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CSNA STUDENT STUDY COURSE REFERENCES MODULES 1-10 PDF
In addition to the CSNA Course References above presented in the actual course text of Module One, the following books (which represent only a fraction of those read by the author), have been used to update the authors comprehension of life, philosophy, health, travel, disease pathology, genetics, disease prevention and life extension:
- Adler, Alfred (1923) Understanding Human Nature
- Allen, James (1903) As a Man Thinketh
- Aristotle (349 BC) Ethics
- Aristotle (1984) The Complete Works of Aristotle
- Attia, Peter MD (2023) Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity
- Augustine (397-400) Confessions of Augustine
- Aurelius, Marcus (1997) Meditations
- Bacon, Sir Francis (1597) The Essays of Sir Francis Bacon
- Barrett, Lisa Feldman (2017) How Emotions Are Made
- Barrett, William (1958) Irrational Man
- Beauvoir, de Simone (1949) The Second Sex
- Becker, Ernest (1962) The Birth and Death of Meaning
- Becker, Ernest (2005) The Denial of Death
- Blackmore, Susan (2005) Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction
- Bland, Jeffrey Dr., Hyman, Mark Dr. (2014) The Disease Delusion
- Bodanis, David (2001) E=mc2: A Biography of the World’s Most Famous Equation
- Botton, Alain de (2002) The Art of Travel
- Botton, Alain de (2022) The Good Enough Parent: How to raise contented, interesting, and resilient children
- Branden, Nathaniel Dr. (1994) The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem
- Branden, Nathaniel (2001) Dr. The Psychology of Self-Esteem
- Brooks, Michael (2011) The Secret Anarchy of Science: Free Radicals
- Buettner, Dan (2008) The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve Lived the Longest
- Campbell, T. Colin (2005) The China Study
- Camus, Albert (1942) The Myth of Sisyphus
- Carey, Nessa (2011) The Epigenetics Revolution: How Modern Biology is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics, Disease and Inheritance
- Carroll, Sean (2019) Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime
- Carroll, Sean (2022) The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion
- Carson, Rachel (1962) Silent Spring
- Charles River Editors (2013) Legendary Philosophers: The Life and Philosophy of Aristotle
- Cartledge, Paul (2003) The Spartans
- Clark, Christopher James (2014) Nutritional Grail: Ancestral Wisdom, Breakthrough Science, and the Dawning Nutritional Renaissance
- Collins, Francis S. (2011) The Language of Life: DNA and the Revolution in Personalized Medicine
- Compton, John (2006) Jean-Paul Sartre: The Giants of Philosophy
- Coyne, Jerry A. (2015) Faith Versus Fact: Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible
- Coyne, Jerry A. (2009) Why Evolution is True
- Dawkins, Richard (2019) Outgrowing God: A Beginner's Guide
- Dawkins, Richard (2017) Science in the Soul: Selected Writings of a Passionate Rationalist
- Dawkins, Richard (2011) The Magic of Reality: How We Know What’s Really True
- Dawkins, Richard (1976) The Selfish Gene
- Dawkins, Richard (1986) The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
- Dawkins, Richard (2009) The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
- Dawkins, Richard (2006) The God Delusion
- Darwin, Charles (1859) On the Origin of Species
- Davis, Wade (2009) The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World
- Davis, William MD (2011) Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health
- Dehaene, Staislas (2014) Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts
- Dennett, Daniel C. (1991) Consciousness Explained
- Dennett, Daniel C. (2003) Freedom Evolves
- Deutsch, David (1997) The Fabric of Reality: The Science of Parallel Universes--and Its Implications
- Diamond, Jared (1997) Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
- Daimond, Jared (2005) Collapse: How Societies Choose To Fail or Succeed
- Dostoevsky, Fyodor (1864) Notes From the Underground
- Douglas, Frederick (1845) Narrative of the Life of Frederic Douglas, an American Slave
- Eisler, Riane (1987) The Chalice and the Blade
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1841) Self Reliance
- Emmerich, Maria (2013) Keto-Adapted
- Fears, J. Rufus The Great Courses (1999) A History of Freedom
- Ferguson, Niall (2008) The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
- Forstater, Mark (2004) The Living Wisdom of Socrates
- Frankl, Viktor E. (1946) Man’s Search for Ultimate Meaning
- Frankl, Viktor E. (1946) Man’s Search for Meaning
- Friedman, Milton (1962) Capitalism and Freedom
- Freud, Sigmund (1899) The Interpretation of Dreams
- Fromm, Erich (1973) The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness
- Fromm, Erich (2006) The Art of Being
- Gardner, Daniel (2009) The Science of Fear: Why We Fear the Things We Should Not – and Put Ourselves in Great Danger
- Garfield, Jay L. The Great Courses (2010) The Meaning of Life: Perspectives from the World’s Great Intellectual Traditions
- Gifford-Jones, Diana (2019) No Nonsense Health Naturally
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1829) Faust 1 & 2
- Goggins, David (2018) Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
- Gould, Stephen Jay (1980) The Mismeasure of Man
- Greene, Brian (2020) Until the End of Time
- Greene, Robert (2019) The Laws of Human Nature
- Grossman, Jeffery C. The Great Courses (2014) Thermodynamics: Four Laws That Move the Universe
- Harari, Yuval N. Prof. (2011) Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
- Harari, Yuval N. Prof. (2015) Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
- Harari, Yuval N. Prof. (2018) 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
