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Gods and Robots Summary
Gods and Robots
Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology
by Adrienne Mayor 2018 407 pages
3.73
500+ ratings
History
Technology
Science
Thanks! Summary
Thanks!
How Practicing Gratitude Can Make You Happier
by Robert A. Emmons 2007 256 pages
3.75
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Through the Language Glass Summary
Through the Language Glass
Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages
by Guy Deutscher 2010 304 pages
3.91
7k+ ratings
Linguistics
Language
Science
Wild Nights Summary
Wild Nights
How Taming Sleep Created Our Restless World
by Benjamin Reiss 2017 320 pages
3.43
203 ratings
History
Psychology
Science
Oltre l'invisibile. Dove scienza e spiritualità si uniscono Summary
Oltre l'invisibile. Dove scienza e spiritualità si uniscono
by Federico Faggin 2024 304 pages
3.79
84 ratings
Science
Tell Me How You Eat Summary
Tell Me How You Eat
Food, Power, and the Will to Live
by Amber Husain 2026 240 pages
3.45
83 ratings
Food
Essays
Health
How to Feed the World Summary
How to Feed the World
The History and Future of Food
by Vaclav Smil 2025 272 pages
3.56
500+ ratings
Science
Food
Economics
An Essay on the Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field Summary
An Essay on the Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field
by Jacques Hadamard 1945 162 pages
3.97
221 ratings
Mathematics
Psychology
Science
The Pocket Guide to Neuroscience for Clinicians Summary
The Pocket Guide to Neuroscience for Clinicians
by Louis Cozolino 2020 336 pages
4.49
49 ratings
Neuroscience
Science
Psychology
The Last Man Who Knew Everything Summary
The Last Man Who Knew Everything
by Mike Hockney 2012 298 pages
4.46
90 ratings
Philosophy
History
Biography
Improbable Planet Summary
Improbable Planet
How Earth Became Humanity's Home
by Hugh Ross 2016 288 pages
4.17
362 ratings
Science
Christian
Theology
Driven Summary
Driven
How Human Nature Shapes our Choices
by Paul R. Lawrence 2001 300 pages
3.98
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
Sacred Geometry Summary
Sacred Geometry
Philosophy and Practice
by Robert Lawlor 1982 112 pages
4.11
345 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Spirituality
Einstein in Time and Space Summary
Einstein in Time and Space
A Life in 99 Particles
by Samuel Graydon 2023 376 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
Biography
Science
History
Momentos estelares de la ciencia Summary
Momentos estelares de la ciencia
by Isaac Asimov 1959 170 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
Science
History
Essays
True Color Summary
True Color
The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color—from Azure to Zinc Pink
by Kory Stamper 2026 320 pages
3.67
185 ratings
History
Science
Art
Maintenance of Everything Summary
Maintenance of Everything
Part One
by Stewart Brand 2026 308 pages
4.07
348 ratings
Philosophy
History
Technology
The Urge Summary
The Urge
Our History of Addiction
by Carl Erik Fisher 2022 400 pages
4.03
2k+ ratings
History
Psychology
Science
Lights Out Summary
Lights Out
A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath
by Ted Koppel 2015 279 pages
3.71
5k+ ratings
Politics
Science
Technology
Welcome to Your Brain Summary
Welcome to Your Brain
Why You Lose Your Car Keys But Never Forget How To Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Behavior
by Sandra Aamodt 2008 240 pages
3.72
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
The Klamath Knot Summary
The Klamath Knot
Explorations of Myth and Evolution
by David Rains Wallace 1983 174 pages
4.20
184 ratings
Nature
Natural History
Environment
It Starts with the Egg Summary
It Starts with the Egg
How the Science of Egg Quality Can Help You Get Pregnant Naturally, Prevent Miscarriage, and Improve Your Odds in IVF
by Rebecca Fett 2014 304 pages
4.31
7k+ ratings
Health
Parenting
Science
Absence of Mind Summary
Absence of Mind
The Dispelling of Inwardness from the Modern Myth of the Self
by Marilynne Robinson 2010 158 pages
3.80
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Religion
The Modern Mind Summary
