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Surviving AI Summary
Surviving AI
The promise and peril of artificial intelligence
by Calum Chace 2015 261 pages
3.88
607 ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Science
Technology
Antimatter Summary
Antimatter
by Frank Close 2009 176 pages
4.03
1.2K ratings
Science
Physics
Popular Science
The Eight Master Lessons of Nature Summary
The Eight Master Lessons of Nature
What Nature Teaches Us About Living Well in the World
by Gary Ferguson 2019 272 pages
4.13
1.1K ratings
Nature
Science
Self Help
The Next Decade Summary
The Next Decade
Where We've Been . . . and Where We're Going
by George Friedman 2011 243 pages
3.84
2.5K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Emperor Wears No Clothes Summary
The Emperor Wears No Clothes
The Authoritative Historical Record of Cannabis and the Conspiracy Against Marijuana
by Jack Herer 1992 291 pages
4.47
896 ratings
History
Politics
Science
Inside the Nudge Unit Summary
Inside the Nudge Unit
How Small Changes Can Make a Big Difference
by David Halpern 2015 418 pages
3.99
995 ratings
Psychology
Economics
Politics
Atlas of Human Anatomy Summary
Atlas of Human Anatomy
by Frank H. Netter 1989 640 pages
4.51
3.8K ratings
Medicine
Medical
Science
The Passion Paradox Summary
The Passion Paradox
A Guide to Going All In, Finding Success, and Discovering the Benefits of an Unbalanced Life
by Brad Stulberg 2019 192 pages
4.02
1.8K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Business
The Fourth Dimension Summary
The Fourth Dimension
A Guided Tour of the Higher Universes
by Rudy Rucker 1984 228 pages
4.15
786 ratings
Science
Physics
Mathematics
The Longevity Solution Summary
The Longevity Solution
Rediscovering Centuries-Old Secrets to a Healthy, Long Life
by James DiNicolantonio 2019 394 pages
3.97
723 ratings
Health
Nutrition
Self Help
The Demon in the Machine Summary
The Demon in the Machine
How Hidden Webs of Information Are Solving the Mystery of Life
by Paul C.W. Davies 2020 320 pages
4.04
861 ratings
Science
Biology
Physics
The Harvard Medical School Guide to Tai Chi Summary
The Harvard Medical School Guide to Tai Chi
12 Weeks to a Healthy Body, Strong Heart, and Sharp Mind
by Peter M. Wayne 2013 353 pages
3.87
361 ratings
Health
Martial Arts
Reference
Feeling & Knowing Summary
Feeling & Knowing
Making Minds Conscious
by António Damásio 2021 256 pages
3.59
1.3K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
How the Scots Invented the Modern World Summary
How the Scots Invented the Modern World
The True Story of How Western Europe’s Poorest Nation Created our World & Everything in It
by Arthur Herman 2001 480 pages
3.94
6.5K ratings
History
Scotland
Philosophy
From Darwin to Derrida Summary
From Darwin to Derrida
Selfish Genes, Social Selves, and the Meanings of Life
by David Haig 2020 512 pages
3.64
76 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Evolution
Be Who You Want Summary
Be Who You Want
Unlocking the Science of Personality Change
by Christian Jarrett 2021 304 pages
3.72
251 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Biocentrism Summary
Biocentrism
How Life and Consciousness Are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe
by Robert Lanza 2009 223 pages
3.94
4.7K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
To Infinity and Beyond Summary
To Infinity and Beyond
A Journey of Cosmic Discovery
by Neil deGrasse Tyson 2023 319 pages
4.33
1.6K ratings
Science
Space
Physics
The Woman Who Changed Her Brain Summary
The Woman Who Changed Her Brain
And Other Inspiring Stories of Pioneering Brain Transformation
by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young 2012 288 pages
3.82
1.1K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
The People Vs Tech Summary
The People Vs Tech
How the Internet Is Killing Democracy
by Jamie Bartlett 2018 146 pages
3.91
1.7K ratings
Politics
Technology
Science
50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True Summary
50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True
by Guy P. Harrison 2011 458 pages
3.61
1.3K ratings
Science
Skepticism
Psychology
The Passion of the Western Mind Summary
The Passion of the Western Mind
Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped Our World View
by Richard Tarnas 1991 560 pages
4.23
2.0K ratings
Philosophy
History
Psychology
Everything is Obvious Summary
Everything is Obvious
Once You Know the Answer
by Duncan J. Watts 2011 352 pages
3.80
4.8K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Automate This Summary
Automate This
How Algorithms Came to Rule Our World
by Christopher Steiner 2012 256 pages
3.81
3.6K ratings
Science
Technology
Business
The Book of Minds Summary
The Book of Minds
How to Understand Ourselves and Other Beings, from Animals to AI to Aliens
by Philip Ball 2022 512 pages
4.01
175 ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
Can Science Explain Everything? Summary
Can Science Explain Everything?
