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The Science of Love and Betrayal Summary
The Science of Love and Betrayal
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Alex's Adventures in Numberland Summary
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The Perfect Swarm Summary
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3.51
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Antimatter Summary
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4.03
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The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved Summary
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3.89
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What Evolution Is Summary
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by Ernst W. Mayr 2001 318 pages
4.02
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Why Does E=mcΒ²? Summary
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4.05
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Entanglement Summary
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by Amir D. Aczel 2002 304 pages
4.01
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Symmetry Summary
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3.82
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In Search of Time Summary
In Search of Time
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3.97
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Evolution Summary
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by Carl Zimmer 2001 528 pages
4.11
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Aliens Summary
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by Jim Al-Khalili 2016 240 pages
3.78
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Neutrino Summary
Neutrino
by Frank Close 2010 176 pages
4.08
706 ratings
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The Last Three Minutes Summary
The Last Three Minutes
by Paul C.W. Davies 1995 176 pages
3.80
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Everyday Chaos Summary
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3.77
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Happiness and Other Small Things of Absolute Importance Summary
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4.16
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The Elegant Universe Summary
The Elegant Universe
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by Brian Greene 1999 464 pages
4.10
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Men of Mathematics Summary
Men of Mathematics
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4.09
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A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age Summary
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Scientific Habits of Mind
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3.71
211 ratings
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The Mind is Flat Summary
The Mind is Flat
by Nick Chater 2018 272 pages
3.75
778 ratings
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The Rough Guide to Psychology Summary
The Rough Guide to Psychology
An Introduction to Human Behaviour and the Mind
by Christian Jarrett 2011 376 pages
3.98
153 ratings
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The Fourth Dimension Summary
The Fourth Dimension
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by Rudy Rucker 1984 228 pages
4.15
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Sensation Summary
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by Thalma Lobel 2014
3.42
382 ratings
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Norm Chronicles Summary
Norm Chronicles
by Michael Blastland 2014 383 pages
3.59
560 ratings
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Then I Am Myself the World Summary
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4.04
225 ratings
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How to Dunk a Doughnut Summary
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The Science Of Everyday Life
by Len Fisher 2002 272 pages
3.34
268 ratings
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Astronomy For Dummies Summary
Astronomy For Dummies
by Stephen Maran 1999 318 pages
3.84
616 ratings
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Science for Life Summary
Science for Life
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by Brian Clegg 2015 400 pages
3.44
110 ratings
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The Germ Code Summary
The Germ Code
How to Stop Worrying and Love the Microbes
by Jason Tetro 2013 272 pages
3.75
142 ratings
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The Theory of Almost Everything Summary
The Theory of Almost Everything
The Standard Model, the Unsung Triumph of Modern Physics
by Robert Oerter 2005 336 pages
4.08
791 ratings
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Snake Oil Science Summary
Snake Oil Science
The Truth about Complementary and Alternative Medicine
by R. Barker Bausell 2007 324 pages
4.01
345 ratings
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How to Expect the Unexpected Summary
How to Expect the Unexpected
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3.67
160 ratings
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Counting Sheep Summary
Counting Sheep
The Science and Pleasures of Sleep and Dreams
by Paul R. Martin 2002 432 pages
3.98
426 ratings
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To Infinity and Beyond Summary
To Infinity and Beyond
A Journey of Cosmic Discovery
by Neil deGrasse Tyson 2023 319 pages
4.33
1.6K ratings
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The Joy of Abstraction Summary
The Joy of Abstraction
An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life
by Eugenia Cheng 2022 424 pages
3.86
146 ratings
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Answers for Aristotle Summary
Answers for Aristotle
How Science and Philosophy Can Lead Us to A More Meaningful Life
by Massimo Pigliucci 2012 320 pages
3.77
348 ratings
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The Disappearing Spoon Summary
The Disappearing Spoon
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by Sam Kean 2010 394 pages
3.93
54.2K ratings
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Lost in Math Summary
Lost in Math
How Beauty Leads Physics Astray
by Sabine Hossenfelder 2018 291 pages
4.06
3.3K ratings
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Quantum Mechanics Summary
Quantum Mechanics
The Theoretical Minimum
by Leonard Susskind 2014 364 pages
4.33
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The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged) Summary
The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged)
Adventures in Math and Science
by Adam Rutherford 2021 304 pages
4.10
1.7K ratings
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The Man Who Loved Only Numbers Summary
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers
The Story of Paul ErdΕ‘s and the Search for Mathematical Truth
by Paul Hoffman 1998 302 pages
4.05
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Mathematica Summary
Mathematica
A Secret World of Intuition and Curiosity
by David Bessis 2024 344 pages
4.26
423 ratings
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Creation Summary
Creation
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by Adam Rutherford 2013 288 pages
3.98
748 ratings
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The Root of Thought Summary
The Root of Thought
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by Andrew Koob 2009 186 pages
3.69
134 ratings
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The Theory That Would Not Die Summary
The Theory That Would Not Die
How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy
by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne 2011 336 pages
3.77
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Love and Math Summary
Love and Math
The Heart of Hidden Reality
by Edward Frenkel 2013 292 pages
3.69
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Napoleon's Buttons Summary
Napoleon's Buttons
How 17 Molecules Changed History
by Penny Le Couteur 1991 375 pages
3.97
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Supernature Summary
Supernature
by Lyall Watson 1973
4.09
698 ratings
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The Joy of Science Summary
The Joy of Science
by Jim Al-Khalili 2022 224 pages
3.62
516 ratings
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The Universe in Your Hand Summary
The Universe in Your Hand
A Journey Through Space, Time, and Beyond
by Christophe Galfard 2015 395 pages
4.38
6.9K ratings
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