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🔍 Forensic Chemistry

The science of trace evidence, toxicology, and molecular analysis brought to bear on criminal investigation, where a single chemical signature can crack a case.
How to Solve a Crime
by Professor Angela Gallop • 2022
DNA gets headlines, but fiber and pollen close cases: a life in forensic science.
3.59
277
🔬 Forensic Science🩸 Crime Scene Investigation🧬 Forensic Dna🔍 Trace Evidence💻 Digital Forensics
How to Solve a Crime Summary
How to Solve a Crime 93%
DNA gets headlines, but fiber and pollen close cases: a life in forensic science.
by Professor Angela Gallop 2022
3.59
277 ratings
🔬 Forensic Science🩸 Crime Scene Investigation🧬 Forensic Dna🔍 Trace Evidence💻 Digital Forensics
Forensics
by D.P. Lyle • 2008
How bodies decompose, how DNA really works, and the forensic mistakes crime writers keep making.
4.34
375
🖋️ Crime Writing🔬 Forensic Science🩺 Forensic Pathology🔍 Crime Scene Investigation⏱️ Death Investigation
Forensics Summary
Forensics 93%
How bodies decompose, how DNA really works, and the forensic mistakes crime writers keep making.
by D.P. Lyle 2008
4.34
375 ratings
🖋️ Crime Writing🔬 Forensic Science🩺 Forensic Pathology🔍 Crime Scene Investigation⏱️ Death Investigation
Written in Blood
by Colin Wilson • 1989
How science replaced luck and torture in crime detection, from arsenic tests to DNA.
3.92
233
🧬 Forensic Science🕰️ Crime History🔍 Trace Evidence🩺 Forensic Pathology🆔 Criminal Identification
Written in Blood Summary
Written in Blood 92%
How science replaced luck and torture in crime detection, from arsenic tests to DNA.
by Colin Wilson 1989
3.92
233 ratings
🧬 Forensic Science🕰️ Crime History🔍 Trace Evidence🩺 Forensic Pathology🆔 Criminal Identification
The Science of Murder
by Carla Valentine • 2021
Agatha Christie taught forensics before forensics existed. A mortuary tech proves it from the page.
3.84
3k+
🧪 Forensic Science☠️ Poison Mysteries🔍 Crime Scene Analysis🩺 Forensic Pathology📚 Golden Age Detection
The Science of Murder Summary
The Science of Murder 92%
Agatha Christie taught forensics before forensics existed. A mortuary tech proves it from the page.
by Carla Valentine 2021
3.84
3k+ ratings
🧪 Forensic Science☠️ Poison Mysteries🔍 Crime Scene Analysis🩺 Forensic Pathology📚 Golden Age Detection
Forensics for Dummies
by D.P. Lyle • 2004
From fingerprints to DNA: the real science of crime solving, minus the TV myths.
4.07
578
🔬 Forensic Science🔍 Crime Scene Investigation📚 Popular Forensics🧪 Forensic Techniques🕵️ Armchair Detectives
Forensics for Dummies Summary
Forensics for Dummies 92%
From fingerprints to DNA: the real science of crime solving, minus the TV myths.
by D.P. Lyle 2004
4.07
578 ratings
🔬 Forensic Science🔍 Crime Scene Investigation📚 Popular Forensics🧪 Forensic Techniques🕵️ Armchair Detectives
Forensics
by Val McDermid • 2014
How maggots, burn patterns, and DNA turn invisible traces into courtroom proof.
4.09
13k+
🧬 Forensic Science🕵️ Criminalistics🔍 Crime Scene Analysis💀 Death Investigation🩺 Forensic Pathology
Forensics Summary
Forensics 92%
How maggots, burn patterns, and DNA turn invisible traces into courtroom proof.
by Val McDermid 2014
4.09
13k+ ratings
🧬 Forensic Science🕵️ Criminalistics🔍 Crime Scene Analysis💀 Death Investigation🩺 Forensic Pathology
Traces
by Patricia Wiltshire • 2019
Pollen on a shoe, spores on a corpse: how a forensic ecologist reads nature's invisible evidence.
