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Books like Car Science

Sustainable Energy - without the hot air
by David J.C. MacKay • 2008
Most energy plans don't add up. A physicist's arithmetic reveals what would.
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2k+
🏛️ Energy Policy⚡ Energy Systems🌬️ Renewable Energy
Sustainable Energy - without the hot air Summary
Sustainable Energy - without the hot air 91%
Most energy plans don't add up. A physicist's arithmetic reveals what would.
by David J.C. MacKay 2008
4.41
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Energy Policy⚡ Energy Systems🌬️ Renewable Energy
Engineering in Plain Sight
by Grady Hillhouse • 2022
An illustrated field guide to the engineering secrets embedded in every street, pole, and bridge.
4.20
856
🏗️ Civil Engineering🏙️ Built Environment⚡ Infrastructure
Engineering in Plain Sight Summary
Engineering in Plain Sight 91%
An illustrated field guide to the engineering secrets embedded in every street, pole, and bridge.
by Grady Hillhouse 2022
4.20
856 ratings
🏗️ Civil Engineering🏙️ Built Environment⚡ Infrastructure
Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness
by Henepola Gunaratana • 2001
You wake up to cortisol, brush with fluoride, and carry a lithium battery. Chemistry did that.
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2k+
🧪 Popular Science🧴 Everyday Chemistry⚛️ Introductory Chemistry
Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness Summary
Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness 90%
You wake up to cortisol, brush with fluoride, and carry a lithium battery. Chemistry did that.
by Henepola Gunaratana 2001
4.3
2k+ ratings
🧪 Popular Science🧴 Everyday Chemistry⚛️ Introductory Chemistry
Structures
by J.E. Gordon • 1978
The hidden physics that keeps the world standing, and the surprising ways everything still breaks.
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4k+
🏗️ Structural Engineering🧪 Materials Science💥 Structural Failure
Structures Summary
Structures 90%
The hidden physics that keeps the world standing, and the surprising ways everything still breaks.
by J.E. Gordon 1978
4.14
4k+ ratings
🏗️ Structural Engineering🧪 Materials Science💥 Structural Failure
How to Dunk a Doughnut
by Len Fisher • 2002
A physicist unpacks the hidden forces inside a doughnut dunk, a boiled egg, and a boomerang.
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277
🧪 Everyday Science🍞 Food Science🔬 Applied Physics
How to Dunk a Doughnut Summary
How to Dunk a Doughnut 90%
A physicist unpacks the hidden forces inside a doughnut dunk, a boiled egg, and a boomerang.
by Len Fisher 2002
3.34
277 ratings
🧪 Everyday Science🍞 Food Science🔬 Applied Physics
The Essential Engineer
by Henry Petroski • 2010
Science explains; engineering creates. When we confuse the two, our biggest problems get harder.
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270
🧠 Engineering Philosophy🛡️ Engineering Ethics⚖️ Risk Assessment
The Essential Engineer Summary
The Essential Engineer 90%
Science explains; engineering creates. When we confuse the two, our biggest problems get harder.
by Henry Petroski 2010
3.37
270 ratings
🧠 Engineering Philosophy🛡️ Engineering Ethics⚖️ Risk Assessment
Going Nuclear
by Tim Gregory • 2025
Nuclear is the cleanest, safest, densest energy on Earth. Only irrational fear stands in its way.
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🏭 Nuclear Energy🏛️ Energy Policy🌍 Climate Solutions
Going Nuclear Summary
Going Nuclear 90%
Nuclear is the cleanest, safest, densest energy on Earth. Only irrational fear stands in its way.
by Tim Gregory 2025
4.47
309 ratings
🏭 Nuclear Energy🏛️ Energy Policy🌍 Climate Solutions
Automotive Global Value Chain
by Wilson Kia Onn Wong • 2017
Automakers outsourced everything, accidentally handing the wheel to a few giant suppliers.
🚗 Automotive Industry📦 Supply Chain Management🏭 Lean Manufacturing
Automotive Global Value Chain Summary
Automotive Global Value Chain 90%
Automakers outsourced everything, accidentally handing the wheel to a few giant suppliers.
by Wilson Kia Onn Wong 2017
🚗 Automotive Industry📦 Supply Chain Management🏭 Lean Manufacturing
The Perfectionists
by Simon Winchester • 2018
From cylinders to microchips: the hidden pursuit of perfect smoothness that built the modern world.
