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Science

Science shapes every aspect of our world, from the atoms that form our bodies to the mysteries of consciousness and human behavior. Here you'll find engaging explorations of evolution, physics, psychology, and the natural forces that govern both our universe and ourselves.

Science Book Summaries

Rethinking Positive Thinking
by Gabriele Oettingen • 2014
Visualizing success can drain motivation. The missing step is naming what is really stopping you.
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1k+
🎯 Goal Setting🔄 Behavior Change🧠 Self-Regulation🔬 Motivation Science📚 Evidence-Based Self-Help
Rethinking Positive Thinking Summary
Rethinking Positive Thinking
Visualizing success can drain motivation. The missing step is naming what is really stopping you.
by Gabriele Oettingen 2014 240 pages
3.69
1k+ ratings
🎯 Goal Setting🔄 Behavior Change🧠 Self-Regulation🔬 Motivation Science📚 Evidence-Based Self-Help
Snakes in Suits
by Paul Babiak • 2006
Nearly one in thirty executives is a psychopath, and charm is their favorite credential.
3.68
4k+
🏢 Corporate Psychopaths🎭 Manipulation Tactics🧠 Psychopathy Assessment🛡️ Workplace Survival☣️ Toxic Leadership
Snakes in Suits Summary
Snakes in Suits
Nearly one in thirty executives is a psychopath, and charm is their favorite credential.
by Paul Babiak 2006 352 pages
3.68
4k+ ratings
🏢 Corporate Psychopaths🎭 Manipulation Tactics🧠 Psychopathy Assessment🛡️ Workplace Survival☣️ Toxic Leadership
Born to Run
by Christopher McDougall • 2009
An isolated tribe runs for days unhurt. A journalist helps stage a 50-mile canyon duel.
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200k+
🏔️ Ultra Running👣 Barefoot Running🌲 Trail Running🧬 Natural Movement🏟️ Running Culture
Born to Run Summary
Born to Run
An isolated tribe runs for days unhurt. A journalist helps stage a 50-mile canyon duel.
by Christopher McDougall 2009 306 pages
4.30
200k+ ratings
🏔️ Ultra Running👣 Barefoot Running🌲 Trail Running🧬 Natural Movement🏟️ Running Culture
Ross and Wilson Anatomy and Physiology in Health and Illness
by Anne Waugh • 2006
Learn the body by system: how structure enables function, and how both break down in disease.
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500+
🦴 Human Anatomy🫁 Human Physiology🔬 Body Systems🏥 Nursing Textbooks📚 Integrated A&P
Ross and Wilson Anatomy and Physiology in Health and Illness Summary
Ross and Wilson Anatomy and Physiology in Health and Illness
Learn the body by system: how structure enables function, and how both break down in disease.
by Anne Waugh 2006 504 pages
4.28
500+ ratings
🦴 Human Anatomy🫁 Human Physiology🔬 Body Systems🏥 Nursing Textbooks📚 Integrated A&P
The Nature of Technology
by W. Brian Arthur • 2009
Technology is nature harnessed, then endlessly recombined. Each invention fuels the next.
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500+
🏛️ Philosophy Of Technology💡 Innovation Theory🌀 Complexity Science🔄 Technology Evolution🔗 Systems Thinking
The Nature of Technology Summary
The Nature of Technology
Technology is nature harnessed, then endlessly recombined. Each invention fuels the next.
by W. Brian Arthur 2009 256 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
🏛️ Philosophy Of Technology💡 Innovation Theory🌀 Complexity Science🔄 Technology Evolution🔗 Systems Thinking
The Bible, the Qur'an, and Science
by Maurice Bucaille • 1976
A French doctor compares scripture to science: the Qur'an is uniquely accurate where the Bible errs.
