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Boksammendrag

Sapiens
av Yuval Noah Harari • 2011
The one skill that let humans conquer the planet: inventing things we all pretend are real.
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Sapiens Sammendrag
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Sapiens
The one skill that let humans conquer the planet: inventing things we all pretend are real.
av Yuval Noah Harari 2011 456 sider
4.33
1 000 000+ vurderinger
Freakonomics
av Steven D. Levitt • 2005
Data, not experts, explains why crime fell, why teachers cheat, and why agents undersell your house.
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Freakonomics Sammendrag
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Freakonomics
Data, not experts, explains why crime fell, why teachers cheat, and why agents undersell your house.
av Steven D. Levitt 2005 352 sider
4.01
900 000+ vurderinger
Vippepunktet
av Malcolm Gladwell • 2000
Three rules govern social epidemics, and the people who start them aren't who you'd expect.
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Vippepunktet Sammendrag
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Vippepunktet
Three rules govern social epidemics, and the people who start them aren't who you'd expect.
av Malcolm Gladwell 2000 204 sider
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800 000+ vurderinger
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
av Rebecca Skloot • 2010
Her cells built the polio vaccine. She was a Black tobacco farmer who was never asked.
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Sammendrag
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Her cells built the polio vaccine. She was a Black tobacco farmer who was never asked.
av Rebecca Skloot 2010 362 sider
4.13
800 000+ vurderinger
Blink
av Malcolm Gladwell • 2005
Rapid decisions can beat careful analysis: they need structure, not more data.
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Blink Sammendrag
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Blink
Rapid decisions can beat careful analysis: they need structure, not more data.
av Malcolm Gladwell 2005 296 sider
3.96
600 000+ vurderinger
Guns, Germs, and Steel
av Jared Diamond • 2005
Eurasia had wheat and an east-west axis. The Americas didn't. Geography decided who conquered whom.
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Guns, Germs, and Steel Sammendrag
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Guns, Germs, and Steel
Eurasia had wheat and an east-west axis. The Americas didn't. Geography decided who conquered whom.
av Jared Diamond 2005 498 sider
4.04
400 000+ vurderinger
Elon Musk
av Ashlee Vance • 2015
$180 million on rockets and electric cars, saved on Christmas Eve by hours.
4.12
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Elon Musk Sammendrag
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Elon Musk
$180 million on rockets and electric cars, saved on Christmas Eve by hours.
av Ashlee Vance 2015 392 sider
4.12
400 000+ vurderinger
A Short History of Nearly Everything
av Bill Bryson • 2004
What science knows about the universe, and the accident-prone humans who figured it out.
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A Short History of Nearly Everything Sammendrag
A Short History of Nearly Everything
What science knows about the universe, and the accident-prone humans who figured it out.
av Bill Bryson 2004 544 sider
4.22
400 000+ vurderinger
Talking to Strangers
av Malcolm Gladwell • 2019
The signals we use to read strangers are mostly noise, and Sandra Bland paid the price.
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Talking to Strangers Sammendrag
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Talking to Strangers
The signals we use to read strangers are mostly noise, and Sandra Bland paid the price.
av Malcolm Gladwell 2019 675 sider
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300 000+ vurderinger
Homo Deus
av Yuval Noah Harari • 2015
We tamed hunger and war. Now we chase immortality and godhood. The chase may end us.
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Homo Deus Sammendrag
Homo Deus
We tamed hunger and war. Now we chase immortality and godhood. The chase may end us.
av Yuval Noah Harari 2015 449 sider
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200 000+ vurderinger
Hvorfor vi sover
av Matthew Walker • 2017
Nineteen hours awake equals legal drunkenness. What sleep does, and what its loss costs us.
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Hvorfor vi sover Sammendrag
Hvorfor vi sover
Nineteen hours awake equals legal drunkenness. What sleep does, and what its loss costs us.
av Matthew Walker 2017 368 sider
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Being Mortal
av Atul Gawande • 2014
Getting old is not a medical problem. Modern medicine treats it like one anyway.
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Being Mortal Sammendrag
Being Mortal
Getting old is not a medical problem. Modern medicine treats it like one anyway.
av Atul Gawande 2014 282 sider
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"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"
av Richard P. Feynman • 1985
Safe-cracking, bongos, and a fatal O-ring: a Nobel laureate's life of fearless curiosity.
