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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

Rock Breaks Scissors
by William Poundstone • 2014
Why you can outguess anyone: the predictable mistakes we make when we try to be random.
3.50
500+
📈 Behavioral Economics🧩 Cognitive Biases🔍 Pattern Recognition🎲 Applied Probability📝 Test-Taking Strategies
Rock Breaks Scissors Summary
Rock Breaks Scissors
Why you can outguess anyone: the predictable mistakes we make when we try to be random.
by William Poundstone 2014 320 pages
3.50
500+ ratings
📈 Behavioral Economics🧩 Cognitive Biases🔍 Pattern Recognition🎲 Applied Probability📝 Test-Taking Strategies
Hertzian Tales
by Anthony Dunne • 1999
Electronic objects are behavioral scripts and portals to a hidden electromagnetic world.
4.26
125
🔮 Critical Design📦 Poetics Of Objects👆 Aesthetics Of Use⚙️ Technological Determinism🔬 Science And Technology Studies
Hertzian Tales Summary
Hertzian Tales
Electronic objects are behavioral scripts and portals to a hidden electromagnetic world.
by Anthony Dunne 1999 174 pages
4.26
125 ratings
🔮 Critical Design📦 Poetics Of Objects👆 Aesthetics Of Use⚙️ Technological Determinism🔬 Science And Technology Studies
The Seven Deadly Sins of Psychology
by Chris Chambers • 2017
How psychology's methods enable bias, fraud, and shaky results, and the reform that could fix them.
4.41
268
🔬 Research Methods🔄 Replication Crisis🔓 Open Science🚫 Research Misconduct📊 Data Manipulation
The Seven Deadly Sins of Psychology Summary
The Seven Deadly Sins of Psychology
How psychology's methods enable bias, fraud, and shaky results, and the reform that could fix them.
by Chris Chambers 2017 288 pages
4.41
268 ratings
🔬 Research Methods🔄 Replication Crisis🔓 Open Science🚫 Research Misconduct📊 Data Manipulation
After Buddhism
by Stephen Batchelor • 2015
Before Buddhism became a religion, it was a practical philosophy for flourishing in this life.
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500+
🏛️ Secular Buddhism📜 Buddhist Philosophy🔬 Religious Naturalism🛠️ Practical Philosophy📖 Buddhist Modernism
After Buddhism Summary
After Buddhism
Before Buddhism became a religion, it was a practical philosophy for flourishing in this life.
by Stephen Batchelor 2015 381 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
🏛️ Secular Buddhism📜 Buddhist Philosophy🔬 Religious Naturalism🛠️ Practical Philosophy📖 Buddhist Modernism
The How of Happiness
by Sonja Lyubomirsky • 2007
Happiness is 40% yours to control, but only if the activities match who you are.
3.90
10k+
🧠 Positive Psychology📚 Evidence-Based Self-Help🙏 Gratitude Practices🌊 Flow State🤝 Social Connection
The How of Happiness Summary
The How of Happiness
Happiness is 40% yours to control, but only if the activities match who you are.
by Sonja Lyubomirsky 2007 366 pages
3.90
10k+ ratings
🧠 Positive Psychology📚 Evidence-Based Self-Help🙏 Gratitude Practices🌊 Flow State🤝 Social Connection
Data Analytics Made Accessible
by Anil Maheshwari • 2014
Every analytics technique a manager needs, from decision trees to big data, mapped and demystified.
3.76
323
🧱 Data Analytics📊 Business Intelligence⛏️ Data Mining📈 Data Visualization🔮 Predictive Analytics
Data Analytics Made Accessible Summary
Data Analytics Made Accessible
Every analytics technique a manager needs, from decision trees to big data, mapped and demystified.
by Anil Maheshwari 2014 454 pages
3.76
323 ratings
🧱 Data Analytics📊 Business Intelligence⛏️ Data Mining📈 Data Visualization🔮 Predictive Analytics
The Human Past
by Chris Scarre • 2005
Human history didn't start with writing. It started 3 million years ago with a stone tool.