3.60
3k+
🔬 Forensic Science🌿 Forensic Ecology🔍 Trace Evidence🗺️ Environmental Profiling🌻 Palynology
Traces Summary
Traces 91%
Pollen on a shoe, spores on a corpse: how a forensic ecologist reads nature's invisible evidence.
by Patricia Wiltshire 2019
3.60
3k+ ratings
🔬 Forensic Science🌿 Forensic Ecology🔍 Trace Evidence🗺️ Environmental Profiling🌻 Palynology
Forensic Detective Forensic Detective Forensic Detective
by Robert Mann • 2006
A forensic anthropologist reads the stories bones tell: who died, how, and at whose hands.
3.91
851
🔎 Forensic Anthropology⚰️ Death Investigation🔬 Forensic Science🦴 Skeletal Analysis🍂 Decomposition Research
Forensic Detective Forensic Detective Forensic Detective Summary
Forensic Detective Forensic Detective Forensic Detective 90%
A forensic anthropologist reads the stories bones tell: who died, how, and at whose hands.
by Robert Mann 2006
3.91
851 ratings
🔎 Forensic Anthropology⚰️ Death Investigation🔬 Forensic Science🦴 Skeletal Analysis🍂 Decomposition Research
The Poisoner's Handbook
by Deborah Blum • 2010
Jazz Age poisoners had the perfect crime, until a morgue chemist invented toxicology to catch them.
4.02
38k+
🧪 Forensic Toxicology☠️ Poison History🎷 Jazz Age New York🍸 Prohibition Era💀 Deadly Substances
The Poisoner's Handbook Summary
The Poisoner's Handbook 90%
Jazz Age poisoners had the perfect crime, until a morgue chemist invented toxicology to catch them.
by Deborah Blum 2010
4.02
38k+ ratings
🧪 Forensic Toxicology☠️ Poison History🎷 Jazz Age New York🍸 Prohibition Era💀 Deadly Substances
The Right Chemistry
by Joe Schwarcz • 2012
Why soap cleans, what killed Napoleon, and 106 other chemical mysteries of daily life.
3.84
79
🔬 Everyday Science🍎 Food Chemistry📚 Scientific Literacy🕵️ Pseudoscience Debunking📜 History Of Science
The Right Chemistry Summary
The Right Chemistry 90%
Why soap cleans, what killed Napoleon, and 106 other chemical mysteries of daily life.
by Joe Schwarcz 2012
3.84
79 ratings
🔬 Everyday Science🍎 Food Chemistry📚 Scientific Literacy🕵️ Pseudoscience Debunking📜 History Of Science
Post-Mortem
by Patricia Daniels Cornwell • 1990
A medical examiner tracks a serial strangler as a saboteur in her office buries the case.
4.03
261k+
🔬 Forensic Investigation🩸 Serial Killer👩‍🔬 Female Investigator🏛️ Institutional Sabotage💻 Computer Hacking
Post-Mortem Summary
Post-Mortem 89%
A medical examiner tracks a serial strangler as a saboteur in her office buries the case.
by Patricia Daniels Cornwell 1990
4.03
261k+ ratings
🔬 Forensic Investigation🩸 Serial Killer👩‍🔬 Female Investigator🏛️ Institutional Sabotage💻 Computer Hacking
Unmasked
by Paul Holes • 2022
A forensic scientist obsessed with a rapist's cold case file; 24 years later, DNA caught him.
4.09
30k+
🔬 Forensic Science📁 Cold Case Investigations🧬 Genetic Genealogy🕵️ Offender Profiling🧪 Dna Forensics
Unmasked Summary
Unmasked 89%
A forensic scientist obsessed with a rapist's cold case file; 24 years later, DNA caught him.
by Paul Holes 2022
4.09
30k+ ratings
🔬 Forensic Science📁 Cold Case Investigations🧬 Genetic Genealogy🕵️ Offender Profiling🧪 Dna Forensics
The Basics of Digital Forensics
by John Sammons • 2011
From crime scene to courtroom: the core tools and techniques for extracting digital evidence.
