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Some books I enjoyed in the past years:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28256439-the-hidden-life...

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34272565-life-3-0

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19395553-our-mathematica...

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28116739-other-minds

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30555486-to-be-a-machine

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7972148-proofiness

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25817279-door-to-door

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23013953-gut

Other Minds, about cephalopods, is written by a philosopher, not a biologist or neuroscientist, so take it with a grain of salt[1]. I would also recommend _Octopus_ by Anderson, Mather, and Wood, who are actual biologists.

[1] Specifically, cephalopods are very intelligent compared to other invertebrates, but that's it. It's interesting because they represent a parallel evolution of greater intelligence outside the vertebrates, and because what they can do with that intelligence is greatly enhanced by their physical capabilities. Give a fish a human brain and it will have trouble twisting a lid open.

Thank you for sharing — the gut bacterial and two math books (proof ones and universal theory) caught my eye.

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