3.83
281
🧬 Human Evolution🏺 Prehistoric Archaeology🌿 Cultural Ecology🔬 Archaeological Methods🪨 Stone Age Tools
The Human Past Summary
The Human Past
Human history didn't start with writing. It started 3 million years ago with a stone tool.
by Chris Scarre 2005 784 pages
3.83
281 ratings
🧬 Human Evolution🏺 Prehistoric Archaeology🌿 Cultural Ecology🔬 Archaeological Methods🪨 Stone Age Tools
Trance-Formations
by John Grinder • 1981
Inducing trance with words alone: how to pace, calibrate, and use every response as a doorway.
4.24
500+
🧠 Neuro-Linguistic Programming😵‍💫 Ericksonian Hypnosis💬 Indirect Suggestion🪞 Self-Hypnosis🗣️ Linguistic Patterning
Trance-Formations Summary
Trance-Formations
Inducing trance with words alone: how to pace, calibrate, and use every response as a doorway.
by John Grinder 1981 252 pages
4.24
500+ ratings
🧠 Neuro-Linguistic Programming😵‍💫 Ericksonian Hypnosis💬 Indirect Suggestion🪞 Self-Hypnosis🗣️ Linguistic Patterning
Can't We All Disagree More Constructively?
by Jonathan Haidt • 2016
Politics feels like good vs. evil because each side is blind to the other's moral concerns.
4.11
349
🗳️ Political Psychology⚖️ Moral Psychology🧨 Political Polarization🧬 Innate Morality🛡️ Tribalism
Can't We All Disagree More Constructively? Summary
Can't We All Disagree More Constructively?
Politics feels like good vs. evil because each side is blind to the other's moral concerns.
by Jonathan Haidt 2016 73 pages
4.11
349 ratings
🗳️ Political Psychology⚖️ Moral Psychology🧨 Political Polarization🧬 Innate Morality🛡️ Tribalism
Origin Story
by David Christian • 2008
How energy and information built the universe, life, and us. What they mean for our future.
4.06
7k+
🌌 Big History🦴 Human Origins⚡ Energy And Complexity🗣️ Cultural Evolution⏳ Deep Time
Origin Story Summary
Origin Story
How energy and information built the universe, life, and us. What they mean for our future.
by David Christian 2008 368 pages
4.06
7k+ ratings
🌌 Big History🦴 Human Origins⚡ Energy And Complexity🗣️ Cultural Evolution⏳ Deep Time
The Age of A.I. and Our Human Future
by Henry Kissinger • 2021
Old rules of knowledge, power, and war were built for humans. AI is rewriting them.
3.43
5k+
🤖 Machine Learning🌐 Tech Geopolitics⚖️ Ai Ethics🚀 Autonomous Weapons🐽 Ai Governance
The Age of A.I. and Our Human Future Summary
The Age of A.I. and Our Human Future
Old rules of knowledge, power, and war were built for humans. AI is rewriting them.
by Henry Kissinger 2021 205 pages
3.43
5k+ ratings
🤖 Machine Learning🌐 Tech Geopolitics⚖️ Ai Ethics🚀 Autonomous Weapons🐽 Ai Governance
Plastic
by Susan Freinkel • 2011
Modern life is built on a material that never goes away, and it's accumulating inside us.
3.97
1k+
🌊 Plastic Pollution🩺 Environmental Health🧱 Material Culture🧬 Endocrine Disruption🌍 Environmental History
Plastic Summary
Plastic
Modern life is built on a material that never goes away, and it's accumulating inside us.
by Susan Freinkel 2011 336 pages
3.97
1k+ ratings
🌊 Plastic Pollution🩺 Environmental Health🧱 Material Culture🧬 Endocrine Disruption🌍 Environmental History
Practical Time Series Analysis
by Aileen Nielsen • 2019
When ARIMA beats deep learning, and when it doesn't: the pipeline from cleaning to prediction.
