Category: Books I’ve Read

I once thought that I’d be able to come up with a commentary each time I finish reading a book. I later on realized that I won’t always have the Continue Reading

I picked this book 10% Human: How Microbes Your Body’s Microbes Hold The Key to Health and Happiness by Alanna Collen a science writer with a master’s degree in biology Continue Reading

How different is man from our closest ancestors? How  much do we have in common? Is man really no more than hairless primate that has learned to walk on two Continue Reading

The book Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond is becoming increasingly relevant in today’s world, because its growing scars of environmental damage.  In his book Continue Reading

I found out about this book from one of my older brothers. I think I was still in my early teen when he told me about this book and it Continue Reading

How did the languages we come to speak to day evolve? Where did they come from? Why have some languages flourish, while countless other vanished with out a trace and Continue Reading

Do babies really have an innate ability to absorb language? Is language learned from blank slate or do we have a blueprint of language in our brains? Can adults learn Continue Reading

No book has fundamentally changed the way I see biological life more than The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins. Since I am an avid consumer of non-fiction books, I usually lean Continue Reading

This booked sparked my interest in Evolutionary Psychology, which remains one the favorite topics to this day. In it the authors explain several aspects of human behavior, especially those that Continue Reading

I bought this book at an airport bookstore in Hong Kong while waiting for a flight. I try as much as possible to have a FIFO (First In, First Out) Continue Reading