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Guns, Germs, and Steel
Jared Diamond argues that geography, ecology, and the uneven spread of domesticable species shaped large differences in power and technology.
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Gödel, Escher, Bach
Douglas Hofstadter links logic, art, music, and cognition to investigate how self-reference and layered systems can produce surprising meaning.
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Figuring
Maria Popova follows connections among artists, writers, and scientists to show how intellectual life grows through relationships, correspondence, influence, and historical circumstance.