3.95
118
🧑‍🔬 Digital Forensics🚨 Incident Response💾 Data Recovery📱 Mobile Forensics🌐 Network Forensics
The Basics of Digital Forensics Summary
The Basics of Digital Forensics 89%
From crime scene to courtroom: the core tools and techniques for extracting digital evidence.
by John Sammons 2011
3.95
118 ratings
🧑‍🔬 Digital Forensics🚨 Incident Response💾 Data Recovery📱 Mobile Forensics🌐 Network Forensics
The Secret History of the Rape Kit
by Pagan Kennedy • 2025
Marty Goddard invented the rape kit. The Chicago PD gave the credit to a male sergeant.
3.89
10k+
⚖️ Criminal Justice🔬 Forensic Science🛡️ Sexual Assault Advocacy📜 Inventor Erasure🚔 Police Corruption
The Secret History of the Rape Kit Summary
The Secret History of the Rape Kit 88%
Marty Goddard invented the rape kit. The Chicago PD gave the credit to a male sergeant.
by Pagan Kennedy 2025
3.89
10k+ ratings
⚖️ Criminal Justice🔬 Forensic Science🛡️ Sexual Assault Advocacy📜 Inventor Erasure🚔 Police Corruption
The Profiler
by Pat Brown • 2010
Exposing the DC sniper case and a staged suicide by reading crime scenes the FBI refuses to.
3.08
2k+
🕵️ Criminal Profiling🧠 Forensic Psychology👹 Psychopathy🔍 Crime Scene Analysis⚖️ Justice System Flaws
The Profiler Summary
The Profiler 88%
Exposing the DC sniper case and a staged suicide by reading crime scenes the FBI refuses to.
by Pat Brown 2010
3.08
2k+ ratings
🕵️ Criminal Profiling🧠 Forensic Psychology👹 Psychopathy🔍 Crime Scene Analysis⚖️ Justice System Flaws
Linguistic Fingerprints
by Roger J. Kreuz • 2023
The hidden patterns in your words identify you better than fingerprints: stylometry reads them.
3.50
20
🗣️ Linguistic Identity📊 Stylometry🔍 Forensic Linguistics📚 Literary Hoaxes🕵️ Anonymous Authorship
Linguistic Fingerprints Summary
Linguistic Fingerprints 88%
The hidden patterns in your words identify you better than fingerprints: stylometry reads them.
by Roger J. Kreuz 2023
3.50
20 ratings
🗣️ Linguistic Identity📊 Stylometry🔍 Forensic Linguistics📚 Literary Hoaxes🕵️ Anonymous Authorship
Indelible
by Karin Slaughter • 2004
A body burns on a football field. The detective won't speak. The sheriff wears a swastika.
4.15
62k+
🖤 Southern Noir👮 Police Procedural💀 Medical Examiner Fiction🏘️ Small Town Secrets💊 Meth Underworld
Indelible Summary
Indelible 88%
A body burns on a football field. The detective won't speak. The sheriff wears a swastika.
by Karin Slaughter 2004
4.15
62k+ ratings
🖤 Southern Noir👮 Police Procedural💀 Medical Examiner Fiction🏘️ Small Town Secrets💊 Meth Underworld
The Chemical Age
by Frank von Hippel • 2020
Chemistry's greatest triumphs also produced Zyklon B, nerve agents, and the hole in the ozone layer.
4.17
184
🧪 Environmental Chemistry📜 Chemical History🦟 Pesticide History☣️ Chemical Warfare🏭 Industrial Disasters
The Chemical Age Summary
The Chemical Age 88%
Chemistry's greatest triumphs also produced Zyklon B, nerve agents, and the hole in the ozone layer.
by Frank von Hippel 2020
4.17
184 ratings
🧪 Environmental Chemistry📜 Chemical History🦟 Pesticide History☣️ Chemical Warfare🏭 Industrial Disasters
Hauptmann's Ladder
by Richard T. Cahill Jr. • 2014
The Lindbergh case retried: a ladder, a money trail, and doubts the execution never settled.
