18 books like The flamingo's smile

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The Dragons of Eden Carl Sagan · 1977 · ★ 4.2 · 271p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Presents an overview of human evolution and discusses human and animal intelligence, the mechanisms of the brain, memory, sleep, myths and legends about evolution, and the possibility of intelligent extraterrestrial life. Shares: Evolutie, Evolution, Science

Fragments of science John Tyndall · 1879 · 589p · ≈ 19h · Challenging For decades, John Tyndall's Fragments of Science was a fixture on the shelves of anyone who cared about the power and beauty of scientific thought. But its Victorian prose has become a barrier. This edition clears that obstacle. Here are Tyndall's most celebrated lectures and essays—on the scientific use of the imagination, the physical basis of life, the nature of matter and force, and the… Shares: Addresses, Science

How the Mind Works Steven Pinker · 1997 · ★ 4.0 · 661p · ≈ 22h · Moderate "Presented with extraordinary lucidity, cogency and panache...Powerful and gripping...To have read [the book] is to have consulted a first draft of the structural plan of the human psyche...a glittering tour de force" - Spectator "Why do memories fade? Why do we lose our tempers? Why do fools fall in love? Pinker's objective in this erudite account is to explore the nature and history of the… Shares: Natural selection, Evolution, Science

Climbing Mount Improbable Richard Dawkins · 1996 · ★ 4.1 · 340p · ≈ 11h · Moderate In this book, Richard Dawkins urges us to put aside superstitions and wake up to a universe far more wondrous than those in any myths, by describing the difference between accident and design in evolution. Shares: Natural selection, Evolution, Science

The Medusa and the Snail Lewis Thomas · 1979 · ★ 4.0 · 175p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Includes material on warts, DNA, cloning, and medical economics. Shares: Biologie, Essays

Science and the human temperament Erwin Schrödinger · 1935 · 223p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Shares: Addresses, Essays, Science

Lay sermons, addresses, and reviews Thomas Henry Huxley · 1870 · 378p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Which describes some of the things which were said by Charles Darwin. Author became known as 'Darwin's bulldog' because of his forceful and energetic support for Darwin's theory, especially at the notorious British Association meeting in Oxford in 1860. In fact, Huxley had some reservations about aspects of the theory, especially the element of gradual, continuous progress, but in public he was… Shares: Evolution, Science

Inquiry into Life Sylvia S. Mader · 1976 · ★ 3.3 · 834p · ≈ 27h · Moderate Wenn der Keller zum Büro und die Asseln zu Kollegen werden...Frank verliert sich immer mehr in seinem Kellerdasein, während seine Frau Sylvia eine steile Karriere hinlegt. Doch als ihr Erfolg ihn regelrecht überrollt, sieht Frank rot – und das nicht nur wegen des brandneuen Firmenwagens.Erleben Sie eine urkomische und scharfsinnige Geschichte aus der Reihe "Über die Liebe (oder was man dafür… Shares: Biologie, Science

On the origin of species by means of natural selection Charles Darwin · 1859 · ★ 4.0 · 452p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Charles Darwin's seminal work laying the foundations for the principles of evolutionary biology via natural selection, based on evidence that he collected during his expedition on HMS Beagle in the 1830s. Shares: Natural selection, Evolution, Science

Gaia James Lovelock · 1979 · ★ 4.1 · 173p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Uiteenzetting van de theorie dat de aarde, zee en atmosfeer één groot organisme zijn dat zichzelf door een feedback-mechanisme in stand houdt, en een beoordeling van de huidige 'gezondheidstoestand' van het mechanisme. Shares: Evolution, Science

Psychology and the human dilemma Rollo May · 1967 · ★ 4.1 · 221p · ≈ 7h · Moderate The development of an existential psychology in America is in good part the work of Rollo May. He helped bring existentialism to psychology some fifteen years ago, and since then his impact has increased each year. As he says here, he isn't an existentialist in a cultist sense. In American psychology, the existential approach is part of a wider trend which includes many views" (Eugene T. Gendlin,… Shares: Addresses, Essays

L'Évolution créatrice Henri Bergson · 1907 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Challenging French philosopher Henri Bergson's Creative Evolution was published in 1907 and translated into English in 1911. Very popular at the time, it gives an alternate mechanism for evolution - that it is motivated by an "elan vital" a vital impetus, also graspable as our natural creative urge. It also looks at Bergson's conception of time, a subjective "duration" (rather than the quantifiable time of a… Shares: Evolutie, Evolution, Science

The Life of the Fields Richard Jefferies · 1884 · 235p · ≈ 7h · Challenging This book is a reprint of the following stories printed in the following publications: Time, Longman's Magazine, The Graphic, The Standard, The Magazine of Art, The Gentleman's Magazine, The St. James's Gazette, The National Review, The Manchester Guardian, and The Pall Mall Gazette. Shares: Addresses, Natural history

The variation of animals and plants under domestication Charles Darwin · 1868 · ★ 3.2 · 506p · ≈ 16h · Challenging During the seven years which have elapsed since the publication in 1868 of the first edition of this Work, I have continued to attend to the same subjects, as far as lay in my power; and I have thus accumulated a large body of additional facts, chiefly through the kindness of many correspondents. Of these facts I have been able here to use only those which seemed to me the more important. I have… Shares: Evolution, Natural history, Science

Horizons of Anthropology Sol Tax · 1964 · ★ 3.6 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate The scientific study of human evolution and culture is about a hundred years old. This volume surveys its achievements and methods. Originally published more than forty years ago, the volume's contributors include people who have shaped anthropology's future. As Gluckman says in his Preface, the contributions "point to the horizons of increasing understanding of man, his evolution and his social… Shares: Aufsatzsammlung, Addresses, Essays

Biology René Fester Kratz · 2010 · ★ 4.3 · 422p · ≈ 14h · Moderate An updated edition of the ultimate guide to understanding biology. Ever wondered how the food you eat becomes the energy your body needs to keep going? The theory of evolution says that humans and chimps descended from a common ancestor, but does it tell us how and why? We humans are insatiably curious creatures who can't help wondering how things work starting with our own bodies. Wouldn't it be… Shares: Natural history, Science

Ecrits Jacques Lacan · 1966 · ★ 4.2 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Presents an English translation of Jacques Lacan's most famous work, with translations of all the papers featured in the original French edition. Shares: Addresses, Essays

Reason & violence R. D. Laing · 1964 · ★ 4.0 · 184p · ≈ 6h · Moderate A revolutionary compilation of speeches which produced a political groundwork for many of the radical movements in the following decades The now legendary Dialectics of Liberation congress, held in London in 1967, was a unique expression of the politics of dissent. Existential psychiatrists, Marxist intellectuals, anarchists, and political leaders met to discuss key social issues. Edited by David… Shares: Addresses, Essays

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