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Books like Engineering Mechanics

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🎨 Design Principles🦴 Biomechanics
Structures Summary
Structures 94%
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🎨 Design Principles🦴 Biomechanics
Civil Engineering
by David Muir Wood • 2012
Why bridges stand and dams hold: a compact tour of civil engineering, from soil to steel.
3.61
137
🏗️ Civil Infrastructure🧱 Construction Materials⚙️ Engineering Basics🏛️ Structural Design💧 Water Infrastructure
Civil Engineering Summary
Civil Engineering 92%
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🏛️ Structural Design💧 Water Infrastructure
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🔧 Everyday Engineering🔍 Field Guides
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🔧 Everyday Engineering🔍 Field Guides
To Engineer Is Human
by Henry Petroski • 1985
Every disaster is a lesson plan. Bridges stay up because engineers study the ones that fell.
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3k+
🏗️ Structural Engineering💡 Design Thinking🔍 Failure Analysis⏳ History Of Technology⚠️ Human Error
To Engineer Is Human Summary
To Engineer Is Human 91%
Every disaster is a lesson plan. Bridges stay up because engineers study the ones that fell.
by Henry Petroski 1985
3.69
3k+ ratings
🏗️ Structural Engineering💡 Design Thinking🔍 Failure Analysis⏳ History Of Technology⚠️ Human Error
Force
by Dan Cleather • 2021
Athletic power is about impulse, not peak force. Most training methods ignore this.
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151
🦴 Biomechanics🏋️ Strength And Conditioning💪 Force Production🎯 Exercise Specificity🧬 Muscle Mechanics
Force Summary
Force 91%
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🎯 Exercise Specificity🧬 Muscle Mechanics
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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7k+
🔧 History Of Technology🏭 Industrial Revolution🔍 Microhistory🏗️ Mass Production💥 Scientific Failures
The Perfectionists Summary
The Perfectionists 90%
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🏗️ Mass Production💥 Scientific Failures
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🔄 Systems Thinking✏️ Design Thinking
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🔄 Systems Thinking✏️ Design Thinking
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🔭 Cosmology📖 History Of Science
Quantum Physics Summary
Quantum Physics 90%
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🔭 Cosmology📖 History Of Science
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.
3.75
351
🛠️ Engineering Design🏛️ History Of Technology💥 Failure Analysis🧪 Material Science🔗 Systems Thinking
Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing Summary
Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing 90%
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🧪 Material Science🔗 Systems Thinking
Success through Failure
by Henry Petroski • 2006
Every triumph contains the seed of its collapse; the art of design is spotting it early.
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201
🧱 Engineering Failures💡 Learning From Failure📐 Design Theory🔄 Systems Thinking📜 Technological History
Success through Failure Summary
Success through Failure 90%
Every triumph contains the seed of its collapse; the art of design is spotting it early.
by Henry Petroski 2006
3.60
201 ratings
🧱 Engineering Failures💡 Learning From Failure📐 Design Theory🔄 Systems Thinking📜 Technological History
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🚦 Traffic Engineering⚠️ Failure Studies
The Road Taken Summary
The Road Taken 90%
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🚦 Traffic Engineering⚠️ Failure Studies
The Biggest Ideas in the Universe
by Sean Carroll • 2022
How equations reveal curved spacetime and time's arrow, no physics degree required.
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2k+
🧠 Theoretical Physics⚙️ Classical Mechanics🕳️ General Relativity⏳ Time And Entropy🔄 Conservation Laws
The Biggest Ideas in the Universe Summary
The Biggest Ideas in the Universe 90%
How equations reveal curved spacetime and time's arrow, no physics degree required.
by Sean Carroll 2022
4.00
2k+ ratings
🧠 Theoretical Physics⚙️ Classical Mechanics🕳️ General Relativity⏳ Time And Entropy🔄 Conservation Laws
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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🧠 Scientific Thinking⚙️ Engineering Practice💻 Computational Thinking🔬 Research Methods🔗 Interdisciplinary
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering Summary
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering 90%
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🔬 Research Methods🔗 Interdisciplinary
Engineers of Dreams
by Henry Petroski • 1995
America's bridges were built by dreamers, rivals, and the hard lessons of catastrophic failure.
