🍃 Plant Physiology

The inner workings of plants at the functional level — how they transport water, photosynthesize, respond to light, and regulate growth with exquisite precision.

A Garden of Marvels

by Ruth Kassinger • 2014

Sex in flowers, air-eating leaves, allied roots: botany's strangest truths took centuries to accept.

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466

A Garden of Marvels 93%

Sex in flowers, air-eating leaves, allied roots: botany's strangest truths took centuries to accept.

by Ruth Kassinger 2014

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466 ratings

The Light Eaters

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How plants communicate, remember, and make decisions without a brain, and why it matters.

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🌿 Plant Intelligence 🌱 Plant Communication 👁️ Plant Senses 🤝 Symbiosis ⚖️ Plant Personhood

The Light Eaters 92%

How plants communicate, remember, and make decisions without a brain, and why it matters.

by Zoë Schlanger 2024

4.25

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🌿 Plant Intelligence 🌱 Plant Communication 👁️ Plant Senses 🤝 Symbiosis ⚖️ Plant Personhood

Planta Sapiens

by Paco Calvo • 2022

A brainless intelligence: how plants learn, decide, and plan their futures.

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🌱 Plant Cognition ⚖️ Environmental Ethics 💬 Plant Communication 🕸️ Distributed Intelligence 🎯 Ecological Psychology

Planta Sapiens 91%

A brainless intelligence: how plants learn, decide, and plan their futures.

by Paco Calvo 2022

3.41

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🌱 Plant Cognition ⚖️ Environmental Ethics 💬 Plant Communication 🕸️ Distributed Intelligence 🎯 Ecological Psychology

Around the World in 80 Plants

by Jonathan Drori • 2021

How a cactus, a purple dye, and a lethal bean rewrote history: 80 plants, 80 stories.

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🌿 Ethnobotany 👽 Plant Curiosities 🌍 Global Journey ⛵ Plants And Empire 💊 Medicinal Plants

Around the World in 80 Plants 91%

How a cactus, a purple dye, and a lethal bean rewrote history: 80 plants, 80 stories.

by Jonathan Drori 2021

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🌿 Ethnobotany 👽 Plant Curiosities 🌍 Global Journey ⛵ Plants And Empire 💊 Medicinal Plants

Around the World in 80 Trees

by Jonathan Drori • 2018

A botanical tour of 80 trees that built empires, inspired myths, and launched trade routes.

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🌿 Plant Adaptations 🌍 Cultural Botany 🌳 Tree Biology ✈️ Botanical Travelogue 🪵 Arboreal History

Around the World in 80 Trees 90%

A botanical tour of 80 trees that built empires, inspired myths, and launched trade routes.

by Jonathan Drori 2018

4.55

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🌿 Plant Adaptations 🌍 Cultural Botany 🌳 Tree Biology ✈️ Botanical Travelogue 🪵 Arboreal History

Teaming with Nutrients

by Jeff Lowenfels • 2013

Plants eat through physics, chemistry, and fungi. Feed the biology, not just the soil.

4.30

399

🌿 Organic Gardening 🧪 Soil Science 🔬 Plant Biology 🌱 Plant Nutrition 🕸️ Soil Food Web

Teaming with Nutrients 90%

Plants eat through physics, chemistry, and fungi. Feed the biology, not just the soil.

by Jeff Lowenfels 2013

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🌿 Organic Gardening 🧪 Soil Science 🔬 Plant Biology 🌱 Plant Nutrition 🕸️ Soil Food Web

How to Read a Tree

by Tristan Gooley • 2023

Bark cracks, bent trunks, and stubby roots are not flaws but notes in a tree's autobiography.

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🧭 Natural Navigation 🌳 Tree Identification 🗺️ Landscape Reading 👀 Nature Observation 🌲 Woodland Ecology

How to Read a Tree 89%

Bark cracks, bent trunks, and stubby roots are not flaws but notes in a tree's autobiography.

by Tristan Gooley 2023

4.09

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🧭 Natural Navigation 🌳 Tree Identification 🗺️ Landscape Reading 👀 Nature Observation 🌲 Woodland Ecology

The Hidden Life of Trees

by Peter Wohlleben • 2015

A forester reveals trees are social, caring parents that communicate through an underground network.