4.17
125
🕰️ Historical True Crime⭐ Celebrity Crime🔬 Forensic Evidence🏛️ Trial Analysis⚖️ Wrongful Conviction
Hauptmann's Ladder Summary
Hauptmann's Ladder 88%
The Lindbergh case retried: a ladder, a money trail, and doubts the execution never settled.
by Richard T. Cahill Jr. 2014
4.17
125 ratings
🕰️ Historical True Crime⭐ Celebrity Crime🔬 Forensic Evidence🏛️ Trial Analysis⚖️ Wrongful Conviction
Murderland
by Caroline Fraser • 2025
The serial-killer wave wasn't a policing failure. It was lead poisoning, and industry knew.
3.78
14k+
🏭 Environmental Crime🛢️ Industrial Pollution🔪 Serial Killer Studies💼 Corporate Malfeasance🌿 Environmental Criminology
Murderland Summary
Murderland 88%
The serial-killer wave wasn't a policing failure. It was lead poisoning, and industry knew.
by Caroline Fraser 2025
3.78
14k+ ratings
🏭 Environmental Crime🛢️ Industrial Pollution🔪 Serial Killer Studies💼 Corporate Malfeasance🌿 Environmental Criminology
Gene Machine
by Venki Ramakrishnan • 2018
A physicist entered biology's most cutthroat race, solved a million-atom machine, and won the Nobel.
4.00
2k+
🧪 Molecular Biology🔬 Structural Biology🧬 Genetic Code🌍 Origin Of Life🏁 Scientific Competition
Gene Machine Summary
Gene Machine 88%
A physicist entered biology's most cutthroat race, solved a million-atom machine, and won the Nobel.
by Venki Ramakrishnan 2018
4.00
2k+ ratings
🧪 Molecular Biology🔬 Structural Biology🧬 Genetic Code🌍 Origin Of Life🏁 Scientific Competition
The Infernal Machine
by Steven Johnson • 2024
Dynamite was meant to destroy governments. It built the most powerful one: the surveillance state.
4.03
2k+
🏴 Anarchist History💣 History Of Terrorism🔬 Forensic History🕵️‍♂️ Surveillance History🏭 Labor History
The Infernal Machine Summary
The Infernal Machine 88%
Dynamite was meant to destroy governments. It built the most powerful one: the surveillance state.
by Steven Johnson 2024
4.03
2k+ ratings
🏴 Anarchist History💣 History Of Terrorism🔬 Forensic History🕵️‍♂️ Surveillance History🏭 Labor History
Mindhunter
by John E. Douglas • 1995
Dismissed as witchcraft, FBI profiling began when an agent interviewed serial killers in prison.
4.09
84k+
🎯 Criminal Profiling🔪 Serial Killers🏛️ Fbi History🧠 Criminal Psychology👮 Law Enforcement Memoir
Mindhunter Summary
Mindhunter 88%
Dismissed as witchcraft, FBI profiling began when an agent interviewed serial killers in prison.
by John E. Douglas 1995
4.09
84k+ ratings
🎯 Criminal Profiling🔪 Serial Killers🏛️ Fbi History🧠 Criminal Psychology👮 Law Enforcement Memoir
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
by Michelle McNamara • 2018
A masked predator terrorized California for a decade. One woman worked every night to find his name.
4.11
268k+
🔍 Cold Case Investigations🧠 Serial Killer Profiling🕵️ Citizen Detectives🧬 Forensic DNA💔 Sexual Violence
I'll Be Gone in the Dark Summary
I'll Be Gone in the Dark 88%
A masked predator terrorized California for a decade. One woman worked every night to find his name.
by Michelle McNamara 2018
4.11
268k+ ratings
🔍 Cold Case Investigations🧠 Serial Killer Profiling🕵️ Citizen Detectives🧬 Forensic DNA💔 Sexual Violence
The Alchemy of Us
by Ainissa Ramirez • 2020
We invented quartz clocks, steel rails, and silicon chips. Then they reinvented us.