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🏗️ Civil Engineering🌉 Bridge Design🏛️ Infrastructure History🔧 Technological History✏️ Design Philosophy
Engineers of Dreams Summary
Engineers of Dreams 89%
America's bridges were built by dreamers, rivals, and the hard lessons of catastrophic failure.
by Henry Petroski 1995
3.78
166 ratings
🏗️ Civil Engineering🌉 Bridge Design🏛️ Infrastructure History🔧 Technological History✏️ Design Philosophy
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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🧪 Everyday Science🍞 Food Science🔬 Applied Physics🤔 Scientific Curiosity🧠 Critical Thinking
How to Dunk a Doughnut Summary
How to Dunk a Doughnut 89%
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🤔 Scientific Curiosity🧠 Critical Thinking
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〰️ Quantum Field Theory🔬 Atomic 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〰️ Quantum Field Theory🔬 Atomic Physics
The God Particle
by Leon M. Lederman • 1993
All the universe's fundamental pieces are known but one: the particle responsible for mass.
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⚛️ Particle Physics📜 History Of Physics🌊 Quantum Mechanics📖 Popular Science🔍 Scientific Discovery
The God Particle Summary
The God Particle 89%
All the universe's fundamental pieces are known but one: the particle responsible for mass.
by Leon M. Lederman 1993
4.15
4k+ ratings
⚛️ Particle Physics📜 History Of Physics🌊 Quantum Mechanics📖 Popular Science🔍 Scientific Discovery
Six Easy Pieces
by Richard P. Feynman • 1994
Six core physics lessons on atoms, energy, gravity, and the quantum world's strangest behavior.
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🧱 Foundational Physics⚛️ Atomic Theory🍎 Classical Physics🌌 Quantum Mechanics🔬 Scientific Method
Six Easy Pieces Summary
Six Easy Pieces 89%
Six core physics lessons on atoms, energy, gravity, and the quantum world's strangest behavior.
by Richard P. Feynman 1994
4.21
31k+ ratings
🧱 Foundational Physics⚛️ Atomic Theory🍎 Classical Physics🌌 Quantum Mechanics🔬 Scientific Method
Rebuilding Milo
by Aaron Horschig • 2021
Your MRI is probably wrong. Find what movement triggers your pain, then rebuild from there.
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749
🏋️ Strength Training🩹 Injury Rehabilitation🔍 Movement Screening🧠 Pain Science🦴 Spinal Health
Rebuilding Milo Summary
Rebuilding Milo 89%
Your MRI is probably wrong. Find what movement triggers your pain, then rebuild from there.
by Aaron Horschig 2021
4.56
749 ratings
🏋️ Strength Training🩹 Injury Rehabilitation🔍 Movement Screening🧠 Pain Science🦴 Spinal Health
Unwritten Laws of Engineering
by W.J. King • 2011
Engineers' professional rules that school never taught: delegation, accountability, earning trust.
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658
🏗️ Engineering Management🛠️ Professionalism⚖️ Workplace Ethics🧠 Soft Skills🤝 Delegation
Unwritten Laws of Engineering Summary
Unwritten Laws of Engineering 89%
Engineers' professional rules that school never taught: delegation, accountability, earning trust.
by W.J. King 2011
4.10
658 ratings
🏗️ Engineering Management🛠️ Professionalism⚖️ Workplace Ethics🧠 Soft Skills🤝 Delegation
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🌌 Cosmic Mysteries🧪 Science Myths
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🌌 Cosmic Mysteries🧪 Science Myths
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⚙️ Industrial Design🗝️ Hidden Histories
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⚙️ Industrial Design🗝️ Hidden Histories
In a Flight of Starlings
by Giorgio Parisi • 2021
Starlings, spin glasses, and science's messy path: why simple rules create complex systems.
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🧩 Complex Systems🐦 Emergence🦅 Collective Behavior📝 Scientific Memoir⚛️ Physics Essays
In a Flight of Starlings Summary
In a Flight of Starlings 89%
Starlings, spin glasses, and science's messy path: why simple rules create complex systems.
by Giorgio Parisi 2021
3.41
2k+ ratings
🧩 Complex Systems🐦 Emergence🦅 Collective Behavior📝 Scientific Memoir⚛️ Physics Essays
Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field
by Nancy Forbes • 2014
How an uneducated bookbinder and a Scottish genius proved light, electricity, and magnetism are one.