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2k+
🕌 Quranic Exegesis🛡️ Islamic Apologetics🔬 Scientific Miracles📜 Comparative Scripture📝 Textual Criticism
The Bible, the Qur'an, and Science Summary
The Bible, the Qur'an, and Science
A French doctor compares scripture to science: the Qur'an is uniquely accurate where the Bible errs.
by Maurice Bucaille 1976 272 pages
4.00
2k+ ratings
🕌 Quranic Exegesis🛡️ Islamic Apologetics🔬 Scientific Miracles📜 Comparative Scripture📝 Textual Criticism
The Rational Optimist
by Matt Ridley • 2010
Trade, not genius, drives human progress. Two centuries of data, and why the pessimists always lose.
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13k+
🤝 Free Trade📜 Economic History🌟 Human Progress🧠 Collective Intelligence🔍 Debunking Pessimism
The Rational Optimist Summary
The Rational Optimist
Trade, not genius, drives human progress. Two centuries of data, and why the pessimists always lose.
by Matt Ridley 2010 448 pages
3.97
13k+ ratings
🤝 Free Trade📜 Economic History🌟 Human Progress🧠 Collective Intelligence🔍 Debunking Pessimism
The Psychology of the Simpsons
by Alan S. Brown • 2006
Homer, Bart, and all of Springfield are walking psychology case studies, and their flaws are ours.
3.67
150
📺 Pop Culture Psychology🧠 Cognitive Biases🤔 Philosophy Of Mind📊 Behavioral Economics🎭 Personality Psychology
The Psychology of the Simpsons Summary
The Psychology of the Simpsons
Homer, Bart, and all of Springfield are walking psychology case studies, and their flaws are ours.
by Alan S. Brown 2006 240 pages
3.67
150 ratings
📺 Pop Culture Psychology🧠 Cognitive Biases🤔 Philosophy Of Mind📊 Behavioral Economics🎭 Personality Psychology
Invisible Influence
by Jonah Berger • 2016
Almost every choice you make was shaped by someone else. You just never noticed.
3.70
3k+
🧠 Social Influence🛒 Consumer Psychology🎭 Identity Signaling🌊 Peer Effects💰 Behavioral Economics
Invisible Influence Summary
Invisible Influence
Almost every choice you make was shaped by someone else. You just never noticed.
by Jonah Berger 2016 272 pages
3.70
3k+ ratings
🧠 Social Influence🛒 Consumer Psychology🎭 Identity Signaling🌊 Peer Effects💰 Behavioral Economics
Systems Thinking For Social Change
by David Peter Stroh • 2015
Why well-meaning solutions backfire, and where to intervene in a system so change actually lasts.
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500+
🧠 Systems Thinking🌍 Social Change⚠️ Unintended Consequences🎯 Leverage Points🧩 Mental Models
Systems Thinking For Social Change Summary
Systems Thinking For Social Change
Why well-meaning solutions backfire, and where to intervene in a system so change actually lasts.
by David Peter Stroh 2015 264 pages
3.79
500+ ratings
🧠 Systems Thinking🌍 Social Change⚠️ Unintended Consequences🎯 Leverage Points🧩 Mental Models
The Intelligence Trap
by David Robson • 2019
Intelligence can make you more biased, not less. The trap is hidden in how smart people reason.
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3k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🤔 Rationality🧎 Intellectual Humility👓 Expert Blind Spots🛡️ Misinformation Defense
The Intelligence Trap Summary
The Intelligence Trap
Intelligence can make you more biased, not less. The trap is hidden in how smart people reason.
by David Robson 2019 314 pages
3.99
3k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🤔 Rationality🧎 Intellectual Humility👓 Expert Blind Spots🛡️ Misinformation Defense
The Anatomy of Violence
by Adrian Raine • 2013
Slower heartbeats and smaller amygdalae predict crime. Violence is as biological as it is social.
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2k+
🧠 Neurocriminology🐒 Evolutionary Psychology🧬 Behavioral Genetics🔪 Violence And The Brain👤 Psychopathy
The Anatomy of Violence Summary
The Anatomy of Violence
Slower heartbeats and smaller amygdalae predict crime. Violence is as biological as it is social.
by Adrian Raine 2013 501 pages
3.96
2k+ ratings
🧠 Neurocriminology🐒 Evolutionary Psychology🧬 Behavioral Genetics🔪 Violence And The Brain👤 Psychopathy
Taking Charge of Adult ADHD
by Russell A. Barkley • 2010
ADHD breaks the link from knowing to doing. Clinical tools for reconnecting them.
