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🔬 Scientific Culture

An examination of the norms, rituals, and unwritten rules that govern how science is practiced, communicated, and valued within its own institutions and beyond.
The Golem (Canto Classics)
by Harry Collins • 1992
Science, like a golem, is powerful but clumsy. Its real process is social, not neat method.
3.77
341
🔬 Sociology Of Science🤔 Philosophy Of Science🧪 Scientific Method
The Golem (Canto Classics) Summary
The Golem (Canto Classics) 91%
Science, like a golem, is powerful but clumsy. Its real process is social, not neat method.
by Harry Collins 1992
3.77
341 ratings
🔬 Sociology Of Science🤔 Philosophy Of Science🧪 Scientific Method
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
🧠 Scientific Creativity🎨 Science And Art🧵 Two Cultures
A Sense of the Mysterious Summary
A Sense of the Mysterious 91%
The creative fire behind cold equations: a physicist-novelist on what science shares with art.
by Alan Lightman 2005
3.82
671 ratings
🧠 Scientific Creativity🎨 Science And Art🧵 Two Cultures
Ignorance
by Stuart Firestein • 2012
Science runs on ignorance not facts and the real skill is knowing which question to chase.
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🧠 Philosophy Of Science🎓 Science Education🔬 Scientific Method
Ignorance Summary
Ignorance 91%
Science runs on ignorance not facts and the real skill is knowing which question to chase.
by Stuart Firestein 2012
3.86
1k+ ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Science🎓 Science Education🔬 Scientific Method
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
🧠 Third Culture🔬 Scientific Method🪞 Cognitive Biases
This Idea Is Brilliant Summary
This Idea Is Brilliant 91%
The overlooked scientific ideas top minds most urgently want you to know, from entropy to emergence.
by John Brockman 2018
3.83
662 ratings
🧠 Third Culture🔬 Scientific Method🪞 Cognitive Biases
Soonish
by Kelly Weinersmith • 2017
Ten technologies that could reshape everything, and why each one might backfire spectacularly.
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6k+
🚀 Emerging Technologies🔮 Future Studies😂 Science Humor
Soonish Summary
Soonish 91%
Ten technologies that could reshape everything, and why each one might backfire spectacularly.
by Kelly Weinersmith 2017
3.94
6k+ ratings
🚀 Emerging Technologies🔮 Future Studies😂 Science Humor
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
📜 History Of Science🔬 Popular Science💡 Eureka Moments
Momentos estelares de la ciencia Summary
Momentos estelares de la ciencia 91%
From Archimedes' bath to the splitting of the atom: the breakthroughs that built the modern mind.
by Isaac Asimov 1959
4.11
674 ratings
📜 History Of Science🔬 Popular Science💡 Eureka Moments
Pasteur's Quadrant
by Donald E. Stokes • 1997
The report that sold America on funding pure science: the engine of health, security, and growth.
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🧪 Science Policy💰 Research Funding🧬 Basic Research
Pasteur's Quadrant Summary
Pasteur's Quadrant 91%
The report that sold America on funding pure science: the engine of health, security, and growth.
by Donald E. Stokes 1997
3.82
150 ratings
🧪 Science Policy💰 Research Funding🧬 Basic Research
Bad Astronomy
by Philip Plait • 2002
From seasons to tides to falling stars: what you've gotten wrong about the night sky.
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🪐 Popular Astronomy🔍 Myth Debunking🧠 Critical Thinking
Bad Astronomy Summary
Bad Astronomy 90%
From seasons to tides to falling stars: what you've gotten wrong about the night sky.
by Philip Plait 2002
4.04
6k+ ratings
🪐 Popular Astronomy🔍 Myth Debunking🧠 Critical Thinking
Cosmos
by Carl Sagan • 1980
From exploding stars to conscious minds: a cosmic journey that ends with a choice.
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160k+
🔭 Cosmology🚀 Space Exploration👽 Extraterrestrial Life
Cosmos Summary
Cosmos 90%
From exploding stars to conscious minds: a cosmic journey that ends with a choice.
by Carl Sagan 1980
4.40
160k+ ratings
🔭 Cosmology🚀 Space Exploration👽 Extraterrestrial Life
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
🧠 Philosophy Of Science📜 History Of Science🔭 Scientific Revolution
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
🧠 Philosophy Of Science📜 History Of Science🔭 Scientific Revolution
What We Believe But Cannot Prove
by John Brockman • 2005
Science's greatest leaps begin as hunches without proof. A hundred top minds confess theirs.