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2k+
⚡ Electromagnetism📜 History Of Physics👨‍🔬 Scientific Biography🌐 Field Theory🧪 Experimental Physics
Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field Summary
Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field 89%
How an uneducated bookbinder and a Scottish genius proved light, electricity, and magnetism are one.
by Nancy Forbes 2014
4.26
2k+ ratings
⚡ Electromagnetism📜 History Of Physics👨‍🔬 Scientific Biography🌐 Field Theory🧪 Experimental Physics
Children Are from Heaven
by John Gray • 2000
Reality is fields, not particles, and everyday physics is already completely mapped.
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2k+
⚛️ Quantum Physics🌌 Modern Physics📝 Theoretical Physics🔬 Particle Physics💭 Philosophy Of Physics
Children Are from Heaven Summary
Children Are from Heaven 89%
Reality is fields, not particles, and everyday physics is already completely mapped.
by John Gray 2000
3.89
2k+ ratings
⚛️ Quantum Physics🌌 Modern Physics📝 Theoretical Physics🔬 Particle Physics💭 Philosophy Of Physics
The God Equation
by Michio Kaku • 2021
Three forces unified. Gravity alone resists. The ten-dimensional theory that might finally crack it.
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🧮 Theoretical Physics📜 History Of Physics🎻 String Theory⚛️ Quantum Gravity🔗 Unified Theories
The God Equation Summary
The God Equation 89%
Three forces unified. Gravity alone resists. The ten-dimensional theory that might finally crack it.
by Michio Kaku 2021
4.11
9k+ ratings
🧮 Theoretical Physics📜 History Of Physics🎻 String Theory⚛️ Quantum Gravity🔗 Unified Theories
Guesstimation
by Lawrence Weinstein • 2008
How to answer impossible questions with a napkin, a pen, and a few simple guesses.
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📝 Back-Of-The-Envelope Math⚛️ Everyday Physics🔢 Quantitative Reasoning🧩 Problem-Solving Heuristics🤔 Physical Intuition
Guesstimation Summary
Guesstimation 89%
How to answer impossible questions with a napkin, a pen, and a few simple guesses.
by Lawrence Weinstein 2008
3.75
432 ratings
📝 Back-Of-The-Envelope Math⚛️ Everyday Physics🔢 Quantitative Reasoning🧩 Problem-Solving Heuristics🤔 Physical Intuition
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"
by Richard P. Feynman • 1985
Safe-cracking, bongos, and a fatal O-ring: a Nobel laureate's life of fearless curiosity.
4.26
219k+
🧮 Theoretical Physics☢️ Midcentury Science⚖️ Scientific Integrity🗣️ Science Communication🔧 Tinkering
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" Summary
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" 89%
Safe-cracking, bongos, and a fatal O-ring: a Nobel laureate's life of fearless curiosity.
by Richard P. Feynman 1985
4.26
219k+ ratings
🧮 Theoretical Physics☢️ Midcentury Science⚖️ Scientific Integrity🗣️ Science Communication🔧 Tinkering
Modern Software Engineering
by David Farley • 2021
Software is not a craft; it's a science. The discipline that turns teams into learning machines.
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🔬 Scientific Engineering🔄 Continuous Delivery🔁 Feedback Loops🧱 Modularity🧪 Testability
Modern Software Engineering Summary
Modern Software Engineering 89%
Software is not a craft; it's a science. The discipline that turns teams into learning machines.
by David Farley 2021
4.16
1k+ ratings
🔬 Scientific Engineering🔄 Continuous Delivery🔁 Feedback Loops🧱 Modularity🧪 Testability
Back Mechanic
by Stuart McGill • 2015
Stop chasing generic treatments. Self-diagnose your back pain, eliminate its triggers, and rebuild.
4.50
2k+
🦴 Spine Health💢 Pain Management🏋️ Core Stability🚶 Movement Therapy⚙️ Biomechanics
Back Mechanic Summary
Back Mechanic 89%
Stop chasing generic treatments. Self-diagnose your back pain, eliminate its triggers, and rebuild.
by Stuart McGill 2015
4.50
2k+ ratings
🦴 Spine Health💢 Pain Management🏋️ Core Stability🚶 Movement Therapy⚙️ Biomechanics
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💡 Physics Explained🌌 Cosmology Basics
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💡 Physics Explained🌌 Cosmology Basics
The Engineering Executive's Primer
by Will Larson • 2024
Values you can flip, metrics your CEO reads, and the one rule for build vs. buy.