3.77
64
📈 Time Series Analysis🔧 Feature Engineering🧹 Data Preparation⚙️ Machine Learning Pipelines📊 Statistical Learning
Practical Time Series Analysis Summary
Practical Time Series Analysis
When ARIMA beats deep learning, and when it doesn't: the pipeline from cleaning to prediction.
by Aileen Nielsen 2019 497 pages
3.77
64 ratings
📈 Time Series Analysis🔧 Feature Engineering🧹 Data Preparation⚙️ Machine Learning Pipelines📊 Statistical Learning
The Goldilocks Enigma
by Paul C.W. Davies • 2006
A handful of numbers enable existence. Their precision mocks chance. The search for why.
4.06
1k+
⚖️ Cosmic Fine-Tuning🌌 Multiverse Theory👁️ Anthropic Principle☯️ Science And Religion🤔 Philosophy Of Cosmology
The Goldilocks Enigma Summary
The Goldilocks Enigma
A handful of numbers enable existence. Their precision mocks chance. The search for why.
by Paul C.W. Davies 2006 350 pages
4.06
1k+ ratings
⚖️ Cosmic Fine-Tuning🌌 Multiverse Theory👁️ Anthropic Principle☯️ Science And Religion🤔 Philosophy Of Cosmology
Tools and Weapons
by Brad Smith • 2019
Tech weaponized your data, your vote, your face. An insider's plan to take them back.
3.85
1k+
🏛️ Tech Policy🔒 Privacy Rights🛡️ Cybersecurity🤖 Ai Ethics🌐 Digital Divide
Tools and Weapons Summary
Tools and Weapons
Tech weaponized your data, your vote, your face. An insider's plan to take them back.
by Brad Smith 2019 368 pages
3.85
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Tech Policy🔒 Privacy Rights🛡️ Cybersecurity🤖 Ai Ethics🌐 Digital Divide
Think Like a Rocket Scientist
by Ozan Varol • 2020
Nine rocket-science rules that turn uncertainty, failure, and impossible goals into your advantage.
4.17
5k+
🚀 Innovation Strategy🧠 Mental Models🧩 Cognitive Biases🌟 Audacious Goals🔬 Scientific Method
Think Like a Rocket Scientist Summary
Think Like a Rocket Scientist
Nine rocket-science rules that turn uncertainty, failure, and impossible goals into your advantage.
by Ozan Varol 2020 368 pages
4.17
5k+ ratings
🚀 Innovation Strategy🧠 Mental Models🧩 Cognitive Biases🌟 Audacious Goals🔬 Scientific Method
Here Comes Everybody
by Clay Shirky • 2008
Forming a group just became free. That doesn't upgrade institutions; it upends them.
3.78
7k+
🖥️ Internet Culture📱 Digital Sociology✊ Collective Action🕸️ Network Effects🤝 Peer Production
Here Comes Everybody Summary
Here Comes Everybody
Forming a group just became free. That doesn't upgrade institutions; it upends them.
by Clay Shirky 2008 348 pages
3.78
7k+ ratings
🖥️ Internet Culture📱 Digital Sociology✊ Collective Action🕸️ Network Effects🤝 Peer Production
Supernatural
by Graham Hancock • 2005
Ice Age cave art, fairy faith, and alien abduction are one phenomenon. The visitors are identical.
4.22
3k+
🏛️ Speculative History🌀 Shamanism🍄 Psychedelics🗿 Ancient Mysteries👽 Ufo Phenomena
Supernatural Summary
Supernatural
Ice Age cave art, fairy faith, and alien abduction are one phenomenon. The visitors are identical.
by Graham Hancock 2005 480 pages
4.22
3k+ ratings
🏛️ Speculative History🌀 Shamanism🍄 Psychedelics🗿 Ancient Mysteries👽 Ufo Phenomena
The Circadian Diabetes Code
by Satchin Panda • 2021
Your body clock, not just diet, drives blood sugar. A timed eating window can reverse diabetes.
