Isabella C. Blum

33 books

Impossibility: The Limits of Science and the Science of Limits by John D. Barrow

Impossibility: The Limits of Science and the Science of Limits

John D. Barrow

304 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy science informative fast-paced
The Island of the Colorblind by Oliver Sacks

The Island of the Colorblind

Oliver Sacks

311 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
The Leafcutter Ants: Civilization by Instinct by Edward O. Wilson, Bert Hölldobler

The Leafcutter Ants: Civilization by Instinct

Edward O. Wilson, Bert Hölldobler

192 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain by Antonio Damasio

Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain

Antonio Damasio

368 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Meme Machine by Susan Blackmore

The Meme Machine

Susan Blackmore

288 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Metazoa: Animal Life and the Birth of the Mind by Peter Godfrey-Smith

Metazoa: Animal Life and the Birth of the Mind

Peter Godfrey-Smith

352 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction nature philosophy science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Mind's Eye by Oliver Sacks

The Mind's Eye

Oliver Sacks

260 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks

Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain

Oliver Sacks

400 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction music psychology science informative reflective slow-paced
On the Move: A Life by Oliver Sacks

On the Move: A Life

Oliver Sacks' memoirs #2

Oliver Sacks

397 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir science informative reflective slow-paced
One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson

One Summer: America, 1927

Bill Bryson

509 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced