Books like The things that nobody knows by William Roland Hartston

Daniel Kahneman's "Thinking, Fast and Slow" explains how two distinct mental systems shape our judgments and decisions, offering insights into the biases that influence everyday choices.

The Power of Habit shows how tiny habits shape our lives and how they can be transformed to achieve personal and organizational success.

Nudge offers a practical guide to libertarian paternalism, showing how subtle design changes can help people make wiser decisions without restricting freedom.

Rolf Dobelli presents 99 concise chapters that explain everyday cognitive biases, showing how awareness can sharpen decision‑making at work and in life.

Carl Sagan’s final work, Billions and Billions, blends science, math, and astronomy with everyday life, exploring topics from chess to Mars, climate change to politics, and offering personal reflections on family, health, faith and mortality.

Explore how hidden psychological forces shape our economic decisions, from personal finance to the 2008 crisis, with Dan Ariely’s behavioral economics insights.

Barry Schwartz explains how an excess of choices can create anxiety, dissatisfaction, and paralysis, offering practical strategies to limit options and enhance satisfaction.

Superforecasting shows how a small group of extraordinary predictors—ordinary people who combine evidence, probability, teamwork, and humility—beat expert forecasts, markets, and even intelligence analysts in predicting real‑world events.

Explore the science inside your home with *Atoms Under the Floorboards*, revealing how everyday phenomena—from squeaky floors to shiny shoes—work through physics and engineering principles.

Knowledge is a big subject, says Stuart Firestein, but ignorance is a bigger one. And it is ignorance--not knowledge--that is the true engine of science. Most of us have a false impression of science as a surefire, deliberate, step-by-step method for finding things out and getting things done. In fact, says Firestein, more often than not, science is like looking for a black cat in a dark room, and there may not be a cat in the room. The process is more hit-or-miss than you might imagine, with much stumbling and groping after phantoms. But it is exactly this "not knowing," this puzzling over thorny questions or inexplicable data, that gets researchers into the lab early and keeps them there late, the thing that propels them, the very driving force of science. Firestein shows how scientists use ignorance to program their work, to identify what should be done, what the next steps are, and where they should concentrate their energies. And he includes a catalog of how scientists use ignorance, consciously or unconsciously--a remarkable range of approaches that includes looking for connections to other research, revisiting apparently settled questions, using small questions to get at big ones, and tackling a problem simply out of curiosity. The book concludes with four case histories--in cognitive psychology, theoretical physics, astronomy, and neuroscience--that provide a feel for the nuts and bolts of ignorance, the day-to-day battle that goes on in scientific laboratories and in scientific minds with questions that range from the quotidian to the profound. Turning the conventional idea about science on its head, Ignorance opens a new window on the true nature of research. It is a must-read for anyone curious about science. - Publisher.

How Long is Now? asks and answers mind‑bending questions about time, the human body, and the universe, from the quantum limits of perception to the mysteries of black holes, all explained with engaging science and quirky curiosity.

A collection of fifty–one scientific analogies, including the bee in a cathedral, that illuminate complex concepts and support science education.

Psychologist Christopher Chabris opens a window into the hidden biases of everyday perception, revealing how our minds routinely miss facts that surround us.