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2k+
🔬 Philosophy Of Science💡 Scientific Intuition🧠 Consciousness Studies
What We Believe But Cannot Prove Summary
What We Believe But Cannot Prove 90%
Science's greatest leaps begin as hunches without proof. A hundred top minds confess theirs.
by John Brockman 2005
3.65
2k+ ratings
🔬 Philosophy Of Science💡 Scientific Intuition🧠 Consciousness Studies
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+
⚛️ Theoretical Physics🔮 Speculative Science📖 Popular Physics
Physics of the Impossible Summary
Physics of the Impossible 90%
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
⚛️ Theoretical Physics🔮 Speculative Science📖 Popular Physics
The Perfectionists
by Simon Winchester • 2018
From cylinders to microchips: the hidden pursuit of perfect smoothness that built the modern world.
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7k+
🔧 History Of Technology🏭 Industrial Revolution🔍 Microhistory
The Perfectionists Summary
The Perfectionists 90%
From cylinders to microchips: the hidden pursuit of perfect smoothness that built the modern world.
by Simon Winchester 2018
4.15
7k+ ratings
🔧 History Of Technology🏭 Industrial Revolution🔍 Microhistory
Letters to a Young Scientist
by Edward O. Wilson • 2013
Think like an artist, then work like an accountant. The real path to scientific discovery.
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5k+
🧪 Scientific Careers🔬 Field Biology💡 Scientific Creativity
Letters to a Young Scientist Summary
Letters to a Young Scientist 90%
Think like an artist, then work like an accountant. The real path to scientific discovery.
by Edward O. Wilson 2013
3.90
5k+ ratings
🧪 Scientific Careers🔬 Field Biology💡 Scientific Creativity
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
🧬 Synthetic Biology📋 Science Policy⚖️ Bioethics
The Genesis Machine Summary
The Genesis Machine 90%
Life is becoming programmable. The technology is here; the rules for using it are not.
by Amy Webb 2022
3.94
745 ratings
🧬 Synthetic Biology📋 Science Policy⚖️ Bioethics
The Two Cultures
by C.P. Snow • 1959
A scientist's 1959 warning: the rift between science and the humanities is a crisis of civilization.
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2k+
📜 Intellectual History🔬 Science And Society🧪 Scientific Literacy
The Two Cultures Summary
The Two Cultures 90%
A scientist's 1959 warning: the rift between science and the humanities is a crisis of civilization.
by C.P. Snow 1959
3.66
2k+ ratings
📜 Intellectual History🔬 Science And Society🧪 Scientific Literacy
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
The Alchemy of Us Summary
The Alchemy of Us 90%
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
Reinventing Discovery
by Michael Nielsen • 2011
Science's discovery model held for 300 years. Open networks and citizen labs are replacing it.
3.94
640
🔓 Open Science🔭 Citizen Science🧠 Collective Intelligence
Reinventing Discovery Summary
Reinventing Discovery 90%
Science's discovery model held for 300 years. Open networks and citizen labs are replacing it.
by Michael Nielsen 2011
3.94
640 ratings
🔓 Open Science🔭 Citizen Science🧠 Collective Intelligence
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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🏛️ Big History🔬 History Of Science🧬 Human Evolution
The Upright Thinkers Summary
The Upright Thinkers 90%
What connects bipedal apes to quantum physics? A single, stubborn habit of asking why.
by Leonard Mlodinow 2015
4.13
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Big History🔬 History Of Science🧬 Human Evolution
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering
by Richard W. Hamming • 1996
What separates great scientists from good ones: they pick better problems.
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2k+
🧠 Scientific Thinking⚙️ Engineering Practice💻 Computational Thinking
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering Summary
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering 90%
What separates great scientists from good ones: they pick better problems.
by Richard W. Hamming 1996
4.18
2k+ ratings
🧠 Scientific Thinking⚙️ Engineering Practice💻 Computational Thinking
Nonsense on Stilts
by Massimo Pigliucci • 2008
Science isn't one method but many. Learn how they actually work, and the impostors can't hide.
