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A Short History of Nearly Everything Summary
A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson 2003 544 pages
4.22
400k+ ratings
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Humor
The Selfish Gene Summary
The Selfish Gene
by Richard Dawkins 1976 360 pages
4.16
100k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
The Fabric of Reality Summary
The Fabric of Reality
The Science of Parallel Universes — and Its Implications
by David Deutsch 1996 390 pages
4.14
5k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
The Science of Interstellar Summary
The Science of Interstellar
by Kip S. Thorne 2015 336 pages
4.29
6k+ ratings
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Physics
Space
Naked Statistics Summary
Naked Statistics
Stripping the Dread from the Data
by Charles Wheelan 2012 304 pages
3.96
14k+ ratings
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Business
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The Hidden Reality Summary
The Hidden Reality
Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos
by Brian Greene 2011 384 pages
4.11
20k+ ratings
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The Order of Time Summary
The Order of Time
by Carlo Rovelli 2017 224 pages
4.13
35k+ ratings
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Philosophy
Brief Answers to the Big Questions Summary
Brief Answers to the Big Questions
by Stephen Hawking 2018 256 pages
4.27
82k+ ratings
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Physics
Philosophy
Reality is Not What it Seems Summary
Reality is Not What it Seems
The Journey to Quantum Gravity
by Carlo Rovelli 2014 256 pages
4.33
15k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
The Joy of X Summary
The Joy of X
A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity
by Steven H. Strogatz 2012 316 pages
4.06
8k+ ratings
Mathematics
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In Search of Schrödinger's Cat Summary
In Search of Schrödinger's Cat
Quantum Physics and Reality
by John Gribbin 1984 320 pages
4.06
21k+ ratings
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Chaos Summary
Chaos
Making a New Science
by James Gleick 1987 352 pages
4.04
39k+ ratings
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Physics
Mathematics
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics Summary
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
by Carlo Rovelli 2014 81 pages
3.99
63k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Hyperspace Summary
Hyperspace
A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension
by Michio Kaku 1994 359 pages
4.15
23k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Genome Summary
Genome
The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
by Matt Ridley 1999 344 pages
4.06
27k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Genetics
Infinite Powers Summary
Infinite Powers
How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe
by Steven H. Strogatz 2019 360 pages
4.29
6k+ ratings
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History
The First Three Minutes Summary
The First Three Minutes
A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe
by Steven Weinberg 1977 224 pages
4.10
13k+ ratings
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Physics
Astronomy
Life Ascending Summary
Life Ascending
The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution
by Nick Lane 2009 352 pages
4.12
5k+ ratings
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Biology
Evolution
The Feynman Lectures on Physics Summary
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
by Richard P. Feynman 1964 1552 pages
4.61
7k+ ratings
Science
Physics
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The Fabric of the Cosmos Summary
The Fabric of the Cosmos
Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
by Brian Greene 2004 569 pages
4.13
39k+ ratings
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Physics
Astronomy
Physics of the Impossible Summary
Physics of the Impossible
by Michio Kaku 2008 329 pages
4.10
40k+ ratings
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Physics
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Our Mathematical Universe Summary
Our Mathematical Universe
My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality
by Max Tegmark 2012 432 pages
4.19
8k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Mathematics
Just Six Numbers Summary
Just Six Numbers
The Deep Forces That Shape the Universe
by Martin J. Rees 1999 208 pages
3.96
5k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Helgoland Summary
Helgoland
Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
by Carlo Rovelli 2020 233 pages
4.08
9k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Existential Physics Summary
Existential Physics
A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
by Sabine Hossenfelder 2022 269 pages
3.90
2k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Humble Pi Summary
Humble Pi
A Comedy of Maths Errors
by Matt Parker 2019 314 pages
4.10
20k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Humor
How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog Summary
How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog
by Chad Orzel 2009 296 pages
3.91
3k+ ratings
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Physics
Popular Science
A Briefer History of Time Summary
A Briefer History of Time
by Stephen Hawking 2005 176 pages
4.26
41k+ ratings
Science
Physics
History
The Extended Phenotype Summary
The Extended Phenotype
The Long Reach of the Gene
by Richard Dawkins 1982 336 pages
4.12
9k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Genetics
Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters Summary
Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters
From Dating, Shopping, and Praying to Going to War and Becoming a Billionaire — Two Evolutionary Psychologists Explain Why We Do What We Do
by Alan S. Miller 2006 252 pages
3.56
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
The Code Book Summary
The Code Book
The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
by Simon Singh 1999 432 pages
4.30
28k+ ratings
Science
History
Mathematics
Bad Science Summary
Bad Science
by Ben Goldacre 2008 338 pages
4.06
44k+ ratings
Science
Medicine
Popular Science
The Blind Watchmaker Summary
The Blind Watchmaker
Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
by Richard Dawkins 1986 466 pages
4.09
40k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Philosophy
Six Easy Pieces Summary
Six Easy Pieces
Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher
by Richard P. Feynman 1994 138 pages
4.21
29k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Popular Science
Power, Sex, Suicide Summary
Power, Sex, Suicide
Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life
by Nick Lane 2005 354 pages
4.25
3k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
Parallel Worlds Summary
Parallel Worlds
A Journey through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos
by Michio Kaku 2004 361 pages
4.21
22k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
The Emperor's New Mind Summary
The Emperor's New Mind
by Roger Penrose 1989 602 pages
3.91
7k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
A Little History of Science Summary
A Little History of Science
by William Bynum 2012 263 pages
3.81
1k+ ratings
Science
History
History Of Science
What If? Summary
What If?
Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
by Randall Munroe 2014 303 pages
4.14
100k+ ratings
Science
Humor
Physics
Mathematics of Life Summary
Mathematics of Life
by Ian Stewart 2011 368 pages
3.62
500+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Biology
What We Believe But Cannot Prove Summary
What We Believe But Cannot Prove
Today's Leading Thinkers on Science in the Age of Certainty
by John Brockman 2005 252 pages
3.65
1k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Essays
The Improbability Principle Summary
The Improbability Principle
Why Coincidences, Miracles, and Rare Events Happen Every Day
by David J. Hand 2014 288 pages
3.72
1k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Psychology
The Big Picture Summary
The Big Picture
On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
by Sean Carroll 2016 480 pages
4.18
9k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
The Epigenetics Revolution Summary
The Epigenetics Revolution
by Nessa Carey 2011 320 pages
4.06
5k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Genetics
Physics of the Future Summary
Physics of the Future
How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100
by Michio Kaku 2011 416 pages
4.00
17k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Technology
The Golden Ratio Summary
The Golden Ratio
The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number
by Mario Livio 2002 294 pages
3.80
6k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
History
At Home in the Universe Summary
At Home in the Universe
The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity
by Stuart A. Kauffman 1995 336 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Physics
Nexus Summary
Nexus
Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Science of Networks
by Mark Buchanan 2002 236 pages
3.80
500+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Physics
Love Triangle Summary
Love Triangle
How Trigonometry Shapes the World
by Matt Parker 2024 352 pages
3.99
500+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Humor
Endless Universe Summary
Endless Universe
Beyond the Big Bang
by Paul J. Steinhardt 2007 304 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
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