18 books like The Human Use of Human Beings

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The Marvelous Land of Oz L. Frank Baum · 1904 · ★ 3.8 · 138p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Tip and his creation, Jack Pumpkin, run away to Oz, where they save the city after it is captured by girls. Shares: Community pick

Chaos James Gleick · 1987 · ★ 4.0 · 364p · ≈ 12h · Moderate The author describes how scientists studying the growth of complexity in nature are discovering order and pattern in chaos. He explains concepts such as nonlinearity, the Butterfly Effect, universal constants, fractals, and strange attractors, and examines the work of scientists such as Mitchell J. Feigenbaum, Edward Lorenz, and Benoit Mandelbrot. Shares: Sociale aspecten, Aspect social, Social aspects, Science

Car crime Claire Corbett · 2003 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Crime involving cars – whether involving offences by drivers or theft of and from cars – represents a substantial proportion of offences committed, and occupies an enormous amount of police time. But it is not always perceived as the serious crime that it is: many traffic offences cause enormous harm in terms of death and injury, but are often not regarded seriously by drivers, the criminal… Shares: Aspect social, Social aspects

The Demon-Haunted World Carl Sagan · 1995 · ★ 4.3 · 460p · ≈ 15h · Moderate A prescient warning of a future we now inhabit, where fake news stories and Internet conspiracy theories play to a disaffected American populace “A glorious book... A spirited defense of science... From the first page to the last, this book is a manifesto for clear thought.”—Los Angeles Times How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t… Shares: Sociale aspecten, Popular works, Science

Science moderne et l’anarchie Peter Kropotkin · 1901 · 96p · ≈ 3h · Challenging L'Anarchie : Articles, Conférences et discours par Kropotkine, Reclus et Malatesta. Qu'est-ce que l'anarchie ? quelle est sa philosophie, son idéal et sa morale ? Sur quels principes l'anarchie est-elle basée ? Afin de répondre à ces questions, nous avons effectué une sélection d'articles, de conférences et de discours réalisés par trois des figures historiques du mouvement anarchiste : Pierre… Shares: Social aspects of Science, Social aspects, Science

The Black Swan Nassim Nicholas Taleb · 2005 · ★ 4.0 · 462p · ≈ 15h · Moderate From the critically acclaimed author of Fooled by Randomness, a book about the impact of improbable events on every aspect of life. Shares: Aspect social, Social aspects

Mein Weltbild Albert Einstein · 1934 · ★ 3.8 · 112p · ≈ 3h · Challenging A fascinating collection of Einstein’s observations about life, religion, nationalism, and a host of personal topics that engaged the genius’s intellect In the aftermath of the First World War, Albert Einstein writes about his hopes for the League of Nations, his feelings as a German citizen about the growing anti-Semitism and nationalism of his country, and his myriad opinions about the current… Shares: Social aspects of Science, Social aspects, Science

The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science Isaac Asimov · 1960 · ★ 3.8 · 864p · ≈ 28h · Moderate Reports on recent advances in the physical and biological sciences to aid the general reader in understanding modern scientific phenomena. Shares: Popular works, Science

Artificial culture Tama Leaver · 2011 · 218p · ≈ 7h · Moderate "Artificial Culture is an examination of the articulation, construction, and representation of "the artificial" in contemporary popular cultural texts, especially science fiction films and novels. The book argues that today we live in an artificial culture due to the deep and inextricable relationship between people, our bodies, and technology at large. While the artificial is often imagined as… Shares: Aspect social, Social aspects, Science

The Alphabet Versus the Goddess Leonard Shlain · 1998 · ★ 4.2 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Making remarkable connections across a wide range of subjects including brain anatomy and function, anthropology, history, and religion, Shlain argues that, with the advent of literacy, the very act of reading an alphabet reinforced the brain's left hemisphere - linear, abstract, predominantly masculine at the expense of the right holistic, concrete, visual, feminine. This shift upset the… Shares: Aspect social, Social aspects

The Windup Girl Paolo Bacigalupi · 2009 · ★ 3.8 · 365p · ≈ 12h · Moderate What Happens when bio-terrorism becomes a tool for corporate profits? And what happens when said bio-terrorism forces humanity to the cusp of post-human evolution? In The Windup Girl, award-winning author Paolo Bacigalupi returns to the world of "The Calorie Man"( Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award-winner, Hugo Award nominee, 2006) and "Yellow Card Man" (Hugo Award nominee, 2007) in order to… Shares: Aspect social, Social aspects

Positive Youth Development Through Sport Nicholas L. Holt · 2007 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate "Cutting through the political rhetoric about the power of sport as a tool for social change and personal improvement, this book offers insight into how and why participating in sport can be good for children and young people. As the first text to focus on the role of sport in positive youth development (PYD), it brings together high-profile contributors from diverse disciplines to examine… Shares: Aspect social, Social aspects

Chair et métal Ollivier Dyens · 2000 · 172p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares: Aspect social, Social aspects

And the Band Played on Randy Shilts · 1987 · ★ 4.5 · 640p · ≈ 21h · Moderate The blueprint of 20th century investigative journalism. Tracing the course of HIV/AIDS through society; from its earliest as then unknown incarnation, to the height of this 1980s hysteria – the death of Rock Hudson: Shilts's book should be in every High School's final academic examinations coursework reading list, as a compulsory item. An unregrettable read. Shares: Aspect social, Social aspects

The Hidden Persuaders Vance Packard · 1957 · ★ 3.8 · 258p · ≈ 8h · Moderate An account of the motivation research people, the advertising agency psychologists who analyze consumer desires and find out how to make people buy the things the agencies are paid to promote. Personalities, techniques, symbols, and approaches are discussed and some of the leading ad psychologists are interviewed. Shares: Aspect social, Social aspects

Masculinity, sexuality and illegal migration Ali Nobil Ahmad · 2011 · 230p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Masculinity, Sexuality and Illegal Migration makes use of extensive new empirical material to explore the phenomena of migration, human smuggling and illegal work, in order to develop a compelling account of international migration, linking it with irrational, risky economic behaviour and male sexual desire. Interviews conducted with successive waves of Pakistani immigrants in the UK and Italy,… Shares: Aspect social, Social aspects

The Universe Isaac Asimov · 1966 · ★ 4.0 · 318p · ≈ 10h · Moderate A readable introduction to scientific facts about the earth, the solar system, and the universe. Shares: Popular works, Science

The Alignment Problem Brian Christian · 2020 · ★ 4.3 · 356p · ≈ 11h · Moderate "A jaw-dropping exploration of everything that goes wrong when we build AI systems-and the movement to fix them. Today's "machine-learning" systems, trained by data, are so effective that we've invited them to see and hear for us-and to make decisions on our behalf. But alarm bells are ringing. Systems cull résumés until, years later, we discover that they have inherent gender biases. Algorithms… Shares: Aspect social, Social aspects, Science

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