Science books advising on specific topics with empirical data.
Science Reads Public
Created and curated by Nathan John Cooper
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Come as You Are by Emily Nagoski
After all the books that have been written about sex, all the blogs and TV shows and radio Q&As, how …
Nathan John Cooper says: Sex
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Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain by John J. Ratey
5 stars
A groundbreaking and fascinating investigation into the transformative effects of exercise on the brain, from the bestselling author and renowned …
Nathan John Cooper says: Exercise
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Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker
4 stars
Neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker provides a revolutionary exploration of sleep, examining how it affects every aspect of our …
Nathan John Cooper says: Sleep
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4 stars
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind is a book by Yuval Noah Harari, first published in Hebrew in Israel in …
Nathan John Cooper says: Humankind
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The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Spanning the globe and several centuries, The Gene is the story of the quest to decipher the master-code that makes …
Nathan John Cooper says: Genealogy
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What If? by Randall Munroe (What If?, #1)
4 stars
Randall Munroe left NASA in 2005 to start up his hugely popular site XKCD 'a web comic of romance, sarcasm, …
Nathan John Cooper says: Misc.
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What If? 2 by Randall Munroe (What If?, #2)
5 stars
The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of What If? and How To provides his best answers yet to the weirdest …
Nathan John Cooper says: Misc.
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The botany of desire by Michael Pollan
4 stars
Every schoolchild learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers: The bee collects nectar and pollen to make …
Nathan John Cooper says: Vegetation
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2 stars
Hurricanes batter our coasts. Wildfires rage across the American West. Glaciers collapse in the Artic. Politicians, activists, and the media …
Nathan John Cooper says: Global Warming
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Revolutionary Algorithms by Torey Akers
In April 2024, President Biden signed a bill mandating that the Chinese company ByteDance sell TikTok to an American company, …
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This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone
4 stars
Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters—and fall in love in …
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Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
4 stars
Ted Chiang's first published story, "Tower of Babylon," won the Nebula Award in 1990. Subsequent stories have won the Asimov's …
