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Mindmasters Summary
Mindmasters
The Data-Driven Science of Predicting and Changing Human Behavior
by Sandra Matz 2025 240 pages
4.28
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Technology
Beyond Numeracy Summary
Beyond Numeracy
by John Allen Paulos 1990 304 pages
3.85
100+ ratings
Mathematics
Science
Education
Arts with the Brain in Mind Summary
Arts with the Brain in Mind
by Eric Jensen 2001 182 pages
3.99
100+ ratings
Education
Art
Science
Computing machinery and intelligence Summary
Computing machinery and intelligence
by Alan M. Turing 1950 24 pages
4.16
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Computer Science
Basic Mathematics Summary
Basic Mathematics
by Serge Lang 1988 496 pages
4.33
100+ ratings
Mathematics
Science
Textbooks
Civil Engineering Summary
Civil Engineering
A Very Short Introduction
by David Muir Wood 2012 143 pages
3.59
100+ ratings
Science
Engineering
Architecture
Healthy Buildings Summary
Healthy Buildings
How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity
by Joseph G. Allen 2020 304 pages
3.97
100+ ratings
Health
Architecture
Design
Four Lost Cities Summary
Four Lost Cities
A Secret History of the Urban Age
by Annalee Newitz 2021 320 pages
3.78
6k+ ratings
History
Science
Anthropology
How to Expect the Unexpected Summary
How to Expect the Unexpected
The Science of Making Predictions―and the Art of Knowing When Not To
by Kit Yates 2023 448 pages
3.69
100+ ratings
Science
Popular Science
Mathematics
Whole Earth Summary
Whole Earth
The Many Lives of Stewart Brand
by John Markoff 2022 416 pages
3.91
100+ ratings
Biography
Science
History
Timefulness Summary
Timefulness
How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World
by Marcia Bjornerud 2018 224 pages
4.08
1k+ ratings
Science
Geology
History
Phenomena Summary
Phenomena
The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis
by Annie Jacobsen 2017 544 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
History
Science
Paranormal
Chemistry for Dummies Summary
Chemistry for Dummies
by John T. Moore 2002 362 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
Science
Chemistry
Reference
Golden Summary
Golden
The Power of Silence in a World of Noise
by Justin Zorn 2022 384 pages
3.89
100+ ratings
Self Help
Science
Psychology
Chiron Summary
Chiron
Rainbow Bridge Between the Inner & Outer Planets
by Barbara Hand Clow 2002 336 pages
3.95
100+ ratings
Astrology
Spirituality
Metaphysics
Traces Summary
Traces
The Memoir of a Forensic Scientist and Criminal Investigator
by Patricia Wiltshire 2019 312 pages
3.60
2k+ ratings
True Crime
Science
Memoir
Prescott's Microbiology Summary
Prescott's Microbiology
by Joanne Willey 2007
4.06
100+ ratings
Textbooks
Science
Reference
The Art of Uncertainty Summary
The Art of Uncertainty
How to Navigate Chance, Ignorance, Risk and Luck
by David Spiegelhalter 2024 482 pages
3.97
100+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Finance
The Case of the Female Orgasm Summary
The Case of the Female Orgasm
Bias in the Science of Evolution
by Elisabeth A. Lloyd 2005 320 pages
3.96
100+ ratings
Science
Sexuality
Feminism
Peoplewatching Summary
Peoplewatching
The Desmond Morris Guide to Body Language
by Desmond Morris 1977 400 pages
4.06
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Anthropology
Drunk Summary
Drunk
How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization
by Edward Slingerland 2021 369 pages
3.81
2k+ ratings
History
Science
Sociology
The Microbiome Connection Summary
The Microbiome Connection
Your Guide to IBS, SIBO, and Low-Fermentation Eating
by Mark Pimentel 2022 192 pages
4.28
100+ ratings
Health
Science
Nutrition
Mad, Bad, and Sad Summary
Mad, Bad, and Sad
Women and the Mind Doctors
by Lisa Appignanesi 2007 560 pages
3.70
500+ ratings
Psychology
History
Feminism
The Polymath Summary
The Polymath
A Cultural History from Leonardo da Vinci to Susan Sontag
by Peter Burke 2020 352 pages
3.24
100+ ratings
History
Biography
Science
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
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Popular Science
The Climate of History in a Planetary Age Summary
The Climate of History in a Planetary Age
by Dipesh Chakrabarty 2021 292 pages
3.67
100+ ratings
History
Climate Change
