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Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation Summary
Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
The Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of Sex
by Olivia Judson 2002 320 pages
4.06
3k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Humor
The Extended Phenotype Summary
The Extended Phenotype
The Long Reach of the Gene (Popular Science)
by Richard Dawkins 1999 336 pages
4.12
9k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Genetics
The Tell-Tale Brain Summary
The Tell-Tale Brain
A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human
by V. S. Ramachandran 2011 384 pages
4.15
10k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Freedom Evolves Summary
Freedom Evolves
by Daniel C. Dennett 2003 368 pages
3.82
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Evolution
The Genius in All of Us Summary
The Genius in All of Us
Why Everything You've Been Told About Genetics, Talent, and IQ Is Wrong
by David Shenk 2010 320 pages
3.86
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Complexity Summary
Complexity
A Guided Tour
by Melanie Mitchell 2009 368 pages
4.11
3k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Physics
The Blank Slate Summary
The Blank Slate
The Modern Denial of Human Nature
by Steven Pinker 2003 560 pages
4.09
24k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Red Queen Summary
The Red Queen
Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
by Matt Ridley 2003 416 pages
4.05
16k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
The Magic of Reality Summary
The Magic of Reality
How We Know What's Really True
by Richard Dawkins 2012 272 pages
4.05
26k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Religion
The Hour Between Dog and Wolf Summary
The Hour Between Dog and Wolf
Risk Taking, Gut Feelings and the Biology of Boom and Bust
by John Coates 2012 352 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Finance
Science
The Future of Life Summary
The Future of Life
by Edward O. Wilson 2003 256 pages
4.15
3k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Environment
The Bonobo and the Atheist Summary
The Bonobo and the Atheist
In Search of Humanism Among the Primates
by Frans de Waal 2013 304 pages
4.15
5k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
The Mind within the Brain Summary
The Mind within the Brain
How We Make Decisions and How those Decisions Go Wrong
by A. David Redish 2013 392 pages
3.93
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee Summary
The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee
Evolution and Human Life [Import] [Hardcover]
by JARED M. DIAMOND 1991 364 pages
4.08
27k+ ratings
Science
History
Anthropology
The Story of the Human Body Summary
The Story of the Human Body
Evolution, Health, and Disease
by Daniel Lieberman 2013 480 pages
4.26
8k+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream Summary
Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream
A Day in the Life of Your Body
by Jennifer Ackerman 2008 272 pages
3.59
500+ ratings
Science
Health
Medical
An Epidemic of Absence Summary
An Epidemic of Absence
A New Way of Understanding Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases
by Moises Velasquez-Manoff 2012 400 pages
4.15
500+ ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
The Ravenous Brain Summary
The Ravenous Brain
How the New Science of Consciousness Explains Our Insatiable Search for Meaning
by Daniel Bor 2012 352 pages
3.9
100+ ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
Science
The Sports Gene Summary
The Sports Gene
Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance
by David Epstein 2013 352 pages
4.20
15k+ ratings
Sports
Science
Health
The Dragons of Eden Summary
The Dragons of Eden
Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
by Carl Sagan 1986 288 pages
4.19
20k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Evolution
Self Comes to Mind Summary
Self Comes to Mind
Constructing the Conscious Brain
by Antonio Damasio 2010 384 pages
3.96
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Transcend Summary
Transcend
Nine Steps to Living Well Forever
by Ray Kurzweil 2009 480 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Health
Science
Self Help
Conversations on Consciousness Summary
Conversations on Consciousness
What the Best Minds Think about the Brain, Free Will, and What It Means to Be Human
by Susan Blackmore 2006 288 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
The Working Memory Advantage Summary
The Working Memory Advantage
Train Your Brain to Function Stronger, Smarter, Faster
by Tracy Alloway 2013 352 pages
3.36
100+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Biology
End Of Illness Summary
End Of Illness
by David B. Agus 2012 352 pages
3.48
2k+ ratings
Health
Science
Medicine
A Garden of Marvels Summary
A Garden of Marvels
How We Discovered that Flowers Have Sex, Leaves Eat Air, and Other Secrets of Plants
by Ruth Kassinger 2014 416 pages
3.85
100+ ratings
Science
Nature
Gardening
Incognito Summary
Incognito
The Secret Lives of the Brain
by David Eagleman 2011 305 pages
4.08
32k+ ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
Brain
Identically Different Summary
Identically Different
Why We Can Change Our Genes
by Tim Spector 2013 288 pages
3.77
100+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
The Invisible History of the Human Race Summary
The Invisible History of the Human Race
How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures
by Christine Kenneally 2014 370 pages
3.81
1k+ ratings
Science
History
Genetics
How Many Friends Does One Person Need? Summary
How Many Friends Does One Person Need?