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🔧 History Of Technology🏭 Industrial Revolution🔍 Microhistory
The Perfectionists Summary
The Perfectionists 89%
From cylinders to microchips: the hidden pursuit of perfect smoothness that built the modern world.
by Simon Winchester 2018
4.15
7k+ ratings
🔧 History Of Technology🏭 Industrial Revolution🔍 Microhistory
Antimatter
by Frank Close • 2009
Half the universe should be antimatter. That it vanished is physics' most persistent mystery.
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1k+
🧲 Particle Physics📜 History Of Science💥 Matter And Energy
Antimatter Summary
Antimatter 89%
Half the universe should be antimatter. That it vanished is physics' most persistent mystery.
by Frank Close 2009
4.04
1k+ ratings
🧲 Particle Physics📜 History Of Science💥 Matter And Energy
The Great Transition
by Lester R. Brown • 2014
Wind and solar are now cheapest. The shift isn't a political choice; it's a price signal.
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201
⚡ Energy Transition☀️ Renewable Energy📉 Energy Economics
The Great Transition Summary
The Great Transition 89%
Wind and solar are now cheapest. The shift isn't a political choice; it's a price signal.
by Lester R. Brown 2014
3.66
201 ratings
⚡ Energy Transition☀️ Renewable Energy📉 Energy Economics
The Physics of Superheroes
by James Kakalios • 2006
Superman's leap, Gwen Stacy's fall: real physics hides inside comic book panels.
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3k+
🧪 Pop Science🎬 Pop-Culture Science📚 Comic Book Science
The Physics of Superheroes Summary
The Physics of Superheroes 89%
Superman's leap, Gwen Stacy's fall: real physics hides inside comic book panels.
by James Kakalios 2006
3.92
3k+ ratings
🧪 Pop Science🎬 Pop-Culture Science📚 Comic Book Science
The Formula
by Joshua Robinson • 2024
Beneath the speed, F1's real race was in business, engineering loopholes, and reality television.
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7k+
🏎️ Motorsport Management🏟️ Sports Business✈️ Aero Engineering
The Formula Summary
The Formula 89%
Beneath the speed, F1's real race was in business, engineering loopholes, and reality television.
by Joshua Robinson 2024
4.31
7k+ ratings
🏎️ Motorsport Management🏟️ Sports Business✈️ Aero Engineering
Force
by Dan Cleather • 2021
Athletic power is about impulse, not peak force. Most training methods ignore this.
4.25
151
🦴 Biomechanics🏋️ Strength And Conditioning💪 Force Production
Force Summary
Force 89%
Athletic power is about impulse, not peak force. Most training methods ignore this.
by Dan Cleather 2021
4.25
151 ratings
🦴 Biomechanics🏋️ Strength And Conditioning💪 Force Production
Renewable Energy
by Bruce Usher • 2019
The energy transition was stalled by storage. The solution is already in millions of garages.
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302
☀️ Renewable Energy🔄 Energy Transition📉 Technology Cost Curves
Renewable Energy Summary
Renewable Energy 89%
The energy transition was stalled by storage. The solution is already in millions of garages.
by Bruce Usher 2019
4.33
302 ratings
☀️ Renewable Energy🔄 Energy Transition📉 Technology Cost Curves
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
by William Kamkwamba • 2009
A Malawian dropout, a library book on energy, and a windmill built from scrap metal.
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🛠️ African Innovation🌍 Appropriate Technology📚 Self-Taught Science
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Summary
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 89%
A Malawian dropout, a library book on energy, and a windmill built from scrap metal.
by William Kamkwamba 2009
4.24
12k+ ratings
🛠️ African Innovation🌍 Appropriate Technology📚 Self-Taught Science
How the World Really Works
by Vaclav Smil • 2022
Both doomers and utopians skip the same thing: modern civilization's staggering material scale.
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14k+
⚡ Energy Systems🏭 Industrial Ecology🌾 Global Food Systems
How the World Really Works Summary
How the World Really Works 89%
Both doomers and utopians skip the same thing: modern civilization's staggering material scale.
by Vaclav Smil 2022
3.94
14k+ ratings
⚡ Energy Systems🏭 Industrial Ecology🌾 Global Food Systems
The Road Taken
by Henry Petroski • 2016
The $121 billion congestion tax: what the history of pavement says about fixing America's roads.
