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Why Does the World Exist? Summary
Why Does the World Exist?
An Existential Detective Story
by Jim Holt 2011 279 pages
3.81
6.7K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Physics
The Sleep Revolution Summary
The Sleep Revolution
Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time
by Arianna Huffington 2016 392 pages
3.44
7.8K ratings
Health
Self Help
Science
The First 20 Minutes Summary
The First 20 Minutes
Surprising Science Reveals How We Can: Exercise Better, Train Smarter, Live Longer
by Gretchen Reynolds 2012 288 pages
3.80
4.5K ratings
Health
Science
Fitness
On the Origin of Time Summary
On the Origin of Time
Stephen Hawking's Final Theory
by Thomas Hertog 2023 352 pages
4.08
2.1K ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
The Ten Types of Human Summary
The Ten Types of Human
Who We Are and Who We Can Be
by Dexter Dias 2018 816 pages
4.17
2.1K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Relativity Summary
Relativity
The Special and the General Theory
by Albert Einstein 1916 130 pages
4.20
22.5K ratings
Science
Physics
Classics
Counterclockwise Summary
Counterclockwise
Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility
by Ellen J. Langer 2009 240 pages
3.86
737 ratings
Psychology
Health
Self Help
The Algorithm Summary
The Algorithm
How AI Decides Who Gets Hired, Monitored, Promoted, and Fired and Why We Need to Fight Back Now
by Hilke Schellmann 2024 336 pages
3.94
347 ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Business
Technology
Encyclopedia of Electronic Components Volume 1 Summary
Encyclopedia of Electronic Components Volume 1
Resistors, Capacitors, Inductors, Switches, Encoders, Relays, Transistors
by Charles Platt 2012 294 pages
4.31
183 ratings
Reference
Engineering
Technology
Letters to a Young Scientist Summary
Letters to a Young Scientist
by Edward O. Wilson 2013 256 pages
3.90
4.6K ratings
Science
Biology
Nature
Intelligence Summary
Intelligence
All That Matters
by Stuart Ritchie 2015 160 pages
4.06
691 ratings
Psychology
Science
Anthropology
Life Time Summary
Life Time
by Russell Foster 2022 480 pages
3.96
936 ratings
Health
Science
Self Help
The Science of Fear Summary
The Science of Fear
Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn't--and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger
by Daniel Gardner 2008 339 pages
3.97
5.7K ratings
Psychology
Science
Politics
Down to Earth Summary
Down to Earth
Politics in the New Climatic Regime
by Bruno Latour 2017 140 pages
3.76
1.6K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Environment
Swearing Is Good for You Summary
Swearing Is Good for You
The Amazing Science of Bad Language
by Emma Byrne 2017 240 pages
3.48
2.0K ratings
Science
Psychology
Language
The Language of God Summary
The Language of God
A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief
by Francis S. Collins 2006 294 pages
3.87
13.3K ratings
Science
Christian
Theology
Happy Brain Summary
Happy Brain
Where Happiness Comes From, and Why
by Dean Burnett 2018 352 pages
3.70
2.2K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
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
The Chemistry of Calm Summary
The Chemistry of Calm
A Powerful, Drug-Free Plan to Quiet Your Fears and Overcome Your Anxiety
by Henry Emmons 2010 288 pages
3.79
1.1K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Health
Irrationally yours Summary
Irrationally yours
On Missing Socks, Pick-up Lines and Other Existential Puzzles
by Dan Ariely 2015 219 pages
3.47
2.1K ratings
Psychology
Economics
Science
Animal Madness Summary
Animal Madness
How Anxious Dogs, Compulsive Parrots, and Elephants in Recovery Help Us Understand Ourselves
by Laurel Braitman 2014 384 pages
3.85
1.3K ratings
Animals
Science
Psychology
Seven Days that Divide the World Summary
Seven Days that Divide the World
The Beginning According to Genesis & Science
by John C. Lennox 2011 192 pages
4.15
2.6K ratings
Science
Christian
Theology
Data And Computer Communications Summary
Data And Computer Communications
by William Stallings 1985 878 pages
3.89
291 ratings
Computer Science
Computers
Textbooks
The Case for Keto Summary
The Case for Keto
Rethinking Weight Control and the Science and Practice of Low-Carb/High-Fat Eating
by Gary Taubes 2020 304 pages
4.26
2.4K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
Ignorance Summary
Ignorance
How it drives science
by Stuart Firestein 2012 208 pages
3.86
1.3K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
Your Brain, Explained Summary
Your Brain, Explained
What Neuroscience Reveals About Your Brain and its Quirks