4.06

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🌳 Forest Ecology 🌿 Plant Communication 🍄 Fungal Symbiosis 🧠 Plant Intelligence 🌲 Old-Growth Forests

The Hidden Life of Trees 89%

A forester reveals trees are social, caring parents that communicate through an underground network.

by Peter Wohlleben 2015

4.06

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🌳 Forest Ecology 🌿 Plant Communication 🍄 Fungal Symbiosis 🧠 Plant Intelligence 🌲 Old-Growth Forests

The Songs of Trees

by David George Haskell • 2017

Forests are societies. Underground networks let trees communicate, trade, and compete.

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🌲 Forest Ecology 📝 Natural History Essays 🌳 Tree Communication 🏙️ Urban Ecology 🧠 Plant Intelligence

The Songs of Trees 89%

Forests are societies. Underground networks let trees communicate, trade, and compete.

by David George Haskell 2017

4.05

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🌲 Forest Ecology 📝 Natural History Essays 🌳 Tree Communication 🏙️ Urban Ecology 🧠 Plant Intelligence

Gathering Moss

by Robin Wall Kimmerer • 2003

They drink fog, build forests, bridge worlds. A scientist and Potawatomi woman on what mosses know.

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🌿 Botanical Writing 🧡 Indigenous Ecology 📝 Essay Collections 👁️ Attentive Observation 🔬 Microscopic Worlds

Gathering Moss 89%

They drink fog, build forests, bridge worlds. A scientist and Potawatomi woman on what mosses know.

by Robin Wall Kimmerer 2003

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🌿 Botanical Writing 🧡 Indigenous Ecology 📝 Essay Collections 👁️ Attentive Observation 🔬 Microscopic Worlds

Principles of Anatomy and Physiology

by Gerard J. Tortora • 1942

The human body from atoms to organism: anatomy and physiology taught as one inseparable whole.

4.15

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🧬 Anatomy And Physiology 🦴 Human Anatomy 🫀 Body Systems 🧪 Human Physiology ⚖️ Homeostasis

Principles of Anatomy and Physiology Summary

Principles of Anatomy and Physiology 89%

The human body from atoms to organism: anatomy and physiology taught as one inseparable whole.

by Gerard J. Tortora 1942

4.15

1k+ ratings

🧬 Anatomy And Physiology 🦴 Human Anatomy 🫀 Body Systems 🧪 Human Physiology ⚖️ Homeostasis

Textbook of Medical Physiology

by Arthur C. Guyton • 1969

How the body works, from cells to systems: the definitive physiology textbook for medical training.

4.25

3k+

🫀 Human Physiology 🏥 Medical Education 🔬 Cellular Mechanisms ⚙️ Systems Physiology ⚖️ Homeostasis

Textbook of Medical Physiology 89%

How the body works, from cells to systems: the definitive physiology textbook for medical training.

by Arthur C. Guyton 1969

4.25

3k+ ratings

🫀 Human Physiology 🏥 Medical Education 🔬 Cellular Mechanisms ⚙️ Systems Physiology ⚖️ Homeostasis

Lives of the Trees

by Diana Wells • 2010

Almonds once meant hope, cypresses mourning. A cultural biography of the trees that shaped history.

3.79

287

🌳 Cultural Botany 📖 Tree Lore 🗣️ Plant Folklore 🌏 Human-Plant Bond 🛠️ Historical Ecology

Lives of the Trees 89%

Almonds once meant hope, cypresses mourning. A cultural biography of the trees that shaped history.

by Diana Wells 2010

3.79

287 ratings

🌳 Cultural Botany 📖 Tree Lore 🗣️ Plant Folklore 🌏 Human-Plant Bond 🛠️ Historical Ecology

The Machinery of Life

by David S. Goodsell • 1992

A molecular biologist's watercolors reveal the nanoscale machines running every cell in your body.

4.43

741

🔬 Molecular Biology 🧬 Structural Biology 🎨 Scientific Illustration 🦠 Cell Biology 🔍 Nanoscale Science

The Machinery of Life 88%

A molecular biologist's watercolors reveal the nanoscale machines running every cell in your body.

by David S. Goodsell 1992

4.43

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🔬 Molecular Biology 🧬 Structural Biology 🎨 Scientific Illustration 🦠 Cell Biology 🔍 Nanoscale Science

Growing Marijuana Box Set

by Alfonso Garcia • 2021

From first seed to cured harvest: grow marijuana indoors or out, beginner or advanced.