4.25
407
⚙️ Engineering Leadership📊 Engineering Metrics🗺️ Technical Strategy🤝 Stakeholder Alignment🔄 Continuous Improvement
The Engineering Executive's Primer Summary
The Engineering Executive's Primer 89%
Values you can flip, metrics your CEO reads, and the one rule for build vs. buy.
by Will Larson 2024
4.25
407 ratings
⚙️ Engineering Leadership📊 Engineering Metrics🗺️ Technical Strategy🤝 Stakeholder Alignment🔄 Continuous Improvement
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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🏭 Industrial Design🥄 Everyday Objects🔄 Design Evolution⚙️ History Of Technology🏺 Material Culture
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⚙️ History Of Technology🏺 Material Culture
Small Things Considered
by Henry Petroski • 2003
Why nothing works perfectly: the constraints hiding inside every object you use.
3.40
334
📐 Everyday Design🔧 Engineering Philosophy⚖️ Design Constraints🏛️ Form And Function🔄 Iterative Improvement
Small Things Considered Summary
Small Things Considered 89%
Why nothing works perfectly: the constraints hiding inside every object you use.
by Henry Petroski 2003
3.40
334 ratings
📐 Everyday Design🔧 Engineering Philosophy⚖️ Design Constraints🏛️ Form And Function🔄 Iterative Improvement
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🧭 Heuristics🔧 Incremental Innovation
The Things We Make Summary
The Things We Make 89%
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🧭 Heuristics🔧 Incremental Innovation
The Physics of Superheroes
by James Kakalios • 2006
Superman's leap, Gwen Stacy's fall: real physics hides inside comic book panels.
3.92
3k+
🧪 Pop Science🎬 Pop-Culture Science📚 Comic Book Science📖 Physics Education⚛️ Conceptual Physics
The Physics of Superheroes Summary
The Physics of Superheroes 88%
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📖 Physics Education⚛️ Conceptual Physics
Site Reliability Engineering
by Betsy Beyer • 2016
Google's operations playbook: why perfect uptime is the wrong target, and what to build instead.
4.21
3k+
🧰 Site Reliability🔄 Devops Culture🌐 Distributed Systems📊 Monitoring Systems🧠 Systems Thinking
Site Reliability Engineering Summary
Site Reliability Engineering 88%
Google's operations playbook: why perfect uptime is the wrong target, and what to build instead.
by Betsy Beyer 2016
4.21
3k+ ratings
🧰 Site Reliability🔄 Devops Culture🌐 Distributed Systems📊 Monitoring Systems🧠 Systems Thinking
14 Habits of Highly Productive Developers
by Zeno Rocha • 2020
Fourteen habits for developers who want to stop sprinting and start compounding.
4.00
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🖥️ Software Engineering💼 Software Careers🧱 Code Craftsmanship📚 Continuous Learning📣 Learning In Public
14 Habits of Highly Productive Developers Summary
14 Habits of Highly Productive Developers 88%
Fourteen habits for developers who want to stop sprinting and start compounding.
by Zeno Rocha 2020
4.00
723 ratings
🖥️ Software Engineering💼 Software Careers🧱 Code Craftsmanship📚 Continuous Learning📣 Learning In Public
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🌳 Holistic Science🎨 Art And Science
Learning from Leonardo Summary
Learning from Leonardo 88%
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🌳 Holistic Science🎨 Art And Science
India’s Railway Man
by Rajendra B. Aklekar • 2017
Bridge: 46 days. Mountain railway: 7 years. The values that built modern India on schedule.
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249
📋 Project Management🧱 Civil Engineering🚂 Railways🏗️ Infrastructure⚖️ Public Sector Integrity
India’s Railway Man Summary
India’s Railway Man 88%
Bridge: 46 days. Mountain railway: 7 years. The values that built modern India on schedule.
by Rajendra B. Aklekar 2017
3.85
249 ratings
📋 Project Management🧱 Civil Engineering🚂 Railways🏗️ Infrastructure⚖️ Public Sector Integrity
Practical Programming for Strength Training
by Mark Rippetoe • 2006
Stop adding weight every workout. The programming that replaces linear progress, phase by phase.
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🏋️ Strength Programming📈 Linear Progression📅 Periodization💪 Compound Lifts⬆️ Progressive Overload
Practical Programming for Strength Training Summary
Practical Programming for Strength Training 88%
Stop adding weight every workout. The programming that replaces linear progress, phase by phase.
by Mark Rippetoe 2006
4.33
3k+ ratings
🏋️ Strength Programming📈 Linear Progression📅 Periodization💪 Compound Lifts⬆️ Progressive Overload
Hyperspace
by Michio Kaku • 1994
One idea unifies physics: add dimensions and the laws simplify. Why the cosmos may need ten.
