Елена Филипова

13 books

Bad Science by Ben Goldacre

Bad Science

Ben Goldacre

370 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction science funny informative medium-paced
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker

The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

Steven Pinker

806 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history psychology challenging informative slow-paced
The Brain: The Story of You by David Eagleman

The Brain: The Story of You

David Eagleman

224 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
The Consciousness Instinct: Unraveling the Mystery of How the Brain Makes the Mind by Michael S. Gazzaniga

The Consciousness Instinct: Unraveling the Mystery of How the Brain Makes the Mind

Michael S. Gazzaniga

286 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science challenging informative slow-paced
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Pinker

Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

Steven Pinker

576 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy science informative inspiring fast-paced
Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain by David Eagleman

Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain

David Eagleman

352 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science informative inspiring medium-paced
Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control by Stephen Kinzer

Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control

Stephen Kinzer

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction biography history politics tense slow-paced
Subliminal by Leonard Mlodinow

Subliminal

Leonard Mlodinow

260 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science self help informative reflective slow-paced
Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis by Jared Diamond

Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis

Civilizations Rise and Fall #3

Jared Diamond

512 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history politics science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe

What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

What If? #1

Randall Munroe

320 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction science funny informative lighthearted fast-paced