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3k+
🧠 Adult Adhd⚙️ Executive Dysfunction🔬 Neuropsychology⏰ Time Perception📋 External Memory Aids
Taking Charge of Adult ADHD Summary
Taking Charge of Adult ADHD
ADHD breaks the link from knowing to doing. Clinical tools for reconnecting them.
by Russell A. Barkley 2010 294 pages
3.85
3k+ ratings
🧠 Adult Adhd⚙️ Executive Dysfunction🔬 Neuropsychology⏰ Time Perception📋 External Memory Aids
A History of Western Philosophy
by Bertrand Russell • 1945
A history of philosophy that reads not like a textbook but like a three-thousand-year argument.
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41k+
🏛️ Western Thought📜 Intellectual History🗺️ Philosophical Survey🔬 Empiricism📐 Analytic Philosophy
A History of Western Philosophy Summary
A History of Western Philosophy
A history of philosophy that reads not like a textbook but like a three-thousand-year argument.
by Bertrand Russell 1945 906 pages
4.13
41k+ ratings
🏛️ Western Thought📜 Intellectual History🗺️ Philosophical Survey🔬 Empiricism📐 Analytic Philosophy
How Minds Change
by David McRaney • 2022
Facts alone don't change minds: the science of persuasion and a method that does.
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3k+
🧪 Persuasion Science🌐 Belief Systems🧠 Cognitive Biases🏘️ Group Identity🔄 Attitude Change
How Minds Change Summary
How Minds Change
Facts alone don't change minds: the science of persuasion and a method that does.
by David McRaney 2022 353 pages
4.12
3k+ ratings
🧪 Persuasion Science🌐 Belief Systems🧠 Cognitive Biases🏘️ Group Identity🔄 Attitude Change
Emotional Design
by Donald A. Norman • 2003
Your brain processes beauty before conscious thought, and good looks make things easier to use.
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5k+
🧠 Design Psychology🎨 Aesthetics And Usability🖱️ Interaction Design💡 Design Thinking🧩 Cognition And Affect
Emotional Design Summary
Emotional Design
Your brain processes beauty before conscious thought, and good looks make things easier to use.
by Donald A. Norman 2003 272 pages
3.95
5k+ ratings
🧠 Design Psychology🎨 Aesthetics And Usability🖱️ Interaction Design💡 Design Thinking🧩 Cognition And Affect
Big Gods
by Ara Norenzayan • 2013
Moralizing gods let strangers cooperate at scale. Then secular institutions took over the job.
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398
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology📈 Cultural Evolution🌍 Origins Of Religion👁️ Supernatural Punishment📡 Costly Signaling
Big Gods Summary
Big Gods
Moralizing gods let strangers cooperate at scale. Then secular institutions took over the job.
by Ara Norenzayan 2013 257 pages
4.01
398 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology📈 Cultural Evolution🌍 Origins Of Religion👁️ Supernatural Punishment📡 Costly Signaling
Brainfluence
by Roger Dooley • 2011
100 neuromarketing tactics for the 95 percent of decisions that happen below conscious awareness.
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1k+
🧠 Neuromarketing🛒 Consumer Psychology📈 Behavioral Economics👃 Sensory Branding📖 Business Storytelling
Brainfluence Summary
Brainfluence
100 neuromarketing tactics for the 95 percent of decisions that happen below conscious awareness.
by Roger Dooley 2011 304 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
🧠 Neuromarketing🛒 Consumer Psychology📈 Behavioral Economics👃 Sensory Branding📖 Business Storytelling
A General Theory of Love
by Thomas Lewis • 2000
The limbic brain runs your love life, and it cannot be reached with words.