3.44
529
🏛️ Infrastructure Policy🔧 Engineering History🛣️ Road Design
The Road Taken Summary
The Road Taken 89%
The $121 billion congestion tax: what the history of pavement says about fixing America's roads.
by Henry Petroski 2016
3.44
529 ratings
🏛️ Infrastructure Policy🔧 Engineering History🛣️ Road Design
Physics of the Future
by Michio Kaku • 2011
What a century of real physics can actually deliver: from invisible computers to fusion power.
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18k+
🔮 Future Studies🌐 Ubiquitous Computing🤖 Artificial Intelligence
Physics of the Future Summary
Physics of the Future 89%
What a century of real physics can actually deliver: from invisible computers to fusion power.
by Michio Kaku 2011
4.00
18k+ ratings
🔮 Future Studies🌐 Ubiquitous Computing🤖 Artificial Intelligence
Quantum Physics
by Jared Hendricks • 2015
Particles walk through walls and talk across galaxies. At quantum scales, impossible is the rule.
3.69
105
🧪 Quantum Mechanics📚 Popular Science⚛️ Particle Physics
Quantum Physics Summary
Quantum Physics 89%
Particles walk through walls and talk across galaxies. At quantum scales, impossible is the rule.
by Jared Hendricks 2015
3.69
105 ratings
🧪 Quantum Mechanics📚 Popular Science⚛️ Particle Physics
Physics of the Impossible
by Michio Kaku • 2008
Sci-fi's wildest tech, sorted by a physicist: what's coming this century, and what breaks reality.
4.09
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⚛️ Theoretical Physics🔮 Speculative Science📖 Popular Physics
Physics of the Impossible Summary
Physics of the Impossible 89%
Sci-fi's wildest tech, sorted by a physicist: what's coming this century, and what breaks reality.
by Michio Kaku 2008
4.09
42k+ ratings
⚛️ Theoretical Physics🔮 Speculative Science📖 Popular Physics
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering
by Richard W. Hamming • 1996
What separates great scientists from good ones: they pick better problems.
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2k+
🧠 Scientific Thinking⚙️ Engineering Practice💻 Computational Thinking
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering Summary
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering 89%
What separates great scientists from good ones: they pick better problems.
by Richard W. Hamming 1996
4.18
2k+ ratings
🧠 Scientific Thinking⚙️ Engineering Practice💻 Computational Thinking
The Science of Star Wars
by Mark Brake • 2016
The real science of hyperspace, alien biology, and the Force: more surprising than Star Wars.
3.44
413
📘 Pop Science🎬 Physics Of Sci-Fi🚀 Space Science
The Science of Star Wars Summary
The Science of Star Wars 89%
The real science of hyperspace, alien biology, and the Force: more surprising than Star Wars.
by Mark Brake 2016
3.44
413 ratings
📘 Pop Science🎬 Physics Of Sci-Fi🚀 Space Science
Stuff Matters
by Mark Miodownik • 2013
What a steel razor and a teacup reveal about civilization: the hidden science of everyday materials.
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🔬 Materials Science📦 Everyday Objects🏺 Material Culture
Stuff Matters Summary
Stuff Matters 89%
What a steel razor and a teacup reveal about civilization: the hidden science of everyday materials.
by Mark Miodownik 2013
4.11
21k+ ratings
🔬 Materials Science📦 Everyday Objects🏺 Material Culture
The Quantum Universe
by Brian Cox • 2011
A theory that defies common sense underlies transistors, lasers, and every atom in your body.
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5k+
⚛️ Quantum Mechanics📖 Popular Physics💥 Particle Physics
The Quantum Universe Summary
The Quantum Universe 89%
A theory that defies common sense underlies transistors, lasers, and every atom in your body.
by Brian Cox 2011
3.76
5k+ ratings
⚛️ Quantum Mechanics📖 Popular Physics💥 Particle Physics
How to Invent Everything
by Ryan North • 2018
Stranded in the past with nothing but your wits, and the flowchart says you're before 50,000 BCE.