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"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" Sammendrag
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"
Safe-cracking, bongos, and a fatal O-ring: a Nobel laureate's life of fearless curiosity.
av Richard P. Feynman 1985 352 sider
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The Omnivore's Dilemma
av Michael Pollan • 2006
Corn and oil, not sunlight, power what we eat. Four meals traced to their hidden origins.
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The Omnivore's Dilemma Sammendrag
The Omnivore's Dilemma
Corn and oil, not sunlight, power what we eat. Four meals traced to their hidden origins.
av Michael Pollan 2006 710 sider
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200 000+ vurderinger
David and Goliath
av Malcolm Gladwell • 2013
Giants don't always win: the hidden weapons of underdogs, and why too much power backfires.
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David and Goliath Sammendrag
David and Goliath
Giants don't always win: the hidden weapons of underdogs, and why too much power backfires.
av Malcolm Gladwell 2013 305 sider
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100 000+ vurderinger
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
av Yuval Noah Harari • 2018
How to think in a century where jobs vanish, truths splinter, and biology becomes programmable.
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century
How to think in a century where jobs vanish, truths splinter, and biology becomes programmable.
av Yuval Noah Harari 2018 372 sider
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100 000+ vurderinger
Psykopattesten
av Jon Ronson • 2011
A journalist learns to spot psychopaths. Then the checklist starts spotting him.
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Psykopattesten Sammendrag
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Psykopattesten
A journalist learns to spot psychopaths. Then the checklist starts spotting him.
av Jon Ronson 2011 272 sider
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100 000+ vurderinger
Emotional Intelligence
av Daniel Goleman • 1995
Your emotional brain reacts before thought. That half-second shapes your career and relationships.
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Emotional Intelligence Sammendrag
Emotional Intelligence
Your emotional brain reacts before thought. That half-second shapes your career and relationships.
av Daniel Goleman 1995 351 sider
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100 000+ vurderinger
SuperFreakonomics
av Steven D. Levitt • 2009
Incentives, not morality, explain prostitution, terrorism, and climate change. The data proves it.
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SuperFreakonomics Sammendrag
SuperFreakonomics
Incentives, not morality, explain prostitution, terrorism, and climate change. The data proves it.
av Steven D. Levitt 2009 288 sider
4.00
100 000+ vurderinger
Predictably Irrational
av Dan Ariely • 2008
Why you overpay, procrastinate, and cheat just a little (and how to outsmart your own brain).
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Predictably Irrational Sammendrag
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Predictably Irrational
Why you overpay, procrastinate, and cheat just a little (and how to outsmart your own brain).
av Dan Ariely 2008 349 sider
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100 000+ vurderinger
The Black Swan
av Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2007
The bell curve is a map that fails exactly where the terrain gets dangerous.
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The Black Swan Sammendrag
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The Black Swan
The bell curve is a map that fails exactly where the terrain gets dangerous.
av Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2007 480 sider
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Prisoners of Geography
av Tim Marshall • 2015
Geography ties presidents' hands more than ideology. The map cornering Napoleon is cornering Putin.
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Prisoners of Geography Sammendrag
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Prisoners of Geography
Geography ties presidents' hands more than ideology. The map cornering Napoleon is cornering Putin.
av Tim Marshall 2015 319 sider
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Breath
av James Nestor • 2020
You take 25,000 breaths a day. Most of them are making you sick.
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Breath Sammendrag
Oppslukende
Breath
You take 25,000 breaths a day. Most of them are making you sick.
av James Nestor 2020 280 sider
4.14
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What the Dog Saw
av Malcolm Gladwell • 2009
Two seconds of silent video predict a teacher's full semester rating. What else we misjudge.
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What the Dog Saw Sammendrag
What the Dog Saw
Two seconds of silent video predict a teacher's full semester rating. What else we misjudge.
av Malcolm Gladwell 2009 319 sider
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100 000+ vurderinger
Nudge
av Richard H. Thaler • 2008
Why you stick with defaults: the invisible forces shaping every decision, and how to steer them.
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Nudge Sammendrag
Nudge
Why you stick with defaults: the invisible forces shaping every decision, and how to steer them.
av Richard H. Thaler 2008 384 sider
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95 000+ vurderinger
Flow
av Mihály Csíkszentmihályi • 1990
The most fulfilling moments come not from rest, but from pushing yourself to your limit.
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Flow Sammendrag
Flow
The most fulfilling moments come not from rest, but from pushing yourself to your limit.
av Mihály Csíkszentmihályi 1990 322 sider
4.11
89 000+ vurderinger
Come As You Are
av Emily Nagoski • 2015
The science of female desire overturns the dominant story. Your body works; learn what blocks it.
