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September 14, 2021September 16, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Second Law of Economics, Energy, Entropy and the Origins of Wealth” by Reiner Kummel

July 19, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos” by Eric Chaisson

May 24, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Big History and the Future of Humanity” by Fred Spier

January 15, 2021May 28, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Scale: The Universal Laws of Life…” by Geoffrey West

May 8, 2020March 18, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Ingenium: Five Machines that Changed the World” by Mark Denny

April 13, 2020July 1, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Nature’s Magic: Synergy in Evolution…” by Peter Corning

March 27, 2020July 1, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Life’s Ratchet: How Molecular Machines Extract Order from Chaos” by Peter Hoffman

March 19, 2020May 28, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Convergence: The Idea at the Heart of Science” by Peter Watson

March 4, 2020March 18, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Social Physics: How Social Networks Make Us Smarter” by Alex Pentland

January 7, 2020July 1, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Why Information Grows” by Cesar Hidalgo

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