Explore the Future Now: Mind-Blowing Science & Technology Book Picks from The Seen and the Unseen Podcast

"The Seen and the Unseen" is India's premier long-form podcast hosted by Amit Varma. The podcast, which has been running since 2017, features long-form conversations with intellectuals, writers, economists, historians, and thought leaders from India and around the world.  

Amit Varma is a respected journalist and writer, twice winner of the Bastiat Prize for Journalism. The show is known for its rich intellectual content and the diversity of its guests, making it a valuable resource for anyone interested in public policy, history, culture, or economics in India today. Here is a categorized arrangement of the provided books into related sections based on their themes related to Science & Technology:

Genetics, Evolution, and Human Nature

1. Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don’t Have To — David Sinclair
2. Hacking Darwin — Jamie Metzl
3. Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters — Matt Ridley
4. The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge — Matt Ridley
5. The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation — Matt Ridley
6. Who We Are and How We Got Here — David Reich
7. The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature — Steven Pinker

Nutrition, Health, and Science Critique

1. The Case Against Sugar — Gary Taubes
2. The Big Fat Surprise — Nina Teicholz

Environmental Science and Nature

1. The Moth Snowstorm: Nature and Joy — Michael McCarthy
2. The Hidden Life of Trees — Peter Wohlleben
3. The Genius of Birds — Jennifer Ackerman
4. H Is for Hawk — Helen Macdonald

Neuroscience, Psychology, and Behavior

1. Behave — Robert M. Sapolsky
2. Everybody Lies — Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
3. The Tell-Tale Brain — V. S. Ramachandran
4. Enlightenment Now — Steven Pinker

History, Philosophy, and Science Studies

1. Leviathan and the Air-Pump — Steven Shapin & Simon Schaffer
2. Birth of a Theorem — Cédric Villani
3. A Terrible Beauty — Peter Watson
4. Merchants of Doubt — Naomi Oreskes & Erik M. Conway

For readers seeking to dive deeper into the themes discussed on the podcast, the book recommendations serve as a comprehensive guide to engaging with the complex ideas Amit Varma and his guests explore.