- Hara, Vani (2019) Feeding You Lies: How to Unravel the Food Industry's Playbook and Reclaim Your Health
- Harris, Sam (2014) Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
- Harris, Sam (2011) Lying
- Harris, Sam (2012) Free Will
- Harris, Sam (2010) The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values
- Hawking, Stephen (1993) Black Holes & Baby Universes and Other Essays
- Hawking, Stephen W. (2002) The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe
- Hawking, Stephen (2010) The Grand Design
- Hazen, Robert M. The Great Courses (2008) The Joy of Science
- Hegel, Friedrich (1807) The Phenomenology of Spirit
- Heidegger, Martin (1927) Being and Time
- Hitchens, Christopher (2012) Mortality
- Hitchens, Christopher (2008) Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man: A Biography: Books That Changed the World
- Hobbes, Thomas (1651) Leviathan: or The Matter, Form and Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiastical and Civil
- Hronec, Christine (2022) Unlock Your Macro Type: Identify Your True Body Type
- Humphrey, Nicholas (2022) Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness
- Husserl, Edmund (1913) Ideas: General Introduction to Pure Phenomenology
- Hyman, Mark MD (2016) Eat Fat, Get Thin: Why the Fat We Eat Is the Key to Sustained Weight Loss and Vibrant Health
- Hyman, Mark MD (2020) Food Fix: How to Save Our Health, Our Economy, Our Communities, and Our Planet--One Bite at a Time
- Jackson, Tom (2014) Philosophy An Illustrated History of Thought
- Jaquish, John Dr. (2020) Weight Lifting is a Waste of Time
- James, William (1902) The Varieties of Religious Experience
- Joy, Melanie PhD (2020) Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows
- Joseph, Peter (2017) The New Human Rights Movement: Reinventing the Economy to End Oppression
- Jung, Carl Gustav (1933) Modern Man in Search of a Soul
- Kant, Immanuel (1781) Critique of Pure Reason
- Keith, Lierre (2009) The Vegetarian Myth
- Kierkegaard, Soren (2018) Fear and Trembling
- Kolbert, Elizabeth (2014) The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
- Krauss, Lawrence M. (2017) The Greatest Story Ever Told – So Far: Why Are We Here?
- Kraus, Lawrence M. (2012) A Universe from Nothing: Why There is Something Rather Than Nothing
- Kraus, Lawrence M. (1995) The Physics of Star Trek
- Krishnamurti, Jiddu (1969) Freedom from the Known
- Larson, J. D. PhD The Great Courses (2002) The Theory of Evolution: A History of Controversy
- Lee, Bruce (2000) Striking Thoughts
- Leipzig, Rosanne M. (2023) Honest Aging
- Levine, Amir (2010) Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find – and Keep - Love
- Lipton, Bruce H. PhD (2013) The Honeymoon Effect: The Science of Creating Heaven on Earth
- Lipton, Bruce H. PhD (2005) The Biology of Belief
- Lipton, Bruce H. PhD (2006) The Wisdom of Your Cells: How Your Beliefs Control Your Biology
- Lustig, Robert H. MD (2017) The Hacking of the American Mind: The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of Our Bodies and Brains
- Lustig, Robert H. MD (2021) Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine
- Lyon, Dr. Gabrielle (2023) Forever Strong: A New, Science-Based Strategy for Aging Well
- Machiavelli, Niccolo (1532) The Prince
- Mandela, Nelson (1994) Long Walk to Freedom
- Manson, Mark (2016) The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck
- Maslow, Abraham (1971) The Farther Reaches of Human Nature
- Mate, Gabor (2008) In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
- Mate, Gabor (2022) The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture
- McDougall, Christopher (2009) Born to Run: The Hidden Tribe, the Ultra-Runners and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
- McGuff, Doug MD, Murphy, Robert PhD (2015) Primal Prescription: Surviving the ‘Sick Care’ Sinkhole
- Means, Casey (2024) Good Energy
- Mele, Alfred R. (2014) Free: Why Science Hasn’t Disproved Free Will
- Mill, John Stuart (1859) On Liberty
- Mukherjee, Siddhartha (2016) The Gene: An Intimate History
- Nietzsche, Friedrich (1872) The Birth of Tragedy
- Nietzsche, Friedrich (1873) On Truth and Untruth
- Nietzsche, Friedrich (1882) The Gay Science
- Nietzsche, Friedrich (1882) The Joyful Wisdom
- Nietzsche, Friedrich (1886) Beyond Good and Evil
- Nietzsche, Friedrich (1885) Thus Spoke Zarathustra
- Nimoy, Leonard (1995) I am Spock
- Nestor, James (2020) Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
- Nye, Bill (2014) Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation
- Ormsbee, Michael PhD (2016) Changing Body Composition through Diet and Exercise
- Orloff, Judith MD (2009) Emotional Freedom: Liberate Yourself From Negative Emotions and Transform Your Life
- Paine, Thomas (1791) The Rights of Man and Common Sense
- Perlmutter, David MD (2015) The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life
- Pert, Candance B. PhD (1999) Molecules of Emotion: Why You Feel the Way You Feel
- Peterson, Jordan (2018) 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
- Peterson, Jordan (2021) Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life
- Pinker, Steven (2018) Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism and Progress
- Plato (1997) Complete Works
- Pollan, Michael (2006) The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
- Ponesse, Dr. Julie (2021) My Choice
- Pontzer, Herman PhD (2021) Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy
- Rand, Ayn, Schwartz, P. (1999) Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution
- Rand, Ayn (1966) Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
- Rand, Ayn (1936) We the Living
- Rand, Ayn (1938) Anthem
- Rand, Ayn (1982) Philosophy: Who Needs It?