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4k+
📎 Attachment Theory🧘 Emotional Regulation🤝 Social Connection🧠 Brain Evolution🧬 Interpersonal Neurobiology
A General Theory of Love Summary
A General Theory of Love
The limbic brain runs your love life, and it cannot be reached with words.
by Thomas Lewis 2000 274 pages
4.10
4k+ ratings
📎 Attachment Theory🧘 Emotional Regulation🤝 Social Connection🧠 Brain Evolution🧬 Interpersonal Neurobiology
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
by Gabor Maté • 2007
Addiction begins in childhood trauma, not moral failing. Healing needs compassion, not punishment.
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24k+
🧠 Addiction Psychology💔 Trauma And Addiction🩹 Harm Reduction🔄 Neuroplasticity🌱 Addiction Recovery
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts Summary
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
Addiction begins in childhood trauma, not moral failing. Healing needs compassion, not punishment.
by Gabor Maté 2007 522 pages
4.48
24k+ ratings
🧠 Addiction Psychology💔 Trauma And Addiction🩹 Harm Reduction🔄 Neuroplasticity🌱 Addiction Recovery
Origins
by Lewis Dartnell • 2019
Tectonic shifts, ice ages, and ancient oceans didn't set the stage. They wrote human history.
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4k+
🌍 Big History🧬 Human Evolution🗺️ Geographic Determinism❄️ Climate History⛰️ Plate Tectonics
Origins Summary
Origins
Tectonic shifts, ice ages, and ancient oceans didn't set the stage. They wrote human history.
by Lewis Dartnell 2019 352 pages
4.17
4k+ ratings
🌍 Big History🧬 Human Evolution🗺️ Geographic Determinism❄️ Climate History⛰️ Plate Tectonics
How to Memorize Anything
by Aditi Singhal • 2015
Names, numbers, facts: turn any of them into vivid mental pictures and recall them on command.
4.04
323
🧠 Memory Improvement📚 Study Skills🔗 Mnemonic Devices🏰 Memory Palaces👁️ Visual Association
How to Memorize Anything Summary
How to Memorize Anything
Names, numbers, facts: turn any of them into vivid mental pictures and recall them on command.
by Aditi Singhal 2015 352 pages
4.04
323 ratings
🧠 Memory Improvement📚 Study Skills🔗 Mnemonic Devices🏰 Memory Palaces👁️ Visual Association
The Filter Bubble
by Eli Pariser • 2011
Every click surrenders your free will to an algorithm. The only fix: quit social media entirely.
3.79
5k+
📱 Social Media Critique🫧 Filter Bubbles🎛️ Digital Manipulation⏳ Attention Economy💾 Data Labor
The Filter Bubble Summary
The Filter Bubble
Every click surrenders your free will to an algorithm. The only fix: quit social media entirely.
by Eli Pariser 2011 304 pages
3.79
5k+ ratings
📱 Social Media Critique🫧 Filter Bubbles🎛️ Digital Manipulation⏳ Attention Economy💾 Data Labor
The Art of Invisibility
by Kevin D. Mitnick • 2017
From encrypted messages to burner devices, a hacker guide to vanishing from always-on surveillance.
3.98
5k+
🛡️ Digital Privacy🔒 Operational Security👁️ Mass Surveillance🕵️ Personal Anonymity🔐 Information Security
The Art of Invisibility Summary
The Art of Invisibility
From encrypted messages to burner devices, a hacker guide to vanishing from always-on surveillance.
by Kevin D. Mitnick 2017 320 pages
3.98
5k+ ratings
🛡️ Digital Privacy🔒 Operational Security👁️ Mass Surveillance🕵️ Personal Anonymity🔐 Information Security
Brain Energy
by Christopher M. Palmer • 2022
The brain's energy crisis may underlie all mental illness. The treatment playbook changes.
4.13
3k+
🧠 Integrative Psychiatry⚡ Mitochondrial Health🧬 Metabolic Dysfunction🥑 Nutritional Psychiatry🔬 Functional Medicine
Brain Energy Summary
Brain Energy
The brain's energy crisis may underlie all mental illness. The treatment playbook changes.
by Christopher M. Palmer 2022 320 pages
4.13
3k+ ratings
🧠 Integrative Psychiatry⚡ Mitochondrial Health🧬 Metabolic Dysfunction🥑 Nutritional Psychiatry🔬 Functional Medicine
Braiding Sweetgrass
by Robin Wall Kimmerer • 2013
Two sciences braided: a Potawatomi botanist on why plants are teachers and earth is a gift.
