ ratings

🧬 Quantum Biology 🔬 Molecular Biology ⚛️ Biophysics

Feeling Loved

by Jeanne Segal • 2015

You can be provided for and still feel empty. The sensory path to making love register.

3.51

203

❤️ Emotional Intimacy 🧠 Stress Physiology 🗣️ Nonverbal Communication

Feeling Loved 88%

You can be provided for and still feel empty. The sensory path to making love register.

by Jeanne Segal 2015

3.51

203 ratings

❤️ Emotional Intimacy 🧠 Stress Physiology 🗣️ Nonverbal Communication

Awe

by Dacher Keltner • 2023

Awe is a weekly event, not a mountaintop prize. It quiets the ego and expands compassion.

3.62

5k+

😊 Positive Psychology 🧠 Emotion Science 🌿 Nature Connection

Awe 88%

Awe is a weekly event, not a mountaintop prize. It quiets the ego and expands compassion.

by Dacher Keltner 2023

3.62

5k+ ratings

😊 Positive Psychology 🧠 Emotion Science 🌿 Nature Connection

The Heart-Mind Matrix

by Joseph Chilton Pearce • 2012

Failed nurturing traps us in survival mode; the heart's intelligence offers a biological escape.

4.16

🫀 Heart-Brain Coherence 🧠 Developmental Trauma 🌱 Conscious Evolution

The Heart-Mind Matrix 88%

Failed nurturing traps us in survival mode; the heart's intelligence offers a biological escape.

by Joseph Chilton Pearce 2012

4.16

85 ratings

🫀 Heart-Brain Coherence 🧠 Developmental Trauma 🌱 Conscious Evolution

Being Human

by Robert M. Sapolsky • 2012

From parasite mind control to the biology of metaphors: what science reveals about being human.

4.35

806

🧬 Behavioral Biology 🧠 Social Neuroscience 🩺 Status And Health

Being Human 88%

From parasite mind control to the biology of metaphors: what science reveals about being human.

by Robert M. Sapolsky 2012

4.35

806 ratings

🧬 Behavioral Biology 🧠 Social Neuroscience 🩺 Status And Health

Creation

by Adam Rutherford • 2013

Life emerged once from chemistry. Now we write new genetic code and build cells from scratch.

3.97

762

🌍 Origin Of Life 🧪 Synthetic Biology 🧬 Genetic Engineering

Creation 88%

Life emerged once from chemistry. Now we write new genetic code and build cells from scratch.

by Adam Rutherford 2013

3.97

762 ratings

🌍 Origin Of Life 🧪 Synthetic Biology 🧬 Genetic Engineering

The Neuroscience of Human Relationships

by Louis Cozolino • 2006

Two brains are needed to build one: the science of how relationships physically sculpt the mind.

4.32

549

🧠 Social Neuroscience 🤝 Interpersonal Neurobiology 🔗 Attachment Theory

The Neuroscience of Human Relationships Summary

The Neuroscience of Human Relationships 88%

Two brains are needed to build one: the science of how relationships physically sculpt the mind.

by Louis Cozolino 2006

4.32

549 ratings

🧠 Social Neuroscience 🤝 Interpersonal Neurobiology 🔗 Attachment Theory

The Honeymoon Effect

by Bruce H. Lipton • 2013

5% of your mind wants the honeymoon to last. The tools to reprogram the other 95%.

3.97

2k+

🧠 Relationship Psychology 🌀 Subconscious Reprogramming 💕 Neurochemistry Of Love

The Honeymoon Effect 88%

5% of your mind wants the honeymoon to last. The tools to reprogram the other 95%.

by Bruce H. Lipton 2013

3.97

2k+ ratings

🧠 Relationship Psychology 🌀 Subconscious Reprogramming 💕 Neurochemistry Of Love

The Machinery of Life

by David S. Goodsell • 1992

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

4.43

741

🔬 Molecular Biology 🧬 Structural Biology 🎨 Scientific Illustration

The Machinery of Life 88%

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

by David S. Goodsell 1992

4.43

741 ratings

🔬 Molecular Biology 🧬 Structural Biology 🎨 Scientific Illustration

The Other Brain

by R. Douglas Fields • 2008

85 percent of your brain is not neurons. That silent majority controls memory, pain, and disease.

