Name: Asimov's New Guide to Science
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Author: Isaac Asimov

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Isaac Asimov explains the men and women who made the important discoveries and how they did it.  He takes the most complex concepts and explains them in such a way that a first-time reader on the subject feels confident in his/her understanding. 

Patrick Collison is an Irish billionaire entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of Stripe, which he started with his younger brother, John, in 2010. He won the 41st Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in 2005 at the age of sixteen. Collison lives in San Francisco, California.

Patrick

Asimov's New Guide to Science

Learn how the world works in the best Science and Nature books by respected experts, educators and authors in a variety of fields.

science & nature

Siddhartha

Peter Attia is a Canadian-American physician of Egyptian descent known for his medical practice that focuses on the science of longevity.

Peter

Bill Gates is an American business magnate, software developer, investor, and philanthropist. He is best known as the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation.

Bill

The Emperor of All Maladies

Frank Chimero is a successful designer, illustrator, and author based in New York. His clients range from Nike to NPR and his work has been featured in Monocle, The Atlantic, Time, Slate and The New Yorker.

Frank

Emma Watson is an English actress, model and activist. As a child, she rose to prominence with her first professional acting role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series.

Emma

The Hidden Life of Trees

Jordan

Dr. David Sinclair, a Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, is one of the most well-known researchers in the field of rejuvenation. David is Australian-born and released his bestselling book, 'Lifespan: Why We Age and Why We Don’t Have To', in 2019.

David

How Not to Be Wrong

Packy runs the Not Boring Club and writes the weekly Not Boring newsletter on business strategy and pop culture. The Not Boring community is more than 100,000 strong. 

Packy

Michael Mauboussin is Head of Consilient Research at Counterpoint Global.

Michael

Complexity

Mark

<p>Scott Alexander Young was a Canadian journalist, sportswriter, novelist and the father of musicians Neil Young and Astrid Young. Over his career, Young wrote 45 books, including novels and non-fiction for adult and youth audiences.</p>


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Stuff Matters

Karen

Tim Ferriss has been listed as one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and one of Fortune’s “40 under 40.” He is an early-stage technology investor/advisor and the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers. The Tim Ferriss Show podcast has now exceeded 400 million downloads.

Nir Eyal is an Israeli-born American author, lecturer and investor known for his bestselling book, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products.

Don't Shoot the Dog!

Charles Poliquin was a Canadian strength coach. He was also the author of eight books.

Charles

Bad Science

Randall

Naval Ravikant (born in 1974) is an Indian born American Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Founder, and CEO from New York. He is best known as AngelList's Founder. In addition, he is presently serving as the Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and owner of AngelList Company.

Naval

Thing Explainer

John Fish is a Harvard student creating youtube videos about self development and growth. His channel has grown to nearly 1 million subscribers.

John

Michael Pollan is an American author, journalist, activist, and the Lewis K. Chan Arts Lecturer and Professor of Practice of Non-Fiction at Harvard University. Pollan is also professor of journalism at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

Acid Test

Nicholas

The Princeton Companion to Applied Mathematics

Alexander

Hamilton Morris is an American journalist and pharmacological researcher. He is known for his television series Hamilton's Pharmacopeia, in which he investigates the chemistry, history, and cultural impact of various psychoactive drugs.

Hamilton

James Fadiman is an American psychologist and writer. He is acknowledged for his extensive work in the field of psychedelic research. He co-founded along with Robert Frager the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, which later became Sofia University, where he was a lecturer in psychedelic studies.

James

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Eric "Astro" Teller is an American entrepreneur, scientist, and author, with expertise in the field of intelligent technology. Since 2010, Teller has been directing Google X (which has become X) laboratories.

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