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The Mind Electric Summary
The Mind Electric
A Neurologist on the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains
by Pria Anand 2025 288 pages
3.82
500+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Medical
Engineering Mechanics Summary
Engineering Mechanics
Statics & Dynamics
by Russell C. Hibbeler 1992 1314 pages
4.06
205 ratings
Engineering
Textbooks
Physics
Believing Is Seeing Summary
Believing Is Seeing
A Physicist Explains How Science Shattered His Atheism and Revealed the Necessity of Faith
by Michael Guillen 2021 288 pages
4.19
500+ ratings
Science
Christian
Religion
The kingdom of infinite space Summary
The kingdom of infinite space
a fantastical journey around your head
by Raymond Tallis 2008 324 pages
3.38
151 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
Diversity and Complexity Summary
Diversity and Complexity
by Scott E. Page 2010 304 pages
4.12
207 ratings
Science
Economics
Business
The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind Summary
The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind
My Tale of Madness and Recovery
by Barbara K. Lipska 2018 208 pages
3.89
7k+ ratings
Memoir
Science
Psychology
I Heard There Was a Secret Chord Summary
I Heard There Was a Secret Chord
Music as Medicine
by Daniel J. Levitin 2024 416 pages
3.83
1k+ ratings
Music
Science
Psychology
The Instability of Truth Summary
The Instability of Truth
Brainwashing, Mind Control, and Hyper-Persuasion
by Rebecca Lemov 2025 464 pages
3.66
272 ratings
Psychology
History
Science
Virtuous Violence Summary
Virtuous Violence
Hurting and Killing to Create, Sustain, End, and Honor Social Relationships
by Alan Page Fiske 2014 384 pages
3.90
77 ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Philosophy
More from Less Summary
More from Less
The Surprising Story of How We Learned to Prosper Using Fewer Resources―and What Happens Next
by Andrew McAfee 2019 352 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Economics
Science
Environment
War, Peace, and Human Nature Summary
War, Peace, and Human Nature
The Convergence of Evolutionary and Cultural Views
by Douglas P. Fry 2013 582 pages
4.61
33 ratings
Anthropology
History
Psychology
Panama Fever Summary
Panama Fever
The Epic Story of One of the Greatest Human Achievements of All Time-the Building of the Panama Canal
by Matthew Parker 2007 14 pages
3.80
500+ ratings
History
Science
Engineering
Crooked Summary
Crooked
Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to Recovery
by Cathryn Jakobson Ramin 2017 437 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
Health
Science
Medicine
2020 Summary
2020
One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed
by Eric Klinenberg 2024 464 pages
3.89
432 ratings
History
Sociology
Politics
Behavioral Economics When Psychology and Economics Collide Summary
Behavioral Economics When Psychology and Economics Collide
by Scott A. Huettel 2013 12 pages
3.95
386 ratings
Economics
Psychology
Science
99 Ways to Die Summary
99 Ways to Die
And How to Avoid Them
by Ashely Alker 2026 384 pages
4.06
1k+ ratings
Science
Health
Medical
Bi Summary
Bi
The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality
by Julia Shaw 2022 240 pages
4.11
5k+ ratings
Queer
LGBT
History
How to Lie with Maps Summary
How to Lie with Maps
by Mark Monmonier 1991 207 pages
3.58
1k+ ratings
Geography
Maps
Cartography
The First Scientist Summary
The First Scientist
Anaximander and His Legacy
by Carlo Rovelli 2005 256 pages
4.06
2k+ ratings
Science
History
Philosophy
Panarchy Summary
Panarchy
Understanding Transformations in Human and Natural Systems
by L.H. Gunderson 2001 536 pages
3.98
89 ratings
Science
Ecology
Environment
Why We Drink Too Much Summary
Why We Drink Too Much
The Impact of Alcohol on Our Bodies and Culture
by Charles Knowles 2026 304 pages
3.67
380 ratings
Science
Self Help
Health
The Ice at the End of the World Summary
The Ice at the End of the World
An Epic Journey into Greenland's Buried Past and Our Perilous Future
by Jon Gertner 2019 418 pages
4.17
1k+ ratings
Science
History
Environment
Vector Summary
Vector
A Surprising Story of Space, Time, and Mathematical Transformation
by Robyn Arianrhod 2024 376 pages
4.05
155 ratings
Science
Mathematics
Physics
Carl Sagan's Cosmic Connection Summary
Carl Sagan's Cosmic Connection
An Extraterrestrial Perspective
by Carl Sagan 1973 302 pages
4.25
2k+ ratings
Science
Astronomy
Physics
Why Privacy Matters Summary
Why Privacy Matters
by Neil Richards 2021 304 pages
4.06
177 ratings
Technology
Politics
Science
Love 2.0 Summary
Love 2.0
How Our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do, and Become
by Barbara L. Fredrickson 2013 256 pages
3.82
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Relationships
How to Make a Killing Summary
How to Make a Killing
Blood, Death and Dollars in American Medicine
by Tom Mueller 2023 288 pages
3.92
461 ratings
Medicine
Science
History
So Very Small Summary
So Very Small
How Humans Discovered the Microcosmos, Defeated Germs—and May Still Lose the War Against Infectious Disease
by Thomas Levenson 2025 448 pages
4.30
213 ratings
Science
History
Biology
The Reality of ESP Summary
The Reality of ESP
A Physicist's Proof of Psychic Abilities
by Russell Targ 2012 312 pages
4.21
264 ratings
Science
Paranormal
Spirituality
Political Animals Summary
Political Animals
How Our Stone-Age Brain Gets in the Way of Smart Politics
by Rick Shenkman 2016 336 pages
3.87
189 ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
Scribe Us Threshold. Summary
Scribe Us Threshold.
