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March 23, 2021April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Uncontrolled: The Surprising Payoff of Trial-and-Error… ” by Jim Stanzi

January 15, 2021April 8, 2021 Michael Magoon

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

May 9, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution” by Cochran and Harpending

May 8, 2020March 18, 2021 Michael Magoon

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

May 7, 2020April 8, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence…” by Charles Murray

May 2, 2020April 8, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “When Information Came of Age: … Age or Reason 1700-1850” by Daniel Headrick

April 30, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Enlightened Economy: An Economic History of Britain 1700-1850” by Joel Mokyr

April 30, 2020March 18, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Science and Technology in World History: An Introduction” by McClellan and Dorn

April 22, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Why Europe?: The Rise of the West…” by Jack Goldstone

April 13, 2020April 12, 2021 Michael Magoon

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

March 27, 2020March 18, 2021 Michael Magoon

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

March 19, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

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

March 17, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Origins: How Earth’s History Shaped Human History” by Lewis Dartnell

March 3, 2020March 18, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution” by Nick Lane

February 26, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Principles of Social Evolution” by Andrew Bourke

January 10, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Nature of Technology” by W. Brian Arthur

January 7, 2020March 18, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Why Information Grows” by Cesar Hidalgo

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