4.14
299
🕰️ Circadian Biology⏳ Intermittent Fasting🩸 Diabetes Management😴 Sleep Hygiene🌅 Circadian Medicine
The Circadian Diabetes Code Summary
The Circadian Diabetes Code
Your body clock, not just diet, drives blood sugar. A timed eating window can reverse diabetes.
by Satchin Panda 2021 303 pages
4.14
299 ratings
🕰️ Circadian Biology⏳ Intermittent Fasting🩸 Diabetes Management😴 Sleep Hygiene🌅 Circadian Medicine
Dollars and Sense
by Dan Ariely • 2017
Paying cash hurts more than swiping a card. The hidden psychology running your financial life.
3.78
5k+
🧠 Behavioral Economics💰 Personal Finance🧩 Cognitive Biases💳 Spending Habits👁️ Value Perception
Dollars and Sense Summary
Dollars and Sense
Paying cash hurts more than swiping a card. The hidden psychology running your financial life.
by Dan Ariely 2017 288 pages
3.78
5k+ ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics💰 Personal Finance🧩 Cognitive Biases💳 Spending Habits👁️ Value Perception
Bottle of Lies
by Katherine Eban • 2019
Your generic pills might be fake. A whistleblower inside the world's largest drug factory proved it.
4.41
7k+
💊 Pharmaceutical Industry💰 Corporate Fraud📣 Whistleblowers🔎 Investigative Journalism🌐 Global Health
Bottle of Lies Summary
Bottle of Lies
Your generic pills might be fake. A whistleblower inside the world's largest drug factory proved it.
by Katherine Eban 2019 512 pages
4.41
7k+ ratings
💊 Pharmaceutical Industry💰 Corporate Fraud📣 Whistleblowers🔎 Investigative Journalism🌐 Global Health
DIY
by Eric Sprankle • 2024
How masturbation became a sin, a disease, and a billion-dollar industry.
4.33
275
🚫 Sexual Taboos🧠 Sexual Myths😳 Sexual Shame⛪ Sex And Religion🗽 Sexual Liberation
DIY Summary
DIY
How masturbation became a sin, a disease, and a billion-dollar industry.
by Eric Sprankle 2024 240 pages
4.33
275 ratings
🚫 Sexual Taboos🧠 Sexual Myths😳 Sexual Shame⛪ Sex And Religion🗽 Sexual Liberation
Think Twice
by Michael J. Mauboussin • 2009
Smart people fail at decisions because the mind's ancient shortcuts misfire in modern complexity.
3.93
1k+
🧠 Behavioral Economics🔍 Cognitive Biases📊 Decision Science🔗 Systems Thinking🎲 Luck Vs Skill
Think Twice Summary
Think Twice
Smart people fail at decisions because the mind's ancient shortcuts misfire in modern complexity.
by Michael J. Mauboussin 2009 224 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics🔍 Cognitive Biases📊 Decision Science🔗 Systems Thinking🎲 Luck Vs Skill
The Expanse and Philosophy
by Jeffery L. Nicholas • 2021
Martian militarism, alien minds, and colonial revolt: philosophy class is now a solar system at war.
3.99
71
🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy🚀 Science Fiction Studies🌍 Colonialism Critique🪪 Personal Identity🧠 Consciousness Studies
The Expanse and Philosophy Summary
The Expanse and Philosophy
Martian militarism, alien minds, and colonial revolt: philosophy class is now a solar system at war.
by Jeffery L. Nicholas 2021 256 pages
3.99
71 ratings
🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy🚀 Science Fiction Studies🌍 Colonialism Critique🪪 Personal Identity🧠 Consciousness Studies
The Geography of Genius
by Eric Weiner • 2016
Why Athens, Renaissance Florence, and Silicon Valley each erupted with genius at particular moments.
3.80
4k+
🌍 Historical Travelogue🧠 Intellectual History🔬 Creativity Research🏛️ Comparative History💡 Innovation Ecosystems
The Geography of Genius Summary
The Geography of Genius
Why Athens, Renaissance Florence, and Silicon Valley each erupted with genius at particular moments.
by Eric Weiner 2016 368 pages
3.80
4k+ ratings
🌍 Historical Travelogue🧠 Intellectual History🔬 Creativity Research🏛️ Comparative History💡 Innovation Ecosystems
The Little Book of Deep Learning
by François Fleuret • 2023
The machinery of deep learning, compressed: gradient descent, backprop, and attention.
