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"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"
by Richard P. Feynman • 1985
Safe-cracking, bongos, and a fatal O-ring: a Nobel laureate's life of fearless curiosity.
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219k+
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" Summary
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" 91%
Safe-cracking, bongos, and a fatal O-ring: a Nobel laureate's life of fearless curiosity.
by Richard P. Feynman 1985
4.26
219k+ ratings
Ignition!
by John Drury Clark • 1972
A fuel that won't corrode, explode, or poison: the inside story of the chemists who found it.
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3k+
Ignition! Summary
Ignition! 91%
A fuel that won't corrode, explode, or poison: the inside story of the chemists who found it.
by John Drury Clark 1972
4.12
3k+ ratings
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
by Richard Rhodes • 1986
Physics made the bomb inevitable long before any general asked for it.
4.40
25k+
The Making of the Atomic Bomb Summary
The Making of the Atomic Bomb 91%
Physics made the bomb inevitable long before any general asked for it.
by Richard Rhodes 1986
4.40
25k+ ratings
The Common Sense of Science
by Jacob Bronowski • 1951
The Scientific Revolution was cultural. Science is personal, never the cold machine you fear.
3.83
141
The Common Sense of Science Summary
The Common Sense of Science 90%
The Scientific Revolution was cultural. Science is personal, never the cold machine you fear.
by Jacob Bronowski 1951
3.83
141 ratings
The Modern Mind
by Peter Watson • 1937
Unseen discoveries near 1900 set the course for modern art, mass politics, and the atomic age.
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1k+
The Modern Mind Summary
The Modern Mind 90%
Unseen discoveries near 1900 set the course for modern art, mass politics, and the atomic age.
by Peter Watson 1937
4.31
1k+ ratings
A Sense of the Mysterious
by Alan Lightman • 2005
The creative fire behind cold equations: a physicist-novelist on what science shares with art.
3.82
671
A Sense of the Mysterious Summary
A Sense of the Mysterious 90%
The creative fire behind cold equations: a physicist-novelist on what science shares with art.
by Alan Lightman 2005
3.82
671 ratings
Momentos estelares de la ciencia
by Isaac Asimov • 1959
From Archimedes' bath to the splitting of the atom: the breakthroughs that built the modern mind.
4.11
674
Momentos estelares de la ciencia Summary
Momentos estelares de la ciencia 90%
From Archimedes' bath to the splitting of the atom: the breakthroughs that built the modern mind.
by Isaac Asimov 1959
4.11
674 ratings
The Light Ages
by Seb Falk • 2020
Eclipse math, precision clocks, a six-foot computer: the medieval laboratory inside the monastery.
3.67
2k+
The Light Ages Summary
The Light Ages 90%
Eclipse math, precision clocks, a six-foot computer: the medieval laboratory inside the monastery.
by Seb Falk 2020
3.67
2k+ ratings
How to Invent Everything
by Ryan North • 2018
Stranded in the past with nothing but your wits, and the flowchart says you're before 50,000 BCE.
4.14
6k+
How to Invent Everything Summary
How to Invent Everything 89%
Stranded in the past with nothing but your wits, and the flowchart says you're before 50,000 BCE.
by Ryan North 2018
4.14
6k+ ratings
Uncertainty
by David Lindley • 1996
You cannot measure everything. Einstein spent decades fighting that fact. What it cost him.
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2k+
Uncertainty Summary
Uncertainty 89%
You cannot measure everything. Einstein spent decades fighting that fact. What it cost him.
by David Lindley 1996
4.02
2k+ ratings
The Girls of Atomic City
by Denise Kiernan • 2013
The young women of Oak Ridge built the atomic bomb. None of them knew it.
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32k+
The Girls of Atomic City Summary
The Girls of Atomic City 89%
The young women of Oak Ridge built the atomic bomb. None of them knew it.
by Denise Kiernan 2013
3.73
32k+ ratings
Going Nuclear
by Tim Gregory • 2025
Nuclear is the cleanest, safest, densest energy on Earth. Only irrational fear stands in its way.
4.47
309
Going Nuclear Summary
Going Nuclear 89%
Nuclear is the cleanest, safest, densest energy on Earth. Only irrational fear stands in its way.
by Tim Gregory 2025
4.47
309 ratings
Helgoland
by Carlo Rovelli • 2020
What if things have no standalone properties? Quantum physics and the relational nature of reality.
