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Technical Books (science/scholarship)

Each in its own way a pioneering work of the broadest vision and scope, it's no exaggeration to say that these two books are among the greatest of the 20th and 21st centuries respectively. Why?

As for Teilhard de Chardin's The Phenomenon of Man (1959), I back this claim here and here.

As for Iain McGilchrist's The Master and his Emissary (2009), let's just say that his thorough treatment of dual-brain psychology and its implications for understanding the human self and history may very well provide the key to our current human predicament and how we might overcome it.
In either case, if you like books that challenge both self and status quo, these landmark works are sure to enlighten and inspire the book club geek who digs their thinking deep.
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key pre-2018 books.
Click here for some 
key post-2018 books.
(1955/59)
(2009)