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Books like Universal Principles of Design
Universal Principles of Design by William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, and Jill Butler is about design principles, human factors, visual communication. If that's what drew you in, here are 6 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Design of Everyday Things
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Donald Norman · Psychology
The Design of Everyday Things began as The Psychology of Everyday Things when first published in 1988, and Donald Norman revised it substantially for a 2013 edition that updated the examples for a digital age.
Read the summary → - Interaction of Color
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Josef Albers · Philosophy
Josef Albers published Interaction of Color in 1963 as a teaching instrument, not a textbook.
Read the summary → - Designing Your Life
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Bill Burnett and Dave Evans · Self-help
Designing Your Life borrows tools from Silicon Valley product design and applies them to the messier problem of building a fulfilling life.
Read the summary → - Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking
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Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking
Daniel Dennett · Philosophy
Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking is Daniel Dennett's handbook for thinking well — a collection of seventy-odd conceptual tools assembled across a long career in philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and evolutionary theory.
Read the summary → - A Brief History of Time
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Stephen Hawking · Science
A Brief History of Time is Stephen Hawking's attempt to explain the biggest questions in physics — where the universe came from, how it behaves, and where it might be going — to readers with no scientific training.
Read the summary → - A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
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A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
Jennifer A. Doudna and Samuel H. Sternberg · Science
A Crack in Creation is Jennifer Doudna and Samuel Sternberg's account of how CRISPR-Cas9 works, what it can do, and why its possibilities should give everyone pause.
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