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1k+
🧠 Philosophy Of Science🚧 Demarcation Problem🔮 Pseudoscience
Nonsense on Stilts Summary
Nonsense on Stilts 90%
Science isn't one method but many. Learn how they actually work, and the impostors can't hide.
by Massimo Pigliucci 2008
3.89
1k+ ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Science🚧 Demarcation Problem🔮 Pseudoscience
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+
🔬 Meta-Science🛑 Scientific Dead Ends🕸️ Complexity Science
This Idea Must Die Summary
This Idea Must Die 90%
175 scientists each nominate one idea to retire, from IQ to the Big Bang itself.
by John Brockman 2015
3.50
1k+ ratings
🔬 Meta-Science🛑 Scientific Dead Ends🕸️ Complexity Science
The Machinery of Life
by David S. Goodsell • 1992
A molecular biologist's watercolors reveal the nanoscale machines running every cell in your body.
4.43
741
🔬 Molecular Biology🧬 Structural Biology🎨 Scientific Illustration
The Machinery of Life Summary
The Machinery of Life 90%
A molecular biologist's watercolors reveal the nanoscale machines running every cell in your body.
by David S. Goodsell 1992
4.43
741 ratings
🔬 Molecular Biology🧬 Structural Biology🎨 Scientific Illustration
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+
🔬 History Of Science🔍 Scientific Method🧪 Experimental Science
To Explain the World Summary
To Explain the World 90%
What took two millennia: how humanity learned to test nature instead of just arguing about it.
by Steven Weinberg 2015
3.79
2k+ ratings
🔬 History Of Science🔍 Scientific Method🧪 Experimental Science
Learning from Leonardo
by Fritjof Capra • 2013
He traced water, drew muscles, and built wings. He also painted the Mona Lisa.
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108
🧠 Systems Thinking🔍 Scientific Method🏛️ Renaissance Science
Learning from Leonardo Summary
Learning from Leonardo 90%
He traced water, drew muscles, and built wings. He also painted the Mona Lisa.
by Fritjof Capra 2013
3.96
108 ratings
🧠 Systems Thinking🔍 Scientific Method🏛️ Renaissance Science
Brilliant Blunders
by Mario Livio • 2013
Five scientific blunders that advanced their fields further than a correct answer ever could.
3.57
2k+
🔬 History Of Science💥 Productive Failure🧠 Intellectual Humility
Brilliant Blunders Summary
Brilliant Blunders 90%
Five scientific blunders that advanced their fields further than a correct answer ever could.
by Mario Livio 2013
3.57
2k+ ratings
🔬 History Of Science💥 Productive Failure🧠 Intellectual Humility
Lost in Math
by Sabine Hossenfelder • 2018
Theoretical physics is stuck. The culprit isn't bad math, but a fixation on elegant theories.
4.05
3k+
⚛️ Theoretical Physics🤔 Philosophy Of Physics🎨 Aesthetic Bias In Science
Lost in Math Summary
Lost in Math 90%
Theoretical physics is stuck. The culprit isn't bad math, but a fixation on elegant theories.
by Sabine Hossenfelder 2018
4.05
3k+ ratings
⚛️ Theoretical Physics🤔 Philosophy Of Physics🎨 Aesthetic Bias In Science
How Life Works
by Philip Ball • 2023
Genes don't give orders; cells decide for themselves. Biology's central metaphor was wrong.
4.21
651
🧬 Molecular Biology🔬 Systems Biology🌀 Self-Organization
How Life Works Summary
How Life Works 90%
Genes don't give orders; cells decide for themselves. Biology's central metaphor was wrong.
by Philip Ball 2023
4.21
651 ratings
🧬 Molecular Biology🔬 Systems Biology🌀 Self-Organization
Caesar's Last Breath
by Sam Kean • 2017
Your next breath shares molecules with Caesar's last, and with every war and volcano since.
4.25
5k+
🌀 Atmospheric Science🔬 Periodic Table📜 Science History
Caesar's Last Breath Summary
Caesar's Last Breath 90%
Your next breath shares molecules with Caesar's last, and with every war and volcano since.
by Sam Kean 2017
4.25
5k+ ratings
🌀 Atmospheric Science🔬 Periodic Table📜 Science History
The Ascent of Man
by Jacob Bronowski • 1973
Art and science are twin expressions of a single gift: the mind's ability to remake itself.
