Neuroscience Book Club 2026
A reading list on the theme of "intelligence" for the Humanitas University Undergraduate Neurological Society.
Session 1
What's Human About Intelligence?
- Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon (1958).
- Oliver Sacks, "The Autist Artist." From The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (1985).
- Excerpts from Stephen Jay Gould, The Mismeasure of Man (1981).
Session 2
Considering the Machine
- Ted Chiang, "The Evolution of Human Science." Short story published in Nature (2000).
- Sasha Mudd, "Reason is more than a tool." Published in Aeon (1 October 2026).
- Excerpt from A.M. Turing, "Computing Machinery and Intelligence." Published in Mind: A Quarterly Review (1950).
- Excerpt from John Searle, "Minds, Brains, and Programs." Published in The Behavioral and Brain Sciences (1980).
- Excerpt from Terence Tao, "Mathematics in the Age of AI." Essay based on his 2026 International Congress of Mathematicians public lecture.