1.00

🪴 Marijuana Cultivation 🏠 Indoor Gardening 💧 Hydroponics 🌱 Grow Your Own 💊 Cannabis Medicine

Growing Marijuana Box Set 88%

From first seed to cured harvest: grow marijuana indoors or out, beginner or advanced.

by Alfonso Garcia 2021

1.00

1 ratings

🪴 Marijuana Cultivation 🏠 Indoor Gardening 💧 Hydroponics 🌱 Grow Your Own 💊 Cannabis Medicine

Anatomy 101

by Kevin Langford • 2015

206 bones, 60,000 miles of vessels, one engine: your body's parts and how they work together.

3.59

263

🦴 Human Anatomy 🧬 Body Systems 🫀 Physiology 🧫 Cellular Biology 📝 Study Guide

Anatomy 101 88%

206 bones, 60,000 miles of vessels, one engine: your body's parts and how they work together.

by Kevin Langford 2015

3.59

263 ratings

🦴 Human Anatomy 🧬 Body Systems 🫀 Physiology 🧫 Cellular Biology 📝 Study Guide

Introducción a la biología celular

by Bruce Alberts • 1997

How a four-letter code builds proteins, fuels cells, and sometimes causes cancer.

3.96

873

🔬 Cell Biology 🧬 Molecular Biology ⚡ Energy Metabolism 🧱 Protein Structure 🔄 Cell Cycle

Introducción a la biología celular Summary

Introducción a la biología celular 88%

How a four-letter code builds proteins, fuels cells, and sometimes causes cancer.

by Bruce Alberts 1997

3.96

873 ratings

🔬 Cell Biology 🧬 Molecular Biology ⚡ Energy Metabolism 🧱 Protein Structure 🔄 Cell Cycle

Entangled Life

by Merlin Sheldrake • 2020

A fungal web connects an entire forest. It trades resources, sends warnings, and remembers.

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🍄 Mycology 🌲 Forest Networks 🧠 Fungal Intelligence 🤝 Symbiosis 🧪 Psychedelic Science

Entangled Life 88%

A fungal web connects an entire forest. It trades resources, sends warnings, and remembers.

by Merlin Sheldrake 2020

4.32

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🍄 Mycology 🌲 Forest Networks 🧠 Fungal Intelligence 🤝 Symbiosis 🧪 Psychedelic Science

The Music of Life

by Denis Noble • 2006

The genome is a database, not a dictator. Life runs on systems, not commands.

3.85

388

🧬 Systems Biology ↕️ Multilevel Causation 🧩 Biological Complexity 📚 Philosophy Of Biology 🔗 Systems Thinking

The Music of Life 88%

The genome is a database, not a dictator. Life runs on systems, not commands.

by Denis Noble 2006

3.85

388 ratings

🧬 Systems Biology ↕️ Multilevel Causation 🧩 Biological Complexity 📚 Philosophy Of Biology 🔗 Systems Thinking

Lab Girl

by Hope Jahren • 2016

Bipolar, broke, with an oddball lab partner: a geobiologist's devotion to what plants know.

3.98

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👩‍🔬 Women In STEM 🌿 Botanical Writing 🔬 Science Memoirs 🧠 Mental Health Memoirs 📚 Academic Life

Lab Girl 88%

Bipolar, broke, with an oddball lab partner: a geobiologist's devotion to what plants know.

by Hope Jahren 2016

3.98

72k+ ratings

👩‍🔬 Women In STEM 🌿 Botanical Writing 🔬 Science Memoirs 🧠 Mental Health Memoirs 📚 Academic Life

How Life Works

by Philip Ball • 2023

Genes don't give orders; cells decide for themselves. Biology's central metaphor was wrong.

4.21

651

🧬 Molecular Biology 🔬 Systems Biology 🌀 Self-Organization 🧫 Epigenetics 🤔 Philosophy Of Biology

How Life Works 88%

Genes don't give orders; cells decide for themselves. Biology's central metaphor was wrong.

by Philip Ball 2023

4.21

651 ratings

🧬 Molecular Biology 🔬 Systems Biology 🌀 Self-Organization 🧫 Epigenetics 🤔 Philosophy Of Biology

The Backyard Parables

by Margaret Roach • 2013

What dies in the garden teaches what survives in you. Three decades of digging both.

