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Better Living Through Neurochemistry - A guide to the optimization of serotonin, dopamine and the neurotransmitters that color your world Summary
Better Living Through Neurochemistry - A guide to the optimization of serotonin, dopamine and the neurotransmitters that color your world
by James Lee 2014 97 pages
4.31
124 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Science
The Science of Good and Evil Summary
The Science of Good and Evil
Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule
by Michael Shermer 2004 350 pages
3.91
3k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
How to Build a Time Machine Summary
How to Build a Time Machine
by Paul C.W. Davies 2001 144 pages
3.82
1k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Time Travel
This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends Summary
This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends
The Cyberweapons Arms Race
by Nicole Perlroth 2021 505 pages
4.31
11k+ ratings
Technology
Politics
Science
The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories Summary
The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories
by Jan-Willem Van Prooijen 2018 108 pages
3.79
277 ratings
Psychology
Conspiracy Theories
Politics
The Sinatra Solution Summary
The Sinatra Solution
Metabolic Cardiology
by Stephen T. Sinatra 2005 254 pages
4.39
171 ratings
Health
Medical
Medicine
Resilience Thinking Summary
Resilience Thinking
Sustaining Ecosystems and People in a Changing World
by Brian Walker 2006 192 pages
3.87
362 ratings
Science
Sustainability
Ecology
The Anatomy of Anxiety Summary
The Anatomy of Anxiety
Understanding and Overcoming the Body's Fear Response
by Ellen Vora 2022 346 pages
3.78
3k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Health
Automate This Summary
Automate This
How Algorithms Came to Rule Our World
by Christopher Steiner 2012 256 pages
3.82
3k+ ratings
Technology
Science
Business
The Pencil Summary
The Pencil
A History of Design and Circumstance
by Henry Petroski 1992 434 pages
3.80
500+ ratings
History
Science
Engineering
The Island of Knowledge Summary
The Island of Knowledge
The Limits of Science and the Search for Meaning
by Marcelo Gleiser 2014 359 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
The Blue Zones of Happiness Summary
The Blue Zones of Happiness
Lessons from the World's Happiest People
by Dan Buettner 2017 289 pages
3.95
2k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Psychology
The Genius of Birds Summary
The Genius of Birds
by Jennifer Ackerman 2016 352 pages
4.05
13k+ ratings
Science
Nature
Birds
Hormonal Summary
Hormonal
The Hidden Intelligence of Hormones -- How They Drive Desire, Shape Relationships, Influence Our Choices, and Make Us Wiser
by Martie Haselton 2018 289 pages
3.55
500+ ratings
Health
Science
Psychology
The Journey of Humanity Summary
The Journey of Humanity
The Origins of Wealth and Inequality
by Oded Galor 2022 304 pages
3.82
1k+ ratings
History
Economics
Anthropology
The Red Web Summary
The Red Web
The Struggle Between Russia's Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries
by Andrei Soldatov 2015 384 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
Russia
Politics
History
Mathematica Summary
Mathematica
A Secret World of Intuition and Curiosity
by David Bessis 2024 344 pages
4.19
500+ ratings
Mathematics
Science
Philosophy
NeuroWisdom Summary
NeuroWisdom
The New Brain Science of Money, Happiness, and Success
by Mark Robert Waldman 2017 304 pages
3.76
254 ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
Self Help
The People Vs Tech Summary
The People Vs Tech
How the Internet Is Killing Democracy
by Jamie Bartlett 2018 146 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Politics
Technology
Science
Speed Math for Kids Summary
Speed Math for Kids
The Fast, Fun Way To Do Basic Calculations
by Bill Handley 2003 256 pages
3.98
146 ratings
Mathematics
Parenting
Science
Last Chance to See Summary
Last Chance to See
by Douglas Adams 1990 220 pages
4.32
26k+ ratings
Science
Travel
Nature
The Woman Who Changed Her Brain Summary
The Woman Who Changed Her Brain
And Other Inspiring Stories of Pioneering Brain Transformation
by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young 2012 288 pages
3.82
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
The End of Everything Summary
The End of Everything
by Katie Mack 2020 226 pages
4.25
13k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Learning from Leonardo Summary
Learning from Leonardo
Decoding the Notebooks of a Genius
by Fritjof Capra 2013 408 pages
3.96
108 ratings
Science
History
Art
Brain Power Summary
Brain Power
Improve Your Mind as You Age