4.32
151
🧠 Deep Learning🔧 Model Architectures⚡ Hardware Acceleration📚 Supervised Learning🎨 Generative Models
The Little Book of Deep Learning Summary
The Little Book of Deep Learning
The machinery of deep learning, compressed: gradient descent, backprop, and attention.
by François Fleuret 2023 168 pages
4.32
151 ratings
🧠 Deep Learning🔧 Model Architectures⚡ Hardware Acceleration📚 Supervised Learning🎨 Generative Models
Eat to Beat Your Diet
by William W. Li • 2023
Your body has fat that burns fat. The foods and fasting windows that turn it on.
3.99
1k+
🔥 Metabolic Health⏰ Intermittent Fasting🏺 Traditional Food Wisdom🧪 Bioactive Compounds🥗 Culinary Medicine
Eat to Beat Your Diet Summary
Eat to Beat Your Diet
Your body has fat that burns fat. The foods and fasting windows that turn it on.
by William W. Li 2023 577 pages
3.99
1k+ ratings
🔥 Metabolic Health⏰ Intermittent Fasting🏺 Traditional Food Wisdom🧪 Bioactive Compounds🥗 Culinary Medicine
The Noom Mindset
by Noom Inc. • 2022
Your diet isn't broken; your thinking is. The Noom psychology program for lasting weight loss.
3.55
1k+
⚖️ Weight Loss Programs🧩 Habit Design🔄 Cognitive Reframing🍽️ Mindful Eating🚫 Diet Culture Critique
The Noom Mindset Summary
The Noom Mindset
Your diet isn't broken; your thinking is. The Noom psychology program for lasting weight loss.
by Noom Inc. 2022 362 pages
3.55
1k+ ratings
⚖️ Weight Loss Programs🧩 Habit Design🔄 Cognitive Reframing🍽️ Mindful Eating🚫 Diet Culture Critique
Inventing Ourselves
by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore • 2016
Teen turmoil has a purpose. The brain is remodeling, and knowing why changes everything.
3.79
1k+
🧠 Adolescent Psychology🧬 Brain Development🔌 Neural Plasticity👥 Peer Influence🎯 Executive Function
Inventing Ourselves Summary
Inventing Ourselves
Teen turmoil has a purpose. The brain is remodeling, and knowing why changes everything.
by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore 2016 256 pages
3.79
1k+ ratings
🧠 Adolescent Psychology🧬 Brain Development🔌 Neural Plasticity👥 Peer Influence🎯 Executive Function
Cholesterol Clarity
by Jimmy Moore • 2013
Cholesterol isn't the enemy; inflammation is. The tests that matter and the diet that works.
4.14
500+
🔬 Cholesterol Myths🥩 Low-Carb Diets❤️ Heart Disease Prevention💊 Statin Skepticism🔥 Chronic Inflammation
Cholesterol Clarity Summary
Cholesterol Clarity
Cholesterol isn't the enemy; inflammation is. The tests that matter and the diet that works.
by Jimmy Moore 2013 304 pages
4.14
500+ ratings
🔬 Cholesterol Myths🥩 Low-Carb Diets❤️ Heart Disease Prevention💊 Statin Skepticism🔥 Chronic Inflammation
Drunk
by Edward Slingerland • 2021
Getting drunk made us human. How alcohol built civilization, and where the bargain went wrong.
3.81
3k+
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🍺 History Of Alcohol🌍 Cultural Evolution📜 Big History🍄 Ritual And Intoxication
Drunk Summary
Drunk
Getting drunk made us human. How alcohol built civilization, and where the bargain went wrong.
by Edward Slingerland 2021 369 pages
3.81
3k+ ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🍺 History Of Alcohol🌍 Cultural Evolution📜 Big History🍄 Ritual And Intoxication
Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy
by Tim Harford • 2017
Fifty inventions, from barbed wire to infant formula, and the economic ripples nobody saw coming.