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🏛️ Civilization Building🛠️ History Of Technology⏳ Time Travel Conceit
How to Invent Everything Summary
How to Invent Everything 89%
Stranded in the past with nothing but your wits, and the flowchart says you're before 50,000 BCE.
by Ryan North 2018
4.14
6k+ ratings
🏛️ Civilization Building🛠️ History Of Technology⏳ Time Travel Conceit
Soonish
by Kelly Weinersmith • 2017
Ten technologies that could reshape everything, and why each one might backfire spectacularly.
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6k+
🚀 Emerging Technologies🔮 Future Studies😂 Science Humor
Soonish Summary
Soonish 89%
Ten technologies that could reshape everything, and why each one might backfire spectacularly.
by Kelly Weinersmith 2017
3.94
6k+ ratings
🚀 Emerging Technologies🔮 Future Studies😂 Science Humor
Civil Engineering
by David Muir Wood • 2012
Why bridges stand and dams hold: a compact tour of civil engineering, from soil to steel.
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137
🏗️ Civil Infrastructure🧱 Construction Materials⚙️ Engineering Basics
Civil Engineering Summary
Civil Engineering 89%
Why bridges stand and dams hold: a compact tour of civil engineering, from soil to steel.
by David Muir Wood 2012
3.61
137 ratings
🏗️ Civil Infrastructure🧱 Construction Materials⚙️ Engineering Basics
Road to Nowhere
by Paris Marx • 2022
The tech-driven transportation future is a dead end. The real fix: fewer cars, better transit.
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643
🚗 Car Culture🏙️ Urban Planning💻 Techno-Solutionism
Road to Nowhere Summary
Road to Nowhere 89%
The tech-driven transportation future is a dead end. The real fix: fewer cars, better transit.
by Paris Marx 2022
4.16
643 ratings
🚗 Car Culture🏙️ Urban Planning💻 Techno-Solutionism
The Code Breaker -- Young Readers Edition
by Walter Isaacson • 2022
Bacteria invented gene editing. One scientist who ignored every 'no' taught us to use it.
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137
🧬 Gene Editing🔬 Molecular Biology👩‍🔬 Women In Science
The Code Breaker -- Young Readers Edition Summary
The Code Breaker -- Young Readers Edition 89%
Bacteria invented gene editing. One scientist who ignored every 'no' taught us to use it.
by Walter Isaacson 2022
4.23
137 ratings
🧬 Gene Editing🔬 Molecular Biology👩‍🔬 Women In Science
Car Guys vs. Bean Counters
by Bob Lutz • 2011
GM had half the market and the best cars. Three decades of financial management destroyed both.
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1k+
🚗 Automotive Industry🔄 Corporate Turnaround🎨 Product Design
Car Guys vs. Bean Counters Summary
Car Guys vs. Bean Counters 89%
GM had half the market and the best cars. Three decades of financial management destroyed both.
by Bob Lutz 2011
3.73
1k+ ratings
🚗 Automotive Industry🔄 Corporate Turnaround🎨 Product Design
The Future of Fusion Energy
by Jason Parisi • 2018
Building a star on Earth: the 35-nation, 500-megawatt experiment to unlock fusion energy.
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127
⚛️ Nuclear Fusion🔬 Plasma Physics🔧 Energy Technology
The Future of Fusion Energy Summary
The Future of Fusion Energy 89%
Building a star on Earth: the 35-nation, 500-megawatt experiment to unlock fusion energy.
by Jason Parisi 2018
4.49
127 ratings
⚛️ Nuclear Fusion🔬 Plasma Physics🔧 Energy Technology
Learning from Leonardo
by Fritjof Capra • 2013
He traced water, drew muscles, and built wings. He also painted the Mona Lisa.
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108
🧠 Systems Thinking🔍 Scientific Method🏛️ Renaissance Science
Learning from Leonardo Summary
Learning from Leonardo 89%
He traced water, drew muscles, and built wings. He also painted the Mona Lisa.
by Fritjof Capra 2013
3.96
108 ratings
🧠 Systems Thinking🔍 Scientific Method🏛️ Renaissance Science
The Evolution of Useful Things
by Henry Petroski • 1994
Annoyance, not function, gave us forks, zippers, paper clips. The real driver of everyday design.