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Come As You Are Sammendrag
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Come As You Are
The science of female desire overturns the dominant story. Your body works; learn what blocks it.
av Emily Nagoski 2015 400 sider
4.28
87 000+ vurderinger
How to Change Your Mind
av Michael Pollan • 2018
Psychedelics quiet the brain's ego network. Depression, addiction, and fear of death dissolve.
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How to Change Your Mind Sammendrag
How to Change Your Mind
Psychedelics quiet the brain's ego network. Depression, addiction, and fear of death dissolve.
av Michael Pollan 2018 464 sider
4.27
85 000+ vurderinger
Range
av David Epstein • 2019
Childhood specialization is overrated. Generalists who sample widely solve the hardest problems.
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Range Sammendrag
Range
Childhood specialization is overrated. Generalists who sample widely solve the hardest problems.
av David Epstein 2019 352 sider
4.13
80 000+ vurderinger
Stolen Focus
av Johann Hari • 2022
You touch your phone 2,617 times a day. That's not a habit. It's a business model.
4.22
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Stolen Focus Sammendrag
Stolen Focus
You touch your phone 2,617 times a day. That's not a habit. It's a business model.
av Johann Hari 2022 348 sider
4.22
80 000+ vurderinger
The Checklist Manifesto
av Atul Gawande • 2009
Why experts miss the obvious, and how a piece of paper catches what brilliance overlooks.
4.04
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The Checklist Manifesto Sammendrag
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The Checklist Manifesto
Why experts miss the obvious, and how a piece of paper catches what brilliance overlooks.
av Atul Gawande 2009 215 sider
4.04
76 000+ vurderinger
Lab Girl
av Hope Jahren • 2016
Bipolar, broke, with an oddball lab partner: a geobiologist's devotion to what plants know.
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Lab Girl Sammendrag
Lab Girl
Bipolar, broke, with an oddball lab partner: a geobiologist's devotion to what plants know.
av Hope Jahren 2016 290 sider
3.98
72 000+ vurderinger
The Righteous Mind
av Jonathan Haidt • 2012
Reason didn't evolve to find truth. It evolved to defend whatever your group already believes.
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The Righteous Mind Sammendrag
The Righteous Mind
Reason didn't evolve to find truth. It evolved to defend whatever your group already believes.
av Jonathan Haidt 2012 530 sider
4.19
66 000+ vurderinger
Why Nations Fail
av Daron Acemoğlu • 2012
If geography explained wealth, North and South Korea would be the same country.
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Why Nations Fail Sammendrag
Why Nations Fail
If geography explained wealth, North and South Korea would be the same country.
av Daron Acemoğlu 2012 544 sider
4.09
64 000+ vurderinger
The Whole-Brain Child
av Daniel J. Siegel • 2011
Tantrums reveal a brain still under construction. Twelve strategies that teach instead of punish.
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The Whole-Brain Child Sammendrag
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The Whole-Brain Child
Tantrums reveal a brain still under construction. Twelve strategies that teach instead of punish.
av Daniel J. Siegel 2011 192 sider
4.26
60 000+ vurderinger
Antifragile
av Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2012
Predicting catastrophe is impossible. Designing a life that profits from chaos is not.
4.10
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Antifragile Sammendrag
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Antifragile
Predicting catastrophe is impossible. Designing a life that profits from chaos is not.
av Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2012 493 sider
4.10
58 000+ vurderinger
Silent Spring
av Rachel Carson • 1962
A biologist traced one poison through water, soil, bird, and bone, and refused to stay silent.
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Silent Spring Sammendrag
Silent Spring
A biologist traced one poison through water, soil, bird, and bone, and refused to stay silent.
av Rachel Carson 1962 400 sider
4.06
55 000+ vurderinger
Waking Up
av Sam Harris • 2014
Real spirituality needs no faith, no afterlife, no self. Just a close look at consciousness itself.
3.90
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Waking Up Sammendrag
Waking Up
Real spirituality needs no faith, no afterlife, no self. Just a close look at consciousness itself.
av Sam Harris 2014 258 sider
3.90
51 000+ vurderinger
The Design of Everyday Things
av Donald A. Norman • 1988
Why you can't figure out a simple door: the design classic that blames objects, not people.
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The Design of Everyday Things Sammendrag
The Design of Everyday Things
Why you can't figure out a simple door: the design classic that blames objects, not people.
av Donald A. Norman 1988 257 sider
4.15
48 000+ vurderinger
The Happiness Hypothesis
av Jonathan Haidt • 2006
Your reason is not the driver; ancient wisdom and modern psychology agree on what is.
