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Organic Chemistry
by Jonathan Clayden • 2000
Organic chemistry, taught through the logic of electrons rather than the catalog of compounds.
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1k+
Organic Chemistry Summary
Organic Chemistry 88%
Organic chemistry, taught through the logic of electrons rather than the catalog of compounds.
by Jonathan Clayden 2000
4.29
1k+ 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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The Quantum Universe Summary
The Quantum Universe 88%
A theory that defies common sense underlies transistors, lasers, and every atom in your body.
by Brian Cox 2011
3.76
5k+ ratings
Concise Inorganic Chemistry
by J.D. Lee • 1965
The electron runs the periodic table. Its few rules are the key to all 118 elements.
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414
Concise Inorganic Chemistry Summary
Concise Inorganic Chemistry 88%
The electron runs the periodic table. Its few rules are the key to all 118 elements.
by J.D. Lee 1965
4.08
414 ratings
Fundamentals of Digital Image Processing
by Anil K. Jain • 1988
From pixel to picture: the math that samples, restores, compresses, and reconstructs digital images.
3.98
145
Fundamentals of Digital Image Processing Summary
Fundamentals of Digital Image Processing 87%
From pixel to picture: the math that samples, restores, compresses, and reconstructs digital images.
by Anil K. Jain 1988
3.98
145 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.
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Physics of the Impossible Summary
Physics of the Impossible 87%
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
MRI in Practice
by Catherine Westbrook • 1993
How hydrogen nuclei, magnetic fields, and radio pulses produce body images without radiation.
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117
MRI in Practice Summary
MRI in Practice 87%
How hydrogen nuclei, magnetic fields, and radio pulses produce body images without radiation.
by Catherine Westbrook 1993
4.23
117 ratings
The Fourth Phase of Water
by Gerald H. Pollack • 2013
Water self-assembles into a hidden, light-charged battery that powers the living world.
4.31
401
The Fourth Phase of Water Summary
The Fourth Phase of Water 87%
Water self-assembles into a hidden, light-charged battery that powers the living world.
by Gerald H. Pollack 2013
4.31
401 ratings
Neutrino
by Frank Close • 2010
The Sun's neutrinos went missing for thirty years. The culprit was stranger than a broken star.
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718
Neutrino Summary
Neutrino 87%
The Sun's neutrinos went missing for thirty years. The culprit was stranger than a broken star.
by Frank Close 2010
4.08
718 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 87%
Eighty-four percent of matter is invisible. A century-long hunt has yet to catch it.
by Govert Schilling 2022
4.07
265 ratings
The Machinery of Life
by David S. Goodsell • 1992
A molecular biologist's watercolors reveal the nanoscale machines running every cell in your body.
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The Machinery of Life Summary
The Machinery of Life 87%
A molecular biologist's watercolors reveal the nanoscale machines running every cell in your body.
by David S. Goodsell 1992
4.43
741 ratings
The God Particle
by Leon M. Lederman • 1993
All the universe's fundamental pieces are known but one: the particle responsible for mass.
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The God Particle Summary
The God Particle 87%
All the universe's fundamental pieces are known but one: the particle responsible for mass.
by Leon M. Lederman 1993
4.15
4k+ ratings
The Future of Fusion Energy
by Jason Parisi • 2018
Building a star on Earth: the 35-nation, 500-megawatt experiment to unlock fusion energy.
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127
The Future of Fusion Energy Summary
The Future of Fusion Energy 87%
Building a star on Earth: the 35-nation, 500-megawatt experiment to unlock fusion energy.
by Jason Parisi 2018
4.49
127 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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Quantum Man Summary
Quantum Man 87%
Feynman drew pictures of particles, insisted experiment trumps elegance, and rebuilt modern physics.
by Lawrence M. Krauss 2011
4.07
4k+ ratings
Signals and Systems
by A. Anand Kumar • 2011
How signals become systems: the core math that turns noise into music, speech, and circuits.
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233
Signals and Systems Summary
Signals and Systems 87%
How signals become systems: the core math that turns noise into music, speech, and circuits.
by A. Anand Kumar 2011
4.07
233 ratings
Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
by David J. Griffiths • 1994
Schrödinger equation, solved. Approximation methods, explained. The undergraduate quantum standard.
