Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation by Edward Chancellor (economics)
It’s a really good dive into financial speculation, which is a complicated topic, but I don’t think you need to study economics or be an economist to read and enjoy the book. If you want to learn about the tulip mania and how it essentially keeps happening again and again, this is the book for you!
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An Epidemic of Absence by Moises Velasquez-Manoff
On the link between autoimmune disorders, allergies, and asthma and the eradication of parasites. Applicable to many different areas of healthcare and goes into pretty deep details on the immune system.
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If you’re interested in how historians think about race, you might pick up The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class by David Roediger. It’s a seminal work on the topic.
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Ben Goldfarb’s book Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter is an easy read but it’s a good analysis of the significance of beavers in ecological restoration. Stream restoration seems to be run by human engineers making big money, and the idea that we can hand the job over to some rodents is challenging for many people.
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Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation by Edward Chancellor (economics)
It’s a really good dive into financial speculation, which is a complicated topic, but I don’t think you need to study economics or be an economist to read and enjoy the book. If you want to learn about the tulip mania and how it essentially keeps happening again and again, this is the book for you!
An Epidemic of Absence by Moises Velasquez-Manoff
On the link between autoimmune disorders, allergies, and asthma and the eradication of parasites. Applicable to many different areas of healthcare and goes into pretty deep details on the immune system.
If you’re interested in how historians think about race, you might pick up The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class by David Roediger. It’s a seminal work on the topic.
Ben Goldfarb’s book Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter is an easy read but it’s a good analysis of the significance of beavers in ecological restoration. Stream restoration seems to be run by human engineers making big money, and the idea that we can hand the job over to some rodents is challenging for many people.