[Israeli] yuval Harari /2065 438+04/ CITIC Publishing House
Douban score? : 9. 1
A hundred thousand years ago, there were at least six different kinds of people on the earth, but today, why are we the only ones left on the world stage? From the ape-man who can only eat the remains of tigers and wolves to the homo sapiens who jumped to the top of the food chain, from the fingerprints of primitive people on the cave walls of Wei Xue to Armstrong's footprints on the moon, from the cognitive revolution, the agricultural revolution, the scientific revolution and the biotechnology revolution, how did we get on the world stage and become the spirit of all things?
2. A brief history of time
Stephen Hawking /2065 438+08/ Hunan Science and Technology Press
Douban score? : 9
A Brief History of Time is a story about exploring the core secrets of time and space, and it is the most advanced knowledge about the nature of the universe, including our cosmic image, space and time, the principle of expanding the uncertainty of the universe, elementary particles and natural forces, black holes, black holes that are not so black, time arrows and so on. Since the first edition of 1988, A Brief History of Time has become a milestone in global scientific works. It has been translated into 40 languages, with a sales volume of nearly100000 copies. This version has been updated, incorporating many observations and new knowledge revealed by Hawking's latest research, with 250 photos and computer-generated three-dimensional and four-dimensional space maps.
Step 3 control yourself
Kelly McGonigal/20 17/ Culture Development Press
Douban score? : 8.2
As a health psychologist, Kelly? Dr. Magnegel's job is to help people manage stress and make positive changes in their lives. Over the years, by observing how students control their choices, she realized that many people's views on self-control actually hindered our success. This course is the basis of the book Self-control. This book provides readers with a clear framework, telling them what self-control is, how it works and why it is so important.
4. Psychology and life
Richard J. Gerrig)/20 14/ People's Posts and Telecommunications Publishing House
Douban score? : 9.4
Psychology and Life is a textbook used by Stanford University for many years, and it is also a classic textbook popularized by many universities in the United States. It is recommended by ETS as the main reference book for GRE psychology special examination, and it is also the teaching material selected for "General Psychology" courses in many universities across the country.
5. Selfish genes
Richard Dawkins /20 12/ CITIC Publishing House
Douban score? : 8.5
Selfish Genes is the most classic work in the 20th century. On the basis of the previous edition, the 30th anniversary edition added and revised two chapters. Where we come from and where we will go. What is the meaning of life and how should we know ourselves? Selfish genes are full of imagination. Any living thing, including ourselves, is just a survival machine. This book is a real cognitive science. With three simple mechanisms of replication, mutation and elimination, various life phenomena in the world can be evolved. Dawkins' breakthrough contribution in The Selfish Gene is that he first introduced the important part of this social theory based on natural selection in a concise and popular form and interesting language.
6. Guns, bacteria and steel
Jared Diamond /20 16/ Shanghai Translation Publishing House
Douban score? : 8.8
In this groundbreaking book, jared diamond, an evolutionary biologist, reveals the environmental factors that actually contribute to the formation of the most extensive model of history, thus destroying the theory of human history based on racism with shocking power. Because of its outstanding value and importance, this book won the Pulitzer Prize in the United States and the British Popular Science Book Award with 1998, and became a bestseller list in The New York Times. This book is a great progress in understanding the development history of human society. It records the modern world and its many causes of inequality. It is also the true history of all nationalities in the world and a complete and consistent narrative of human life. Very readable.
7. the peak of the wave
Wu Jun /20 13/ People's Posts and Telecommunications Publishing House
Douban score? : 9. 1
This book systematically introduces the essential reasons for the success of these companies and the development of science and technology industry in the past 100 years. In today's extremely commercialized world, the progress of science and technology is inseparable from business opportunities. Therefore, this book also systematically introduces venture capital companies that have influenced the wave of science and technology, such as KPCB, Sequoia Capital, and investment banks that have supported science and technology for a hundred years, such as Goldman Sachs. Behind the rise and fall of these companies, there are inevitable laws. This book not only tells the history of science and technology industry, but also reveals its regularity.
8. Weird behavior
[America] Dan? Li /20 17/ CITIC Publishing Group
Douban score? : 8.4
We often act inexplicably in our lives. Will it really get out of control? Impulse is meaningless? Dan ariely, the author of this book, tells you: Wrong! There are economic forces behind all phenomena! Society is a laboratory, and real people are mice. Dan ariely's Weird Behavior hits the nail on the head, telling us why and how to change in a relaxed and humorous way. He revealed and explained the reasons behind our incredible behavior better than all other economists.
9. A brief history of everything
Bill Blethen /2005/ Relay Press
Douban score? : 8.7
This is an easy-to-understand and fascinating book about the development history of modern science. With clear and humorous brushwork, the author put many interesting stories from BIGBANG to the development of human civilization into his pen. The book explains from the perspective of the history of scientific development, "Where do we come from? Who Are We? Where are we going? " This eternal proposition has been accurately explained. After reading this book, everyone will have a new understanding of life, life and the world we live in. The father of a young American reader said that after reading A Brief History of Everything, he was no longer afraid of death ... The author believes that this is the highest evaluation that a book can get.
10. minimalist European history, you must love reading it.
John Hurst /20 1 1/ Guangxi Normal University Press
Douban score? : 8.2
Starting with the three elements of ancient Greek and Roman culture, Christian doctrine and Germanic warrior culture, the author describes how these three elements reinforce each other and oppose each other, and finally shape them into the core of European civilization. Then, for centuries, empires and polis were born, conquest and Crusades were inspired, and many characters with distinctive personalities were created, such as benevolent emperors, aggressive popes, chivalrous knights, and even the first citizens in the world who enjoyed the fruits of prosperity and enlightenment. This book describes an extraordinary civilization and its great influence and contribution to human society with clear, humorous and thought-provoking style and vivid illustrations.