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100k+
📜 Traditional Ecological Knowledge🎁 Gift Economy🌿 Nature Connection🌱 Ecological Restoration🌍 Environmental Philosophy
Braiding Sweetgrass Summary
Braiding Sweetgrass
Two sciences braided: a Potawatomi botanist on why plants are teachers and earth is a gift.
by Robin Wall Kimmerer 2013 408 pages
4.51
100k+ ratings
📜 Traditional Ecological Knowledge🎁 Gift Economy🌿 Nature Connection🌱 Ecological Restoration🌍 Environmental Philosophy
Civilization
by Niall Ferguson • 2011
Five hundred years of Western rule rested on six innovations. The rest have now caught up.
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10k+
📈 Rise Of The West⚖️ Comparative History🔭 Macrohistory🏦 Institutional Economics📊 Economic History
Civilization Summary
Civilization
Five hundred years of Western rule rested on six innovations. The rest have now caught up.
by Niall Ferguson 2011 464 pages
3.86
10k+ ratings
📈 Rise Of The West⚖️ Comparative History🔭 Macrohistory🏦 Institutional Economics📊 Economic History
Inside of a Dog
by Alexandra Horowitz • 2009
Your dog inhabits a world of smell you cannot enter. Science can finally take you inside.
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18k+
🧠 Canine Cognition👃 Animal Senses🐕 Dog Behavior💞 Human-Animal Bond🔬 Ethology
Inside of a Dog Summary
Inside of a Dog
Your dog inhabits a world of smell you cannot enter. Science can finally take you inside.
by Alexandra Horowitz 2009 353 pages
3.63
18k+ ratings
🧠 Canine Cognition👃 Animal Senses🐕 Dog Behavior💞 Human-Animal Bond🔬 Ethology
Wisdom of Mike Mentzer
by John Little • 2005
Gaining muscle by training less often: the method backed by 30-pound gains and four-hour months.
4.28
292
🏋️ Bodybuilding Methodology⚡ High Intensity Training🎯 Minimalist Training😴 Recovery And Rest⚠️ Overtraining Prevention
Wisdom of Mike Mentzer Summary
Wisdom of Mike Mentzer
Gaining muscle by training less often: the method backed by 30-pound gains and four-hour months.
by John Little 2005 184 pages
4.28
292 ratings
🏋️ Bodybuilding Methodology⚡ High Intensity Training🎯 Minimalist Training😴 Recovery And Rest⚠️ Overtraining Prevention
Good Habits, Bad Habits
by Wendy Wood • 2019
The best at self-control aren't trying harder. They outsourced their behavior to their surroundings.
3.73
4k+
🧠 Habit Science🔄 Behavior Change🤖 Automatic Behavior💪 Beyond Willpower🏗️ Choice Architecture
Good Habits, Bad Habits Summary
Good Habits, Bad Habits
The best at self-control aren't trying harder. They outsourced their behavior to their surroundings.
by Wendy Wood 2019 319 pages
3.73
4k+ ratings
🧠 Habit Science🔄 Behavior Change🤖 Automatic Behavior💪 Beyond Willpower🏗️ Choice Architecture
Deep Simplicity
by John Gribbin • 2004
Simple rules, run long enough, build a universe. A physicist shows the working.
3.98
1k+
🧩 Complexity Science🦋 Chaos Theory❄️ Fractal Geometry🕸️ Network Theory🔄 Self-Organization
Deep Simplicity Summary
Deep Simplicity
Simple rules, run long enough, build a universe. A physicist shows the working.
by John Gribbin 2004 279 pages
3.98
1k+ ratings
🧩 Complexity Science🦋 Chaos Theory❄️ Fractal Geometry🕸️ Network Theory🔄 Self-Organization
The Good Life
by Robert Waldinger • 2023
An 84-year Harvard study reveals what determines a long, happy life. Not genes or money.