4.06
4k+
📜 Economic History💡 Innovation Economics🔧 Technological History🦋 Unintended Consequences🌪️ Creative Destruction
Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy Summary
Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy
Fifty inventions, from barbed wire to infant formula, and the economic ripples nobody saw coming.
by Tim Harford 2017 336 pages
4.06
4k+ ratings
📜 Economic History💡 Innovation Economics🔧 Technological History🦋 Unintended Consequences🌪️ Creative Destruction
The Little Book of Economics
by Greg Ip • 2010
The economy explained: from the 1-to-3-percent inflation rule to why every boom eventually dies.
3.74
1k+
📊 Macroeconomics📋 Economic Policy📈 Financial Markets🏦 Monetary Policy📘 Economic Literacy
The Little Book of Economics Summary
The Little Book of Economics
The economy explained: from the 1-to-3-percent inflation rule to why every boom eventually dies.
by Greg Ip 2010 256 pages
3.74
1k+ ratings
📊 Macroeconomics📋 Economic Policy📈 Financial Markets🏦 Monetary Policy📘 Economic Literacy
Dollars and Sex
by Marina Adshade • 2013
Love and marriage obey the same market forces as stocks and groceries. The data proves it.
3.61
338
💰 Sexual Economics🧠 Behavioral Economics🎢 Freakonomics🔍 Mate Selection💻 Online Dating Markets
Dollars and Sex Summary
Dollars and Sex
Love and marriage obey the same market forces as stocks and groceries. The data proves it.
by Marina Adshade 2013 272 pages
3.61
338 ratings
💰 Sexual Economics🧠 Behavioral Economics🎢 Freakonomics🔍 Mate Selection💻 Online Dating Markets
The Secret of Light
by Walter Russell • 1947
Matter, time, and motion are illusions. The universe is a thought projection of a mind at rest.
4.37
208
🪐 Esoteric Cosmology🔬 Spiritual Science🧠 Divine Mind🕉️ Nondual Awareness🎭 Illusion Of Matter
The Secret of Light Summary
The Secret of Light
Matter, time, and motion are illusions. The universe is a thought projection of a mind at rest.
by Walter Russell 1947 288 pages
4.37
208 ratings
🪐 Esoteric Cosmology🔬 Spiritual Science🧠 Divine Mind🕉️ Nondual Awareness🎭 Illusion Of Matter
The Age-Proof Brain
by Marc Milstein • 2022
Your brain's age isn't fixed: the everyday habits that can make it younger, starting today.
4.27
1k+
🧠 Brain Aging🏥 Lifestyle Medicine🔄 Neuroplasticity📝 Memory Improvement😴 Sleep Hygiene
The Age-Proof Brain Summary
The Age-Proof Brain
Your brain's age isn't fixed: the everyday habits that can make it younger, starting today.
by Marc Milstein 2022 240 pages
4.27
1k+ ratings
🧠 Brain Aging🏥 Lifestyle Medicine🔄 Neuroplasticity📝 Memory Improvement😴 Sleep Hygiene
Schadenfreude
by Tiffany Watt Smith • 2018
Schadenfreude isn't just a character flaw: it's a window into justice, power, and human nature.
3.36
1k+
🍯 Schadenfreude📊 Social Comparison🧬 Evolutionary Psychology📜 History Of Emotions⚖️ Moral Emotions
Schadenfreude Summary
Schadenfreude
Schadenfreude isn't just a character flaw: it's a window into justice, power, and human nature.
by Tiffany Watt Smith 2018 157 pages
3.36
1k+ ratings
🍯 Schadenfreude📊 Social Comparison🧬 Evolutionary Psychology📜 History Of Emotions⚖️ Moral Emotions
The Ten Types of Human
by Dexter Dias • 2018
Your brain runs ten minds. One feels another's pain. One learns to enjoy causing it.
