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When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life
Vanedyr - Videnskabens manipulation af vores instinkter
Jellyfish Age Backwards: Nature's Secrets to Longevity
Quo vAIdis
The Seven Ages of Death
Depphjärnan: varför mår vi så dåligt när vi har det så bra?
Χωράει όλη η αρχαιότητα στο ασανσέρ;
The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything
Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality
Quantum Supremacy
Traumaland. Polacy w cieniu przeszłości
Black Holes: The Key to Understanding the Universe
Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist
Kwantechizm 2.0, czyli klatka na ludzi
The Genetic Book of the Dead: A Darwinian Reverie
A Brief History of Time
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
A Short History of Nearly Everything
The Selfish Gene
Cosmos
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
Bad Science
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

Neil deGrasse Tyson
“ For reasons I have yet to understand, many people don’t like chemicals, which might explain the perennial movement to rid foods of them. <...> Personally, I am quite comfortable with chemicals, anywhere in the universe. My favorite stars, as well as my best friends, are all made of them. ”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

“ Des résultats qui apparaissent pour la première fois dans des rapports ou des livres, même à gros tirage, n'ont aucune fiabilité. Tout simplement parce que ces publications n'ont pas passé le filtre du contrôle par les pairs. Les éditeurs n'ont évidemment pas la capacité d'expertise du monde académique et leur premier souci est plus de s'assurer du potentiel de vente d'un livre que de la parfaite légitimité scientifique des arguments que l'on y trouve. Par ailleurs, un livre qui se glorifie de p ...more ”
― Pierre Cahuc, Le Négationnisme économique. Et comment s'en débarrasser (ESSAIS)

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