- Rand, Ayn (1957) Atlas Shrugged
- Rand, Ayn (1943) The Fountainhead
- Rand, Ayn (1964) The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
- Rank, Otto (1909) The Myth of the Birth of the Hero
- Rank, Otto (1929) The Trauma of Birth
- Ridley, Matt (1999) Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
- Rosenberg, Alex (2011) The Atheist’s Guide to Reality: Enjoying Life Without Illusions
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1762) The Social Contract
- Russell, Bertrand (1959) Wisdom of Bertrand Russell
- Russell, Bertrand (1935) Religion and Science
- Ryan, Christopher, Cacilda, Jetha (2012) Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray and What It Means for Modern Relationships
- Ryan, Christopher (2019) Civilized to Death: The Price of Progress
- Sadava, David The Great Courses (2013) Understanding Genetics: DNA, Genes and Their Real-World Applications
- Salamo, Lin (1991) Mark Twain’s Helpful Hints for good Living: A Handbook for the Damned Human Race
- Sartre, Jean-Paul (1943) Being and Nothingness
- Schopenhauer, Arthur (1819) The World as Will and Idea
- Sears, JP (2017) How to Be Ultra Spiritual: 12 ½ Steps to Spiritual Superiority
- Seligman, Martin E. P. PhD (2002) Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment
- Seneca (2018) How to Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life
- Schwarzenegger, Arnold (2012) Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story
- Schwarzenegger, Arnold (2023) Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
- Sharma, Robin (2008) Extraordinary Leadership
- Shermer, Michael (2016) Skeptic: Viewing the World with a Rational Eye
- Schopenhauer, Arthur (1818) The World as Will and Idea, Volume 1
- Sission, Mark (2013) The Primal Connection: Follow Your Genetic Blueprint to Health and Happiness
- Smith, Adam (1776) The Wealth of Nations
- Smith, James (2020) Not A Life Coach
- Solomon, Robert C., The Great Courses, No Excuses: Existentialism and the Meaning of Life
- Solomon, S; Greenberg, J (2015) The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life
- Spinoza, Benedict de (1677) Ethics
- Stipp, David (2010) The Youth Pill: Scientists at the Brink of an Anti-Aging Revolution
- Suzuki, Shunryu (1970) Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
- Swan, Teal (2016) The Completion Process : The Practice of Putting Yourself Back Together Again
- Taubes, Gary (2016) The Case Against Sugar
- Taubes, Gary (2010) Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It
- Taubes, Gary (2020) The Case For Keto
- Taubes, Gary (2024) Rethinking Diabetes: What Science Reveals About Diet, Insulin and Successful Treatments
- Taubes, Gary (2007) Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health
- Teicholz, Nina (2014) The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet
- Thoreau, Henry David (1849) Thoreau: Walden / Civil Disobedience
- Tulleken, Chris van (2023) Ultra-Processed People: Why We Can't Stop Eating Food That Isn't Food
- Turok, Neil (2012) The Universe Within: From Quantum to Cosmos
- Ventura, Jessa, Hobbs, Jen (2016) Jesse Ventura’s Marijuana Manifesto
- Viskontas, Indre (2013) 12 Essential Scientific Concepts
- Washington, Booker T. (1901) Up From Slavery
- Watson, James, Berry, Andrew (2003) DNA: The Secret of Life
- Weintraub, Arlene (2010) Selling the Fountain of Youth: How the Anti-Aging Industry Made a Disease Out of Getting Old – and Made Billions
- Whitehead, Alfred North (1929) The Function of Reason
- Will, Durant (2010) The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers
- Wolke, Robert L. (2002) What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained