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The Great Mental Models, Volume 2
- Physics, Chemistry, and Biology
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
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Summary
We tend to isolate the things we know in the domain we learned it. For example:
- What does the inertia of a rolling stone have to do with perseverance and being open-minded?
- How can the ancient process of steel production make you a more creative and innovative thinker?
- What does the replication of our skin cells have to do with being a stronger and more effective leader?
On the surface, these concepts may appear to be dissimilar and unrelated. But the surprising truth is the hard sciences (physics, chemistry, and biology) offer a wealth of useful tools you can use to develop critically important skills like:
- Relationship building
- Leadership
- Communication
- Creativity
- Curiosity
- Problem-solving
- Decision-making
This second volume of the Great Mental Models series shows you how to make those connections. It explores the core ideas from the hard sciences and offers nearly two dozen models to add to your mental toolbox.
You'll not only get a better understanding of the forces that influence the world around you, but you'll learn how to direct those forces to create outsized advantages in the areas of your life that matter most to you.
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- IT professional
- 06-11-23
Disappointingly not as good as the first book
I really enjoyed the first "The Great Mental Models" book (apart from the long-winded introduction). However, I was unable to finish this book.
It does a poor job of introducing the science it basis the mental models on, then makes a tenuous leap to how the mental model can be used in real life, yet doesn't expand that as well as the first book to be useful in everyday life. This is a shame as there are some useful ideas obscured by the gimmick of trying to justify them with irrelevant (and incorrectly presented) science. The history of the science concepts was even somewhat enjoyable to listen to, but if I wanted a book about science history, there are better books out there.
I hope this is a blip and volume 3 gets back to introducing ideas on their own merits and focusing on how they can be used in the real world.
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- Sam
- 05-01-23
I really enjoyed this book
Lots of interesting perspectives, facts and knowledge.
I will be onto the next volume in the series soon
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- LC
- 09-06-21
Nice idea, very poorly done
I liked the idea of the book but was really disappointed by it. The examples given generally have little parallel witty the scientific principles they are being compared to, and the attempts to fit the examples into specific models based on the scientific principles doesn’t add any insight or value, and is generally just misleading and distracting. It also appears that the authors have little understanding of the scientific principles as they are frequently misrepresented.
However, on the positive side, I found a number of the examples interesting in their own right. The book could have been a lot better simply by focusing on the various examples in their own right, and what can be learned from them, and change the book title to “Lessons from History” or something similar.
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