by Marc Dingman 2019 256 pages
4.16
588 ratings
Neuroscience
Science
Psychology
Spent Summary
Spent
Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior
by Geoffrey Miller 2009 384 pages
3.84
1.3K ratings
Psychology
Science
Economics
The Secret Lives of Introverts Summary
The Secret Lives of Introverts
Inside Our Hidden World
by Jenn Granneman 2017 320 pages
3.81
3.4K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
The Internet of Us Summary
The Internet of Us
Knowing More and Understanding Less in the Age of Big Data
by Michael Patrick Lynch 2016 256 pages
3.51
522 ratings
Philosophy
Technology
Psychology
Barking Up the Wrong Tree Summary
Barking Up the Wrong Tree
The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong
by Eric Barker 2017 224 pages
4.11
16.7K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Business
Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing Summary
Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing
by Henry Petroski 1996 256 pages
3.75
346 ratings
Engineering
Science
Design
The Age of AI Summary
The Age of AI
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity
by Jason Thacker 2020 192 pages
3.67
157 ratings
Technology
Christianity
Science
America Before Summary
America Before
The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization
by Graham Hancock 2019 624 pages
4.14
3.5K ratings
History
Science
Anthropology
Overcoming Destructive Beliefs, Feelings, and Behaviors Summary
Overcoming Destructive Beliefs, Feelings, and Behaviors
New Directions for Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
by Albert Ellis 2001 419 pages
4.21
230 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
A Brief History of Earth Summary
A Brief History of Earth
Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
by Andrew H. Knoll 2021 272 pages
3.94
4.1K ratings
Science
History
Geology
The Future of Humanity Summary
The Future of Humanity
Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality and Our Destiny Beyond Earth
by Michio Kaku 2018 368 pages
4.19
11.8K ratings
Science
Physics
Space
A Crack in Creation Summary
A Crack in Creation
Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
by Jennifer A. Doudna 2017 304 pages
4.13
6.2K ratings
Science
Biology
Genetics
Game Changer Summary
Game Changer
AlphaZero's Groundbreaking Chess Strategies and the Promise of AI
by Matthew Sadler 2019 416 pages
4.23
270 ratings
Chess
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Ubiquity Summary
Ubiquity
Why Catastrophes Happen
by Mark Buchanan 2000 288 pages
3.89
685 ratings
Science
History
Economics
The Biggest Ideas in the Universe Summary
The Biggest Ideas in the Universe
Space, Time, and Motion
by Sean Carroll 2022 304 pages
3.98
1.6K ratings
Science
Physics
Space
The Genesis Machine Summary
The Genesis Machine
Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology
by Amy Webb 2022 368 pages
3.93
680 ratings
Science
Biology
Technology
How to Invent Everything Summary
How to Invent Everything
A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler
by Ryan North 2018 437 pages
4.15
5.9K ratings
Science
History
Humor
The Neuroscience of You Summary
The Neuroscience of You
How Every Brain Is Different and How to Understand Yours
by Chantel Prat 2022 384 pages
3.82
931 ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Triumphs of Experience Summary
Triumphs of Experience
The Men of the Harvard Grant Study
by George E. Vaillant 2012 457 pages
4.15
1.1K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Out of My Skull Summary
Out of My Skull
The Psychology of Boredom
by James Danckert 2020 288 pages
3.53
326 ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth Summary
A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth
4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters
by Henry Gee 2021 280 pages
4.05
2.8K ratings
Science
History
Biology
The Legacy Summary
The Legacy
An Elder's Vision for Our Sustainable Future
by David Suzuki 2010 128 pages
4.20
474 ratings
Environment
Science
Sustainability
Nutrient Power Summary
Nutrient Power
Heal Your Biochemistry and Heal Your Brain
by William J. Walsh 2012 224 pages
4.09
681 ratings
Health
Nutrition
Science
Socrates in the City Summary
Socrates in the City
Conversations on "Life, God, and Other Small Topics"
by Eric Metaxas 2011 400 pages
4.04
501 ratings
Philosophy
Christian
Religion
The Little Book of Economics Summary
The Little Book of Economics
How the Economy Works in the Real World
by Greg Ip 2010 250 pages
3.72
1.2K ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
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