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David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
Malcolm Gladwell · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 304 |
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Malcolm Gladwell, the #1 bestselling author of The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, and What the Dog Saw, offers his most provocative---and dazzling---book yet.Three thousand years ago on a battlefield in ancient Palestine, a shepherd boy felled a mighty warrior with nothing more than... |
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The Social Conquest of Earth
Edward O. Wilson · Liveright; 1 edition
Pages: 352 |
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From Barnes & NobleThis landmark work on human evolution has already been called the culmination of Edward O. Wilson's momentous 60-year career. Drawing on decades of research finding, The Social Conquest of Earth argues that humans rule the Earth because of "group... |
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Socrates: A Man for Our Times
Paul Johnson · Viking Adult
Pages: 224 |
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A brilliant portrait of the Greek philosopher who personified philosophy. Socrates was undeniably one of the greatest thinkers of all time, yet he wrote nothing. Throughout his life, and indeed until his very last moment alive, Socrates fully embodied his philosophy in thought... |
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Seeing Things as They Are: A Theory of Perception
John R. Searle · Oxford University Press; 1 edition |
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This book provides a comprehensive account of the intentionality of perceptual experience. With special emphasis on vision Searle explains how the raw phenomenology of perception sets the content and the conditions of satisfaction of experience. The central question concerns the relation... |
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Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation
Bill Nye · St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition |
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Sparked by the a provocative comment to BigThink.com last fall, and fueled by a highly controversial debate with Creation Museum curator Ken Ham, Bill Nye's campaign to confront the scientific shortcoming of creationism has exploded in just a few months into a national crusade.... |
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Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
Nassim Nicholas Taleb · Random House
Pages: 560 |
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the bestselling author of The Black Swan and one of the foremost thinkers of our time, reveals how to thrive in an uncertain world. Just as human bones get stronger when subjected to stress and tension, and rumors or riots intensify when someone tries... |
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