My Read Books
Sun Nov 22 18:35:44 2009
Just a list of books that I've read; this is mostly for my personal reference that I can access from anywhere and not something that is to be considered a guide to anyone :)
The list is a reverse-chronological order of the books I've read. It isn't meant to be of much value to other people, but feel free to look around.
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The Link: Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor
Author: Colin Tudge. ISBN: 978-0-316-07008-9
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A Tear at The Edge of Creation: A Radical New Vision For Life in an Imperfect Universe
Author: Marcelo Gleiser. ISBN: 978-1-4391-0832-1
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Why We Make Mistakes: How we look without seeing, forget things in seconds, and are all pretty sure we are way above average
Author: Joseph T. Hallinan. ISBN: 978-0-7679-2806-9
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The Most Human Human: What Talking With Computers Teaches Us About What It Means To Be Alive
Author: Brian Christian. eISBN: 978-0-385-53307-2
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The 4 Percent Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and The Race to Discover The Rest of Reality
Author: Richard Panek. ISBN: 978-0-618-98244-8
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First Contact: Scientific breakthroughs in the hunt for life beyond Earth
Author: Marc Kaufman. ISBN: 978-1-4391-0900-7
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The 50 Most Extreme Places in Our Solar System
Author: David Baker and Todd Ratcliff. ISBN: 978-0-674-04998-7
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From Eternity to Here: The Quest For The Ultimate Theory of Time
Author: Sean Carroll. ISBN: 978-0-525-95133-9
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Freakonomicks: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Author: Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. ISBN: 978-0-06-179280-9
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The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle The Red Planet and Why We Must
-Author: Robert Zubrin with Richard Wagner. ISBN: 978-1-4516-0811-3
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Author: Stephen R. Covey. ISBN: 0-671-70863-5
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Crime and Punishment
Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Marketing Led. Sales Driven: How Successful Businesses Use The Power of Marketing Plans and Sales Execution to Win in The Marketplace
Author: Ajay K. Sirsi, Ph.D. ISBN: 1-4120-2178-2
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Intelligence and How to Get It: Why Schools and Cultures Count
Author: Richard E. Nisbett. ISBN: 978-0-393-06505-3
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Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe
Author: Robert Lanza, MD and Bob Berman. ISBN: 978-1933771-69-4
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This is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
Author: Daniel J. Levitin. ISBN: 978-0-452-28852-2
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The Wealthy Barber: The Common Sense Guide to Successful Financial Planning
Author: David Chilton. ISBN: 0-9683947-3-6
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Struck by Lightning: The Curious World of Probabilities
Author: Jeffrey S. Rosenthal. ISBN: 978-0-00-639495-2
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Death by Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries
Author: Neil deGrasse Tyson. ISBN: 978-0-393-33016-8
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The Definitive Book of Body Language
Author: Allan and Barbara Pease. ISBN: 978-0-553-80472-0
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57 Ways to Take Control of Your Time and Your Life
Author: Jim Meisenheimer. ISBN: 0-9637479-4-0
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How We Decide
Author: Jonah Lehrer. ISBN: 978-0-618-62011-1
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Reinventing Gravity: a Physicist Goes Beyond Einstein
Author: John W. Moffat. ISBN: 978-0-88762-282-3
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The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition
Author: Richard Dawkins. ISBN: 978-0-19-929115-1
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The God Effect: Quantum Entanglement, Science's Strangest Phenomenon
Author: Brian Clegg. ISBN: 978-0-312-34341-5
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The Eerie Silence: Renewing Our Search For Alien Intelligence
Author: Paul Davies. ISBN: 978-0-547-42258-9
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Body Language 101
Author: David Lambert. ISBN: 978-1-60239-291-5
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Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus: The Classic Guide To Understanding The Opposite Sex
Author: John Gray, Ph.D. ISBN: 0-06-057421-6
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Goals: The 10 Rules for Achieving Success
Author: Gary Ryan Blair. ISBN: 978-1-60810-050-7
