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Where to Start with Jason Fung: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Jason Fung — how to approach The Obesity Code, his challenge to the caloric model of obesity and his case for insulin resistance and intermittent fasting as the real mechanisms. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Jessie Inchauspé: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Jessie Inchauspé — how to approach Glucose Revolution, her accessible, evidence-backed guide to flattening blood sugar spikes through ten practical daily habits without restricting the foods you love. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Kai Bird: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Kai Bird — how to approach American Prometheus, the Pulitzer-winning biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer co-written with Martin Sherwin. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Matthew Walker: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Matthew Walker — how to approach Why We Sleep, his essential book on sleep science. A complete reading guide to the British neuroscientist's work.

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Where to Start with Michael Greger: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Michael Greger — how to approach How Not to Die, his comprehensive examination of the nutritional science behind preventing the fifteen leading causes of premature death. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Neil deGrasse Tyson: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Neil deGrasse Tyson — how to approach Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, his compressed guide to the greatest ideas in cosmology for curious non-scientists. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Norman Doidge: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Norman Doidge — how to approach The Brain That Changes Itself, his landmark account of neuroplasticity that transformed public understanding of the brain's capacity for change. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Oliver Sacks: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Oliver Sacks — whether to begin with The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Awakenings, or his later memoirs. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Peter Attia: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Peter Attia — how to approach Outlive, his essential guide to the science of longevity and healthspan. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Rebecca Skloot: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Rebecca Skloot — how to approach The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, her essential work of science and human story. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Richard Feynman: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Richard Feynman — how to approach Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman, his essential memoir of scientific curiosity and adventure. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Richard Preston: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Richard Preston — how to approach The Hot Zone, his landmark narrative account of the 1989 Ebola outbreak in a Virginia primate facility, tracing the virus from its first appearances in Central Africa. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Robert Lustig: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Robert Lustig — how to approach Metabolical, his comprehensive and confrontational indictment of processed food, metabolic dysfunction, and the medical and food industry incentives that perpetuate the chronic disease epidemic. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Robert M. Sapolsky: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Robert M. Sapolsky — how to approach Behave, his landmark synthesis of biology, neuroscience, and evolution as a unified explanation of human behaviour. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Robert Sapolsky: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Robert Sapolsky — how to approach Determined, his essential argument for determinism and life without free will. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Satchin Panda: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Satchin Panda — how to approach The Circadian Code, his authoritative guide to circadian biology and time-restricted eating from the researcher who pioneered the field. A complete reading guide.

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Best Behavioral Economics Books: Essential Reading

The best behavioral economics books — from Thinking, Fast and Slow and Predictably Irrational to Nudge and Misbehaving. Essential reading on decision-making.

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Best Books About Addiction: Memoirs, Fiction, and Science

The best books about addiction — from Beautiful Boy and Shuggie Bain to Dopamine Nation. Memoirs, fiction, and science books about substance use and recovery.

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Best Books About AI and Technology: Essential Reading List

The best books about artificial intelligence and technology — from technical explainers to ethical investigations. Whether you want to understand AI or interrogate it, this list covers both.

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Best Books About Climate Change: Essential Reading List

The best books about climate change — from The Sixth Extinction and The Overstory to How to Avoid a Climate Disaster. Fiction, non-fiction, and the essential science on the defining issue of our time.

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