4.09
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The Happiness Hypothesis Sammendrag
The Happiness Hypothesis
Your reason is not the driver; ancient wisdom and modern psychology agree on what is.
av Jonathan Haidt 2006 297 sider
4.09
45 000+ vurderinger
Cribsheet
av Emily Oster • 2019
An economist's findings on sleep, feeding, and daycare: what the data says about early parenthood.
4.13
45 000+
Cribsheet Sammendrag
Cribsheet
An economist's findings on sleep, feeding, and daycare: what the data says about early parenthood.
av Emily Oster 2019 352 sider
4.13
45 000+ vurderinger
The Art of Thinking Clearly
av Rolf Dobelli • 2011
Dating is a market with supply, demand, and currency. Learn the rules before you make a bad trade.
3.85
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The Art of Thinking Clearly Sammendrag
The Art of Thinking Clearly
Dating is a market with supply, demand, and currency. Learn the rules before you make a bad trade.
av Rolf Dobelli 2011 384 sider
3.85
41 000+ vurderinger
Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself
av Joe Dispenza • 2012
A four-week meditation protocol to rewire your brain and dismantle the self that's holding you back.
4.13
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Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself Sammendrag
Oppslukende
Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself
A four-week meditation protocol to rewire your brain and dismantle the self that's holding you back.
av Joe Dispenza 2012 329 sider
4.13
40 000+ vurderinger
It Didn't Start with You
av Mark Wolynn • 2016
Your worst fears may not be yours. They could belong to your grandmother.
3.55
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It Didn't Start with You Sammendrag
It Didn't Start with You
Your worst fears may not be yours. They could belong to your grandmother.
av Mark Wolynn 2016 256 sider
3.55
39 000+ vurderinger
When the Body Says No
av Gabor Maté • 2003
Learn to say no before your body does: the emotional roots of chronic illness.
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When the Body Says No Sammendrag
When the Body Says No
Learn to say no before your body does: the emotional roots of chronic illness.
av Gabor Maté 2003 320 sider
4.17
36 000+ vurderinger
What Every Body is Saying
av Joe Navarro • 2008
Start at the feet, not the face: an FBI agent's method for reading what people feel.
3.91
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What Every Body is Saying Sammendrag
Oppslukende
What Every Body is Saying
Start at the feet, not the face: an FBI agent's method for reading what people feel.
av Joe Navarro 2008 272 sider
3.91
35 000+ vurderinger
The Girls of Atomic City
av Denise Kiernan • 2013
The young women of Oak Ridge built the atomic bomb. None of them knew it.
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The Girls of Atomic City Sammendrag
The Girls of Atomic City
The young women of Oak Ridge built the atomic bomb. None of them knew it.
av Denise Kiernan 2013 373 sider
3.73
32 000+ vurderinger
Liv 3.0
av Max Tegmark • 2017
Superintelligence is coming. The problem isn't building it; it's making sure it wants what we want.
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Liv 3.0 Sammendrag
Liv 3.0
Superintelligence is coming. The problem isn't building it; it's making sure it wants what we want.
av Max Tegmark 2017 364 sider
3.99
27 000+ vurderinger
Why Buddhism is True
av Robert Wright • 2017
Evolution tuned your feelings to mislead you. A science-backed case for the Buddhist fix.
4.02
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Why Buddhism is True Sammendrag
Why Buddhism is True
Evolution tuned your feelings to mislead you. A science-backed case for the Buddhist fix.
av Robert Wright 2017 336 sider
4.02
27 000+ vurderinger
The Lucifer Effect
av Philip G. Zimbardo • 2007
Ordinary students, fake prison, abusive in six days. The situation, not character, corrupts.
3.90
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The Lucifer Effect Sammendrag
Oppslukende
The Lucifer Effect
Ordinary students, fake prison, abusive in six days. The situation, not character, corrupts.
av Philip G. Zimbardo 2007 551 sider
3.90
27 000+ vurderinger
Clean Code
av Robert C. Martin • 2007
Reading code dominates a developer's day; these rules keep your colleagues from cursing your name.
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Clean Code Sammendrag
Clean Code
Reading code dominates a developer's day; these rules keep your colleagues from cursing your name.
av Robert C. Martin 2007 464 sider
4.35
23 000+ vurderinger
Make It Stick
av Peter C. Brown • 2014
Rereading feels good but does little. The counterintuitive habits that build knowledge that lasts.
