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The Case of the Frozen Addicts by J. William Langston

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How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog) by Lee Alan Dugatkin

On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects by John Lubbock

Who Banged the Big Bang! by Prabha Karan

How Science Works

34 books — 5 voters

If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY? by Stephen Webb

One of Ten Billion Earths by Karel Schrijver

A Series of Fortunate Events by Sean B. Carroll

Solving Fermi's Paradox by Duncan H. Forgan

Fermi Paradox and Drake Equation

8 books — 2 voters

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman

The Queen's Conjurer by Benjamin Woolley

Science Biographies

50 books — 12 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter

A Nerd's Guide to Reading

255 books — 76 voters

The Hidden Lives of Taxi Drivers by Ruth H Finnegan

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks

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59 books — 20 voters

A Pattern Language by Christopher W. Alexander

The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs

Palaces for the People by Eric Klinenberg

The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

Urban Planning/Social Ecology

113 books — 11 voters

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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 ”
― Stephen D. Carver

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“ 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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