4.21
6k+
🔬 History Of Science🧬 Cultural Evolution🦍 Human Origins
The Ascent of Man Summary
The Ascent of Man 90%
Art and science are twin expressions of a single gift: the mind's ability to remake itself.
by Jacob Bronowski 1973
4.21
6k+ ratings
🔬 History Of Science🧬 Cultural Evolution🦍 Human Origins
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
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🧪 Molecular Biology🔬 Structural Biology🧬 Genetic Code
Gene Machine Summary
Gene Machine 90%
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
I Told You So!
by Matt Kaplan • 2026
Science punishes its boldest discoveries. From handwashing to mRNA, the pattern is fixable.
3.81
589
🔬 History Of Science👥 Sociology Of Science🔄 Paradigm Shifts
I Told You So! Summary
I Told You So! 90%
Science punishes its boldest discoveries. From handwashing to mRNA, the pattern is fixable.
by Matt Kaplan 2026
3.81
589 ratings
🔬 History Of Science👥 Sociology Of Science🔄 Paradigm Shifts
A Little History of Science
by William Bynum • 2012
Science is a chain of curiosity and accident, from Babylonian stargazers to the decoding of DNA.
3.82
2k+
🔬 History Of Science🚀 Popular Science🌍 Sweeping History
A Little History of Science Summary
A Little History of Science 90%
Science is a chain of curiosity and accident, from Babylonian stargazers to the decoding of DNA.
by William Bynum 2012
3.82
2k+ ratings
🔬 History Of Science🚀 Popular Science🌍 Sweeping History
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 Summary
DNA 90%
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
The Science of Star Wars
by Mark Brake • 2016
The real science of hyperspace, alien biology, and the Force: more surprising than Star Wars.
3.44
413
📘 Pop Science🎬 Physics Of Sci-Fi🚀 Space Science
The Science of Star Wars Summary
The Science of Star Wars 90%
The real science of hyperspace, alien biology, and the Force: more surprising than Star Wars.
by Mark Brake 2016
3.44
413 ratings
📘 Pop Science🎬 Physics Of Sci-Fi🚀 Space Science
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
🌌 Cosmology⚛️ Particle Physics📜 History Of Science
The Elephant in the Universe Summary
The Elephant in the Universe 90%
Eighty-four percent of matter is invisible. A century-long hunt has yet to catch it.
by Govert Schilling 2022
4.07
265 ratings
🌌 Cosmology⚛️ Particle Physics📜 History Of Science
What If? 2
by Randall Munroe • 2022
What if you filled the solar system with soup? A cartoonist did the math.
4.37
18k+
🎭 Pop Science Humor💭 Thought Experiments🌌 Cosmic Scale
What If? 2 Summary
What If? 2 90%
What if you filled the solar system with soup? A cartoonist did the math.
by Randall Munroe 2022
4.37
18k+ ratings
🎭 Pop Science Humor💭 Thought Experiments🌌 Cosmic Scale
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+
🔮 Future Studies🌐 Ubiquitous Computing🤖 Artificial Intelligence
Physics of the Future Summary
Physics of the Future 90%
What a century of real physics can actually deliver: from invisible computers to fusion power.
by Michio Kaku 2011
4.00
18k+ ratings
🔮 Future Studies🌐 Ubiquitous Computing🤖 Artificial Intelligence
Carl Sagan's Cosmic Connection
by Carl Sagan • 1973
Searching for alien intelligence is now a testable science, and the silence is a message in itself.
4.25
2k+
🪐 Planetary Science📡 Seti🌌 Cosmic Perspective
Carl Sagan's Cosmic Connection Summary
Carl Sagan's Cosmic Connection 90%
Searching for alien intelligence is now a testable science, and the silence is a message in itself.
by Carl Sagan 1973
4.25
2k+ ratings
🪐 Planetary Science📡 Seti🌌 Cosmic Perspective
A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age
by David J. Helfand • 2016
Mental tools from science that let you gut-check any claim yourself, no search engine required.
3.71
220
🧪 Scientific Literacy🔍 Misinformation Defense🔢 Quantitative Reasoning
A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age Summary
A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age 90%
Mental tools from science that let you gut-check any claim yourself, no search engine required.
by David J. Helfand 2016
3.71
220 ratings
🧪 Scientific Literacy🔍 Misinformation Defense🔢 Quantitative Reasoning
In a Flight of Starlings
by Giorgio Parisi • 2021
Starlings, spin glasses, and science's messy path: why simple rules create complex systems.