4.15
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Make It Stick Sammendrag
Make It Stick
Rereading feels good but does little. The counterintuitive habits that build knowledge that lasts.
av Peter C. Brown 2014 313 sider
4.15
22 000+ vurderinger
Far From The Tree
av Andrew Solomon • 2012
Your child is deaf, a prodigy, or a criminal. None of it came from you.
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Far From The Tree Sammendrag
Far From The Tree
Your child is deaf, a prodigy, or a criminal. None of it came from you.
av Andrew Solomon 2012 976 sider
4.27
22 000+ vurderinger
Superintelligens
av Nick Bostrom • 2014
A superhuman intelligence won't hate us. It will just want our atoms.
3.85
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Superintelligens Sammendrag
Oppslukende
Superintelligens
A superhuman intelligence won't hate us. It will just want our atoms.
av Nick Bostrom 2014 352 sider
3.85
21 000+ vurderinger
Fast Like a Girl
av Mindy Pelz • 2022
Standard fasting wrecks women's hormones. Here's the cycle-synced protocol that heals instead.
4.21
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Fast Like a Girl Sammendrag
Fast Like a Girl
Standard fasting wrecks women's hormones. Here's the cycle-synced protocol that heals instead.
av Mindy Pelz 2022 329 sider
4.21
20 000+ vurderinger
Inside of a Dog
av Alexandra Horowitz • 2009
Your dog inhabits a world of smell you cannot enter. Science can finally take you inside.
3.63
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Inside of a Dog Sammendrag
Inside of a Dog
Your dog inhabits a world of smell you cannot enter. Science can finally take you inside.
av Alexandra Horowitz 2009 353 sider
3.63
18 000+ vurderinger
Free
av Chris Anderson • 2009
Free is not a price point; it's a business model built on attention, trust, and the new scarcities.
3.88
17 000+
Free Sammendrag
Free
Free is not a price point; it's a business model built on attention, trust, and the new scarcities.
av Chris Anderson 2009 288 sider
3.88
17 000+ vurderinger
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
av Robert M. Sapolsky • 1993
Zebra stress lasts minutes. Yours lasts years. The biology of why that makes you sick.
4.17
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Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers Sammendrag
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
Zebra stress lasts minutes. Yours lasts years. The biology of why that makes you sick.
av Robert M. Sapolsky 1993 560 sider
4.17
17 000+ vurderinger
The Red Queen
av Matt Ridley • 1993
Sex exists to outrun parasites. From peacock tails to human jealousy, everything follows.
4.05
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The Red Queen Sammendrag
The Red Queen
Sex exists to outrun parasites. From peacock tails to human jealousy, everything follows.
av Matt Ridley 1993 405 sider
4.05
17 000+ vurderinger
Thinking in Pictures
av Temple Grandin • 1995
A visual mind, shaped by autism, decoded animal fear and transformed the livestock industry.
4.10
17 000+
Thinking in Pictures Sammendrag
Thinking in Pictures
A visual mind, shaped by autism, decoded animal fear and transformed the livestock industry.
av Temple Grandin 1995 308 sider
4.10
17 000+ vurderinger
Co-Intelligence
av Ethan Mollick • 2024
AI is an intern that never sleeps and sometimes lies. Managing it means rewriting the rules.
3.93
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Co-Intelligence Sammendrag
Oppslukende
Co-Intelligence
AI is an intern that never sleeps and sometimes lies. Managing it means rewriting the rules.
av Ethan Mollick 2024 256 sider
3.93
16 000+ vurderinger
AI Superpowers
av Kai-Fu Lee • 2018
China and Silicon Valley are in an AI arms race. The first casualty: your job.
4.09
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AI Superpowers Sammendrag
AI Superpowers
China and Silicon Valley are in an AI arms race. The first casualty: your job.
av Kai-Fu Lee 2018 275 sider
4.09
16 000+ vurderinger
The Denial of Death
av Ernest Becker • 1973
Every culture, religion, and heroic ambition is built on a single buried fear: your own death.
4.05
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The Denial of Death Sammendrag
The Denial of Death
Every culture, religion, and heroic ambition is built on a single buried fear: your own death.
av Ernest Becker 1973 336 sider
4.05
16 000+ vurderinger
Starry Messenger
av Neil deGrasse Tyson • 2022
From orbit, borders vanish, along with our excuses about race, risk, and how we govern.
