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24 alternatives to On Immunity

A philosophical look at the history of vaccination

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. On Immunity launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   On Immunity: An Inoculation▲57

   Why do we fear vaccines?

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Contagious▲74

   Why things catch on

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Eradication▲65

   Ridding the world of diseases forever?

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Sapiens▲185

   A brief history of humankind

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Take Off With Elixir▲61

   An Introduction to Elixir

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Being Mortal▲56

   Medicine and What Matters in the End

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Great Escape▲59

   Health, wealth, and the origins of inequality

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond▲61

   history, original reportage, & personal exploration

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Deep Simplicity▲62

   Chaos, complexity and the emergence of life

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Selfish Gene▲96

    Human behavior driven by biological Darwinism

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Darwin’s On the Origin of Species▲61

    A Picture Book Adaptation

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Human Condition▲71

    A classic work of social theory & the nature of human agency

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13RD
    Richard Dawkins’ Biomorphs Implemented in JavaScript▲117

    2014 · emergentmind.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Shape of Time▲62

    Remarks on the history of things

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Black Swan▲80

    The impact of the highly improbable

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The Quantum Labyrinth▲67

    Life and work of two of our most eminent physicists

    2017 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Against the Gods▲62

    The remarkable story of risk

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Gene: An Intimate History▲74

    A magnificent history of the gene

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea▲58

    The history behind one of the most dangerous numbers

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Unleashing the ideavirus▲65

    Turn your ideas into epidemics

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Bayes Theorem▲65

    A beginners visual approach to Bayesian data analysis

    2017 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Algorithms to Live By▲75

    The Computer Science of Human Decisions

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Tubes▲54

    A Journey to the Center of the Internet

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Who's in Charge?▲62

    Free-will and the science of the brain

    2016 · its alternatives →

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