3.90
1k+
🧪 Materials Science🔧 History Of Technology🏺 Material Culture🔍 Hidden History📦 Everyday Objects
The Alchemy of Us Summary
The Alchemy of Us 88%
We invented quartz clocks, steel rails, and silicon chips. Then they reinvented us.
by Ainissa Ramirez 2020
3.90
1k+ ratings
🧪 Materials Science🔧 History Of Technology🏺 Material Culture🔍 Hidden History📦 Everyday Objects
Sex, Lies, and Handwriting
by Michelle Dresbold • 2006
What your handwriting betrays: a profiler's guide to spotting liars, psychopaths, and hidden selves.
4.01
1k+
📝 Graphology🕵️ Criminal Profiling🤥 Deception Detection📋 Personality Assessment🧠 Self-Awareness
Sex, Lies, and Handwriting Summary
Sex, Lies, and Handwriting 88%
What your handwriting betrays: a profiler's guide to spotting liars, psychopaths, and hidden selves.
by Michelle Dresbold 2006
4.01
1k+ ratings
📝 Graphology🕵️ Criminal Profiling🤥 Deception Detection📋 Personality Assessment🧠 Self-Awareness
Solomons, Fryhle, Snyder's Organic Chemistry for JEE
by M.S. Chouhan • 2013
Solomon's organic chemistry retooled for the JEE: bonding to retrosynthesis, problem by problem.
4.25
267
🧪 Organic Chemistry📝 Jee Preparation⚛️ Reaction Mechanisms🏗️ Organic Synthesis🪞 Stereochemistry
Solomons, Fryhle, Snyder's Organic Chemistry for JEE Summary
Solomons, Fryhle, Snyder's Organic Chemistry for JEE 88%
Solomon's organic chemistry retooled for the JEE: bonding to retrosynthesis, problem by problem.
by M.S. Chouhan 2013
4.25
267 ratings
🧪 Organic Chemistry📝 Jee Preparation⚛️ Reaction Mechanisms🏗️ Organic Synthesis🪞 Stereochemistry
Manifest Injustice
by Barry Siegel • 2013
The clemency board voted unanimously to free him. Then the governor, facing reelection, said no.
4.10
178
🚨 Wrongful Conviction🕊️ Innocence Movement🔬 Flawed Forensics🏛️ Politics And Justice🗝️ Prison Survival
Manifest Injustice Summary
Manifest Injustice 88%
The clemency board voted unanimously to free him. Then the governor, facing reelection, said no.
by Barry Siegel 2013
4.10
178 ratings
🚨 Wrongful Conviction🕊️ Innocence Movement🔬 Flawed Forensics🏛️ Politics And Justice🗝️ Prison Survival
Sift
by Nicola Lamb • 2024
Harness the science of flour, sugar, and heat to turn baking into confident, repeatable success.
4.49
235
🧪 Baking Science🔬 Food Science🍞 Baking Fundamentals📖 Baking Reference🧑‍🍳 Science-Based Cooking
Sift Summary
Sift 88%
Harness the science of flour, sugar, and heat to turn baking into confident, repeatable success.
by Nicola Lamb 2024
4.49
235 ratings
🧪 Baking Science🔬 Food Science🍞 Baking Fundamentals📖 Baking Reference🧑‍🍳 Science-Based Cooking
DNA
by James D. Watson • 2002
DNA's co-discoverer on how the double helix became a tool to rewrite medicine, crime, and identity.
4.11
3k+
🧬 Molecular Biology✂️ Genetic Engineering📜 History Of Genetics🔍 DNA Forensics🧠 Nature Nurture Debate
DNA Summary
DNA 88%
DNA's co-discoverer on how the double helix became a tool to rewrite medicine, crime, and identity.
by James D. Watson 2002
4.11
3k+ ratings
🧬 Molecular Biology✂️ Genetic Engineering📜 History Of Genetics🔍 DNA Forensics🧠 Nature Nurture Debate
The Disappearing Spoon
by Sam Kean • 2010
A metal that melts in your hand reveals a hidden history of war, money, and cosmic origins.