4.15
12k+
🧪 Relationship Science🤝 Social Connection🧠 Positive Psychology🕰️ Aging Well👫 Friendship
The Good Life Summary
The Good Life
An 84-year Harvard study reveals what determines a long, happy life. Not genes or money.
by Robert Waldinger 2023 352 pages
4.15
12k+ ratings
🧪 Relationship Science🤝 Social Connection🧠 Positive Psychology🕰️ Aging Well👫 Friendship
When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi • 2016
Stage IV cancer at 36: a neurosurgeon's memoir of losing the future and finding what matters.
4.41
800k+
🩻 Terminal Illness🩺 Medical Memoir🎗️ Cancer Memoir🧠 Neurosurgery📜 Philosophy Of Medicine
When Breath Becomes Air Summary
When Breath Becomes Air
Stage IV cancer at 36: a neurosurgeon's memoir of losing the future and finding what matters.
by Paul Kalanithi 2016 208 pages
4.41
800k+ ratings
🩻 Terminal Illness🩺 Medical Memoir🎗️ Cancer Memoir🧠 Neurosurgery📜 Philosophy Of Medicine
Visual Thinking
by Temple Grandin • 2022
The mind that spots the fatal design flaw thinks in pictures, not words.
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4k+
🧠 Neurodivergence Advocacy🔧 Hands-On Learning🎨 Visual-Spatial Learning🐾 Animal Cognition💡 Cognitive Diversity
Visual Thinking Summary
Visual Thinking
The mind that spots the fatal design flaw thinks in pictures, not words.
by Temple Grandin 2022 352 pages
3.64
4k+ ratings
🧠 Neurodivergence Advocacy🔧 Hands-On Learning🎨 Visual-Spatial Learning🐾 Animal Cognition💡 Cognitive Diversity
Brief Answers to the Big Questions
by Stephen W. Hawking • 2018
Time travel might work, but the feedback loop of climate disaster probably kills us first.
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88k+
🌌 Cosmology🕳️ Black Holes⚛️ Quantum Physics🤖 Ai Ethics🚀 Space Colonization
Brief Answers to the Big Questions Summary
Brief Answers to the Big Questions
Time travel might work, but the feedback loop of climate disaster probably kills us first.
by Stephen W. Hawking 2018 152 pages
4.26
88k+ ratings
🌌 Cosmology🕳️ Black Holes⚛️ Quantum Physics🤖 Ai Ethics🚀 Space Colonization
The Craft of Research
by Wayne C. Booth • 1995
Finding a question worth fighting over, then building the case your reader cannot walk away from.
3.92
4k+
📝 Academic Writing🔬 Research Methods🧩 Argumentation💡 Critical Thinking✍️ Writing Process
The Craft of Research Summary
The Craft of Research
Finding a question worth fighting over, then building the case your reader cannot walk away from.
by Wayne C. Booth 1995 317 pages
3.92
4k+ ratings
📝 Academic Writing🔬 Research Methods🧩 Argumentation💡 Critical Thinking✍️ Writing Process
A Thousand Brains
by Jeff Hawkins • 2021
Every cortical column in your brain learns a full model of the world. Then they vote.
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7k+
🧠 Neural Architecture🗺️ Spatial Cognition🕸️ Distributed Cognition🔮 Predictive Processing🤖 Brain-Inspired Ai
A Thousand Brains Summary
A Thousand Brains
Every cortical column in your brain learns a full model of the world. Then they vote.
by Jeff Hawkins 2021 288 pages
4.05
7k+ ratings
🧠 Neural Architecture🗺️ Spatial Cognition🕸️ Distributed Cognition🔮 Predictive Processing🤖 Brain-Inspired Ai
The Emotional Lives of Animals
by Marc Bekoff • 2007
Elephants mourn, dolphins laugh. Animal emotions are real, and the science demands a moral answer.