3.65

436

🪴 Garden Memoir 🌿 Nature Writing 🍂 Seasonal Living 🧘 Mindful Practice 🐝 Ecological Gardening

The Backyard Parables 88%

What dies in the garden teaches what survives in you. Three decades of digging both.

by Margaret Roach 2013

3.65

436 ratings

🪴 Garden Memoir 🌿 Nature Writing 🍂 Seasonal Living 🧘 Mindful Practice 🐝 Ecological Gardening

Molecular Biology of the Cell

by Bruce Alberts • 1983

Every cell in your body runs the same operating system. This is its complete manual.

4.36

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🔬 Molecular Biology 🧫 Cell Biology 🧪 Biochemistry 🧬 Gene Expression 📡 Cell Signaling

Molecular Biology of the Cell 88%

Every cell in your body runs the same operating system. This is its complete manual.

by Bruce Alberts 1983

4.36

3k+ ratings

🔬 Molecular Biology 🧫 Cell Biology 🧪 Biochemistry 🧬 Gene Expression 📡 Cell Signaling

Our Green Heart

by Diana Beresford-Kroeger • 2024

Chlorophyll and hemoglobin are subatomic twins. When forests die, so does the animal kingdom.

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521

🌲 Forest Ecology 🌳 Tree Communication 🌿 Forest Medicine ☘️ Celtic Animism ⚛️ Quantum Biology

Our Green Heart 88%

Chlorophyll and hemoglobin are subatomic twins. When forests die, so does the animal kingdom.

by Diana Beresford-Kroeger 2024

4.09

521 ratings

🌲 Forest Ecology 🌳 Tree Communication 🌿 Forest Medicine ☘️ Celtic Animism ⚛️ Quantum Biology

The Systems View of Life

by Fritjof Capra • 2014

Life is not a machine. The systems view that rewrites biology, mind, and economics.

4.30

788

🕸️ Systems Thinking 🧬 Theoretical Biology 🌀 Self-Organization 🤝 Cooperative Evolution 🌍 Ecological Economics

The Systems View of Life 88%

Life is not a machine. The systems view that rewrites biology, mind, and economics.

by Fritjof Capra 2014

4.30

788 ratings

🕸️ Systems Thinking 🧬 Theoretical Biology 🌀 Self-Organization 🤝 Cooperative Evolution 🌍 Ecological Economics

The Shibumi Strategy

by Matthew E. May • 2010

Redefine weight loss: eat more whole, plant-based foods and let your biology do the rest.

3.93

144

🥦 Plant Based Nutrition 📉 Calorie Density ⚖️ Weight Loss Science 🕰️ Chronobiology Of Eating 🔬 Evidence Based Health

The Shibumi Strategy 88%

Redefine weight loss: eat more whole, plant-based foods and let your biology do the rest.

by Matthew E. May 2010

3.93

144 ratings

🥦 Plant Based Nutrition 📉 Calorie Density ⚖️ Weight Loss Science 🕰️ Chronobiology Of Eating 🔬 Evidence Based Health

Fungi

by Lynne Boddy • 2024

Fungi wire forests together, gave us penicillin, and recycle the dead. 90% remain unknown.

4.23

🧫 Mycology 📖 Natural History 🔬 Hidden Kingdoms 🤝 Symbiosis ♻️ Decomposers

Fungi 88%

Fungi wire forests together, gave us penicillin, and recycle the dead. 90% remain unknown.

by Lynne Boddy 2024

4.23

69 ratings

🧫 Mycology 📖 Natural History 🔬 Hidden Kingdoms 🤝 Symbiosis ♻️ Decomposers

Galileo's Error

by Philip Goff • 2019

Your conscious experience isn't a puzzle for science to solve. It is the solution.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🧩 The Mind-Body Problem 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🪨 Russellian Monism 🌱 Plant Intelligence

Galileo's Error 88%

Your conscious experience isn't a puzzle for science to solve. It is the solution.

by Philip Goff 2019

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🧩 The Mind-Body Problem 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🪨 Russellian Monism 🌱 Plant Intelligence

Life on the Edge

by Johnjoe McFadden • 2014

Enzymes tunnel through walls, leaves harvest light near perfectly, birds steer by subatomic compass.

4.11

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🧬 Quantum Biology 🔬 Molecular Biology ⚛️ Biophysics 🌋 Origin Of Life 👃 Sensory Biology

Life on the Edge 88%

Enzymes tunnel through walls, leaves harvest light near perfectly, birds steer by subatomic compass.

by Johnjoe McFadden 2014

4.11

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🧬 Quantum Biology 🔬 Molecular Biology ⚛️ Biophysics 🌋 Origin Of Life 👃 Sensory Biology

How Not to Age

by Michael Greger • 2023

Genes are not your aging fate. Diet is, and here is the science, food by food.

