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Products that do what What If? does

Serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions

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And Then You're Dead▲69
A gleeful look at the science behind impossible deaths
2017
2AH
A HN/Reddit-style site for scientific pre-prints and publications▲275
2018 · upvote.pub
3
Homo Deus▲105
A Brief History of Tomorrow
2017
4
How Magnets Work▲126
You've always wondered, haven't you? (a Hardbound story)
2016
5
Predictably Irrational▲96
The hidden forces that shape our decisions
2015
6
Buyology▲100
Truth and lies about why we buy
2016
7
What is Fire?▲134
An illustrated explanation, from Hardbound
2016
8
Sapiens▲185
A brief history of humankind
2015
9
The Utopia Experiment▲103
An attempt to live life as if global society collapsed
2015
10
Ask Me Anything Book▲128
A collection of the best reddit AMA's
2016
11
Readingstash▲148
Tinder for books
2015
12MB
Meta book recommendations from Ask HN threads▲273
2020 · mapfilterfold.com
13
The Last Question by Isaac Asimov▲76
We are the creator and the creation at the same time.
2016
14
Little Bets▲89
How breakthrough ideas emerge from small discoveries
2015
15
Curious▲76
A better way to learn anything!
2013
16
Mindset▲84
How You Can Fulfil Your Potential
2016
17
Life 3.0▲92
Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
2017
18
Captivology▲120
Capture attention for your products and ideas (book)
2015
19
#AskGaryVee Book▲225
Gary's take on leadership, social media, and self-awareness
2016
20
HighExistence▲86
Product Hunt for consciousness
2015
21
Without Permission▲147
Lessons learned from reddit, hipmunk & YC - in book form!
2014
22
Fooled By Randomness ▲105
The hidden role of chance in life and markets
2015
23
none*▲123
A mysterious game of riddles
2015
24BD
Booknshelf – Discover great books on different topics▲89
2017 · booknshelf.com

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