Dunbar’s Number and Other Evolutionary Quirks
by Robin Dunbar 2010 312 pages
3.53
500+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Anthropology
The Germ Code Summary
The Germ Code
by Jason Tetro 2013 274 pages
3.76
100+ ratings
Science
Medical
Biology
Avicenna's Medicine Summary
Avicenna's Medicine
A New Translation of the 11th-Century Canon with Practical Applications for Integrative Health Care
by Mones Abu-Asab Ph.D. 2013 480 pages
4.31
100+ ratings
Medicine
Philosophy
Science
Follow Your Gut Summary
Follow Your Gut
The Enormous Impact of Tiny Microbes (TED Books)
by Rob Knight 2015 129 pages
3.82
1k+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
A Primate's Memoir Summary
A Primate's Memoir
by Robert M. Sapolsky 2001 304 pages
4.38
8k+ ratings
Science
Memoir
Animals
At Home in the Universe Summary
At Home in the Universe
The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity
by Stuart Kauffman 1996 336 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Physics
Sync Summary
Sync
by Steven Strogatz 2004 351 pages
4.07
3k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Physics
The Genius of Birds Summary
The Genius of Birds
by Jennifer Ackerman 2016 352 pages
4.04
11k+ ratings
Science
Nature
Birds
Power, Sex, Suicide Summary
Power, Sex, Suicide
Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life
by Nick Lane 2006 368 pages
4.25
3k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived Summary
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived
The Stories in Our Genes
by Adam Rutherford 2016
4.03
10k+ ratings
Science
History
Biology
Neuroplasticity (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) Summary
Neuroplasticity (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)
by Moheb Costandi 2016 192 pages
4.01
500+ ratings
Science
Neuroscience
Psychology
Evolution of Desire Summary
Evolution of Desire
by David M. Buss 2016 448 pages
4.16
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Relationships
Behave Summary
Behave
The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
by Robert M. Sapolsky 2017 800 pages
4.40
25k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Biology
Tripping Over the Truth Summary
Tripping Over the Truth
The Return of the Metabolic Theory of Cancer Illuminates a New and Hopeful Path to a Cure
by Travis Christofferson 2014 297 pages
4.54
500+ ratings
Health
Science
Medicine
An Alchemy of Mind Summary
An Alchemy of Mind
The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain
by Diane Ackerman 2004 320 pages
3.95
1k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
The Emotional Lives of Animals Summary
The Emotional Lives of Animals
A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy — and Why They Matter
by Ph.D. Marc Bekoff 2007 256 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Animals
Science
Nature
The Meme Machine (Popular Science) Summary
The Meme Machine (Popular Science)
by Susan Blackmore 2000 288 pages
3.86
4k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
The Gut Balance Revolution Summary
The Gut Balance Revolution
Boost Your Metabolism, Restore Your Inner Ecology, and Lose the Weight for Good!
by Gerard E. Mullin 2015 432 pages
3.80
500+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Science
Biomimicry Summary
Biomimicry
Innovation Inspired by Nature
by Janine M Benyus 2002 308 pages
4.01
2k+ ratings
Science
Design
Sustainability
The Consciousness Instinct Summary
The Consciousness Instinct
Unraveling the Mystery of How the Brain Makes the Mind
by Michael S. Gazzaniga 2018 288 pages
3.87
500+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
She Has Her Mother's Laugh Summary
She Has Her Mother's Laugh
The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity
by Carl Zimmer 2018 672 pages
4.16
6k+ ratings
Science
Biology
History
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