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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 284 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,302,941 ratings — published 2011
The Cosmic Experience of One: An awareness-expanding course for human beings (Paperback)
by (shelved 281 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.88 — 519 ratings — published
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 152 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.17 — 605,972 ratings — published 2011
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 135 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.22 — 430,890 ratings — published 2003
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 126 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,377,652 ratings — published 2018
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow (ebook)
by (shelved 120 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.18 — 292,989 ratings — published 2015
The 48 Laws of Power (Paperback)
by (shelved 104 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.08 — 237,590 ratings — published 1999
A Brief History of Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 102 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.21 — 488,137 ratings — published 1988
The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 95 times as knowledge)
avg rating 3.94 — 587,892 ratings — published -500
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 94 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.37 — 234,399 ratings — published 2017
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think (Hardcover)
by (shelved 94 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.35 — 204,991 ratings — published 2018
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 94 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.04 — 467,114 ratings — published 1997
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.01 — 906,362 ratings — published 2005
Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 74 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.19 — 881,824 ratings — published 2008
The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.28 — 348,282 ratings — published 2020
21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.15 — 180,671 ratings — published 2018
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,177,152 ratings — published 1936
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money—That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.09 — 748,547 ratings — published 1997
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.08 — 213,171 ratings — published 2017
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.21 — 181,648 ratings — published 1984
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.13 — 571,951 ratings — published 2012
The Selfish Gene (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.16 — 195,950 ratings — published 1976
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.37 — 915,892 ratings — published 1946
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.37 — 33,437 ratings — published 2017
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.33 — 177,457 ratings — published 2019
Meditations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.28 — 369,488 ratings — published 180
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as knowledge)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,458,840 ratings — published 2016
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.16 — 835,773 ratings — published 1989
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.14 — 199,134 ratings — published 2014
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.07 — 481,832 ratings — published 2012
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.01 — 863,316 ratings — published 2000
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as knowledge)
avg rating 3.96 — 627,883 ratings — published 2005
Beyond Good and Evil (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.03 — 117,977 ratings — published 1886
Brief Answers to the Big Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.25 — 90,006 ratings — published 2018
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.34 — 299,211 ratings — published 2014
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.00 — 341,832 ratings — published 2019
Think and Grow Rich (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.16 — 390,629 ratings — published 1937
Cosmos (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.40 — 161,924 ratings — published 1980
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.16 — 195,577 ratings — published 2016
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as knowledge)
avg rating 3.96 — 123,825 ratings — published 2007
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.19 — 121,993 ratings — published 2015
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.29 — 82,092 ratings — published 1995
The Richest Man in Babylon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.23 — 249,620 ratings — published 1926
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.12 — 132,485 ratings — published 2008
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.33 — 221,714 ratings — published 2016
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.50 — 183,493 ratings — published 2013
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.10 — 59,029 ratings — published 2012
The Prince (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as knowledge)
avg rating 3.84 — 394,558 ratings — published 1513
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as knowledge)
avg rating 3.90 — 274,137 ratings — published 2018
The Origin of Species (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as knowledge)
avg rating 4.01 — 123,731 ratings — published 1859
“I have a friend who's an artist and has sometimes taken a view which I don't agree with very well. He'll hold up a flower and say "look how beautiful it is," and I'll agree. Then he says "I as an artist can see how beautiful this is but you as a scientist take this all apart and it becomes a dull thing," and I think that he's kind of nutty. First of all, the beauty that he sees is available to other people and to me too, I believe. Although I may not be quite as refined aesthetically as he is ... I can appreciate the beauty of a flower. At the same time, I see much more about the flower than he sees. I could imagine the cells in there, the complicated actions inside, which also have a beauty. I mean it's not just beauty at this dimension, at one centimeter; there's also beauty at smaller dimensions, the inner structure, also the processes. The fact that the colors in the flower evolved in order to attract insects to pollinate it is interesting; it means that insects can see the color. It adds a question: does this aesthetic sense also exist in the lower forms? Why is it aesthetic? All kinds of interesting questions which the science knowledge only adds to the excitement, the mystery and the awe of a flower. It only adds. I don't understand how it subtracts.”
― The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman
― The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman
“Confidence is ignorance. If you're feeling cocky, it's because there's something you don't know.”
― Artemis Fowl
― Artemis Fowl
