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Location: Helmholtz Institute Mainz, Conference Room 00-131/133/135, Staudingerweg 18, 55128 Mainz, Germany

Tessellate Book Club currently meets on the first Friday of every month at 6pm, unless stated otherwise.

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DateBook / Author / TopicPresenter
June 12, 2026 (2nd Friday due to bridge day)TBA [AI theme]

Past Meetings

DateBook / Author / TopicPresenterModerator
May 8, 2026Breaking Through: My Life in Science by Katalin Karikó – joint event with Nucleate: https://luma.com/sfereav3Anne F.Video
April 10, 2026CANCELED!
Kontroll-Illusion: Warum KI unsere Existenz bedroht (Control Illusion: Why AI Threatens Our Existence) by Karl Olsberg – presentation and discussion in English		Emma
March 6, 2026CANCELED!
Central Asia: A New History from the Imperial Conquests to the Present by Adeeb Khalid		Alan R.
February 6, 2026The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World by David DeutschJudy C.
December 5, 2025The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah ArendtEgemen Ö.
November 7, 2025Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas TalebJudy C.
June 3, 2025Ultra-Processed People: Why We Can’t Stop Eating Food That Isn’t Food by Chris van TullekenVarvara V.Slides
May 6, 2025Anarchism and Other Essays by Emma GoldmanEgemen Ö.Slides
April 1, 2025The Idea of the Brain: The Past and Future of Neuroscience by Matthew CobbLuis C.
March 4, 2025Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark
Judy C.
February 4, 2025The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James GleickJohannes S.
December 3, 2024Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes by Svante PääboAlan R.
November 5, 2024Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado PérezNadya P. & Anne F.Slides
October 1, 2024Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective by Kenneth O. Stanley and Joel LehmanJudy C.Slides
September 3, 2024Discussion/feedback general meetingNadya P.Anne F.Slides
June 4, 2024“Paradigm Shift in Science: Understanding Kumatoids, Space of All Possible Rules, and the Second Law of Thermodynamics”
The Second Law: Resolving the Mystery of the Second Law of Thermodynamics by Stephen Wolfram		Danila B.
May 7, 2024Lamarck’s Revenge: How Epigenetics Is Revolutionizing Our Understanding of Evolution’s Past and Present by Peter D. WardDavide W.
April 9, 2024Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert M. SapolskyNello L.
March 12, 2024Lost in time: Relocating the perception of duration outside the brain and Supplementary material (David Robbe, Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews) INCLUDING LIVE VIDEO SESSION WITH THE AUTHOR!Luis C.Anne F. / Luis C.Slides
February 6, 2024The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science by Norman DoidgeAayush A.Anne F.
January 9, 2024The Mystery of the Aleph by Amir D. AczelDavide B.Luis C.Slides
December 5, 2023Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin SheldrakeAnne F.Nello L.Slides
Blog post
November 7, 2023The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksMarco B.Anne F.Blog post
October 3, 2023(Organizational)N/ALuis C.
September 12, 2023Meditations by Marcus AureliusGiorgio F.Luis C.
June 6, 2023Survival of the Friendliest: Understanding Our Origins and Rediscovering Our Common Humanity by Brian Hare and Vanessa WoodsNadya P.
May 5, 2023The Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsSilvia E.
April 4, 2023Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, and Cass R. SunsteinJohannes S.
March 7, 2023The Demon in the Machine: How Hidden Webs of Information Are Solving the Mystery of Life by Paul C.W. DaviesLuis C.