3.92
57k+
🧪 Popular Chemistry📜 Chemical History🌌 Cosmic Origins⚔️ History Of Warfare👨‍🔬 Scientific Biography
The Disappearing Spoon Summary
The Disappearing Spoon 87%
A metal that melts in your hand reveals a hidden history of war, money, and cosmic origins.
by Sam Kean 2010
3.92
57k+ ratings
🧪 Popular Chemistry📜 Chemical History🌌 Cosmic Origins⚔️ History Of Warfare👨‍🔬 Scientific Biography
The Double Helix
by James D. Watson • 1968
A stolen X-ray glance, a rival's blunder, and a lunchtime insight that unveiled the double helix.
3.84
20k+
🧬 Molecular Biology📜 History Of Genetics⚔️ Scientific Rivalry🔍 Structural Biology💡 Scientific Discovery
The Double Helix Summary
The Double Helix 87%
A stolen X-ray glance, a rival's blunder, and a lunchtime insight that unveiled the double helix.
by James D. Watson 1968
3.84
20k+ ratings
🧬 Molecular Biology📜 History Of Genetics⚔️ Scientific Rivalry🔍 Structural Biology💡 Scientific Discovery
Dark Wire
by Joseph Cox • 2024
The FBI secretly ran the encrypted phone company that criminals trusted, and read every message.
3.98
3k+
🕵️ Organized Crime🔐 Encryption🎣 Sting Operations🔍 Fbi Investigations💻 Criminal Technology
Dark Wire Summary
Dark Wire 87%
The FBI secretly ran the encrypted phone company that criminals trusted, and read every message.
by Joseph Cox 2024
3.98
3k+ ratings
🕵️ Organized Crime🔐 Encryption🎣 Sting Operations🔍 Fbi Investigations💻 Criminal Technology
Organic Chemistry
by Jonathan Clayden • 2000
Organic chemistry, taught through the logic of electrons rather than the catalog of compounds.
4.29
1k+
⚛️ Molecular Structure🧪 Chemical Synthesis🔄 Reaction Mechanisms🌈 Spectroscopy Techniques🔘 Molecular Orbital Theory
Organic Chemistry Summary
Organic Chemistry 87%
Organic chemistry, taught through the logic of electrons rather than the catalog of compounds.
by Jonathan Clayden 2000
4.29
1k+ ratings
⚛️ Molecular Structure🧪 Chemical Synthesis🔄 Reaction Mechanisms🌈 Spectroscopy Techniques🔘 Molecular Orbital Theory
Sharp Force
by Patricia Cornwell • 2025
A killer stalks women with holograms. Scarpetta's Christmas autopsy exposes a senator's crimes.
4.08
14k+
🔬 Forensic Procedural🔪 Serial Killer Thriller🏛️ Political Interference💔 Dysfunctional Family💻 Tech-Based Crime
Sharp Force Summary
Sharp Force 87%
A killer stalks women with holograms. Scarpetta's Christmas autopsy exposes a senator's crimes.
by Patricia Cornwell 2025
4.08
14k+ ratings
🔬 Forensic Procedural🔪 Serial Killer Thriller🏛️ Political Interference💔 Dysfunctional Family💻 Tech-Based Crime
The Bone Woman
by Clea Koff • 2001
At 23, she exhumed mass graves in Rwanda. The bones held evidence no killer could silence.
4.02
3k+
🦴 Forensic Anthropology🔍 Genocide Investigation⛏️ Mass Grave Exhumation⚖️ Human Rights Forensics👁️ Bearing Witness
The Bone Woman Summary
The Bone Woman 87%
At 23, she exhumed mass graves in Rwanda. The bones held evidence no killer could silence.
by Clea Koff 2001
4.02
3k+ ratings
🦴 Forensic Anthropology🔍 Genocide Investigation⛏️ Mass Grave Exhumation⚖️ Human Rights Forensics👁️ Bearing Witness
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.