4.15
24k+
🌀 Higher Dimensions🧵 String Theory🌌 Multiverse Theories🔭 Speculative Cosmology📜 History Of Physics
Hyperspace Summary
Hyperspace 88%
One idea unifies physics: add dimensions and the laws simplify. Why the cosmos may need ten.
by Michio Kaku 1994
4.15
24k+ ratings
🌀 Higher Dimensions🧵 String Theory🌌 Multiverse Theories🔭 Speculative Cosmology📜 History Of Physics
Quantum Man
by Lawrence M. Krauss • 2011
Feynman drew pictures of particles, insisted experiment trumps elegance, and rebuilt modern physics.
4.07
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⚛️ Particle Physics🌀 Quantum Physics📐 Theoretical Physics📖 Scientific Biographies🕰️ History Of Physics
Quantum Man Summary
Quantum Man 88%
Feynman drew pictures of particles, insisted experiment trumps elegance, and rebuilt modern physics.
by Lawrence M. Krauss 2011
4.07
4k+ ratings
⚛️ Particle Physics🌀 Quantum Physics📐 Theoretical Physics📖 Scientific Biographies🕰️ History Of Physics
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📜 Physics History🌟 Stellar Processes
Neutrino Summary
Neutrino 88%
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📜 Physics History🌟 Stellar Processes
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
42k+
⚛️ Theoretical Physics🔮 Speculative Science📖 Popular Physics🔬 Quantum Physics🤖 Future Technologies
Physics of the Impossible Summary
Physics of the Impossible 88%
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🔬 Quantum Physics🤖 Future Technologies
Platform Engineering
by Camille Fournier • 2024
Platform teams fail without product thinking. How to build internal tools developers actually love.
4.03
119
🏗️ Platform Engineering👥 Engineering Management💡 Product Thinking🔄 Sociotechnical Systems⚙️ DevOps
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Platform Engineering 88%
Platform teams fail without product thinking. How to build internal tools developers actually love.
by Camille Fournier 2024
4.03
119 ratings
🏗️ Platform Engineering👥 Engineering Management💡 Product Thinking🔄 Sociotechnical Systems⚙️ DevOps
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.
4.3
2k+
🧪 Popular Science🧴 Everyday Chemistry⚛️ Introductory Chemistry🔥 Thermodynamics🔧 How Things Work
Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness Summary
Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness 88%
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🔥 Thermodynamics🔧 How Things Work
Infinite Powers
by Steven H. Strogatz • 2019
GPS, planets, CT scans: one trick solves them all. Break the impossible into infinite tiny parts.
4.29
7k+
🔢 History Of Calculus📐 Popular Mathematics🧠 Mathematical Thinking∫ Calculus Concepts🔭 Scientific Revolution
Infinite Powers Summary
Infinite Powers 88%
GPS, planets, CT scans: one trick solves them all. Break the impossible into infinite tiny parts.
by Steven H. Strogatz 2019
4.29
7k+ ratings
🔢 History Of Calculus📐 Popular Mathematics🧠 Mathematical Thinking∫ Calculus Concepts🔭 Scientific Revolution
Anatomy for Runners
by Jay Dicharry • 2012
Running injuries are mechanical failures, not overuse. A biomechanist on how to diagnose and rebuild
4.22
2k+
🏃 Running Mechanics👣 Gait Analysis🤸 Mobility Training💪 Strength For Runners🔄 Functional Movement
Anatomy for Runners Summary
Anatomy for Runners 88%
Running injuries are mechanical failures, not overuse. A biomechanist on how to diagnose and rebuild
by Jay Dicharry 2012
4.22
2k+ ratings
🏃 Running Mechanics👣 Gait Analysis🤸 Mobility Training💪 Strength For Runners🔄 Functional Movement
Relativity
by Albert Einstein • 1916
Space and time are not an empty stage; they flex, bend, and stretch the rules of reality.
4.20
23k+
🧬 Theoretical Physics🌌 General Relativity⚛️ Special Relativity🕳️ Space-Time Geometry⚡ Mass-Energy Equivalence
Relativity Summary
Relativity 88%
Space and time are not an empty stage; they flex, bend, and stretch the rules of reality.
by Albert Einstein 1916
4.20
23k+ ratings
🧬 Theoretical Physics🌌 General Relativity⚛️ Special Relativity🕳️ Space-Time Geometry⚡ Mass-Energy Equivalence
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