4.25

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🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition 🧬 Longevity Science 🔬 Aging Biology 🩺 Lifestyle Medicine ⏳ Healthspan Extension

How Not to Age 88%

Genes are not your aging fate. Diet is, and here is the science, food by food.

by Michael Greger 2023

4.25

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🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition 🧬 Longevity Science 🔬 Aging Biology 🩺 Lifestyle Medicine ⏳ Healthspan Extension

Understanding Living Systems

by Raymond Noble • 2023

DNA is not your destiny: the cell rewrites its genome, and organisms direct evolution.

3.84

🔬 Systems Biology 🧠 Systems Thinking 📚 Philosophy Of Biology 🧬 Epigenetics 🤝 Symbiotic Evolution

Understanding Living Systems 88%

DNA is not your destiny: the cell rewrites its genome, and organisms direct evolution.

by Raymond Noble 2023

3.84

56 ratings

🔬 Systems Biology 🧠 Systems Thinking 📚 Philosophy Of Biology 🧬 Epigenetics 🤝 Symbiotic Evolution

Eating on the Wild Side

by Jo Robinson • 2013

We spent millennia breeding nutrients out of our food. The rules for getting them back.

4.19

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🔬 Nutrition Science 🌿 Wild Foods 📅 Seasonal Eating 🌱 Heirloom Varieties 🧬 Evolutionary Nutrition

Eating on the Wild Side 88%

We spent millennia breeding nutrients out of our food. The rules for getting them back.

by Jo Robinson 2013

4.19

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🔬 Nutrition Science 🌿 Wild Foods 📅 Seasonal Eating 🌱 Heirloom Varieties 🧬 Evolutionary Nutrition

Letters to a Young Scientist

by Edward O. Wilson • 2013

Think like an artist, then work like an accountant. The real path to scientific discovery.

3.90

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🧪 Scientific Careers 🔬 Field Biology 💡 Scientific Creativity 🍂 Natural History 🌍 Biodiversity

Letters to a Young Scientist 88%

Think like an artist, then work like an accountant. The real path to scientific discovery.

by Edward O. Wilson 2013

3.90

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🧪 Scientific Careers 🔬 Field Biology 💡 Scientific Creativity 🍂 Natural History 🌍 Biodiversity

The Body Electric

by Robert O. Becker • 1985

A hidden electrical current runs your body's healing and growth. Power lines may be shorting it out.

4.25

856

🧬 Bioelectricity 🏥 Regenerative Medicine 🌍 Environmental Health ⚡ Electromagnetic Pollution 🕰️ Circadian Rhythms

The Body Electric 88%

A hidden electrical current runs your body's healing and growth. Power lines may be shorting it out.

by Robert O. Becker 1985

4.25

856 ratings

🧬 Bioelectricity 🏥 Regenerative Medicine 🌍 Environmental Health ⚡ Electromagnetic Pollution 🕰️ Circadian Rhythms

Gardening for a Lifetime

by Sydney Eddison • 2010

Your body is aging; your garden shouldn't retire. The low-impact shifts that keep you growing.

3.76

274

👵 Aging Gardeners 🌱 Low-Maintenance Gardens 🌑 Shade Gardening 🌳 Woodland Gardening 🪣 Container Gardening

Gardening for a Lifetime 88%

Your body is aging; your garden shouldn't retire. The low-impact shifts that keep you growing.

by Sydney Eddison 2010

3.76

274 ratings

👵 Aging Gardeners 🌱 Low-Maintenance Gardens 🌑 Shade Gardening 🌳 Woodland Gardening 🪣 Container Gardening

The Fourth Phase of Water

by Gerald H. Pollack • 2013

Water self-assembles into a hidden, light-charged battery that powers the living world.

4.31

401

💧 Water Science 🧬 Biophysics 🧊 Structured Water 🌀 Self-Organization ⚡ Non-Equilibrium Systems

The Fourth Phase of Water 88%

Water self-assembles into a hidden, light-charged battery that powers the living world.

by Gerald H. Pollack 2013

4.31

401 ratings

💧 Water Science 🧬 Biophysics 🧊 Structured Water 🌀 Self-Organization ⚡ Non-Equilibrium Systems

Molecular Cell Biology

by Harvey F. Lodish • 1992

The molecular logic unifying water, ATP, genes, and signals into the machinery of life.