3.34
277
🧪 Everyday Science🍞 Food Science🔬 Applied Physics🤔 Scientific Curiosity🧠 Critical Thinking
How to Dunk a Doughnut Summary
How to Dunk a Doughnut 87%
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 Grim Sleeper
by Christine Pelisek • 2016
He murdered Black women for decades while police looked away. A piece of pizza ended it.
3.92
1k+
🕵️ Serial Murder Cases📁 Cold Case Investigations🤝 Police Mistrust💊 Crack Epidemic👤 Marginalized Victims
The Grim Sleeper Summary
The Grim Sleeper 87%
He murdered Black women for decades while police looked away. A piece of pizza ended it.
by Christine Pelisek 2016
3.92
1k+ ratings
🕵️ Serial Murder Cases📁 Cold Case Investigations🤝 Police Mistrust💊 Crack Epidemic👤 Marginalized Victims
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 87%
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
The Psychopath Whisperer
by Kent A. Kiehl • 2014
Psychopaths share a brain deficit visible by childhood, discovered inside prison with a mobile MRI.
4.07
4k+
🏛️ Forensic Psychology🧠 Neurocriminology🎭 Antisocial Personality💔 Empathy Deficits🧬 Affective Neuroscience
The Psychopath Whisperer Summary
The Psychopath Whisperer 87%
Psychopaths share a brain deficit visible by childhood, discovered inside prison with a mobile MRI.
by Kent A. Kiehl 2014
4.07
4k+ ratings
🏛️ Forensic Psychology🧠 Neurocriminology🎭 Antisocial Personality💔 Empathy Deficits🧬 Affective Neuroscience
Uncle Tungsten
by Oliver Sacks • 2001
A boy, a bar of tungsten, a brutal wartime school: how chemistry became Oliver Sacks's sanctuary.
3.98
7k+
🧪 Chemical Memoir📜 History Of Chemistry🇬🇧 Wartime England🛡️ Intellectual Refuge👁️ Sensory Discovery
Uncle Tungsten Summary
Uncle Tungsten 87%
A boy, a bar of tungsten, a brutal wartime school: how chemistry became Oliver Sacks's sanctuary.
by Oliver Sacks 2001
3.98
7k+ ratings
🧪 Chemical Memoir📜 History Of Chemistry🇬🇧 Wartime England🛡️ Intellectual Refuge👁️ Sensory Discovery
Manual de gastronomía molecular
by Mariana Koppmann • 2011
The science recipes omit: why greens fade, batters crisp, and ice cream turns creamy or icy.
4.50
24
🧪 Food Science🍳 Molecular Gastronomy🔬 Modernist Cuisine⚗️ Kitchen Chemistry👃 Food And The Senses
Manual de gastronomía molecular Summary
Manual de gastronomía molecular 87%
The science recipes omit: why greens fade, batters crisp, and ice cream turns creamy or icy.
by Mariana Koppmann 2011
4.50
24 ratings
🧪 Food Science🍳 Molecular Gastronomy🔬 Modernist Cuisine⚗️ Kitchen Chemistry👃 Food And The Senses
The Science of Beauty
by Michelle Wong • 2024
A cosmetic chemist on what's in your products, what works, and what to stop worrying about.
3.87
634
🧪 Cosmetic Chemistry🧴 Skincare Routines🛡️ Ingredient Safety📊 Scientific Literacy💄 Beauty Industry
The Science of Beauty Summary
The Science of Beauty 87%
A cosmetic chemist on what's in your products, what works, and what to stop worrying about.
by Michelle Wong 2024
3.87
634 ratings
🧪 Cosmetic Chemistry🧴 Skincare Routines🛡️ Ingredient Safety📊 Scientific Literacy💄 Beauty Industry
Diagnosis
by Jane M. Hightower • 2008
Your tuna sandwich contains a neurotoxin, and the government knew it long before your doctor did.
