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A poetic and deeply humanistic journey through the cosmos and the human mind, balancing rigorous skepticism with profound awe. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Broca's Brain.
- expansive
- contemplative
- intellectually stimulating
- luminous
- 01
The Dragons of Eden
Carl Sagan · 1977
A poetic, mind-expanding journey into the deep evolutionary history of human consciousness.
- 02
Cosmos
Carl Sagan · 1980
A poetic, awe-inspiring journey through space and time that makes you feel both infinitesimally small and profoundly connected to the stars.
- 03
A Thousand Brains
Jeff Hawkins
A cerebral exploration of how the mind works and what it means for the future of thinking machines.
- 04
La vida secreta de la mente
Mariano Sigman
An illuminating, conversational journey into the hidden machinery of your own thoughts, decisions, and dreams.
- 05
The brain
David Eagleman
A mind-expanding journey into the dark, silent fortress of the skull to discover how biological matter constructs our entire reality.
- 06
The society of mind
Voyager Company · 1986
A playful, mind-bending puzzle box that dismantles the illusion of the self to reveal the hidden machinery of thought.
- 07
The Language Instinct
Steven Pinker
A witty, mind-expanding journey into the biological machinery that makes human communication possible.
- 08
The origins of knowledge and imagination
Jacob Bronowski
A cerebral and expansive exploration of how human beings construct understanding through the twin lenses of science and imagination.
- 09
Intelligent life in the universe
Iosif Samuilovič Šklovskij and Carl Sagan · 1966
A methodical and awe-inspiring exploration of the cosmos and the profound possibility that we are not alone.
- 10
The prehistory of the mind
Steven J. Mithen · 1996
An intellectual expedition into the deep past to uncover how early humans learned to think, speak, and create.
- 11
Hallucinations
Oliver Sacks
A compassionate and wondrous journey into the mind's capacity to conjure realities that aren't there.
- 12
The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science
Isaac Asimov
A sweeping, lucid journey through the history of human discovery that makes the universe feel both vast and comprehensible.
