Categories → #nonfiction
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Beyond Order: 12 More Rules For LifeIn 12 Rules for Life, clinical psychologist and celebrated professor at Harvard and the University of Toronto Dr. Jordan B. Peterson helped millions of readers impose order on the chaos of their lives.
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ConnectionsJames Burke examines the ideas, inventions, and coincidences that have culminated in the major technological advances of today.
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Mythos: The Greek Myths RetoldCelebrating the thrills, grandeur, and unabashed fun of the Greek myths, Mythos breathes life into ancient tales—from Pandora's box to Prometheus's fire.
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Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal ScienceDemystifying buzzwords, laying bare the truths behind oft-quoted numbers, and answering the questions you were always too embarrassed to ask
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Nature's Blueprint: Supersymmetry and the Search for a Unified Theory of Matter and ForceFor decades, physicists have been fascinated with the possibility that two seemingly independent aspects of our world—matter and force—may in fact be intimately connected and inseparable facets of nature.
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The Physics of Wall Street: A Brief History of Predicting the UnpredictableNot all geeks are created equal. While many of the mathematicians and software engineers on Wall Street failed when their abstractions turned ugly in practice, a special breed of physicists has a much deeper history of revolutionizing finance.
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The God Effect: Quantum Entanglement, Science's Strangest PhenomenonThe phenomenon that Einstein thought too spooky and strange to be true
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The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New HumanThe discovery of cells—and the reframing of the human body as a cellular ecosystem—announced the birth of a new kind of medicine based on the therapeutic manipulations of cells.
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Blood and Sand: Suez, Hungary, and Eisenhower's Campaign for PeaceOver sixteen extraordinary days in October and November 1956, the twin crises of Suez and Hungary pushed the world to the brink of a nuclear conflict and what many at the time were calling World War III. Blood & Sand is a revelatory new history of these dramatic events.
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Heroes: The Greek Myths ReimaginedIn this sequel to the bestselling Mythos, legendary author and actor Stephen Fry moves from the exploits of the Olympian gods to the deeds of mortal heroes.