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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
4k+ ratings
Health
Science
Fitness
The Golem (Canto Classics) Summary
The Golem (Canto Classics)
What You Should Know About Science
by Harry Collins 1992 214 pages
3.77
341 ratings
Science
Philosophy
History Of Science
This Is Your Brain on Parasites Summary
This Is Your Brain on Parasites
How Tiny Creatures Manipulate Our Behavior and Shape Society
by Kathleen McAuliffe 2016 268 pages
3.98
2k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Health
To Dye For Summary
To Dye For
How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick--and How We Can Fight Back
by Alden Wicker 2023 303 pages
4.26
1k+ ratings
Fashion
Science
Health
Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing Summary
Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing
by Petroski 1996 256 pages
3.75
351 ratings
Engineering
Design
Science
Cringeworthy Summary
Cringeworthy
A Theory of Awkwardness
by Melissa Dahl 2018 300 pages
3.67
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Sociology
The Swerve Summary
The Swerve
How the World Became Modern
by Stephen Greenblatt 2011 356 pages
3.87
35k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Science
The Microbiome Diet Summary
The Microbiome Diet
The Scientifically Proven Way to Restore Your Gut Health and Achieve Permanent Weight Loss
by Raphael Kellman 2014 352 pages
3.79
500+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
The Hot Hand Summary
The Hot Hand
The Mystery and Science of Streaks
by Ben Cohen 2020 304 pages
3.74
1k+ ratings
Sports
Psychology
Science
The Geography of Genius Summary
The Geography of Genius
Lessons from the World's Most Creative Places
by Eric Weiner 2016 368 pages
3.80
4k+ ratings
History
Travel
Science
Fermat's Last Theorem Summary
Fermat's Last Theorem
by Simon Singh 1997 340 pages
4.30
33k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
History
Antimatter Summary
Antimatter
by Frank Close 2009 176 pages
4.04
1k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Popular Science
Statistics 101 Summary
Statistics 101
From Data Analysis and Predictive Modeling to Measuring Distribution and Determining Probability, Your Essential Guide to Statistics
by David Borman 2018 240 pages
2.94
147 ratings
Mathematics
Science
Economics
The Evolution of Useful Things Summary
The Evolution of Useful Things
How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to be as They are.
by Henry Petroski 1994 304 pages
3.52
1k+ ratings
History
Science
Design
The Age of AI Summary
The Age of AI
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity
by Jason Thacker 2020 192 pages
3.69
184 ratings
Technology
Christianity
Theology
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 320 pages
4.11
17k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Business
Hard to Break Summary
Hard to Break
Why Our Brains Make Habits Stick
by Russell A. Poldrack 2021 232 pages
3.57
169 ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
The Awakened Ape Summary
The Awakened Ape
A Biohacker's Guide to Evolutionary Fitness, Natural Ecstasy, and Stress-Free Living
by Jevan Pradas 2017 293 pages
3.79
1k+ ratings
Health
Psychology
Philosophy
It's Been a Good Life Summary
It's Been a Good Life
by Isaac Asimov 2002 310 pages
4.17
481 ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
The Rabbit Effect Summary
The Rabbit Effect
Live Longer, Happier, and Healthier with the Groundbreaking Science of Kindness
by Kelli Harding M.D. M.P.H 2019 272 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Health
Inside the Nudge Unit Summary
Inside the Nudge Unit
How Small Changes Can Make a Big Difference
by David Halpern 2015 418 pages
3.98
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Economics
Business
Hooked Summary
Hooked
Food, Free Will, and How the Food Giants Exploit Our Addictions
by Michael Moss 2021 304 pages
3.80
4k+ ratings
Food
Health
Science
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
3.54
2k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Economics
Good Thinking Summary
Good Thinking
Why Flawed Logic Puts Us All at Risk and How Critical Thinking Can Save the World
by David Robert Grimes 2021 400 pages
4.29
312 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
Bright-Sided Summary
Bright-Sided
How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
by Barbara Ehrenreich 2009 206 pages
3.74
10k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Politics
The Next Decade Summary
The Next Decade
Where We've Been . . . and Where We're Going
