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24 alternatives to Arrival of the Fittest: Solving Evolution's Greatest Puzzle

How new traits originate

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Arrival of the Fittest: Solving Evolution's Greatest Puzzle launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   The Origin of Species▲81

   Charles Darwin's theory of evolution

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Darwin’s On the Origin of Species▲61

   A Picture Book Adaptation

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Little Bets▲89

   How breakthrough ideas emerge from small discoveries

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Science of Growth▲84

   Why do some startups succeed where others fail?

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Man V. Nature▲148

   Stories that illuminate the complexity of human behavior

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Growth Engines▲95

   How the most successful startups unlock extraordinary growth

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Invisible Influence▲66

   The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Innovator's Dilemma▲202

   The seminal business book

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Vital Question▲55

   Energy, evolution, and the origins of complex life

   2017 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Jobs-to-be-Done: Theory to Practice▲100

    Turn innovation into a science.

    2017 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Learning To Launch▲228

    Stop failing. Start launching.

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Science of Habit-Forming Products▲166

    (and how to build them)

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Mindset▲75

    The New Psychology of Success

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Sapiens▲185

    A brief history of humankind

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Flow▲87

    The psychology of optimal experience

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    How Humans Learned to Cross the Ocean▲115

    A new story from Hardbound

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Running Lean▲144

    An exacting strategy for achieving a product/market fit

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Lean Analytics▲100

    Use data to build a better startup faster

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Machine Learning▲77

    A visual guide for beginners

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Predictably Irrational▲96

    The hidden forces that shape our decisions

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    A Genetic Algorithm I wrote in JavaScript to evolve "Hello World"▲109

    2010 · puremango.co.uk · its alternatives →

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    Change Together▲80

    A diversity guidebook for startups and scaleups

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    My Book on Evolutionary Algorithms, Written in Python Notebooks▲63

    2020 · shahinrostami.com · its alternatives →

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    Bayes Theorem▲65

    A beginners visual approach to Bayesian data analysis

    2017 · its alternatives →

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