Updates

  1. Person pages list letters, writing, profiles and links as sortable tables with filters, and show each person's companies as links; Fund letters show each letter's description in its own column.
  2. Experts show a checked job title and a short description of each person; 30 more people have photographs.
  3. Every company, fund, university and publication the experts work for has a page listing the people there.
  4. Fund letters show each letter's thesis and filter by it; 225 person pages list the essays, columns and newsletter issues the person wrote.
  5. Person pages list every essay and newsletter issue a person wrote, and their own books as a table in List view.
  6. Recommends shows the five largest kinds of book and the rest under More; browse pictures load sooner.
  7. Podcasts and talks link the original episode, filter by Audio and video or Press, and list each publisher once.
  8. Pages are wider, Recommends has List and Grid, and a filter clicked again turns off.
  9. Book cards sit in a ruled grid with Open Library and Goodreads links and each book's one-line note.
  10. Funds is now Investors; each investor's styles are buttons that filter the table.
  11. Podcasts and talks on a person's page filter by year and publisher and show as a list or a grid of pictures.
  12. Quotes show only people's own words: 472 summaries written by list sites are gone.
  13. Country pages open from Browse again, and every link on the shelf lands on a page.
  14. Subject and person pages show their sections as tabs, and each book appears once on a person's page.
  15. Book cards show the quote, who said it and the source; grids show five cards to a row.
  16. On a phone, a menu holds the sections, search, Updates, Feedback and dark mode.
  17. Feedback takes a screenshot of the page with no browser prompt, opens a screenshot full size when you click it, and clears itself once sent.
  18. Book cards are centred, search names the topic each book sits in, and any text cut short shows whole on hover.
  19. Search groups its results by kind: people, companies, geographies, subjects, topics, books, funds, fund letters and papers.
  20. The Books table lists who recommended each book by name, and the browser tab names the section you are in.
  21. Feedback can take a screenshot of the page, or one you paste or choose, and opens in the corner beside Updates.
  22. Each rail button reopens its section where you left it, and Browse, Table and People show on every book and subject page.
  23. Filters grey out choices that hold nothing instead of hiding them, and Books › People filters by authors or recommenders.
  24. Feedback takes a subject line and up to three screenshots.
  25. Biographies are grouped by the person they are about: 41 new pages, from Abraham Lincoln to Lee Kuan Yew.
  26. Sport splits into 23 sports, and Religion into one topic per faith.
  27. Book lists show as cards: the cover, one recommendation quote and every recommender by name.
  28. Seventeen subjects that had two or three pages under different names now have one page each.
  29. Every page lists its Experts as authors and recommenders, with a link to them on the Experts tab.
  30. Economics, Financial history, Financial panics and Accounting are subjects of their own, with one page per financial crisis.
  31. Book, person and subject pages open inside the app, so the tabs stay in view.
  32. 996 more book covers, and photographs or logos for 227 more people and companies.
  33. Books › Browse shows every subject as cards, and the rail holds Fund letters, Papers, Experts, Books and Funds.
  34. Every topic over 150 books splits into narrower topics, each with a page of its own.

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Biology and genetics

Medicine and Biology

Books on cells, genes, evolution, the immune system and the living world, from popular science to biology textbooks.

Books 33Experts 1Recommenders 28

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  1. On Growth and FormD'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, 1917
  2. The GeneSiddhartha Mukherjee, 2016
  3. GenomeMatt Ridley, 1999
  4. Francis CrickMatt Ridley, 2006
  5. Why Size MattersJohn Tyler Bonner, 2006
On Growth and FormOn Growth and Form
T1 On Growth and Form
D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson · 1917
Open LibraryGoodreads

How mathematics and physical forces shape the forms of living things.

The GeneThe Gene
T1 The Gene
Siddhartha Mukherjee · 2016
Open LibraryGoodreads

The gene from Mendel and Darwin to genome editing, beside a family's mental illness.

Recommended by: Bill Gates, Daniel Petre, James Cameron and 1 other

GenomeGenome
T2 Genome
Matt Ridley · 1999
Open LibraryGoodreads

Twenty-three chapters, one per chromosome, each using a gene to open a subject.

“I highly recommend Genome as well, to figure out the rational basis behind ethics and the origin of virtue.” — Naval Ravikant

Source: Nav.al — 'Matt Ridley: How Innovation Works, Part 2' (Naval's podcast, edited transcript)

Recommended by: Charlie Munger, Mohnish Pabrai and 2 others

Francis CrickFrancis Crick
T2 Francis Crick
Matt Ridley · 2006
Open LibraryGoodreads

Francis Crick's life, from a lacklustre education to discovering DNA's structure.