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The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing
Author: Al Ries & Jack Trout. ISBN: 978-0-88-730666-2
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Differentiate or Die: Survival in Our Era of Killer Competition (Second Edition)
Author: Jack Trout with Steve Rivkin. ISBN: 978-0-470-22339-0
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Confidence: Finding It And Living It
Author: Barbara De Angelis, Ph.D. ISBN: 1-56170-528-4
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(fiction) Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
Author: Edwin A. Abbott. ISBN: 1-59102-296-7
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The Quirks & Quarks Guide To Space: 42 Questions (And Answers) About Life, The Universe, And Everything
Author: Jim Lebans. ISBN: 978-0-7710-5003-9
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Endless Universe: Beyond The Big Bang - Rewriting Cosmic History
Author: Paul J. Steinhardt & Neil Turok. ISBN: 978-0-7679-1501-4
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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Author: Robert B. Cialdini, Ph.D. ISBN: 978-0-06-124189-5
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Think Smart: A Neuroscientist's Prescription for Improving Your Brain's Performance
Author: Richard Restak, M.D. ISBN: 978-1-59448-443-8
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The Mind of God: The Scientific Basis for a Rational World
Author: Paul Davies. ISBN: 978-0-671-79718-8
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Earth: Inside and Out
Author: American Museum of Natural History. ISBN: 1-56584-595-1
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Managing Stress: A Quick and Easy Guide
Author: American Institute of Preventive Medicine / Series: For Your Information. ISBN: 1-56420-025-6
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Time Warps
Author: John Gribbin. ISBN: 0-460-04430-3
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Warped Passages: Unraveling The Mysteries of The Universe's Hidden Dimensions
Author: Lisa Randall. ISBN: 978-0-06-053108-9
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On The Origin of Species
Author: Charles Darwin
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Time
Author: G. W. Dorling. ISBN: 0-582-32213-8
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How The Brain Evolved
Author: Alain Prochiantz. ISBN: 0-07-050929-8
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Personality: What Makes You The Way You Are
Author: Daniel Nettle. ISBN: 978-0-19-921142-5
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The Book of Awesome
Author: Neil Pasricha. ISBN: 978-0-399-15651-9
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The Math Book
Author: Clifford A. Pickover. ISBN: 978-1-4027-5796-9
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Statistics: A Graphic Guide
Author: Eileen Magnello & Borin Van Loon. ISBN: 978-184831-056-8
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Inside the Body: Fantastic Images from Beneath the Skin
Author: Susan Greenfield. ISBN: 978-1844035007
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Neutrino
Author: Frank Close. ISBN: 978-0-19-957459-9
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The Science of Superstition: How The Developing Brain Creates Supernatural Beliefs
Author: Bruce M. Hood. ISBN: 978-0-06-145265-9
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The Little Book of String Theory
Author: Steven S. Gubser. ISBN: 978-0-691-14289-0
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Collider: The Search for The World's Smallest Particles
Author: Paul Halpern. ISBN: 978-0-470-64391-4
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Brain Rules
Author: John Medina. ISBN: 978-0-9797777-4-7
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13 Things That Don't Make Sense
Author: Michael Brooks. ISBN: 978-0-385-66424-0
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(fiction) Slaughterhouse-Five
Author: Kurt Vonnegut. ISBN: 978-0-385-33384-9
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Breaking The Time Barrier: The Race to Build The First Time Machine
Author: Jenny Randles. ISBN: 978-1-4165-1655-2
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
Author: Oliver Sacks. ISBN: 978-0-684-85394-9
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The Instant Physicist: An Illustrated Guide
Author: Richard A. Muller. ISBN: 978-0-393-07826-8
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45 Things You Do That Drive Your Boss Crazy and How to Avoid Them
Author: Anita Bruzzese. ISBN: 978-0-399-53317-4
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Why Does E=mc2?
Author: Brian Cox & Jeff Forshaw. ISBN: 978-0-306-81876-9
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Maximize Your Memory
Author: Ramón Campayo. ISBN: 978-1-60163-117-6
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The Great Atlas of The Universe
Author: Professor L. Benacchio. ISBN: 978-0-7153-2680-0
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Einstein's Telescope: The Hunt for Dark Matter and Dark Energy in The Universe
Author: Evalyn Gates. ISBN: 978-0-393-33801-0 pbk.