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2k+
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🔬 Behavioral Science🤝 Social Bonding💕 Empathy💔 Psychological Trauma
The Ten Types of Human Summary
The Ten Types of Human
Your brain runs ten minds. One feels another's pain. One learns to enjoy causing it.
by Dexter Dias 2018
4.16
2k+ ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🔬 Behavioral Science🤝 Social Bonding💕 Empathy💔 Psychological Trauma
Phosphorescence
by Julia Baird • 2020
What sustains you when optimism fails: nature, deep friendship, and the discipline of noticing.
3.77
12k+
✨ Everyday Awe🌿 Nature Connection🔍 Attention Practice🤝 Deep Friendships💗 Self-Compassion
Phosphorescence Summary
Phosphorescence
What sustains you when optimism fails: nature, deep friendship, and the discipline of noticing.
by Julia Baird 2020 320 pages
3.77
12k+ ratings
✨ Everyday Awe🌿 Nature Connection🔍 Attention Practice🤝 Deep Friendships💗 Self-Compassion
Breaking the Spell
by Daniel C. Dennett • 2006
Our brains are built for belief. How evolution, cognition, and culture invented the gods.
3.89
12k+
🔬 Science Of Religion🧬 Evolution Of Religion🧠 Psychology Of Belief❌ New Atheism🛐 Origins Of Religion
Breaking the Spell Summary
Breaking the Spell
Our brains are built for belief. How evolution, cognition, and culture invented the gods.
by Daniel C. Dennett 2006 464 pages
3.89
12k+ ratings
🔬 Science Of Religion🧬 Evolution Of Religion🧠 Psychology Of Belief❌ New Atheism🛐 Origins Of Religion
This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health
by Nathan Filer • 2019
A nurse turned journalist traces psychosis to its real roots: poverty, trauma, and racism.
4.28
2k+
🔍 Psychiatric Critique💔 Trauma And Psychosis🏘️ Social Determinants⚖️ Medical Racism💊 Pharma Skepticism
This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health Summary
This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health
A nurse turned journalist traces psychosis to its real roots: poverty, trauma, and racism.
by Nathan Filer 2019
4.28
2k+ ratings
🔍 Psychiatric Critique💔 Trauma And Psychosis🏘️ Social Determinants⚖️ Medical Racism💊 Pharma Skepticism
Skincare
by Caroline Hirons • 2020
Spend on serums, not cleansers, and treat sun like DNA damage: the no-nonsense skincare guide.
4.32
6k+
🧴 Skincare📅 Skincare Routines⏳ Anti-Aging Skincare📝 Ingredient Literacy🚫 Skincare Myths
Skincare Summary
Skincare
Spend on serums, not cleansers, and treat sun like DNA damage: the no-nonsense skincare guide.
by Caroline Hirons 2020 304 pages
4.32
6k+ ratings
🧴 Skincare📅 Skincare Routines⏳ Anti-Aging Skincare📝 Ingredient Literacy🚫 Skincare Myths
Obsessives, Pioneers, and Other Varieties of Minor Genius
by Malcolm Gladwell • 2009
A copywriter, a Catholic doctor, a dog whisperer: how obsessive outsiders see what others overlook.
3.96
500+
📺 Advertising History🧠 Consumer Psychology🐕 Canine Cognition🩺 Reproductive Health🧬 Evolutionary Medicine
Obsessives, Pioneers, and Other Varieties of Minor Genius Summary
Obsessives, Pioneers, and Other Varieties of Minor Genius
A copywriter, a Catholic doctor, a dog whisperer: how obsessive outsiders see what others overlook.
by Malcolm Gladwell 2009 130 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
📺 Advertising History🧠 Consumer Psychology🐕 Canine Cognition🩺 Reproductive Health🧬 Evolutionary Medicine
The Lost World of Adam and Eve
by John H. Walton • 2010
Genesis 2-3 is about order not material origins. An ancient reading that makes room for science.