4.11

730

🧬 Molecular Biology ⚗️ Biochemistry 🧬 Genetics 🧬 Genomics 📚 Introductory Biology

Molecular Cell Biology 88%

The molecular logic unifying water, ATP, genes, and signals into the machinery of life.

by Harvey F. Lodish 1992

4.11

730 ratings

🧬 Molecular Biology ⚗️ Biochemistry 🧬 Genetics 🧬 Genomics 📚 Introductory Biology

Becoming Vegan

by Brenda Davis • 2000

Every nutrient a vegan needs, exactly how to get it, even the one vitamin plants lack.

4.08

3k+

🥗 Plant-Based Nutrition 🐮 Ethical Eating 🔄 Vegan Transition 💪 Plant Protein 🌍 Environmental Eating

Becoming Vegan 88%

Every nutrient a vegan needs, exactly how to get it, even the one vitamin plants lack.

by Brenda Davis 2000

4.08

3k+ ratings

🥗 Plant-Based Nutrition 🐮 Ethical Eating 🔄 Vegan Transition 💪 Plant Protein 🌍 Environmental Eating

The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies

by Nicole Apelian • 2021

Your backyard is a pharmacy. Identify, harvest, and prepare the plants that treat almost anything.

4.58

827

🌿 Herbal Medicine 🔍 Plant Identification 🧪 Herbal Preparations 🍄 Foraging 📜 Folk Medicine

The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies Summary

The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies 88%

Your backyard is a pharmacy. Identify, harvest, and prepare the plants that treat almost anything.

by Nicole Apelian 2021

4.58

827 ratings

🌿 Herbal Medicine 🔍 Plant Identification 🧪 Herbal Preparations 🍄 Foraging 📜 Folk Medicine

Quench

by Dana G. Cohen • 2018

You're dehydrated and drinking more water won't help. Plants will, and fascia explains why.

3.72

991

💧 Hydration 🥬 Plant-Based Eating 🔗 Fascia Health 🔬 Cellular Health 🤸 Movement Therapy

Quench 88%

You're dehydrated and drinking more water won't help. Plants will, and fascia explains why.

by Dana G. Cohen 2018

3.72

991 ratings

💧 Hydration 🥬 Plant-Based Eating 🔗 Fascia Health 🔬 Cellular Health 🤸 Movement Therapy

Encyclopedia of Healing Foods

by Michael T. Murray • 2005

Which vegetables fight heart disease, which starve cancer, and the right way to cook them.

4.43

366

🌿 Plant-Based Eating 💊 Food As Medicine 📚 Nutritional Reference 🍃 Naturopathic Medicine 🥕 Vegetable Cookery

Encyclopedia of Healing Foods 88%

Which vegetables fight heart disease, which starve cancer, and the right way to cook them.

by Michael T. Murray 2005

4.43

366 ratings

🌿 Plant-Based Eating 💊 Food As Medicine 📚 Nutritional Reference 🍃 Naturopathic Medicine 🥕 Vegetable Cookery

The Carnivore Code

by Paul Saladino • 2020

Vegetables fight back with toxins. The case for an all-meat diet that resolves chronic illness.

4.17

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🥩 Carnivore Diet 🌱 Plant Toxins 🧬 Evolutionary Nutrition ⚡ Metabolic Health 💉 Insulin Resistance

The Carnivore Code 88%

Vegetables fight back with toxins. The case for an all-meat diet that resolves chronic illness.

by Paul Saladino 2020

4.17

2k+ ratings

🥩 Carnivore Diet 🌱 Plant Toxins 🧬 Evolutionary Nutrition ⚡ Metabolic Health 💉 Insulin Resistance

Whole

by T. Colin Campbell • 2013

Nutrition science reduced food to nutrients and missed the whole. The real medicine was buried.

3.90

7k+

🧬 Nutritional Science 🥦 Plant-Based Eating 🩺 Disease Reversal 🧠 Systems Thinking 🏥 Health Care Critique

Whole 88%

Nutrition science reduced food to nutrients and missed the whole. The real medicine was buried.

by T. Colin Campbell 2013

3.90

7k+ ratings

🧬 Nutritional Science 🥦 Plant-Based Eating 🩺 Disease Reversal 🧠 Systems Thinking 🏥 Health Care Critique

The Cosmic Serpent

by Jeremy Narby • 1998

A Stanford anthropologist argues Amazonian shamans see their own DNA as twin luminous serpents.

