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Daniel Z. Lieberman is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at George Washington University. He has published over 50 scientific reports on behavioral science.

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In Praise of Walking (2019) examines the science behind one of the basic skills that defines us as human beings. By walking more, you can boost your physical and mental health – and become more creative and social.

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John Tierney is an award-winning science journalist and author of Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength. His column “Findings” regularly appears in the New York Times.

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Mark W. Moffett is a scientist and real-life adventurer who was once called the Indiana Jones of entomology – the study of insects. A research associate in the Entomology Department at the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of Natural History, he has shared his passionate interest in bugs, animals and human behavior on shows like The Colbert Report and Late Night with Conan O’Brien.

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Shoot for the Moon (2019) looks at the life lessons we can learn from the extraordinary people that accomplished the seemingly impossible mission of bringing mankind to the moon in 1969. This is practical and actionable advice that anyone can put to use today in order to do focused and purposeful work and achieve extraordinary things.

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Richard Wiseman is a professor of psychology at the University of Hertfordshire. He is also the recipient of multiple science awards and a prolific writer of science and psychology-based books, including Quirkology (2007) and 59 Seconds (2009). He also produces highly popular YouTube videos and the Independent on Sunday newspaper considered him among the top 100 people making Britain a better place to live.

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Humans are complex beings, and human behavior doubly so. Every human act is a result of a myriad of factors, from brain chemistry to social conditioning, that have developed over millennia. In Behave (2017), renowned professor Robert Sapolsky takes a journey into the depths of the human condition, demonstrating the reasons behind the best – and worst – of human behavior.

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Robert Sapolsky is the John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery at Stanford University. He has also written other highly acclaimed and popular science books including The Trouble with Testosterone and A Primate’s Memoir.

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The Blank Slate (2002) is about the huge role that evolution and genetics play in making us who we are. Steven Pinker makes a strong case against the belief that everyone is born a blank slate and influenced only by their upbringing, arguing instead that biology is a far more important factor in shaping our behaviors and personalities.

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Steven Pinker is a cognitive psychologist and one of the world’s most renowned writers on language, the human mind and nature. Pinker has won numerous awards from organizations such as the American Humanist Association and has been included in Time magazine’s “The 100 Most Influential People in the World.” Pinker is a professor of psychology at Harvard University, and his influential books include The Language Instinct, How the Mind Works and The Better Angels of Our Nature.

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How Emotions Are Made (2017) challenges everything you think you know about emotions. From learning how our brain registers anger, fear and joy to how we think about these emotions culturally, you’ll come away with a new understanding of the ways in which emotions are created and how their scope is determined by society at large.

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Lisa Feldman Barrett is University Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University. She had also holds appointments at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. Barrett received the National Institutes of Health Director’s Pioneer Award for her research on emotions in the brain and has published over 200 peer-reviewed, scientific papers that have appeared in Science, Nature, Neuroscience and other top psychology and cognitive neuroscience journals.

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