The Modern Mind
An Intellectual History of the 20th Century
by Peter Watson 1937 847 pages
4.31
1k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Science
Taming the Molecule of More Summary
Taming the Molecule of More
A Step-by-Step Guide to Make Dopamine Work for You
by Michael E. Long 2025 288 pages
3.76
165 ratings
Science
Self Help
Psychology
El pequeño libro del lenguaje Summary
El pequeño libro del lenguaje
by David Crystal 2012 312 pages
3.75
2k+ ratings
Language
Linguistics
History
Memory Craft Summary
Memory Craft
Improve Your Memory with the Most Powerful Methods in History? From Medieval Bestiaries to Tibetan Mandalas
by Lynne Kelly 2020 320 pages
4.22
500+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
The Hidden Geometry of Life Summary
The Hidden Geometry of Life
The Science and Spirituality of Nature
by Karen L. French 2012 240 pages
3.67
55 ratings
Science
Nature
Mathematics
A World Appears Summary
A World Appears
A Journey into Consciousness
by Michael Pollan 2026 320 pages
4.03
4k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
The Pleasure Trap Summary
The Pleasure Trap
Mastering the Hidden Force that Undermines Health & Happiness
by Douglas J. Lisle 2006 225 pages
4.12
2k+ ratings
Health
Psychology
Nutrition
Godel's Proof Summary
Godel's Proof
by Ernest Nagel 1958 160 pages
4.19
5k+ ratings
Mathematics
Science
Philosophy
The End of Night Summary
The End of Night
Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light
by Paul Bogard 2013 336 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
Science
Nature
Environment
Quarantine Life from Cholera to COVID-19 Summary
Quarantine Life from Cholera to COVID-19
What Pandemics Teach Us About Parenting, Work, Life, and Communities from the 1700s to Today
by Kari Nixon 2021 304 pages
3.85
169 ratings
Science
History
Health
Loneliness Summary
Loneliness
Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection
by John T. Cacioppo 2008 336 pages
3.93
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Lives of the Trees Summary
Lives of the Trees
An Uncommon History
by Diana Wells 2010 369 pages
3.79
287 ratings
Nature
History
Science
Meat Planet Summary
Meat Planet
Artificial Flesh and the Future of Food (California Studies in Food and Culture)
by Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft 2019 262 pages
3.34
73 ratings
Food
Science
Animals
AI for Good Summary
AI for Good
How Real People Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Fix Things That Matter
by Josh Tyrangiel 2026 272 pages
3.95
65 ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Science
Flight Paths Summary
Flight Paths
How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration
by Rebecca Heisman 2023 288 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
Science
Nature
Birds
The Peregrine Summary
The Peregrine
by J.A. Baker 2004 191 pages
4.15
6k+ ratings
Nature
Birds
Science
This Is What It Sounds Like Summary
This Is What It Sounds Like
What the Music You Love Says About You
by Susan Rogers 2022 288 pages
3.82
4k+ ratings
Music
Science
Psychology
Beyond Revenge Summary
Beyond Revenge
The Evolution of the Forgiveness Instinct
by Michael E. McCullough 2008 320 pages
3.88
74 ratings
Psychology
Science
Religion
Empires of the Word Summary
Empires of the Word
A Language History of the World
by Nicholas Ostler 2005 615 pages
4.06
3k+ ratings
History
Linguistics
Language
A Billion Butterflies Summary
A Billion Butterflies
A Life in Climate and Chaos Theory
by Jagadish Shukla 2025 281 pages
4.11
296 ratings
Science
Memoir
Nature
The Prize Summary
The Prize
The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
by Daniel Yergin 1991 928 pages
4.44
12k+ ratings
History
Economics
Business
Rationality Summary
Rationality
From AI to Zombies
by Eliezer Yudkowsky 2015 1813 pages
4.32
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
Metazoa / Other Minds Summary
Metazoa / Other Minds
by Peter Godfrey-Smith 2021
4.10
20 ratings
Science
Stiff Summary
Stiff
The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
by Mary Roach 2003 320 pages
4.06
200k+ ratings
Science
Medical
Medicine
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