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When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life
The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI
The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything
The Seven Ages of Death
Jellyfish Age Backwards: Nature's Secrets to Longevity
Vanedyr - Videnskabens manipulation af vores instinkter
On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters
Kwantechizm 2.0, czyli klatka na ludzi
Quantum Supremacy
Traumaland. Polacy w cieniu przeszłości
Just One Thing: How simple changes can transform your life
Depphjärnan: varför mår vi så dåligt när vi har det så bra?
Everything Is Predictable: How Bayesian Statistics Explain Our World
Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI
Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality
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
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
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
Cosmos by Carl SaganSurely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman1984 by George OrwellA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter
A Nerd's Guide to Reading
254 books — 75 voters
The Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsSurely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. FeynmanThe Greatest Show on Earth by Richard DawkinsThe Language Instinct by Steven PinkerEuler by William Dunham
Popular Science for Smarties
132 books — 39 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksOutliers by Malcolm GladwellBlink by Malcolm GladwellThe Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Radiolab Suggested Readings
180 books — 240 voters
Atom by Isaac AsimovMolecules by Philip BallBeyond the Zonules of Zinn by David BainbridgeThe Body by Bill BrysonThe Universal History of Numbers by Georges Ifrah
Science Books All Disciplines
9 books — 1 voter



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If I had to explain AI over coffee, I’d say this: imagine a super-intern who has read every encyclopedia, watched every YouTube video, and memorized every Wikipedia page." Artificial Intelligence Explained: The Complete Beginner’s Guide – 50 Essential Answers by AI, Clarified for Humans ...more
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