Philosophy
The Fate of Rome Summary
The Fate of Rome
Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire
by Kyle Harper 2017 417 pages
4.20
1k+ ratings
History
Ancient History
Science
The Forgetting Machine Summary
The Forgetting Machine
Memory, Perception, and the "Jennifer Aniston Neuron"
by Rodrigo Quian Quiroga 2017 170 pages
3.73
500+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Minds, Brains and Science Summary
Minds, Brains and Science
by John Rogers Searle 1984 107 pages
3.76
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
The Man Who Shocked The World Summary
The Man Who Shocked The World
The Life And Legacy Of Stanley Milgram
by Thomas Blass 2004 392 pages
3.95
100+ ratings
Psychology
Biography
Science
Prometheus and Atlas Summary
Prometheus and Atlas
by Jason Reza Jorjani 2016 466 pages
4.12
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Science
Mastering Diabetes Summary
Mastering Diabetes
The Revolutionary Method to Reverse Insulin Resistance Permanently in Type 1, Type 1.5, Type 2, Prediabetes, and Gestational Diabetes
by Cyrus Khambatta 2020 400 pages
4.25
500+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
The Edge Effect Summary
The Edge Effect
Achieve Total Health and Longevity with the Balanced Brain Advantage
by Eric R. Braverman 2004 312 pages
3.89
100+ ratings
Health
Psychology
Self Help
Research methods and Statistics in Psychology Summary
Research methods and Statistics in Psychology
by Hugh Coolican 1990 714 pages
3.84
100+ ratings
Psychology
Research
Textbooks
Dare I Say It Summary
Dare I Say It
Everything I Wish I'd Known About Menopause
by Naomi Watts 2025 256 pages
4.05
500+ ratings
Memoir
Health
Self Help
The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology Summary
The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology
by David M. Buss 2005 1028 pages
4.23
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Evolution
The Psychology of Performance Summary
The Psychology of Performance
How to Be Your Best in Life
by Eddie O'Connor 2017
3.94
100+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Sports
The Construction of Social Reality Summary
The Construction of Social Reality
by John Rogers Searle 1995 256 pages
3.90
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Psychology
Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches Summary
Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches
The Riddles of Culture
by Marvin Harris 1974 288 pages
3.92
4k+ ratings
Anthropology
History
Sociology
The Anarchist Cookbook Summary
The Anarchist Cookbook
by William Powell 1971 160 pages
3.50
2k+ ratings
Politics
Banned Books
Reference
Liftoff Summary
Liftoff
Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX
by Eric Berger 2021 288 pages
4.47
5k+ ratings
Business
Space
Science
How to Invent Everything Summary
How to Invent Everything
A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler
by Ryan North 2018 437 pages
4.15
5k+ ratings
Science
History
Humor
The Fractal Geometry of Nature Summary
The Fractal Geometry of Nature
by Benoît B. Mandelbrot 1977 468 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Nature
Write No Matter What Summary
Write No Matter What
Advice for Academics
by Joli Jensen 2017 166 pages
4.36
500+ ratings
Writing
Self Help
Academia
The Language Puzzle Summary
The Language Puzzle
Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved
by Steven Mithen 2024 544 pages
3.97
100+ ratings
History
Linguistics
Language
Anabolics Summary
Anabolics
by William Llewellyn 2008 1049 pages
4.29
100+ ratings
Sports
Science
Health
Personality Summary
Personality
Theory and Research
by Lawrence A. Pervin 1984 640 pages
3.74
100+ ratings
Psychology
Textbooks
School
Pasteur's Quadrant Summary
Pasteur's Quadrant
Basic Science and Technological Innovation
by Donald E. Stokes 1997 199 pages
3.83
100+ ratings
Science
Technology
Business
Generation Sleepless Summary
Generation Sleepless
Why Tweens and Teens Aren't Sleeping Enough and How We Can Help Them
by Heather Turgeon MFT 2022 304 pages
4.05
100+ ratings
Parenting
Health
Psychology
Origins of Human Communication Summary
Origins of Human Communication
by Michael Tomasello 1999 393 pages
4.13
100+ ratings
Linguistics
Anthropology
Psychology
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