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10k+
Helgoland Summary
Helgoland 89%
What if things have no standalone properties? Quantum physics and the relational nature of reality.
by Carlo Rovelli 2020
4.08
10k+ ratings
Bad Ideas?
by Robert Winston • 2009
Writing, farming, and nuclear power share an uncomfortable secret: each was supposed to save us.
3.56
142
Bad Ideas? Summary
Bad Ideas? 89%
Writing, farming, and nuclear power share an uncomfortable secret: each was supposed to save us.
by Robert Winston 2009
3.56
142 ratings
To Explain the World
by Steven Weinberg • 2015
What took two millennia: how humanity learned to test nature instead of just arguing about it.
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2k+
To Explain the World Summary
To Explain the World 89%
What took two millennia: how humanity learned to test nature instead of just arguing about it.
by Steven Weinberg 2015
3.79
2k+ ratings
This Idea Is Brilliant
by John Brockman • 2018
The overlooked scientific ideas top minds most urgently want you to know, from entropy to emergence.
3.83
662
This Idea Is Brilliant Summary
This Idea Is Brilliant 89%
The overlooked scientific ideas top minds most urgently want you to know, from entropy to emergence.
by John Brockman 2018
3.83
662 ratings
Caesar's Last Breath
by Sam Kean • 2017
Your next breath shares molecules with Caesar's last, and with every war and volcano since.
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Caesar's Last Breath Summary
Caesar's Last Breath 89%
Your next breath shares molecules with Caesar's last, and with every war and volcano since.
by Sam Kean 2017
4.25
5k+ ratings
Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam
by Kenneth W. Ford • 1998
He rushed to build the bomb. Decades later, he named black holes and chased quantum foam.
4.16
352
Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam Summary
Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam 89%
He rushed to build the bomb. Decades later, he named black holes and chased quantum foam.
by Kenneth W. Ford 1998
4.16
352 ratings
What Is Real?
by Adam Becker • 2018
Physics' deepest debate was never resolved, just buried. The dissidents who kept digging were right.
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4k+
What Is Real? Summary
What Is Real? 89%
Physics' deepest debate was never resolved, just buried. The dissidents who kept digging were right.
by Adam Becker 2018
4.28
4k+ ratings
How the Hippies Saved Physics
by David Kaiser • 2011
With mysticism and est funding, a Berkeley group revived entanglement, seeding quantum computing.
3.55
823
How the Hippies Saved Physics Summary
How the Hippies Saved Physics 89%
With mysticism and est funding, a Berkeley group revived entanglement, seeding quantum computing.
by David Kaiser 2011
3.55
823 ratings
The Elephant in the Universe
by Govert Schilling • 2022
Eighty-four percent of matter is invisible. A century-long hunt has yet to catch it.
4.07
265
The Elephant in the Universe Summary
The Elephant in the Universe 89%
Eighty-four percent of matter is invisible. A century-long hunt has yet to catch it.
by Govert Schilling 2022
4.07
265 ratings
Einstein's Fridge
by Paul Sen • 2021
The science of heat built the modern world and governs time's arrow, life, and black holes.
4.26
989
Einstein's Fridge Summary
Einstein's Fridge 89%
The science of heat built the modern world and governs time's arrow, life, and black holes.
by Paul Sen 2021
4.26
989 ratings
Lost in Math
by Sabine Hossenfelder • 2018
Theoretical physics is stuck. The culprit isn't bad math, but a fixation on elegant theories.
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3k+
Lost in Math Summary
Lost in Math 89%
Theoretical physics is stuck. The culprit isn't bad math, but a fixation on elegant theories.
by Sabine Hossenfelder 2018
4.05
3k+ ratings
Science Fiction
by David Seed • 2011
How space voyages, aliens, and time travel turned science fiction into the literature of ideas.
3.31
554
Science Fiction Summary
Science Fiction 89%
How space voyages, aliens, and time travel turned science fiction into the literature of ideas.
by David Seed 2011
3.31
554 ratings
Gene Machine
by Venki Ramakrishnan • 2018
A physicist entered biology's most cutthroat race, solved a million-atom machine, and won the Nobel.
