Personally not. You can speed read some of those books but forget it on scientific topics. But maybe it's just me, I don't have a good memory. Still, my ex gir

Personally not. You can speed read some of those books but forget it on scientific topics. But maybe it's just me, I don't have a good memory. Still, my ex girlfriend could read a page in 3-5 seconds by focusing only on paragraphs, with very good retention (she would remember pretty much everything). She has always read this way so it's definitely possible for some people.