by George Friedman 2011 243 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
How Ideas Spread Summary
How Ideas Spread
by Jonah Berger 2014 6 pages
3.70
378 ratings
Business
Psychology
Science
Letters to a Young Mathematician Summary
Letters to a Young Mathematician
by Ian Stewart 2006 224 pages
3.86
1k+ ratings
Mathematics
Science
Stem
Mean Genes Summary
Mean Genes
From Sex to Money to Food: Taming Our Primal Instincts
by Terry Burnham 2000 263 pages
3.85
1k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Biology
The Time Paradox Summary
The Time Paradox
The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life
by Philip G. Zimbardo 2008 368 pages
3.75
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Artificial Intelligence Summary
Artificial Intelligence
A Very Short Introduction
by Margaret A. Boden 2018 164 pages
3.29
388 ratings
Science
Artificial Intelligence
Philosophy
The Dorito Effect Summary
The Dorito Effect
The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor
by Mark Schatzker 2015
4.01
9k+ ratings
Food
Health
Science
How the Hippies Saved Physics Summary
How the Hippies Saved Physics
Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival
by David Kaiser 2011 400 pages
3.55
500+ ratings
Science
Physics
History
Time to Think Summary
Time to Think
The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock's Gender Service for Children
by Hannah Barnes 2023 455 pages
4.33
1k+ ratings
Politics
Gender
Psychology
Heavens on Earth Summary
Heavens on Earth
The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality, and Utopia
by Michael Shermer 2018 303 pages
3.88
500+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Religion
The Indoctrinated Brain Summary
The Indoctrinated Brain
How to Successfully Fend Off the Global Attack on Your Mental Freedom
by Michael Nehls 2023 290 pages
4.13
290 ratings
Psychology
Politics
Science
Good Reasons for Bad Feelings Summary
Good Reasons for Bad Feelings
Insights from the Frontier of Evolutionary Psychiatry
by Randolph M. Nesse 2019 384 pages
3.94
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Mental Health
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived Summary
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived
The Stories in Our Genes
by Adam Rutherford 2016 419 pages
4.03
12k+ ratings
Science
History
Biology
Cognitive Surplus Summary
Cognitive Surplus
Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age: How Technology Makes Consumers into Collaborators
by Clay Shirky 2010 258 pages
3.83
5k+ ratings
Technology
Business
Psychology
12 Bytes Summary
12 Bytes
How We Got Here. Where We Might Go Next
by Jeanette Winterson 2021 324 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Essays
Science
History
Great Myths of the Brain Summary
Great Myths of the Brain
by Christian Jarrett 2014 368 pages
3.83
161 ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
The Divided Mind Summary
The Divided Mind
The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders
by John E. Sarno 2006 394 pages
4.04
1k+ ratings
Health
Psychology
Self Help
Remember Summary
Remember
The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting
by Lisa Genova 2021 264 pages
4.18
16k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Self Help
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
4.34
186 ratings
Reference
Engineering
Technology
How Learning Happens Summary
How Learning Happens
Seminal Works in Educational Psychology and What They Mean in Practice
by Paul A. Kirschner 2020 256 pages
4.44
190 ratings
Education
Psychology
Teaching
Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights? Summary
Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights?
Fitness Myths, Training Truths, and Other Surprising Discoveries from the Science of Exercise
by Alex Hutchinson 2011 317 pages
4.02
2k+ ratings
Health
Fitness
Science
Younger Next Year Summary
Younger Next Year
A Guide To Living Like 50 Until You're 80 And Beyond
by Chris Crowley 2004 321 pages
4.08
5k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Fitness
The Disordered Mind Summary
The Disordered Mind
What Unusual Brains Tell Us About Ourselves
by Eric R. Kandel 2018 304 pages
4.13
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Political Ecology Summary
Political Ecology
A Critical Introduction
by Paul Robbins 2004 242 pages
3.92
208 ratings
Environment
Politics
Anthropology
Traffic Summary
Traffic
by Tom Vanderbilt 2008 418 pages
3.72
8k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
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