4.11
15 000+
Starry Messenger Sammendrag
Starry Messenger
From orbit, borders vanish, along with our excuses about race, risk, and how we govern.
av Neil deGrasse Tyson 2022 279 sider
4.11
15 000+ vurderinger
Where Good Ideas Come From
av Steven Johnson • 2010
Breakthroughs come from networks, borrowed parts, and gradual insights, not lone geniuses.
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Where Good Ideas Come From Sammendrag
Where Good Ideas Come From
Breakthroughs come from networks, borrowed parts, and gradual insights, not lone geniuses.
av Steven Johnson 2010 340 sider
3.99
15 000+ vurderinger
The Coming Wave
av Mustafa Suleyman • 2023
AI and biotech are coming. They can't be stopped. They can't be contained. Catastrophe or dystopia?
3.80
15 000+
The Coming Wave Sammendrag
The Coming Wave
AI and biotech are coming. They can't be stopped. They can't be contained. Catastrophe or dystopia?
av Mustafa Suleyman 2023 332 sider
3.80
15 000+ vurderinger
The Mythical Man-Month
av Frederick P. Brooks Jr. • 1975
A late software project plus more programmers equals a later one. The essays that proved it.
4.01
15 000+
The Mythical Man-Month Sammendrag
The Mythical Man-Month
A late software project plus more programmers equals a later one. The essays that proved it.
av Frederick P. Brooks Jr. 1975 322 sider
4.01
15 000+ vurderinger
The Female Brain
av Louann Brizendine • 2006
What you call her personality is her neurochemistry: a brain rebuilt by hormones across lifetime.
3.85
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The Female Brain Sammendrag
Oppslukende
The Female Brain
What you call her personality is her neurochemistry: a brain rebuilt by hormones across lifetime.
av Louann Brizendine 2006 280 sider
3.85
14 000+ vurderinger
Social Intelligence
av Daniel Goleman • 2006
The brain has a social operating system. Relationships shape it; isolation breaks it.
3.99
14 000+
Social Intelligence Sammendrag
Social Intelligence
The brain has a social operating system. Relationships shape it; isolation breaks it.
av Daniel Goleman 2006 403 sider
3.99
14 000+ vurderinger
World Order
av Henry Kissinger • 2014
Europe invented the state system; now every civilization advances a rival blueprint for world order.
4.04
14 000+
World Order Sammendrag
World Order
Europe invented the state system; now every civilization advances a rival blueprint for world order.
av Henry Kissinger 2014 420 sider
4.04
14 000+ vurderinger
The Rational Optimist
av Matt Ridley • 2010
Trade, not genius, drives human progress. Two centuries of data, and why the pessimists always lose.
3.97
13 000+
The Rational Optimist Sammendrag
The Rational Optimist
Trade, not genius, drives human progress. Two centuries of data, and why the pessimists always lose.
av Matt Ridley 2010 448 sider
3.97
13 000+ vurderinger
Irresistible
av Adam Alter • 2017
The apps in your pocket are as carefully engineered for addiction as any casino game.
3.85
12 000+
Irresistible Sammendrag
Irresistible
The apps in your pocket are as carefully engineered for addiction as any casino game.
av Adam Alter 2017 368 sider
3.85
12 000+ vurderinger
The Second Machine Age
av Erik Brynjolfsson • 2014
Kodak employed 145,000. Instagram: 15. The economics that explains both, and what comes next.
3.91
12 000+
The Second Machine Age Sammendrag
Oppslukende
The Second Machine Age
Kodak employed 145,000. Instagram: 15. The economics that explains both, and what comes next.
av Erik Brynjolfsson 2014 320 sider
3.91
12 000+ vurderinger
The Moral Animal
av Robert Wright • 1994
Our noblest impulses and our ugliest desires share one source: millions of years of evolution.
4.08
12 000+
The Moral Animal Sammendrag
The Moral Animal
Our noblest impulses and our ugliest desires share one source: millions of years of evolution.
av Robert Wright 1994 467 sider
4.08
12 000+ vurderinger
Why People Believe Weird Things
av Michael Shermer • 1997
The smarter you are, the better you are at defending beliefs reason never built.
3.86
9 000+
Why People Believe Weird Things Sammendrag
Why People Believe Weird Things
The smarter you are, the better you are at defending beliefs reason never built.
av Michael Shermer 1997 384 sider
3.86
9 000+ vurderinger
The Marshmallow Test
av Walter Mischel • 2014
Willpower isn't character; it's a cognitive skill. A four-year-old with a marshmallow proved it.
