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Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

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No Dream Is Too High: Life Lessons From a Man Who Walked on the Moon

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The Jazz of Physics: The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe

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Drugs, Politics, and Innovation by Ajay Gautam

Drugs, Politics, and Innovation: An Emerging Markets Cocktail
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Release date: Mar 04, 2016

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The Human Superorganism by Rodney Dietert

The Human Superorganism: How the Microbiome Is Revolutionizing the Pursuit of a Healthy Life
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Of the Mahabharata Catastrophes
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“ An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field. ”
― Niels Bohr

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“ The Seven Social Sins are: Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Knowledge without character. Commerce without morality. Science without humanity. Worship without sacrifice. Politics without principle. From a sermon given by Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925. ”
― Frederick Lewis Donaldson

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