Recommended by: Naval Ravikant

Why Size MattersWhy Size Matters
T3 Why Size Matters
John Tyler Bonner · 2006
Open LibraryGoodreads
A Life DecodedA Life Decoded
T3 A Life Decoded
J. Craig Venter · 2007
Open LibraryGoodreads

Insider account of the private race to sequence the human genome

Recommended by: Sam Altman

What is Life?
T4 What is Life?
Erwin Schrodinger · 1951
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Naval Ravikant

36 Lectures in Biology36 Lectures in Biology
T4 36 Lectures in Biology
S.E. Luria · 1975
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Eric Weinstein

Molecular Biology of the CellMolecular Biology of the Cell
T4 Molecular Biology of the Cell
Bruce Alberts · 1983
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Laura Deming, Sam Altman

BiologyBiology
T4 Biology
Neil A. Campbell · 1987
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

The Way Life WorksThe Way Life Works
T4 The Way Life Works
Mahlon Hoagland · 1995
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Stewart Brand

Sperm WarsSperm Wars
T4 Sperm Wars
Robin Baker · 1996
Open LibraryGoodreads

Fictional sexual scenes, each read by an evolutionary biologist for its instincts.

Recommended by: Brian Armstrong, Tucker Max

Time, Love, Memory: A Great Biologis & His QTime, Love, Memory: A Great Biologis & His Quest for the Origins of Behaviior
T4 Time, Love, Memory: A Great Biologis & His Quest for the Origins of Behaviior
Jonathan Weiner · 1999
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

The Vital QuestionThe Vital Question
T4 The Vital Question
Nick Lane · 2001
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Bill Gates, Patrick Collison and 1 other

Human Enhancement
T4 Human Enhancement
Julian Savulescu · 2008
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Legacy: A Genetic History of the Jewish PeopLegacy: A Genetic History of the Jewish People
T4 Legacy: A Genetic History of the Jewish People
Harry Ostrer · 2012
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Exploring Personal GenomicsExploring Personal Genomics
T4 Exploring Personal Genomics
Joel T. Dudley, Konrad J. Karczewski · 2013
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Balaji S. Srinivasan

I Contain MultitudesI Contain Multitudes
T4 I Contain Multitudes
Ed Yong · 2016
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Bill Gates, Patrick Collison

Nine PintsNine Pints
T4 Nine Pints
Rose George · 2018
Open LibraryGoodreads

The science, myths and business of blood, from bloodletting to plasma sales.

Recommended by: Bill Gates

An Elegant DefenseAn Elegant Defense
T4 An Elegant Defense
Matt Richtel · 2019
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Bill Gates, Keith Rabois, Vinod Khosla

Hacking DarwinHacking Darwin
T4 Hacking Darwin
Jamie Metzl · 2019
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Bill Gates

LifespanLifespan
T4 Lifespan
David Sinclair · 2019
Open LibraryGoodreads

The case that ageing is a disease that can be treated, and the theory behind it.

Recommended by: David Friedberg, Jason Fried and 4 others

The Body: A Guide for OccupantsThe Body: A Guide for Occupants
T4 The Body: A Guide for Occupants
Bill Bryson · 2019
Open LibraryGoodreads

A tour of the human body: how it works, how it heals itself and how it fails.

Recommended by: Andrew Wilkinson, Morgan Housel

A Window on Eternity: A Biologist's Walk ThrA Window on Eternity: A Biologist's Walk Through Gorongosa National Park
T4 A Window on Eternity: A Biologist's Walk Through Gorongosa National Park
Goodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Biology, 8th Edition
T4 Biology, 8th Edition
Goodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Count DownCount Down
T4 Count Down
Shanna H. Swan and Stacey Colino
Goodreads

Recommended by: Nat Eliason

Life in Moving Fluids: The Physical Biology Life in Moving Fluids: The Physical Biology of Flow (Princeton Paperbacks)
T4 Life in Moving Fluids: The Physical Biology of Flow (Princeton Paperbacks)
Goodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

MCAT Biology (Examkrackers)MCAT Biology (Examkrackers)
T4 MCAT Biology (Examkrackers)
Goodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Tales of a Shaman’s Apprentice: An Ethnobota
T4 Tales of a Shaman’s Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Rain Forest
Mark J
Goodreads

Recommended by: Tim Ferriss

The Biology of Cancer, 2nd Edition
T4 The Biology of Cancer, 2nd Edition
Goodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of theThe Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss
T4 The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss
Goodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

The Machinery of LifeThe Machinery of Life
T4 The Machinery of Life
Goodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

The Song of the CellThe Song of the Cell
T4 The Song of the Cell
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Goodreads

Recommended by: Bill Gates

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