3.53
34
🔬 Environmental Toxicology🏛️ Public Health Policy💼 Regulatory Capture🍽️ Food Politics🔍 Medical Detective Stories
Diagnosis Summary
Diagnosis 87%
Your tuna sandwich contains a neurotoxin, and the government knew it long before your doctor did.
by Jane M. Hightower 2008
3.53
34 ratings
🔬 Environmental Toxicology🏛️ Public Health Policy💼 Regulatory Capture🍽️ Food Politics🔍 Medical Detective Stories
Liquid Intelligence
by Dave Arnold • 2014
A lab manual for the perfect cocktail: apply physics and chemistry to ice, carbonation, and flavor.
4.50
1k+
🧪 Molecular Gastronomy🍸 Mixology🛠️ Bartending Techniques👅 Flavor Science🔬 Food Science
Liquid Intelligence Summary
Liquid Intelligence 87%
A lab manual for the perfect cocktail: apply physics and chemistry to ice, carbonation, and flavor.
by Dave Arnold 2014
4.50
1k+ ratings
🧪 Molecular Gastronomy🍸 Mixology🛠️ Bartending Techniques👅 Flavor Science🔬 Food Science
A Casebook of Murder
by Colin Wilson • 1969
Gin soaked London bred one kind of killer. Chicago later produced a man who built a murder castle.
3.63
41
🕰️ Murder History🧠 Criminal Psychology🔬 Forensic History🚨 Sex Crimes🔪 Serial Murder
A Casebook of Murder Summary
A Casebook of Murder 87%
Gin soaked London bred one kind of killer. Chicago later produced a man who built a murder castle.
by Colin Wilson 1969
3.63
41 ratings
🕰️ Murder History🧠 Criminal Psychology🔬 Forensic History🚨 Sex Crimes🔪 Serial Murder
Creation
by Adam Rutherford • 2013
Life emerged once from chemistry. Now we write new genetic code and build cells from scratch.
3.97
762
🌍 Origin Of Life🧪 Synthetic Biology🧬 Genetic Engineering🔬 Molecular Biology🦎 Darwinian Evolution
Creation Summary
Creation 87%
Life emerged once from chemistry. Now we write new genetic code and build cells from scratch.
by Adam Rutherford 2013
3.97
762 ratings
🌍 Origin Of Life🧪 Synthetic Biology🧬 Genetic Engineering🔬 Molecular Biology🦎 Darwinian Evolution
Desert Star
by Michael Connelly • 2022
An aging detective joins a cold case unit to find a family's killer in the Mojave.
4.47
86k+
🔍 Cold Case Investigation🧬 Forensic Genealogy🌃 LA Noir⏳ Aging Detective🔪 Serial Killer Hunt
Desert Star Summary
Desert Star 87%
An aging detective joins a cold case unit to find a family's killer in the Mojave.
by Michael Connelly 2022
4.47
86k+ ratings
🔍 Cold Case Investigation🧬 Forensic Genealogy🌃 LA Noir⏳ Aging Detective🔪 Serial Killer Hunt
Talking With Psychopaths and Savages
by Christopher Berry-Dee • 2017
Serial killers lack the brain wiring for empathy. Thirty interviews show what fills the void.
2.98
8k+
🔪 Serial Killers🧠 Criminal Psychology🔬 Psychopathy Research🎙️ Forensic Interviews💔 Childhood Trauma
Talking With Psychopaths and Savages Summary
Talking With Psychopaths and Savages 87%
Serial killers lack the brain wiring for empathy. Thirty interviews show what fills the void.
by Christopher Berry-Dee 2017
2.98
8k+ ratings
🔪 Serial Killers🧠 Criminal Psychology🔬 Psychopathy Research🎙️ Forensic Interviews💔 Childhood Trauma
Body Language
by A.K. Turner • 2020
A mortuary tech who reads the dead defies the police to prove her teacher was murdered.
3.96
6k+
🔬 Forensic Mystery🔎 Amateur Sleuth🚔 Police Procedural👭 Female Detective Duo💀 Punk Heroine
Body Language Summary
Body Language 87%
A mortuary tech who reads the dead defies the police to prove her teacher was murdered.
by A.K. Turner 2020
3.96
6k+ ratings
🔬 Forensic Mystery🔎 Amateur Sleuth🚔 Police Procedural👭 Female Detective Duo💀 Punk Heroine
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