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1k+
🐒 Animal Behavior🧠 Animal Cognition🔬 Comparative Psychology🐘 Animal Sentience🐄 Animal Welfare
The Emotional Lives of Animals Summary
The Emotional Lives of Animals
Elephants mourn, dolphins laugh. Animal emotions are real, and the science demands a moral answer.
by Marc Bekoff 2007 256 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
🐒 Animal Behavior🧠 Animal Cognition🔬 Comparative Psychology🐘 Animal Sentience🐄 Animal Welfare
Naked Economics
by Charles Wheelan • 2002
Forget the jargon: economics is really about incentives, and they explain nearly everything.
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19k+
📚 Popular Economics🧠 Incentives And Behavior🏪 Market Mechanisms🏛️ Public Policy💰 Financial Literacy
Naked Economics Summary
Naked Economics
Forget the jargon: economics is really about incentives, and they explain nearly everything.
by Charles Wheelan 2002 384 pages
4.03
19k+ ratings
📚 Popular Economics🧠 Incentives And Behavior🏪 Market Mechanisms🏛️ Public Policy💰 Financial Literacy
How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic
by Michael Jay Geier • 2010
Diagnose the silent failure, read the schematic, fix it yourself. No engineering degree required.
3.93
367
🔌 Electronics Repair🔍 Troubleshooting Methods📐 Schematic Reading🛠️ Soldering Techniques📚 Repair Manuals
How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic Summary
How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic
Diagnose the silent failure, read the schematic, fix it yourself. No engineering degree required.
by Michael Jay Geier 2010 414 pages
3.93
367 ratings
🔌 Electronics Repair🔍 Troubleshooting Methods📐 Schematic Reading🛠️ Soldering Techniques📚 Repair Manuals
After
by Bruce Greyson • 2021
When your brain shuts down, you might still be there. A near-death researcher's fifty-year case.
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5k+
🌅 Near-Death Studies🧠 Consciousness Research🕊️ Life After Death👁️ Out-Of-Body Experiences🔬 Scientific Spirituality
After Summary
After
When your brain shuts down, you might still be there. A near-death researcher's fifty-year case.
by Bruce Greyson 2021 272 pages
4.18
5k+ ratings
🌅 Near-Death Studies🧠 Consciousness Research🕊️ Life After Death👁️ Out-Of-Body Experiences🔬 Scientific Spirituality
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
by Samin Nosrat • 2017
A Chez Panisse chef reveals the four simple levers behind all great cooking, no recipe required.
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95k+
🍳 Culinary Fundamentals🏠 Home Cooking⚖️ Flavor Balancing🔬 Food Science🔪 Cooking Techniques
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat Summary
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
A Chez Panisse chef reveals the four simple levers behind all great cooking, no recipe required.
by Samin Nosrat 2017 480 pages
4.39
95k+ ratings
🍳 Culinary Fundamentals🏠 Home Cooking⚖️ Flavor Balancing🔬 Food Science🔪 Cooking Techniques
In Search of Schrödinger's Cat
by John Gribbin • 1984
Reality vanishes when you stop looking: the century-long quantum fight over what that means.
4.06
21k+
⚛️ Quantum Physics📜 History Of Physics🤔 Philosophy Of Science🌐 Quantum Interpretations🌊 Wave-Particle Duality
In Search of Schrödinger's Cat Summary
In Search of Schrödinger's Cat
Reality vanishes when you stop looking: the century-long quantum fight over what that means.
by John Gribbin 1984 320 pages
4.06
21k+ ratings
⚛️ Quantum Physics📜 History Of Physics🤔 Philosophy Of Science🌐 Quantum Interpretations🌊 Wave-Particle Duality
Expert Political Judgment
by Philip E. Tetlock • 2005
Political pundits barely beat chance. Those who change their minds and doubt themselves do best.
