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How Contagion, Class and Captivity Shape Us, from Cholera to Covid-19 An original, revolutionary new social and scientific history, A History of the World in Six Plagues is a deeply...

The Science and Art of Overcoming Insomnia Without Medications A practical and compassionate guide to repairing your relationship with sleep For the twenty-five million Americans who struggle with insomnia, each...

An amusing history of crackpot ideas and why we love them A rollicking visual and narrative history of popular ideas, phenomena, and widely held beliefs disproven by science. The Bermuda...

What a Neurologist’s Patients Taught Him About the Brain What makes us who we are? Is it our background that creates our identities? Or our families, where we lived, how...

How Curiosity, Exploration and Experience Make a Fuller, Better Life A groundbreaking new understanding of happiness to help us build a fuller, more authentic life. We all want a good...

Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going A blueprint for a better future that offers a unified theory of human behavior, culture, and society. Playing on...

A world-class scientist shares an expert insider view of how real medical science happens, and how teams of brilliant people tackled some of the worst diseases in the world. We...