by Michael J. Gelb 2011 248 pages
3.73
284 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Brain
The Edge of Reason Summary
The Edge of Reason
A Rational Skeptic in an Irrational World
by Julian Baggini 2016 272 pages
3.97
141 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
Quench Summary
Quench
Beat Fatigue, Drop Weight, and Heal Your Body Through the New Science of Optimum Hydration
by Dana G. Cohen 2018 304 pages
3.72
500+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
How to Read Numbers Summary
How to Read Numbers
A Guide to Statistics in the News
by Tom Chivers 2021 172 pages
4.32
478 ratings
Science
Economics
Mathematics
How to Study for a Mathematics Degree Summary
How to Study for a Mathematics Degree
by Lara Alcock 2012 256 pages
4.09
221 ratings
Mathematics
Science
Academic
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]
by Cox 2009
4.05
10k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Popular Science
Climate Change Summary
Climate Change
What Everyone Needs to Know
by Joseph Romm 2015 328 pages
4.22
500+ ratings
Science
Climate Change
Environment
UFO Summary
UFO
The Inside Story of the U.S. Government's Search for Alien Life Here―and Out There
by Garrett M. Graff 2023 544 pages
3.69
1k+ ratings
History
Science
Paranormal
The Book of Minds Summary
The Book of Minds
Understanding Ourselves and Other Beings, From Animals to Aliens
by Philip Ball 2022 513 pages
3.95
210 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
Autism Summary
Autism
A Very Short Introduction
by Uta Frith 2003 145 pages
3.39
500+ ratings
Psychology
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Science
Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine Summary
Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine
The Definitive Home Reference Guide to 550 Key Herbs with all their Uses as Remedies for Common Ailments
by Andrew Chevallier 2000 336 pages
4.53
1k+ ratings
Health
Reference
Herbs
Outraged Summary
Outraged
Why We Fight About Morality and Politics and How to Find Common Ground
by Kurt Gray 2025 368 pages
4.11
452 ratings
Politics
Psychology
Science
Sugar Crush Summary
Sugar Crush
How to Reduce Inflammation, Reverse Nerve Damage, and Reclaim Good Health
by Richard P. Jacoby 2015 256 pages
3.77
1k+ ratings
Health
Food
Nutrition
How Stella Learned to Talk Summary
How Stella Learned to Talk
The Groundbreaking Story of the World's First Talking Dog
by Christina Hunger 2021 281 pages
4.41
4k+ ratings
Animals
Dogs
Science
The Secret Pulse of Time Summary
The Secret Pulse of Time
Making Sense of Life's Scarcest Commodity
by Stefan Klein 2006 368 pages
3.88
500+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
The Orbital Perspective Summary
The Orbital Perspective
Lessons in Seeing the Big Picture from a Journey of 71 Million Miles
by Ron Garan 2015 208 pages
3.80
205 ratings
Space
Science
Astronomy
The Clock Of The Long Now Summary
The Clock Of The Long Now
Time and Responsibility
by Stewart Brand 1999 236 pages
4.10
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Technology
Mind Mapping For Dummies Summary
Mind Mapping For Dummies
by Florian Rustler 2011 272 pages
3.54
165 ratings
Science
Self Help
Psychology
The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit Summary
The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit
by John V. Petrocelli 2021 336 pages
3.48
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Eight Master Lessons of Nature Summary
Eight Master Lessons of Nature
by Gary Ferguson 2019 272 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
Nature
Science
Self Help
Darwin Comes to Town Summary
Darwin Comes to Town
How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution
by Menno Schilthuizen 2018 304 pages
4.10
2k+ ratings
Science
Nature
Biology
Visual Thinking Summary
Visual Thinking
For Design
by Colin Ware 2008 210 pages
3.81
189 ratings
Design
Psychology
Science
Too Big to Know Summary
Too Big to Know
Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts, Experts Are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room Is the Room
by David Weinberger 2012 256 pages
3.80
2k+ ratings
Technology
Science
Philosophy
You May Also Like Summary
You May Also Like
Taste in an Age of Endless Choice
by Tom Vanderbilt 2016 320 pages
3.29
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
The Sea and Civilization Summary
The Sea and Civilization
A Maritime History of the World
by Lincoln Paine 2013 784 pages
3.89
500+ ratings
History
Maritime
World History
The Myths of Happiness Summary
The Myths of Happiness
by Sonja Lyubomirsky 2012 320 pages
3.66
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
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