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Books recommended by scientists
245 books recommended by 47 people in this group, ordered by how many of them picked it.
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The people
- Stewart BrandCreator of the Whole Earth Catalog; co-founder of the Long Now Foundation22 books
- David BrinScience fiction author and scientist4 books
- Tyler CowenEconomist at George Mason University17 books
- Steven PinkerCognitive psychologist at Harvard University6 books
- Sean CarrollTheoretical physicist6 books
- Carlo RovelliTheoretical physicist5 books
- Matt RidleyScience writer5 books
- Muhammad YunusBangladeshi banker, Nobel Peace Prize recipient and the former Chief Adviser of Bangladesh3 books
- Dani RodrikTurkish economist and publicist (born 1957)5 books
- Francis FukuyamaAmerican political scientist, political economist, and author10 books
- Ayaan Hirsi AliDutch-American political activist and author3 books
- Jeffrey SachsAmerican economist (born 1954)5 books
- Robert J. ShillerAmerican economist5 books
- Eric MaskinAmerican Nobel laureate in economics5 books
- Thomas PikettyFrench economist (born 1971)5 books
- Daron AcemogluTurkish-American economist and receiver of the 2024 Nobel Prize in economic sciences (born 1967)4 books
- Niall FergusonBritish historian5 books
- David MilibandBritish politician (born 1965)5 books
- Carol GilliganAmerican feminist, ethicist, and psychologist5 books
- Daniel GolemanAmerican psychologist and journalist4 books
- Timothy Garton AshBritish historian and author10 books
- Robert ReichAmerican political economist (born 1946)5 books
- Seth GodinAmerican entrepreneur, author and public speaker (b. 1960)4 books
- Amy ChuaAmerican law professor and writer (born 1962)5 books
- Bruce SchneierAmerican computer scientist (born 1963)5 books
- Dan ArielyIsraeli-American professor of psychology and behavioral economics5 books
- Dambisa Moyo, Baroness MoyoZambian-born economist5 books
- Robert BarroAmerican classical macroeconomist4 books
- Branko MilanovićSerbian-American economist5 books
- Martin WolfBritish journalist5 books
- Meghnad Desai, Baron DesaiBritish economist and politician (born 1940)5 books
- Jerry CoyneAmerican biologist5 books
- Claudia PiñeiroArgentine writer5 books
- Beth ShapiroAmerican evolutionary molecular biologist (born 1976)5 books
- Tim HarfordBritish economist and journalist10 books
- Athene DonaldBritish physicist5 books
- Ariel RubinsteinIsraeli economist4 books
- Graciela ChichilniskyAmerican economist5 books
- Brad DelongAmerican economist5 books
- Paul KrugmanAmerican economist (born 1953)5 books
- Brené BrownAmerican writer and professor1 book
- Fareed ZakariaIndian-American journalist and author1 book
- Jordan PetersonCanadian clinical psychologist, author, and political commentator and manosphere activist14 books
- Adam GazzaleyAmerican neuroscientist1 book
- Philip PlaitAstronomer and science writer1 book
- Jason FurmanEconomist, Harvard University3 books
- Sabine HossenfelderPhysicist and science communicator1 book
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- Adam GrantAmerican organizational psychologist (b. 1981)8 books written
- BJ FoggAuthor (b. 1963)2 books written
- Brad FeldAmerican entrepreneur, author, blogger, and venture capitalist8 books written
- Daniel KahnemanIsraeli-American psychologist and economist8 books written
- David DeutschBritish physicist4 books written
- Diana GabaldonAmerican author8 books written
- Philip ZimbardoAmerican social psychologist, author of Stanford Prison Experiment8 books written
- Elizabeth WarrenAmerican politician8 books written
- Jack KornfieldAmerican writer8 books written
- James FadimanAmerican psychologist8 books written
- Jonathan HaidtAmerican social psychologist8 books written
- Lisa RandallAmerican theoretical physicist2 books written
- Lyn AldenFinancial analyst2 books written
- Nassim Nicholas TalebLebanese-American mathematical statistician, option trader, risk analyst and author8 books written
- Neil deGrasse TysonAmerican astrophysicist and science communicator8 books written
- Noam ChomskyAmerican linguist and activist8 books written
- Peter SchiffAmerican entrepreneur, economist and author5 books written
- Richard DawkinsEnglish ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author8 books written
- Sam HarrisAmerican author, philosopher and neuroscientist8 books written
- Scott AdamsAmerican cartoonist and author8 books written
- Sheryl SandbergAmerican technology executive, activist, and author8 books written
- Tara BrachAmerican Buddhist teacher8 books written
- Tom PetersAmerican writer on business management practices8 books written
- Warren BuffettAmerican investor, entrepreneur and businessman8 books written
- Brian CoxEnglish physicist and musician8 books written
- Scott GallowayProfessor of Marketing at NYU Stern School of Business, public speaker and entrepreneur8 books written
- Demis HassabisEntrepreneur (DeepMind, Elixir Studios)Awaiting a source