by Alexander Batthyány 256 pages
4.03
102 ratings
Psychology
Science
Death
Here Comes the Sun Summary
Here Comes the Sun
A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization
by Bill McKibben 2025 224 pages
4.50
500+ ratings
Science
Climate Change
Environment
The Loop Summary
The Loop
How Technology Is Creating a World Without Choices and How to Fight Back
by Jacob Ward 2022 315 pages
3.76
500+ ratings
Technology
Science
Psychology
La fábrica de cretinos digitales Summary
La fábrica de cretinos digitales
Los peligros de las pantallas para nuestros hijos
by Michel Desmurget 2019 683 pages
4.09
500+ ratings
Education
Parenting
Sociology
The Great Math War Summary
The Great Math War
How Three Brilliant Minds Fought for the Foundations of Mathematics
by Jason Socrates Bardi 2025 416 pages
3.88
49 ratings
History
Mathematics
Science
The Greatest Show on Earth Summary
The Greatest Show on Earth
The Evidence for Evolution
by Richard Dawkins 2009 470 pages
4.16
56k+ ratings
Science
Evolution
Biology
Animal Architecture Summary
Animal Architecture
by Karl von Frisch 1974 306 pages
4.31
54 ratings
Science
Nature
Architecture
When Panic Attacks Summary
When Panic Attacks
The New, Drug-Free Anxiety Therapy That Can Change Your Life
by David D. Burns 2004 464 pages
4.13
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Mental Health
Inviting Disaster Summary
Inviting Disaster
Lessons From the Edge of Technology
by James R. Chiles 2001 338 pages
4.03
500+ ratings
Science
Engineering
History
Animal Architects Summary
Animal Architects
Building and the Evolution of Intelligence
by James L. Gould 2007 336 pages
3.90
89 ratings
Science
Animals
Biology
The Logic of Failure Summary
The Logic of Failure
Recognizing and Avoiding Error in Complex Situations
by Dietrich Dörner 1996 240 pages
3.91
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
Eat Your Ice Cream Summary
Eat Your Ice Cream
Six Simple Rules for a Long and Healthy Life
by Ezekiel J. Emanuel 2026 256 pages
3.86
1k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Science
Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You Summary
Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You
Busting Myths about Human Nature
by Agustín Fuentes 2008 290 pages
3.72
281 ratings
Anthropology
Science
Psychology
Brain Summary
Brain
An Owner's Guide
by Elizabeth R. Ricker 2025 208 pages
4.12
52 ratings
Neuroscience
Science
Health
8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back Summary
8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back
Natural Posture Solutions for Pain in the Back, Neck, Shoulder, Hip, Knee, and Foot
by Esther Gokhale 2008 227 pages
4.19
1k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Reference
Who Are You, Really? Summary
Who Are You, Really?
The Surprising Puzzle of Personality
by Brian Little 2017 111 pages
3.66
500+ ratings
Psychology
Personal Development
Self Help
Social Theory and Social Structure Summary
Social Theory and Social Structure
by Robert K. Merton 1949 702 pages
4.23
124 ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
Social Science
So lügt man mit Statistik Summary
So lügt man mit Statistik
by Walter Krämer 1991 206 pages
3.74
136 ratings
Business
German Literature
Science
Limits to Growth Summary
Limits to Growth
The 30-Year Update
by Donella H. Meadows 1972 368 pages
4.21
1k+ ratings
Economics
Science
Environment
The Clock Mirage Summary
The Clock Mirage
Our Myth of Measured Time
by Joseph Mazur 2020 272 pages
3.42
118 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
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