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Introduction to Quantum Mechanics Summary
Introduction to Quantum Mechanics 87%
Schrödinger equation, solved. Approximation methods, explained. The undergraduate quantum standard.
by David J. Griffiths 1994
4.25
3k+ ratings
How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog
by Chad Orzel • 2009
Quantum physics is baffling. The best way to understand it: talk it over with a dog.
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3k+
How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog Summary
How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog 87%
Quantum physics is baffling. The best way to understand it: talk it over with a dog.
by Chad Orzel 2009
3.91
3k+ ratings
Audio Engineering 101
by Tim Dittmar • 2011
Your first session, run right: the physics, gear, and people skills every beginner ignores.
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139
Audio Engineering 101 Summary
Audio Engineering 101 87%
Your first session, run right: the physics, gear, and people skills every beginner ignores.
by Tim Dittmar 2011
4.06
139 ratings
High Speed Signal Propagation
by Howard W. Johnson • 2003
Your traces are never just wires: the physics that decide whether your board works.
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16
High Speed Signal Propagation Summary
High Speed Signal Propagation 87%
Your traces are never just wires: the physics that decide whether your board works.
by Howard W. Johnson 2003
4.00
16 ratings
Perfecting Sound Forever
by Greg Milner • 2009
A century of recording breakthroughs produced one thing: new illusions our ears accepted as real.
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Perfecting Sound Forever Summary
Perfecting Sound Forever 87%
A century of recording breakthroughs produced one thing: new illusions our ears accepted as real.
by Greg Milner 2009
4.17
1k+ ratings
How to Dunk a Doughnut
by Len Fisher • 2002
A physicist unpacks the hidden forces inside a doughnut dunk, a boiled egg, and a boomerang.
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277
How to Dunk a Doughnut Summary
How to Dunk a Doughnut 87%
A physicist unpacks the hidden forces inside a doughnut dunk, a boiled egg, and a boomerang.
by Len Fisher 2002
3.34
277 ratings
Life on the Edge
by Johnjoe McFadden • 2014
Enzymes tunnel through walls, leaves harvest light near perfectly, birds steer by subatomic compass.
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Life on the Edge Summary
Life on the Edge 87%
Enzymes tunnel through walls, leaves harvest light near perfectly, birds steer by subatomic compass.
by Johnjoe McFadden 2014
4.11
4k+ ratings
The Standard Electrical Dictionary A Popular Dictionary of Words and Terms Used in the Practice of Electrical Engineering
by T. O'Conor Sloane • 2009
An electrical engineering dictionary from the year the ether was real and the electron unknown.
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137
The Standard Electrical Dictionary A Popular Dictionary of Words and Terms Used in the Practice of Electrical Engineering Summary
The Standard Electrical Dictionary A Popular Dictionary of Words and Terms Used in the Practice of Electrical Engineering 87%
An electrical engineering dictionary from the year the ether was real and the electron unknown.
by T. O'Conor Sloane 2009
3.08
137 ratings
Going Nuclear
by Tim Gregory • 2025
Nuclear is the cleanest, safest, densest energy on Earth. Only irrational fear stands in its way.
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309
Going Nuclear Summary
Going Nuclear 86%
Nuclear is the cleanest, safest, densest energy on Earth. Only irrational fear stands in its way.
by Tim Gregory 2025
4.47
309 ratings
Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field
by Nancy Forbes • 2014
How an uneducated bookbinder and a Scottish genius proved light, electricity, and magnetism are one.
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Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field Summary
Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field 86%
How an uneducated bookbinder and a Scottish genius proved light, electricity, and magnetism are one.
by Nancy Forbes 2014
4.26
2k+ ratings
Antimatter
by Frank Close • 2009
Half the universe should be antimatter. That it vanished is physics' most persistent mystery.
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Antimatter Summary
Antimatter 86%
Half the universe should be antimatter. That it vanished is physics' most persistent mystery.
by Frank Close 2009
4.04
1k+ ratings
Engineering Mechanics
by Russell C. Hibbeler • 1992
From particles to rigid bodies: a methodical path through statics, dynamics, and vibrations.