3.72
9 000+
The Marshmallow Test Sammendrag
The Marshmallow Test
Willpower isn't character; it's a cognitive skill. A four-year-old with a marshmallow proved it.
av Walter Mischel 2014 336 sider
3.72
9 000+ vurderinger
The Mind-Gut Connection
av Emeran Mayer • 2015
Your gut and brain are talking. The trillions of microbes between them are running the show.
3.76
9 000+
The Mind-Gut Connection Sammendrag
The Mind-Gut Connection
Your gut and brain are talking. The trillions of microbes between them are running the show.
av Emeran Mayer 2015 256 sider
3.76
9 000+ vurderinger
The Vagina Bible
av Jennifer Gunter • 2019
The wellness industry built an empire on vaginal shame. An OB/GYN dismantles it with science.
4.34
9 000+
The Vagina Bible Sammendrag
The Vagina Bible
The wellness industry built an empire on vaginal shame. An OB/GYN dismantles it with science.
av Jennifer Gunter 2019 416 sider
4.34
9 000+ vurderinger
Magic Pill
av Johann Hari • 2024
Weight-loss drugs finally work. That they're needed at all indicts the food system they bypass.
4.26
9 000+
Magic Pill Sammendrag
Magic Pill
Weight-loss drugs finally work. That they're needed at all indicts the food system they bypass.
av Johann Hari 2024 320 sider
4.26
9 000+ vurderinger
Letters from an Astrophysicist
av Neil deGrasse Tyson • 2019
The universe doesn't care about your opinions. An astrophysicist's letters on why that's liberating.
4.06
8 000+
Letters from an Astrophysicist Sammendrag
Letters from an Astrophysicist
The universe doesn't care about your opinions. An astrophysicist's letters on why that's liberating.
av Neil deGrasse Tyson 2019 272 sider
4.06
8 000+ vurderinger
Consciousness Explained
av Daniel C. Dennett • 1991
Consciousness has no central theater. Your brain runs parallel drafts, and the self is a fiction.
3.90
8 000+
Consciousness Explained Sammendrag
Consciousness Explained
Consciousness has no central theater. Your brain runs parallel drafts, and the self is a fiction.
av Daniel C. Dennett 1991 530 sider
3.90
8 000+ vurderinger
Storytelling with Data
av Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic • 2015
A repeatable process for turning messy spreadsheets into clear charts that drive action.
4.38
8 000+
Storytelling with Data Sammendrag
Storytelling with Data
A repeatable process for turning messy spreadsheets into clear charts that drive action.
av Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic 2015 288 sider
4.38
8 000+ vurderinger
Master Switch
av Tim Wu • 2010
Telephone, radio, film, TV: each began open and ended a monopoly. The internet is next.
3.89
8 000+
Master Switch Sammendrag
Master Switch
Telephone, radio, film, TV: each began open and ended a monopoly. The internet is next.
av Tim Wu 2010 368 sider
3.89
8 000+ vurderinger
The Real Happy Pill
av Anders Hansen • 2016
Your brain evolved to move all day. Here's what happens when you give it that.
3.97
7 000+
The Real Happy Pill Sammendrag
The Real Happy Pill
Your brain evolved to move all day. Here's what happens when you give it that.
av Anders Hansen 2016 233 sider
3.97
7 000+ vurderinger
The Secret Wisdom of Nature
av Peter Wohlleben • 2017
Why a wolf can reroute a river, and salmon feed the forest: nature's invisible connections.
4.05
7 000+
The Secret Wisdom of Nature Sammendrag
The Secret Wisdom of Nature
Why a wolf can reroute a river, and salmon feed the forest: nature's invisible connections.
av Peter Wohlleben 2017 272 sider
4.05
7 000+ vurderinger
The Art of Deception
av Kevin D. Mitnick • 2001
How a hacker gets past any firewall by targeting people, and how to stop it.
3.76
7 000+
The Art of Deception Sammendrag
The Art of Deception
How a hacker gets past any firewall by targeting people, and how to stop it.
av Kevin D. Mitnick 2001 368 sider
3.76
7 000+ vurderinger
The Spirit Level
av Richard G. Wilkinson • 2009
Inequality sickens and divides. In rich countries, the gap matters more than the wealth itself.
4.13
7 000+
The Spirit Level Sammendrag
The Spirit Level
Inequality sickens and divides. In rich countries, the gap matters more than the wealth itself.
av Richard G. Wilkinson 2009 402 sider
4.13
7 000+ vurderinger
Finding Flow
av Mihály Csíkszentmihályi • 1995
Happiness is the wrong target. Between boredom and anxiety is where you come alive.