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1k+
🏭 Industrial Design🥄 Everyday Objects🔄 Design Evolution
The Evolution of Useful Things Summary
The Evolution of Useful Things 89%
Annoyance, not function, gave us forks, zippers, paper clips. The real driver of everyday design.
by Henry Petroski 1994
3.52
1k+ ratings
🏭 Industrial Design🥄 Everyday Objects🔄 Design Evolution
The Fourth Phase of Water
by Gerald H. Pollack • 2013
Water self-assembles into a hidden, light-charged battery that powers the living world.
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💧 Water Science🧬 Biophysics🧊 Structured Water
The Fourth Phase of Water Summary
The Fourth Phase of Water 89%
Water self-assembles into a hidden, light-charged battery that powers the living world.
by Gerald H. Pollack 2013
4.31
401 ratings
💧 Water Science🧬 Biophysics🧊 Structured Water
Why Does E=mc2? by Cox, Brian, Forshaw, Jeff [Da Capo Press, 2010] (Paperback) [Paperback]
by Cox • 2009
Chase a light beam: it still outruns you. That single fact rebuilds spacetime from scratch.
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10k+
⚛️ Modern Physics🕰️ Relativity Theory🔭 Theoretical Physics
Why Does E=mc2? by Cox, Brian, Forshaw, Jeff [Da Capo Press, 2010] (Paperback) [Paperback] Summary
Why Does E=mc2? by Cox, Brian, Forshaw, Jeff [Da Capo Press, 2010] (Paperback) [Paperback] 89%
Chase a light beam: it still outruns you. That single fact rebuilds spacetime from scratch.
by Cox 2009
4.05
10k+ ratings
⚛️ Modern Physics🕰️ Relativity Theory🔭 Theoretical Physics
Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing
by Petroski • 1996
Paper clips, fax machines, bridges: what their shortcomings reveal about the logic of engineering.
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351
🛠️ Engineering Design🏛️ History Of Technology💥 Failure Analysis
Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing Summary
Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing 89%
Paper clips, fax machines, bridges: what their shortcomings reveal about the logic of engineering.
by Petroski 1996
3.75
351 ratings
🛠️ Engineering Design🏛️ History Of Technology💥 Failure Analysis
The Grid
by Gretchen Bakke • 2016
The clean-energy future depends on a century-old machine that was never designed to handle it.
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5k+
🏗️ Infrastructure⚡ Energy Transition🌬️ Renewable Integration
The Grid Summary
The Grid 89%
The clean-energy future depends on a century-old machine that was never designed to handle it.
by Gretchen Bakke 2016
3.86
5k+ ratings
🏗️ Infrastructure⚡ Energy Transition🌬️ Renewable Integration
Artificial Intelligence For Dummies (For Dummies
by John Paul Mueller • 2018
AI is math, not magic. A plain-English guide to what machine learning can and cannot do.
3.41
242
🤖 Ai For Beginners📖 Ai Literacy🎯 Narrow Ai
Artificial Intelligence For Dummies (For Dummies Summary
Artificial Intelligence For Dummies (For Dummies 89%
AI is math, not magic. A plain-English guide to what machine learning can and cannot do.
by John Paul Mueller 2018
3.41
242 ratings
🤖 Ai For Beginners📖 Ai Literacy🎯 Narrow Ai
Numbers Don't Lie
by Vaclav Smil • 2020
Your smartphone costs the planet as much as a car. 71 data points that rewrite modern life.
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🔋 Energy Transitions👴 Demographic Shifts🌽 Food Systems
Numbers Don't Lie Summary
Numbers Don't Lie 89%
Your smartphone costs the planet as much as a car. 71 data points that rewrite modern life.
by Vaclav Smil 2020
3.82
11k+ ratings
🔋 Energy Transitions👴 Demographic Shifts🌽 Food Systems
Pasteur's Quadrant
by Donald E. Stokes • 1997
The report that sold America on funding pure science: the engine of health, security, and growth.
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🧪 Science Policy💰 Research Funding🧬 Basic Research
Pasteur's Quadrant Summary
Pasteur's Quadrant 89%
The report that sold America on funding pure science: the engine of health, security, and growth.
by Donald E. Stokes 1997
3.82
150 ratings
🧪 Science Policy💰 Research Funding🧬 Basic Research
Energy and Civilization
by Vaclav Smil • 2017
A week of American energy use matches a year of Nigerian. The history behind that gap.