4.17

8k+

🌿 Ethnobotany 🍄 Psychedelics 🪶 Indigenous Knowledge 🐍 Comparative Mythology 🔬 Anthropology Of Science

The Cosmic Serpent 88%

A Stanford anthropologist argues Amazonian shamans see their own DNA as twin luminous serpents.

by Jeremy Narby 1998

4.17

8k+ ratings

🌿 Ethnobotany 🍄 Psychedelics 🪶 Indigenous Knowledge 🐍 Comparative Mythology 🔬 Anthropology Of Science

Becoming Raw

by Brenda Davis • 2010

Going raw without the dogma: the nutrient-by-nutrient evidence for getting it right.

4.12

210

🥗 Raw Food Diets 🌱 Whole Food Plant Based 🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition 🔬 Evidence-Based Nutrition 🧪 Food Science

Becoming Raw 88%

Going raw without the dogma: the nutrient-by-nutrient evidence for getting it right.

by Brenda Davis 2010

4.12

210 ratings

🥗 Raw Food Diets 🌱 Whole Food Plant Based 🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition 🔬 Evidence-Based Nutrition 🧪 Food Science

sex sleep eat drink dream

by Jennifer Ackerman • 2007

A day inside your body: why morning coffee hits differently, and when your brain peaks.

3.60

977

🕰️ Chronobiology 😴 Sleep Science 👃 Sensory Perception 🍽️ Appetite Regulation 🧠 Stress Physiology

sex sleep eat drink dream 88%

A day inside your body: why morning coffee hits differently, and when your brain peaks.

by Jennifer Ackerman 2007

3.60

977 ratings

🕰️ Chronobiology 😴 Sleep Science 👃 Sensory Perception 🍽️ Appetite Regulation 🧠 Stress Physiology

Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes

by Neal D. Barnard • 2006

The fat blocking your insulin lives inside your cells. A low-fat vegan diet clears it.

4.23

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🩺 Diabetes Management 🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition 🧬 Insulin Resistance 🔄 Disease Reversal 🥗 Low Fat Diets

Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes Summary

Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes 88%

The fat blocking your insulin lives inside your cells. A low-fat vegan diet clears it.

by Neal D. Barnard 2006

4.23

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🩺 Diabetes Management 🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition 🧬 Insulin Resistance 🔄 Disease Reversal 🥗 Low Fat Diets

The China Study

by T. Colin Campbell • 2004

Animal protein promotes cancer. A landmark study proved it. The system buried the finding.

4.23

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🌱 Plant-Based Nutrition 🥦 Whole Food Plant-Based 🔄 Chronic Disease Reversal 🧬 Nutritional Epigenetics 🏭 Food Industry Politics

The China Study 88%

Animal protein promotes cancer. A landmark study proved it. The system buried the finding.

by T. Colin Campbell 2004

4.23

31k+ ratings

🌱 Plant-Based Nutrition 🥦 Whole Food Plant-Based 🔄 Chronic Disease Reversal 🧬 Nutritional Epigenetics 🏭 Food Industry Politics

How Not to Die

by Michael Greger • 2015

Heart disease reversed with a fork. The science, the exact foods, and the daily targets.

4.41

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🥦 Plant-Based Diet 🛡️ Disease Prevention 🩺 Lifestyle Medicine 🔬 Evidence-Based Nutrition 🧬 Longevity Science

How Not to Die 88%

Heart disease reversed with a fork. The science, the exact foods, and the daily targets.

by Michael Greger 2015

4.41

51k+ ratings

🥦 Plant-Based Diet 🛡️ Disease Prevention 🩺 Lifestyle Medicine 🔬 Evidence-Based Nutrition 🧬 Longevity Science

The Demon in the Machine

by Paul C.W. Davies • 2020

Life runs on information, not chemistry. Molecular demons manage it with near-perfect efficiency.

4.06

944

🧬 Origin Of Life 📡 Information Theory 🧪 Molecular Biology 🔀 Complexity Science ⚛️ Quantum Biology

The Demon in the Machine 88%

Life runs on information, not chemistry. Molecular demons manage it with near-perfect efficiency.

by Paul C.W. Davies 2020

4.06

944 ratings

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