by John C. Lennox 2019 128 pages
4.36
1.3K ratings
Science
Christian
Christianity
Life After Google Summary
Life After Google
The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy
by George Gilder 2018 256 pages
3.56
2.3K ratings
Business
Technology
Economics
How Would You Move Mount Fuji? Microsoft's Cult of the Puzzle--How the World's Smartest Companies Select the Most Creative Thinkers Summary
How Would You Move Mount Fuji? Microsoft's Cult of the Puzzle--How the World's Smartest Companies Select the Most Creative Thinkers
by William Poundstone 2003 288 pages
3.58
1.9K ratings
Business
Management
Programming
Happiness by Design Summary
Happiness by Design
Change What You Do, Not How You Think
by Paul Dolan 2014 256 pages
3.59
2.8K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
The Immune System Recovery Plan Summary
The Immune System Recovery Plan
A Doctor's 4-Step Program to Treat Autoimmune Disease
by Susan Blum 2013 545 pages
4.03
1.4K ratings
Health
Food
Nutrition
Interstellar Summary
Interstellar
The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars
by Avi Loeb 2023 252 pages
3.51
504 ratings
Science
Astronomy
Space
If Your Mouth Could Talk Summary
If Your Mouth Could Talk
An In-Depth Guide to Oral Health and Its Impact on Your Entire Life
by Kami Hoss 2022 256 pages
4.00
108 ratings
Health
Science
Self Help
How to Build a Time Machine Summary
How to Build a Time Machine
by Paul C.W. Davies 2001 144 pages
3.82
1.3K ratings
Science
Physics
Time Travel
How Stella Learned to Talk Summary
How Stella Learned to Talk
The Groundbreaking Story of the World's First Talking Dog
by Christina Hunger 2021 272 pages
4.41
4.1K ratings
Animals
Dogs
Science
Innate Summary
Innate
How the Wiring of Our Brains Shapes Who We Are
by Kevin J. Mitchell 2018 304 pages
4.14
661 ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
The Gene Keys Summary
The Gene Keys
Embracing Your Higher Purpose
by Richard Rudd 2011 576 pages
4.51
963 ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Psychology
Revolutionary Power Summary
Revolutionary Power
An Activist's Guide to the Energy Transition
by Shalanda Baker 2021 224 pages
4.19
178 ratings
Environment
Climate Change
Social Justice
Too Big to Know Summary
Too Big to Know
Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts, Experts Are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room Is the Room
by David Weinberger 2012 231 pages
3.80
2.1K ratings
Technology
Science
Philosophy
Better Living Through Neurochemistry - A guide to the optimization of serotonin, dopamine and the neurotransmitters that color your world Summary
Better Living Through Neurochemistry - A guide to the optimization of serotonin, dopamine and the neurotransmitters that color your world
by James Lee 2014 97 pages
4.30
122 ratings
Self Help
Science
Brain
Mathematics Summary
Mathematics
A Very Short Introduction
by Timothy Gowers 2002 143 pages
3.86
1.9K ratings
Mathematics
Science
Philosophy
Sugar Crush Summary
Sugar Crush
How to Reduce Inflammation, Reverse Nerve Damage, and Reclaim Good Health
by Richard P. Jacoby 2015 256 pages
3.75
1.1K ratings
Health
Food
Nutrition
Hormonal Summary
Hormonal
The Hidden Intelligence of Hormones -- How They Drive Desire, Shape Relationships, Influence Our Choices, and Make Us Wiser
by Martie Haselton 2018 320 pages
3.54
745 ratings
Health
Science
Psychology
Your Body in Balance Summary
Your Body in Balance
The New Science of Food, Hormones, and Health
by Neal D. Barnard 2020 352 pages
4.01
1.4K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Vegan
Timefulness Summary
Timefulness
How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World
by Marcia Bjornerud 2018 224 pages
4.08
1.6K ratings
Science
Geology
Nature
The Painful Truth Summary
The Painful Truth
The New Science of Why We Hurt and How We can Heal
by Monty Lyman 2021 352 pages
4.29
327 ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
An Anatomy of Pain Summary
An Anatomy of Pain
How the Body and the Mind Experience and Endure Physical Suffering
by Abdul-Ghaaliq Lalkhen 2021 256 pages
3.58
460 ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
Visions Summary
Visions
How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century
by Michio Kaku 1998 403 pages
4.03
2.4K ratings
Science
Physics
Futurism
The Green New Deal Summary
The Green New Deal
Why the Fossil Fuel Civilization Will Collapse by 2028, and the Bold Economic Plan to Save Life on Earth
by Jeremy Rifkin 2019 304 pages
3.68
783 ratings
Politics
Environment
Economics
El cerebro del niño explicado a los padres Summary
El cerebro del niño explicado a los padres
by Álvaro Bilbao 2015 249 pages
4.44
2.9K ratings
Parenting
Education
Psychology
The Microbiome Solution Summary
The Microbiome Solution
A Radical New Way to Heal Your Body from the Inside Out
by Robynne Chutkan 2015 304 pages
4.00
1.2K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Science
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