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⚡ Energy History⚙️ History Of Technology🏭 Industrial Revolution
Energy and Civilization Summary
Energy and Civilization 89%
A week of American energy use matches a year of Nigerian. The history behind that gap.
by Vaclav Smil 2017
4.09
4k+ ratings
⚡ Energy History⚙️ History Of Technology🏭 Industrial Revolution
Neutrino
by Frank Close • 2010
The Sun's neutrinos went missing for thirty years. The culprit was stranger than a broken star.
4.08
718
🔬 Particle Physics☀️ Solar Physics⚛️ Experimental Physics
Neutrino Summary
Neutrino 89%
The Sun's neutrinos went missing for thirty years. The culprit was stranger than a broken star.
by Frank Close 2010
4.08
718 ratings
🔬 Particle Physics☀️ Solar Physics⚛️ Experimental Physics
Taming the Sun
by Varun Sivaram • 2018
More solar means each panel is worth less. Three innovations can flip that equation.
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501
☀️ Solar Energy🔄 Clean Energy Transition🏛️ Energy Policy
Taming the Sun Summary
Taming the Sun 89%
More solar means each panel is worth less. Three innovations can flip that equation.
by Varun Sivaram 2018
4.07
501 ratings
☀️ Solar Energy🔄 Clean Energy Transition🏛️ Energy Policy
Designing the Future
by Ann Kaiser • 2019
Run your classroom like an engineering lab: failure becomes data, limits force invention.
🧪 Stem Education🏫 K-12 Instruction🛠️ Project-Based Learning
Designing the Future Summary
Designing the Future 89%
Run your classroom like an engineering lab: failure becomes data, limits force invention.
by Ann Kaiser 2019
🧪 Stem Education🏫 K-12 Instruction🛠️ Project-Based Learning
Elon Musk and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
by Ashlee Vance • 2017
A bullied kid, three near-bankruptcies, and the plan to put a million people on Mars.
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1k+
🚀 Space Entrepreneurship⚡ Clean Energy Innovation🌟 Techno-Optimism
Elon Musk and the Quest for a Fantastic Future Summary
Elon Musk and the Quest for a Fantastic Future 89%
A bullied kid, three near-bankruptcies, and the plan to put a million people on Mars.
by Ashlee Vance 2017
4.22
1k+ ratings
🚀 Space Entrepreneurship⚡ Clean Energy Innovation🌟 Techno-Optimism
Bad Astronomy
by Philip Plait • 2002
From seasons to tides to falling stars: what you've gotten wrong about the night sky.
4.04
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🪐 Popular Astronomy🔍 Myth Debunking🧠 Critical Thinking
Bad Astronomy Summary
Bad Astronomy 89%
From seasons to tides to falling stars: what you've gotten wrong about the night sky.
by Philip Plait 2002
4.04
6k+ ratings
🪐 Popular Astronomy🔍 Myth Debunking🧠 Critical Thinking
Life After Cars
by Sarah Goodyear • 2025
The cost of car dependency is hidden in plain sight. What happens when we build for people instead?
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🚗 Auto Culture🏙️ Livable Cities🚲 Tactical Urbanism
Life After Cars Summary
Life After Cars 89%
The cost of car dependency is hidden in plain sight. What happens when we build for people instead?
by Sarah Goodyear 2025
4.26
1k+ ratings
🚗 Auto Culture🏙️ Livable Cities🚲 Tactical Urbanism
ColdFusion Presents
by Dagogo Altraide • 2019
From steam to AI: the chain of breakthroughs that built the modern world, every link essential.
4.17
780
🏭 History Of Technology🔬 History Of Science💡 History Of Innovation
ColdFusion Presents Summary
ColdFusion Presents 88%
From steam to AI: the chain of breakthroughs that built the modern world, every link essential.
by Dagogo Altraide 2019
4.17
780 ratings
🏭 History Of Technology🔬 History Of Science💡 History Of Innovation
The Things We Make
by Bill Hammack • 2023
Engineering isn't applied science: it's the art of solving problems before anyone understands them.
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1k+
🛠️ History Of Technology🏗️ Engineering Culture💡 Design Thinking
The Things We Make Summary
The Things We Make 88%
Engineering isn't applied science: it's the art of solving problems before anyone understands them.
by Bill Hammack 2023
3.75
1k+ ratings
🛠️ History Of Technology🏗️ Engineering Culture💡 Design Thinking
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