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Consciousness: A Graphic Guide
Author: David Papineau and Howard Selina. ISBN: 978-184831-171-8
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(fiction) Deeper
Author: Jeff Long. ISBN: 978-1-4165-5029-7
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Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in The Void
Author: Mary Roach. ISBN: 978-0-393-06847-4 (hardcover)
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In Search of The Multiverse
Author: John Gribbin. ISBN: 978-0-141-03611-3
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In Search of Time: Journeys Along a Curious Dimension
Author: Dan Falk. ISBN: 978-0-7710-4759-6
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Time: A Graphic Guide
Author: Craig Callender & Ralph Edney. ISBN: 978-184831-120-6
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The Brain
Author: Ammar Al-Chalabi, Martin R. Turner, R. Shane Delamont. ISBN: 978-1-85168-594-3
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Am I a Monkey?
Author: Francisco J. Ayala. ISBN: 978-0-8018-9754-2
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Programming The Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes on The Cosmos
Author: Seth Lloyd. ISBN: 978-1-4000-3386-7
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The Age of Entanglement: When Quantum Physics was Reborn
Author: Louisa Gilder. ISBN: 978-1-4000-9526-1
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How We Live and Why We Die: The Secret Lives of Cells
Author: Lewis Wolpert. ISBN: 978-0-571-23912-2
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The Edge of Physics: A Journey to Earth's Extremes to Unlock The Secrets of The Universe
Author: Anil Ananthaswamy. ISBN: 978-0-618-88468-1
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Work Smarter with Speed Reading
Author: Tina Konstant. ISBN: 978-0-07-173998-6
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Hyperspace: A scientific odyssey through parallel universes, time warps, and the 10th dimension
Author: Michio Kaku. ISBN: 0-385-47705-8
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Quantum Theory: A Graphic Guide
Author: J.P McEvoy & Oscar Zarate. ISBN: 978-1-84046-850-2
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The Laws of Thermodynamics: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Peter Atkins. ISBN: 978-0-19-957219-9
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A Brief History of Time: The Updated and Expanded Tenth Anniversary Edition
Author: Stephen Hawking. ISBN: 0-553-10953-7 ISBN: 0-553-38016-8
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Antimatter
Author: Frank Close. ISBN: 978-0-19-957887-0 (Pbk.) 978-0-19-955016-6 (Hbk.)
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The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe
Author: Theodore Gray. ISBN: 978-1-57912-814-2
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Stop Faking It! Light
Author: William C. Robertson, Ph.D. ISBN: 0-87355-215-61
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Geometry of Design: Studies in Proportion and Composition
Author: Kimberly Elam. ISBN: 1-56898-249-6 (pbk.)
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Physics of The Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into The World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel
Author: Michio Kaku. ISBN: 978-0-385-52069-0
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Relativity: From Einstein to Black Holes
Author: Gerald Tauber. ISBN: 0-531-10482-6
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Gravity: The Universal Force
Author: Don Nardo. ISBN: 1-56006-204-5
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Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry, and Space-Time
Author: Richard Phillips Feynman / Caltech. ISBN: 0-465-02393-2
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Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained By Its Most Brilliant Teacher
Author: Richard Phillips Feynman / Caltech. ISBN: 0-201-40955-0
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Physics: Principles and Problems
Publisher: Maxwell Macmillan Canada. ISBN: 0-02-954125-5
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Designing The Future
Author: Jacque Fresco. Free E-book, get it on The Venus Project website
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The Kids Guide to Money Cent$
Author: Keltie Thomas. ISBN: 1-55337-391-X
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How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day
Author: Michael J. Gelb. ISBN: 0-385-32381-6
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Hypnosis: Secrets of The Mind
Author: Michael Streeter. ISBN: 0-7641-2593-1
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Hypnosis: Controlling The Inner You
Author: Dr. Hans Holzer. ISBN-13: 978-0-7570-0271-7 (pbk.)
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The Overflowing Brain: Information Overload and The Limits of Working Memory
Author: Torkel Klingberg. ISBN: 978-0-19-537288-5
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The Ultimate Secrets of Total Self-Confidence
Author: Dr. Robert Anthony. ISBN: 0-425-20975-X
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Sleep: The Gentle Tyrant
Author: Webb, Wilse B.; ISBN: 0962704229 (pbk)
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Sleep Thieves: an eye-opening exploration into the science and mysteries of sleep
Author: Coren, Stanley; ISBN: 0684823047
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Sex Heals
Author: Laura Moore; ISBN: 0-9752902-4-X
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The Secrets of Female Sexuality
Author: David Shade; ISBN: 978-0-6151-5807-5


