5 min read ⌚ The Evidence for Evolution By now, you’d think that developments in genetics should have vindicated Darwin once and for all. Unfortunately, one-third of Americans don’t believe in it, with another third thinking that it was actually guided by God. In “The Greatest Show on Earth,” Richard Dawkins tries to clear things up. […]
5 min read ⌚ Science as a Candle in the Dark If there’s any part of you interested even slightly in astronomy and cosmology, you probably owe a lot to Carl Sagan. He popularized these disciplines as nobody before him. And in “The Demon-Haunted World” you can see how he managed to popularize skeptical and scientific […]
3 min read ⌚ The Aftermath of Violence – From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror “Trauma and Recovery” is an eye-opening book that put in plain English, what we must do to confront the bullies and reduce their influence in this world. About Judith Herman Despite being an author, Judith Lewis Herman, teaches clinical psychiatry at […]
5 min read ⌚ A Brief History of Tomorrow In “Sapiens” we read Yuval Noah Harari’s history of humanity’s yesterdays. It was only a matter of time before we embarked on a journey through the history of humanity’s tomorrows. Ladies and gentlemen: “Homo Deus”. About Yuval Noah Harari Yuval Noah Harari is an Israeli professor […]
2 min read ⌚ “The Really Big One” is an earthquake that “will destroy a sizable portion of the coastal Northwest. The question is when.” About Kathryn Schulz Kathryn Schulz is a Pulitzer-winner and The New Yorker staff writer. Book Summary Not long ago, scientists have discovered that there is a fault line in the […]
3 min read ⌚ An Unnatural History “The Sixth Extinction” provides a look at the history of the planet, followed by a distressing prediction of the future. About Elizabeth Kolbert Elizabeth Kolbert is a book author and a New Yorker staff writer. “The Sixth Extinction PDF Summary” 66 million years ago, an asteroid hit Earth and […]
4 min read ⌚ You are certainly aware that you’re talking with your body as much as you do with your mouth. However, you are probably unaware what you’re actually communicating. Charismatic social psychologist Amy Cuddy is here to tell you that “Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are.” And we to summarize her famous TED […]
2 min read ⌚ Stripping the Dread from the Data Numbers are everywhere. Learn the language of “Naked Statistics” and reap all the benefits that come with it. About Charles Wheelan Charles Wheelan is an author, economist, professor and political candidate. He has also written Naked Economics. “Naked Statistics Summary” Many number-based events and predictions rely […]
4 min read ⌚ Dolly and the Age of Biological Control In 1996, Dolly the sheep became the first mammal cloned from a single adult somatic cell; and, suddenly, human cloning wasn’t the stuff of SF anymore. “The Second Creation” is an account of the events which led to the creation of Dolly. Written by the […]
3 min read ⌚ How Our Computers Are Changing Us Undoubtedly, you use computers on a daily basis. Frighteningly, you are not aware of the many ways they have altered your very biology. Nicholas G. Carr is here to explain that to you in his “elegant” bestseller “The Glass Cage.” About Nicholas Carr Nicholas Carr is […]
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