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2k+
Gene Machine Summary
Gene Machine 89%
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
Soonish
by Kelly Weinersmith • 2017
Ten technologies that could reshape everything, and why each one might backfire spectacularly.
3.94
6k+
Soonish Summary
Soonish 89%
Ten technologies that could reshape everything, and why each one might backfire spectacularly.
by Kelly Weinersmith 2017
3.94
6k+ ratings
Einstein in Time and Space
by Samuel Graydon • 2023
A life in 99 short chapters: Einstein as a contradictory man, not a marble saint.
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652
Einstein in Time and Space Summary
Einstein in Time and Space 89%
A life in 99 short chapters: Einstein as a contradictory man, not a marble saint.
by Samuel Graydon 2023
4.17
652 ratings
I, Robot
by Isaac Asimov • 1950
Robots built to protect humanity keep finding fatal logic gaps: a robopsychologist's casebook.
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I, Robot Summary
I, Robot 89%
Robots built to protect humanity keep finding fatal logic gaps: a robopsychologist's casebook.
by Isaac Asimov 1950
4.21
382k+ ratings
The Alchemy of Us
by Ainissa Ramirez • 2020
We invented quartz clocks, steel rails, and silicon chips. Then they reinvented us.
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1k+
The Alchemy of Us Summary
The Alchemy of Us 89%
We invented quartz clocks, steel rails, and silicon chips. Then they reinvented us.
by Ainissa Ramirez 2020
3.90
1k+ ratings
Quantum Man
by Lawrence M. Krauss • 2011
Feynman drew pictures of particles, insisted experiment trumps elegance, and rebuilt modern physics.
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4k+
Quantum Man Summary
Quantum Man 89%
Feynman drew pictures of particles, insisted experiment trumps elegance, and rebuilt modern physics.
by Lawrence M. Krauss 2011
4.07
4k+ ratings
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
by Thomas S. Kuhn • 1962
The textbook story of science is a myth: progress happens through upheavals that redefine reality.
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30k+
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Summary
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions 89%
The textbook story of science is a myth: progress happens through upheavals that redefine reality.
by Thomas S. Kuhn 1962
4.03
30k+ ratings
The Perfectionists
by Simon Winchester • 2018
From cylinders to microchips: the hidden pursuit of perfect smoothness that built the modern world.
4.15
7k+
The Perfectionists Summary
The Perfectionists 89%
From cylinders to microchips: the hidden pursuit of perfect smoothness that built the modern world.
by Simon Winchester 2018
4.15
7k+ ratings
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.
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20k+
The Double Helix Summary
The Double Helix 89%
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
About Time
by Adam Frank • 2011
Time is a human invention, rebuilt every era. Our cosmology just catches up.
3.88
484
About Time Summary
About Time 89%
Time is a human invention, rebuilt every era. Our cosmology just catches up.
by Adam Frank 2011
3.88
484 ratings
The Theory of Almost Everything
by Robert Oerter • 2005
The Standard Model explains everything we see except gravity, but 85% of the universe is missing.
4.08
808
The Theory of Almost Everything Summary
The Theory of Almost Everything 89%
The Standard Model explains everything we see except gravity, but 85% of the universe is missing.
by Robert Oerter 2005
4.08
808 ratings
Quantum
by Manjit Kumar • 2007
Einstein and Bohr's 30-year argument revealed a universe stranger than either could accept.
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11k+
Quantum Summary
Quantum 89%
Einstein and Bohr's 30-year argument revealed a universe stranger than either could accept.
by Manjit Kumar 2007
4.27
11k+ ratings
Accessory to War
by Neil deGrasse Tyson • 2018
GPS guides your car and a missile; the alliance that built both goes back centuries.
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Accessory to War Summary
Accessory to War 89%
GPS guides your car and a missile; the alliance that built both goes back centuries.
by Neil deGrasse Tyson 2018
3.65
5k+ ratings
Cosmos
by Carl Sagan • 1980
From exploding stars to conscious minds: a cosmic journey that ends with a choice.
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Cosmos Summary
Cosmos 89%
From exploding stars to conscious minds: a cosmic journey that ends with a choice.
by Carl Sagan 1980
4.40
160k+ ratings
Wright Brothers, Wrong Story
by William Elliott azelgrove • 2018
Wilbur Wright solved flight alone. Orville Wright spent decades burying that fact.