3.41
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🧩 Complex Systems🐦 Emergence🦅 Collective Behavior
In a Flight of Starlings Summary
In a Flight of Starlings 90%
Starlings, spin glasses, and science's messy path: why simple rules create complex systems.
by Giorgio Parisi 2021
3.41
2k+ ratings
🧩 Complex Systems🐦 Emergence🦅 Collective Behavior
La ciencia pop 2
by Gabriel León • 2018
A tick bite that bans you from steak for life: the science of the body's strangest reactions.
4.13
289
🔬 Popular Science🧐 Scientific Skepticism🧠 Dopamine Science
La ciencia pop 2 Summary
La ciencia pop 2 90%
A tick bite that bans you from steak for life: the science of the body's strangest reactions.
by Gabriel León 2018
4.13
289 ratings
🔬 Popular Science🧐 Scientific Skepticism🧠 Dopamine Science
Dispatches from Planet 3
by Marcia Bartusiak • 2018
Thirty-two briefings on the invisible universe, colliding galaxies, and the women who mapped both.
4.11
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🏛️ History Of Astronomy👩‍🔬 Women In Science🌌 Cosmology
Dispatches from Planet 3 Summary
Dispatches from Planet 3 90%
Thirty-two briefings on the invisible universe, colliding galaxies, and the women who mapped both.
by Marcia Bartusiak 2018
4.11
161 ratings
🏛️ History Of Astronomy👩‍🔬 Women In Science🌌 Cosmology
The Code Breaker
by Walter Isaacson • 2021
How a bacterial defense system handed us the power to rewrite our own evolution.
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🧬 Genetic Engineering🧪 Molecular Biology⚗️ Biotechnology
The Code Breaker Summary
The Code Breaker 90%
How a bacterial defense system handed us the power to rewrite our own evolution.
by Walter Isaacson 2021
4.28
42k+ ratings
🧬 Genetic Engineering🧪 Molecular Biology⚗️ Biotechnology
What Is Life?
by Paul Nurse • 2020
All life runs on five core principles. A Nobel laureate shows what they are.
3.94
3k+
🧬 Popular Biology🔬 Cell Biology🦎 Evolutionary Biology
What Is Life? Summary
What Is Life? 90%
All life runs on five core principles. A Nobel laureate shows what they are.
by Paul Nurse 2020
3.94
3k+ ratings
🧬 Popular Biology🔬 Cell Biology🦎 Evolutionary Biology
About Time
by Adam Frank • 2011
Time is a human invention, rebuilt every era. Our cosmology just catches up.
3.88
484
🔬 History Of Science⏳ Philosophy Of Time🧠 Time Perception
About Time Summary
About Time 90%
Time is a human invention, rebuilt every era. Our cosmology just catches up.
by Adam Frank 2011
3.88
484 ratings
🔬 History Of Science⏳ Philosophy Of Time🧠 Time Perception
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+
🧬 Gene Editing🔬 Molecular Biology⚡ Scientific Discovery
A Crack in Creation Summary
A Crack in Creation 90%
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
🧬 Gene Editing🔬 Molecular Biology⚡ Scientific Discovery
The Magic of Reality
by Richard Dawkins • 2011
What makes the real world more magical than any myth? Evidence. And a few trillion galaxies.
4.05
27k+
🪐 Popular Science🧪 Scientific Literacy🧬 Evolutionary Biology
The Magic of Reality Summary
The Magic of Reality 90%
What makes the real world more magical than any myth? Evidence. And a few trillion galaxies.
by Richard Dawkins 2011
4.05
27k+ ratings
🪐 Popular Science🧪 Scientific Literacy🧬 Evolutionary Biology
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+
⚛️ Quantum Mechanics📖 Popular Physics💥 Particle Physics
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
⚛️ Quantum Mechanics📖 Popular Physics💥 Particle Physics
The Essential Engineer
by Henry Petroski • 2010
Science explains; engineering creates. When we confuse the two, our biggest problems get harder.
3.37
270
🧠 Engineering Philosophy🛡️ Engineering Ethics⚖️ Risk Assessment
The Essential Engineer Summary
The Essential Engineer 89%
Science explains; engineering creates. When we confuse the two, our biggest problems get harder.
by Henry Petroski 2010
3.37
270 ratings
🧠 Engineering Philosophy🛡️ Engineering Ethics⚖️ Risk Assessment
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