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24 alternatives to The Shape of Time

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Shape of Time launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Sapiens▲185

   A brief history of humankind

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Deep Simplicity▲62

   Chaos, complexity and the emergence of life

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Shape of Design▲79

   A book focused on storytelling, co-dependency, and craft

   2015 · buyolympia.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Light▲58

   A Radiant History from Creation to the Quantum Age

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Physics of the Future▲73

   How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Third Circle Theory▲62

   Purpose Through Observation

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Meaning of Things▲60

   Applying Philosophy to Life

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Time Travel: A History▲63

   A meditation on exploring time, travel, and technology

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Quantum Labyrinth▲67

   Life and work of two of our most eminent physicists

   2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Age Of Context▲57

    The increasing importance of context in tech and our lives

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Old Way▲77

    A story of the first people

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Signal and the Noise▲73

    Why so many predictions fail - but some don't

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood▲67

    Where the big ideas of the modern era came from

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Road to Relativity▲55

    The History and Meaning of Einstein's Masterpiece

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Drawing On Our History▲60

    An anatomical view of the world I was born into.

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Beginning of Infinity▲64

    Exploration of the Nature and Progress of Knowledge

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Flight of the Silvers▲63

    A world of time travel and disruption.

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Organized Mind▲65

    Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

    2016 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →

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    The Structure of Scientific Revolutions▲71

    Kuhn challenged linear notions of scientific progress

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Organized Mind▲70

    Thinking straight in the age of information overload

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Fabric of Reality: The Science of Parallel Universes▲53

    Evolution, Theoretical Physics and Computer Science

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Maps of the Mind▲62

    Charts and concepts of the mind and its labyrinths

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Gene▲64

    An Intimate History

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Predictably Irrational▲96

    The hidden forces that shape our decisions

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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