The citation chain

The conversation between any two books

Pick two books. We’ll trace the shortest chain of citations connecting them — every link is a real passage where one author picked up another’s book.

Direct citation between these books

Each step is a real passage from one book referencing another.

  1. Sapiens

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    Sapiens

    by Yuval Noah Harari

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    Sapiens references Influence

    Harari references Cialdini's research on social influence to explain how shared myths and collective beliefs, not rational self-interest, hold human societies together.

    Influence

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    Influence

    by Robert Cialdini