3.90
7 000+
Finding Flow Sammendrag
Finding Flow
Happiness is the wrong target. Between boredom and anxiety is where you come alive.
av Mihály Csíkszentmihályi 1995 181 sider
3.90
7 000+ vurderinger
Clean Architecture
av Robert C. Martin • 2017
Why your database should never be the center: building business logic that outlives its frameworks.
4.21
7 000+
Clean Architecture Sammendrag
Clean Architecture
Why your database should never be the center: building business logic that outlives its frameworks.
av Robert C. Martin 2017 432 sider
4.21
7 000+ vurderinger
Digital Gold
av Nathaniel Popper • 2015
A currency invented by a ghost, adopted by drug dealers, and pursued by Wall Street billionaires.
4.14
6 000+
Digital Gold Sammendrag
Digital Gold
A currency invented by a ghost, adopted by drug dealers, and pursued by Wall Street billionaires.
av Nathaniel Popper 2015 435 sider
4.14
6 000+ vurderinger
Wizard
av Marc J. Seifer • 1996
Electrified the world, outsmarted by rivals, bankrupted by a giant tower: the Nikola Tesla story.
3.73
6 000+
Wizard Sammendrag
Wizard
Electrified the world, outsmarted by rivals, bankrupted by a giant tower: the Nikola Tesla story.
av Marc J. Seifer 1996 678 sider
3.73
6 000+ vurderinger
Alone Together
av Sherry Turkle • 2011
Robots comfort the elderly, screens raise children. What we lose when machines mediate intimacy.
3.62
6 000+
Alone Together Sammendrag
Alone Together
Robots comfort the elderly, screens raise children. What we lose when machines mediate intimacy.
av Sherry Turkle 2011 384 sider
3.62
6 000+ vurderinger
Until the End of Time
av Brian Greene • 2020
The universe is winding down, yet it made you. Why, from quarks to consciousness.
4.04
6 000+
Until the End of Time Sammendrag
Until the End of Time
The universe is winding down, yet it made you. Why, from quarks to consciousness.
av Brian Greene 2020 428 sider
4.04
6 000+ vurderinger
The Revenge of Geography
av Robert D. Kaplan • 2012
Three dead geographers predicted today's conflicts. Their maps show what comes next.
3.79
6 000+
The Revenge of Geography Sammendrag
The Revenge of Geography
Three dead geographers predicted today's conflicts. Their maps show what comes next.
av Robert D. Kaplan 2012 448 sider
3.79
6 000+ vurderinger
How Civil Wars Start
av Barbara F. Walter • 2022
America is now an anocracy, the regime type three times likelier to fracture into civil war.
4.24
6 000+
How Civil Wars Start Sammendrag
How Civil Wars Start
America is now an anocracy, the regime type three times likelier to fracture into civil war.
av Barbara F. Walter 2022 320 sider
4.24
6 000+ vurderinger
The Science of Fear
av Daniel Gardner • 2008
Life has never been safer, but our ancient brains keep us afraid of the wrong things.
3.96
5 000+
The Science of Fear Sammendrag
The Science of Fear
Life has never been safer, but our ancient brains keep us afraid of the wrong things.
av Daniel Gardner 2008 339 sider
3.96
5 000+ vurderinger
The Age of A.I. and Our Human Future
av Henry Kissinger • 2021
A new intelligence is reshaping knowledge, strategy, and order; it is an actor, not a tool.
3.43
5 000+
The Age of A.I. and Our Human Future Sammendrag
The Age of A.I. and Our Human Future
A new intelligence is reshaping knowledge, strategy, and order; it is an actor, not a tool.
av Henry Kissinger 2021 205 sider
3.43
5 000+ vurderinger
Life Ascending
av Nick Lane • 2009
Evolution's hardest problems, from life's origin to death itself, all have a chemical answer.
4.13
5 000+
Life Ascending Sammendrag
Life Ascending
Evolution's hardest problems, from life's origin to death itself, all have a chemical answer.
av Nick Lane 2009 352 sider
4.13
5 000+ vurderinger
Building Microservices
av Sam Newman • 2014
Break the monolith: how to carve out autonomous services that deploy fast and evolve independently.
4.22
5 000+
Building Microservices Sammendrag
Building Microservices
Break the monolith: how to carve out autonomous services that deploy fast and evolve independently.
av Sam Newman 2014 473 sider
4.22
5 000+ vurderinger
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