4.23
1k+
🏛️ Old Testament Studies📖 Biblical Theology🗺️ Ancient Near Eastern Context🌌 Creation Theology👤 Theological Anthropology
The Lost World of Adam and Eve Summary
The Lost World of Adam and Eve
Genesis 2-3 is about order not material origins. An ancient reading that makes room for science.
by John H. Walton 2010 256 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Old Testament Studies📖 Biblical Theology🗺️ Ancient Near Eastern Context🌌 Creation Theology👤 Theological Anthropology
SPSS Survival Manual
by Julie Pallant • 2001
Your SPSS survival guide: plain-English steps from data entry to ANOVA, no stats panic required.
4.11
372
💻 Statistical Software📋 Research Methods📏 Scale Development📈 Regression Analysis🧩 Factor Analysis
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SPSS Survival Manual
Your SPSS survival guide: plain-English steps from data entry to ANOVA, no stats panic required.
by Julie Pallant 2001 352 pages
4.11
372 ratings
💻 Statistical Software📋 Research Methods📏 Scale Development📈 Regression Analysis🧩 Factor Analysis
The End of Mental Illness
by Daniel G. Amen • 2020
Mental illness is a misnomer. Brain scans reveal physical damage, and brain health can reverse it.
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🧠 Brain Health🔬 Brain Imaging🩺 Functional Medicine🧬 Personalized Medicine💥 Traumatic Brain Injury
The End of Mental Illness Summary
The End of Mental Illness
Mental illness is a misnomer. Brain scans reveal physical damage, and brain health can reverse it.
by Daniel G. Amen 2020 718 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
🧠 Brain Health🔬 Brain Imaging🩺 Functional Medicine🧬 Personalized Medicine💥 Traumatic Brain Injury
Moral Minds
by Marc Hauser • 2006
Morality runs on innate grammar, like language, shared across cultures, revealed in the brain.
3.74
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🧠 Moral Psychology🧬 Evolutionary Ethics👶 Innate Morality🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience⚡ Moral Intuition
Moral Minds Summary
Moral Minds
Morality runs on innate grammar, like language, shared across cultures, revealed in the brain.
by Marc Hauser 2006 528 pages
3.74
1k+ ratings
🧠 Moral Psychology🧬 Evolutionary Ethics👶 Innate Morality🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience⚡ Moral Intuition
On the Origin of Time
by Thomas Hertog • 2023
The universe has no single origin story. Hawking's last theory: our questions shape the cosmic past.
4.06
2k+
🔭 Physical Cosmology🧮 Theoretical Physics⚛️ Quantum Cosmology🪞 Holographic Principle🎯 Fine-Tuning Problem
On the Origin of Time Summary
On the Origin of Time
The universe has no single origin story. Hawking's last theory: our questions shape the cosmic past.
by Thomas Hertog 2023 352 pages
4.06
2k+ ratings
🔭 Physical Cosmology🧮 Theoretical Physics⚛️ Quantum Cosmology🪞 Holographic Principle🎯 Fine-Tuning Problem
The Polymath
by Peter Burke • 2020
From Leonardo to the web: how polymaths weathered information overloads, and why we need them again.
3.27
387
🧠 Intellectual History🔬 Polymathy🎨 Renaissance Humanism🕯️ Enlightenment🔭 History Of Science
The Polymath Summary
The Polymath
From Leonardo to the web: how polymaths weathered information overloads, and why we need them again.
by Peter Burke 2020 352 pages
3.27
387 ratings
🧠 Intellectual History🔬 Polymathy🎨 Renaissance Humanism🕯️ Enlightenment🔭 History Of Science
Build a Large Language Model
by Sebastian Raschka • 2025
Skip expensive pretraining. Build a working LLM from GPT-2 and teach it to follow instructions.
4.60
356
🧠 Large Language Models🗣️ Natural Language Processing🏗️ Transformer Architectures🔄 Self-Supervised Learning🎯 Model Fine-Tuning
Build a Large Language Model Summary
Build a Large Language Model
Skip expensive pretraining. Build a working LLM from GPT-2 and teach it to follow instructions.
by Sebastian Raschka 2025 400 pages
4.60
356 ratings
🧠 Large Language Models🗣️ Natural Language Processing🏗️ Transformer Architectures🔄 Self-Supervised Learning🎯 Model Fine-Tuning
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