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205
Engineering Mechanics Summary
Engineering Mechanics 86%
From particles to rigid bodies: a methodical path through statics, dynamics, and vibrations.
by Russell C. Hibbeler 1992
4.06
205 ratings
Uncertainty
by David Lindley • 1996
You cannot measure everything. Einstein spent decades fighting that fact. What it cost him.
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Uncertainty Summary
Uncertainty 86%
You cannot measure everything. Einstein spent decades fighting that fact. What it cost him.
by David Lindley 1996
4.02
2k+ ratings
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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Bad Astronomy Summary
Bad Astronomy 86%
From seasons to tides to falling stars: what you've gotten wrong about the night sky.
by Philip Plait 2002
4.04
6k+ ratings
Stars
by Andrew R. King • 2012
Stars are element factories. Birth mass sets their lifespan, what they forge, and their end.
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205
Stars Summary
Stars 86%
Stars are element factories. Birth mass sets their lifespan, what they forge, and their end.
by Andrew R. King 2012
3.87
205 ratings
The Grand Design
by Stephen W. Hawking • 2010
A landscape of 10^500 possible universes explains the fine-tuning of ours, no designer required.
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The Grand Design Summary
The Grand Design 86%
A landscape of 10^500 possible universes explains the fine-tuning of ours, no designer required.
by Stephen W. Hawking 2010
4.06
78k+ ratings
Quantum Enigma
by Bruce Rosenblum • 2006
Quantum mechanics says reality is created by observation. What does that mean for our minds?
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Quantum Enigma Summary
Quantum Enigma 86%
Quantum mechanics says reality is created by observation. What does that mean for our minds?
by Bruce Rosenblum 2006
4.13
2k+ 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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Helgoland Summary
Helgoland 86%
What if things have no standalone properties? Quantum physics and the relational nature of reality.
by Carlo Rovelli 2020
4.08
10k+ ratings
Solomons, Fryhle, Snyder's Organic Chemistry for JEE
by M.S. Chouhan • 2013
Solomon's organic chemistry retooled for the JEE: bonding to retrosynthesis, problem by problem.
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267
Solomons, Fryhle, Snyder's Organic Chemistry for JEE Summary
Solomons, Fryhle, Snyder's Organic Chemistry for JEE 86%
Solomon's organic chemistry retooled for the JEE: bonding to retrosynthesis, problem by problem.
by M.S. Chouhan 2013
4.25
267 ratings
Solar Energy
by Arno Smets • 2016
The semiconductor physics from photon to grid: how light becomes electricity and gets delivered.
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151
Solar Energy Summary
Solar Energy 86%
The semiconductor physics from photon to grid: how light becomes electricity and gets delivered.
by Arno Smets 2016
4.04
151 ratings
Schrödinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality
by John Gribbin • 1996
Quantum paradoxes resolve when you realize particles don't experience time the way we do.
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Schrödinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality Summary
Schrödinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality 86%
Quantum paradoxes resolve when you realize particles don't experience time the way we do.
by John Gribbin 1996
4.07
2k+ ratings
The Golem (Canto Classics)
by Harry Collins • 1992
Science, like a golem, is powerful but clumsy. Its real process is social, not neat method.
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The Golem (Canto Classics) Summary
The Golem (Canto Classics) 86%
Science, like a golem, is powerful but clumsy. Its real process is social, not neat method.
by Harry Collins 1992
3.77
341 ratings
Astronomy For Dummies by Stephen P. Maran
by Stephen Maran • 1999
No math, no jargon: the astronomy guide that starts with 'look up' and builds from there.
3.86
637
Astronomy For Dummies by Stephen P. Maran Summary
Astronomy For Dummies by Stephen P. Maran 86%
No math, no jargon: the astronomy guide that starts with 'look up' and builds from there.
by Stephen Maran 1999
3.86
637 ratings
Liquid Intelligence
by Dave Arnold • 2014
A lab manual for the perfect cocktail: apply physics and chemistry to ice, carbonation, and flavor.