3.98
500+
🔮 Political Forecasting🧠 Expert Judgment🧩 Cognitive Biases🎲 Probabilistic Thinking🤔 Intellectual Humility
Expert Political Judgment Summary
Expert Political Judgment
Political pundits barely beat chance. Those who change their minds and doubt themselves do best.
by Philip E. Tetlock 2005 344 pages
3.98
500+ ratings
🔮 Political Forecasting🧠 Expert Judgment🧩 Cognitive Biases🎲 Probabilistic Thinking🤔 Intellectual Humility
iWoz - Computer Geek to Cult Icon
by Steve Wozniak • 2006
Phone-hacking pranks, the Apple I, and the engineer who left his own revolution to teach.
3.85
17k+
🖥️ Personal Computing🌉 Silicon Valley History📞 Phone Phreaking🔓 Hacker Ethos🔧 Maker Culture
iWoz - Computer Geek to Cult Icon Summary
iWoz - Computer Geek to Cult Icon
Phone-hacking pranks, the Apple I, and the engineer who left his own revolution to teach.
by Steve Wozniak 2006 330 pages
3.85
17k+ ratings
🖥️ Personal Computing🌉 Silicon Valley History📞 Phone Phreaking🔓 Hacker Ethos🔧 Maker Culture
Love and Limerence
by Dorothy Tennov • 1979
'Being in love' is not love: a distinct state fueled by uncertainty, not security.
3.91
1k+
🫀 Romantic Obsession💭 Romantic Idealization💔 Unrequited Love🔗 Emotional Dependency📚 Romantic Love Studies
Love and Limerence Summary
Love and Limerence
'Being in love' is not love: a distinct state fueled by uncertainty, not security.
by Dorothy Tennov 1979 340 pages
3.91
1k+ ratings
🫀 Romantic Obsession💭 Romantic Idealization💔 Unrequited Love🔗 Emotional Dependency📚 Romantic Love Studies
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)
by Carol Tavris • 2007
Why smart people double down on bad decisions, rewrite history, and refuse to admit error.
4.04
29k+
🧠 Cognitive Dissonance🎭 Self-Deception🔄 Motivated Reasoning👁️ Bias Blind Spot💭 Memory Distortion
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) Summary
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)
Why smart people double down on bad decisions, rewrite history, and refuse to admit error.
by Carol Tavris 2007 292 pages
4.04
29k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Dissonance🎭 Self-Deception🔄 Motivated Reasoning👁️ Bias Blind Spot💭 Memory Distortion
The Developing Mind
by Daniel J. Siegel • 1999
Your mind is built by relationships as much as neurons, and the missing ingredient is integration.
4.30
1k+
🧒 Attachment Theory👶 Child Development🧠 Social Neuroscience⚖️ Emotional Regulation🧘 Mindfulness Meditation
The Developing Mind Summary
The Developing Mind
Your mind is built by relationships as much as neurons, and the missing ingredient is integration.
by Daniel J. Siegel 1999 506 pages
4.30
1k+ ratings
🧒 Attachment Theory👶 Child Development🧠 Social Neuroscience⚖️ Emotional Regulation🧘 Mindfulness Meditation
Scary Smart
by Mo Gawdat • 2021
AI is learning from your online behavior right now. The short guide to being a better teacher.
3.81
3k+
🤖 Artificial Intelligence⚖️ Ai Ethics🎯 Ai Alignment⚠️ Existential Risk🌍 Future Of Humanity
Scary Smart Summary
Scary Smart
AI is learning from your online behavior right now. The short guide to being a better teacher.
by Mo Gawdat 2021 336 pages
3.81
3k+ ratings
🤖 Artificial Intelligence⚖️ Ai Ethics🎯 Ai Alignment⚠️ Existential Risk🌍 Future Of Humanity
Science of Running
by Chris Napier • 2020
Injury starts with your mechanics. The form, strength, and fueling fixes that keep runners moving.
4.22
500+
🏃 Running Form🩹 Injury Prevention💪 Strength For Runners🏁 Race Preparation🍎 Sports Nutrition
Science of Running Summary
Science of Running
Injury starts with your mechanics. The form, strength, and fueling fixes that keep runners moving.
by Chris Napier 2020 224 pages
4.22
500+ ratings
🏃 Running Form🩹 Injury Prevention💪 Strength For Runners🏁 Race Preparation🍎 Sports Nutrition
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