4.13

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🧠 Neurobiology 🧫 Glial Cells 🔄 Brain Plasticity

The Other Brain 88%

85 percent of your brain is not neurons. That silent majority controls memory, pain, and disease.

by R. Douglas Fields 2008

4.13

2k+ ratings

🧠 Neurobiology 🧫 Glial Cells 🔄 Brain Plasticity

The Brain and Emotional Intelligence

by Daniel Goleman • 2011

How to rewire the brain circuits that actually drive success: emotional intelligence, not IQ.

3.90

2k+

🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🔬 Affective Neuroscience 🔄 Neuroplasticity

The Brain and Emotional Intelligence Summary

The Brain and Emotional Intelligence 88%

How to rewire the brain circuits that actually drive success: emotional intelligence, not IQ.

by Daniel Goleman 2011

3.90

2k+ ratings

🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🔬 Affective Neuroscience 🔄 Neuroplasticity

The Psychology of Twilight

by E. David Klonsky • 2011

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

4.52

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧠 Pop Psychology 🔗 Attachment Theory

The Psychology of Twilight 88%

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

by E. David Klonsky 2011

4.52

3k+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧠 Pop Psychology 🔗 Attachment Theory

The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy

by Louis Cozolino • 2002

The brain is built by relationships. Therapy rewires it through the same social circuits.

4.33

570

🔗 Interpersonal Neurobiology 👥 Social Neuroscience 🧠 Clinical Neuroscience

The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy Summary

The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy 88%

The brain is built by relationships. Therapy rewires it through the same social circuits.

by Louis Cozolino 2002

4.33

570 ratings

🔗 Interpersonal Neurobiology 👥 Social Neuroscience 🧠 Clinical Neuroscience

The Neuropsychology of Anxiety

by Jeffrey A. Gray • 1982

Anxiety is not fear. It is the brain's hesitation state when goals collide, with its own circuitry.

4.19

🧠 Affective Neuroscience 💊 Psychopharmacology 🐒 Evolutionary Psychiatry

The Neuropsychology of Anxiety 87%

Anxiety is not fear. It is the brain's hesitation state when goals collide, with its own circuitry.

by Jeffrey A. Gray 1982

4.19

48 ratings

🧠 Affective Neuroscience 💊 Psychopharmacology 🐒 Evolutionary Psychiatry

Gene Machine

by Venki Ramakrishnan • 2018

A physicist entered biology's most cutthroat race, solved a million-atom machine, and won the Nobel.

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🧪 Molecular Biology 🔬 Structural Biology 🧬 Genetic Code

Gene Machine 87%

A physicist entered biology's most cutthroat race, solved a million-atom machine, and won the Nobel.

by Venki Ramakrishnan 2018

4.00

2k+ ratings

🧪 Molecular Biology 🔬 Structural Biology 🧬 Genetic Code

Love 2.0

by Barbara L. Fredrickson • 2013

Love is a fleeting brain-body sync, not a lasting bond. Your health runs on these daily connections.

3.82

1k+

🎓 Positive Psychology 🤝 Human Connection 🧬 Social Neuroscience

Love 2.0 87%

Love is a fleeting brain-body sync, not a lasting bond. Your health runs on these daily connections.

by Barbara L. Fredrickson 2013

3.82

1k+ ratings

🎓 Positive Psychology 🤝 Human Connection 🧬 Social Neuroscience

The Chemistry Between Us

by Larry Young • 2012

Love isn't a mystery; it's a chemical addiction your brain evolved to keep you breeding.

3.93

1k+

🧠 Behavioral Neuroscience 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💞 Pair Bonding

The Chemistry Between Us 87%

Love isn't a mystery; it's a chemical addiction your brain evolved to keep you breeding.

by Larry Young 2012

3.93

1k+ ratings

🧠 Behavioral Neuroscience 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💞 Pair Bonding

How Life Works

by Philip Ball • 2023

Genes don't give orders; cells decide for themselves. Biology's central metaphor was wrong.

4.21

651

🧬 Molecular Biology 🔬 Systems Biology 🌀 Self-Organization

How Life Works 87%

Genes don't give orders; cells decide for themselves. Biology's central metaphor was wrong.

by Philip Ball 2023

4.21

651 ratings

🧬 Molecular Biology 🔬 Systems Biology 🌀 Self-Organization

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