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130
Wright Brothers, Wrong Story Summary
Wright Brothers, Wrong Story 89%
Wilbur Wright solved flight alone. Orville Wright spent decades burying that fact.
by William Elliott azelgrove 2018
3.66
130 ratings
Vector
by Robyn Arianrhod • 2024
Your GPS and AI depend on a 19th-century algebra that broke the rules of arithmetic.
4.05
163
Vector Summary
Vector 89%
Your GPS and AI depend on a 19th-century algebra that broke the rules of arithmetic.
by Robyn Arianrhod 2024
4.05
163 ratings
The Code Breaker -- Young Readers Edition
by Walter Isaacson • 2022
Bacteria invented gene editing. One scientist who ignored every 'no' taught us to use it.
4.23
137
The Code Breaker -- Young Readers Edition Summary
The Code Breaker -- Young Readers Edition 89%
Bacteria invented gene editing. One scientist who ignored every 'no' taught us to use it.
by Walter Isaacson 2022
4.23
137 ratings
The Quantum Universe
by Brian Cox • 2011
A theory that defies common sense underlies transistors, lasers, and every atom in your body.
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5k+
The Quantum Universe Summary
The Quantum Universe 89%
A theory that defies common sense underlies transistors, lasers, and every atom in your body.
by Brian Cox 2011
3.76
5k+ ratings
This Idea Must Die
by John Brockman • 2015
175 scientists each nominate one idea to retire, from IQ to the Big Bang itself.
3.50
1k+
This Idea Must Die Summary
This Idea Must Die 89%
175 scientists each nominate one idea to retire, from IQ to the Big Bang itself.
by John Brockman 2015
3.50
1k+ ratings
The Genesis Machine
by Amy Webb • 2022
Life is becoming programmable. The technology is here; the rules for using it are not.
3.94
745
The Genesis Machine Summary
The Genesis Machine 89%
Life is becoming programmable. The technology is here; the rules for using it are not.
by Amy Webb 2022
3.94
745 ratings
The Upright Thinkers
by Leonard Mlodinow • 2015
What connects bipedal apes to quantum physics? A single, stubborn habit of asking why.
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The Upright Thinkers Summary
The Upright Thinkers 89%
What connects bipedal apes to quantum physics? A single, stubborn habit of asking why.
by Leonard Mlodinow 2015
4.13
2k+ ratings
Brief Answers to the Big Questions
by Stephen W. Hawking • 2018
Time travel might work, but the feedback loop of climate disaster probably kills us first.
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89k+
Brief Answers to the Big Questions Summary
Brief Answers to the Big Questions 89%
Time travel might work, but the feedback loop of climate disaster probably kills us first.
by Stephen W. Hawking 2018
4.26
89k+ ratings
Physics of the Impossible
by Michio Kaku • 2008
Sci-fi's wildest tech, sorted by a physicist: what's coming this century, and what breaks reality.
4.09
42k+
Physics of the Impossible Summary
Physics of the Impossible 89%
Sci-fi's wildest tech, sorted by a physicist: what's coming this century, and what breaks reality.
by Michio Kaku 2008
4.09
42k+ ratings
Physics of the Future
by Michio Kaku • 2011
What a century of real physics can actually deliver: from invisible computers to fusion power.
4.00
18k+
Physics of the Future Summary
Physics of the Future 89%
What a century of real physics can actually deliver: from invisible computers to fusion power.
by Michio Kaku 2011
4.00
18k+ ratings
A Crack in Creation
by Jennifer A. Doudna • 2017
The tool to rewrite the human genome came from bacteria. Our wisdom is still catching up.
4.13
7k+
A Crack in Creation Summary
A Crack in Creation 89%
The tool to rewrite the human genome came from bacteria. Our wisdom is still catching up.
by Jennifer A. Doudna 2017
4.13
7k+ ratings
Brilliant Blunders
by Mario Livio • 2013
Five scientific blunders that advanced their fields further than a correct answer ever could.
3.57
2k+
Brilliant Blunders Summary
Brilliant Blunders 89%
Five scientific blunders that advanced their fields further than a correct answer ever could.
by Mario Livio 2013
3.57
2k+ ratings
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