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The Great Mental Models Volume 2: Physics, Chemistry, and Biology
Volume 2 of The Great Mental Models brings to life the big ideas from physics, chemistry, and biology. These ideas allow you to avoid problems, make better decisions, and live a better life.
Inside you’ll learn how understanding how thermodynamics helps you get what you want, how alloying create unique markets, and how core human instincts like self-preservation explain behavior. And so much more.
If you want to make decisions based on how the world works you need to understand the invariant ideas and interconnections.
The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts
The groundbreaking Wall-Street Journal Bestseller that taught people how to solve problems, think with clarity, and achieve your goals.
A proven framework for solving problems. These 9 models will improve the way you approach problems, consider opportunities, and make difficult decisions.
Praise for The Great Mental Models
“I’m really glad this exists in the world and I can see that I will be recommending it often.” — Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress, founder and CEO of Automattic
“If you’ve read Charlie Munger’s Almanack this is the book you deeply crave in its wake. … Learn the big ideas from the big disciplines and you’ll be able to twist and turn problems in interesting ways at unprecedented speeds. … You owe yourself this book.” — Simon Eskildsen
“This is what non-fiction books should aspire to be like. Informative, concise, universal, practical, visual, sharing stories and examples for context. Definitely, a must-read if you’re into universal multi-disciplinary thinking.“— Carl Rannaberg