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Liquid Intelligence Summary
Liquid Intelligence 86%
A lab manual for the perfect cocktail: apply physics and chemistry to ice, carbonation, and flavor.
by Dave Arnold 2014
4.50
1k+ ratings
Dreams of a Final Theory
by Steven Weinberg • 1987
Fundamental physics stalled in the 1970s. The only clues left are beauty and symmetry.
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Dreams of a Final Theory Summary
Dreams of a Final Theory 86%
Fundamental physics stalled in the 1970s. The only clues left are beauty and symmetry.
by Steven Weinberg 1987
4.07
3k+ ratings
Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness
by Henepola Gunaratana • 2001
You wake up to cortisol, brush with fluoride, and carry a lithium battery. Chemistry did that.
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Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness Summary
Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness 86%
You wake up to cortisol, brush with fluoride, and carry a lithium battery. Chemistry did that.
by Henepola Gunaratana 2001
4.3
2k+ ratings
Quantum Physics
by Jared Hendricks • 2015
Particles walk through walls and talk across galaxies. At quantum scales, impossible is the rule.
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105
Quantum Physics Summary
Quantum Physics 86%
Particles walk through walls and talk across galaxies. At quantum scales, impossible is the rule.
by Jared Hendricks 2015
3.69
105 ratings
The Particle at the End of the Universe
by Sean Carroll • 2012
An invisible field gives matter its mass. The half-century hunt to detect its faint vibration.
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The Particle at the End of the Universe Summary
The Particle at the End of the Universe 86%
An invisible field gives matter its mass. The half-century hunt to detect its faint vibration.
by Sean Carroll 2012
4.06
4k+ ratings
Remote Sensing and GIS
by Basudeb Bhatta • 2008
Build the complete geospatial toolkit, from electromagnetic radiation to interactive web maps.
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232
Remote Sensing and GIS Summary
Remote Sensing and GIS 86%
Build the complete geospatial toolkit, from electromagnetic radiation to interactive web maps.
by Basudeb Bhatta 2008
4.00
232 ratings
Soonish
by Kelly Weinersmith • 2017
Ten technologies that could reshape everything, and why each one might backfire spectacularly.
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Soonish Summary
Soonish 86%
Ten technologies that could reshape everything, and why each one might backfire spectacularly.
by Kelly Weinersmith 2017
3.94
6k+ ratings
"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.
4.26
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"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" Summary
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" 86%
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
How the Hippies Saved Physics
by David Kaiser • 2011
With mysticism and est funding, a Berkeley group revived entanglement, seeding quantum computing.
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How the Hippies Saved Physics Summary
How the Hippies Saved Physics 86%
With mysticism and est funding, a Berkeley group revived entanglement, seeding quantum computing.
by David Kaiser 2011
3.55
823 ratings
Children Are from Heaven
by John Gray • 2000
Reality is fields, not particles, and everyday physics is already completely mapped.
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Children Are from Heaven Summary
Children Are from Heaven 86%
Reality is fields, not particles, and everyday physics is already completely mapped.
by John Gray 2000
3.89
2k+ ratings
The Science of Interstellar
by Kip S. Thorne • 2015
Black holes bend time. Wormholes need exotic matter. Interstellar's physicist explains.
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The Science of Interstellar Summary
The Science of Interstellar 86%
Black holes bend time. Wormholes need exotic matter. Interstellar's physicist explains.
by Kip S. Thorne 2015
4.30
7k+ ratings
Classical Recording
by Caroline Haigh • 2020
The Decca method: why the room matters more than the microphones, and spill is the glue.
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17
Classical Recording Summary
Classical Recording 86%
The Decca method: why the room matters more than the microphones, and spill is the glue.
by Caroline Haigh 2020
4.59
17 ratings
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
by Richard P. Feynman • 1999
Before you can do great science, you must stop lying to yourself. A Nobel laureate explains.
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The Pleasure of Finding Things Out Summary
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out 86%
Before you can do great science, you must stop lying to yourself. A Nobel laureate explains.
by Richard P. Feynman 1999
4.22
14k+ ratings
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