Isabella C. Blum

29 books

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
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
One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson

One Summer: America, 1927

Bill Bryson

509 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life by Peter Godfrey-Smith

Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life

Peter Godfrey-Smith

255 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy science informative reflective medium-paced
The River of Consciousness by Oliver Sacks

The River of Consciousness

Oliver Sacks

256 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction essays psychology science challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
Seasons of Life: The Biological Rhythms That Enable Living Things to Thrive and Survive by Russell G. Foster, Leon Kreitzman

Seasons of Life: The Biological Rhythms That Enable Living Things to Thrive and Survive

Russell G. Foster, Leon Kreitzman

303 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative slow-paced
Self Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain by António R. Damásio

Self Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain

António R. Damásio

384 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science informative reflective slow-paced