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Why We Lie Summary
Why We Lie
The Evolutionary Roots of Deception and the Unconscious Mind
by David Livingstone Smith 2004 256 pages
3.63
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
She Has Her Mother's Laugh Summary
She Has Her Mother's Laugh
The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity
by Carl Zimmer 2018 657 pages
4.16
6k+ ratings
Science
Biology
History
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 320 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Finance
Science
Nature Via Nurture Summary
Nature Via Nurture
Genes, Experience and What Makes Us Human
by Matt Ridley 2003 352 pages
4.06
4k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Psychology
The Magic of Reality Summary
The Magic of Reality
How We Know What's Really True
by Richard Dawkins 2011 271 pages
4.05
26k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Religion
Caesar's Last Breath Summary
Caesar's Last Breath
Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us
by Sam Kean 2017 384 pages
4.25
4k+ ratings
Science
History
Chemistry
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
The Human Zoo Summary
The Human Zoo
A Zoologist's Study of the Urban Animal
by Desmond Morris 1969 320 pages
4.00
2k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Anthropology
Unf*ck Your Anxiety Summary
Unf*ck Your Anxiety
Using Science to Rewire Your Anxious Brain
by Faith G. Harper 2021 127 pages
3.54
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Mental Health
The Dragons of Eden Summary
The Dragons of Eden
Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
by Carl Sagan 1977 271 pages
4.19
20k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Evolution
Entangled Life Summary
Entangled Life
How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
by Merlin Sheldrake 2020 352 pages
4.34
43k+ ratings
Science
Nature
Biology
I Contain Multitudes Summary
I Contain Multitudes
The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
by Ed Yong 2016 368 pages
4.18
29k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Health
Darwin Comes to Town Summary
Darwin Comes to Town
How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution
by Menno Schilthuizen 2018 304 pages
4.10
2k+ ratings
Science
Nature
Biology
Mind & Cosmos Summary
Mind & Cosmos
Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature is Almost Certainly False
by Thomas Nagel 2012 144 pages
3.59
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Evolution
Sync Summary
Sync
The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order
by Steven H. Strogatz 2003 338 pages
4.07
3k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Physics
Being Human Summary
Being Human
Life Lessons from the Frontiers of Science
by Robert M. Sapolsky 2012
4.35
500+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Biology
Black-and-White Thinking Summary
Black-and-White Thinking
The Burden of a Binary Brain in a Complex World
by Kevin Dutton 2021 400 pages
3.59
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
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 2005 274 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
Identically Different Summary
Identically Different
Why You Can Change Your Genes
by Tim Spector 2012 338 pages
3.76
100+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
Plagues and Peoples Summary
Plagues and Peoples
by William H. McNeill 1976 368 pages
3.87
4k+ ratings
History
Science
Medicine
The Laws of Medicine Summary
The Laws of Medicine
Field Notes from an Uncertain Science
by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2015 70 pages
4.06
4k+ ratings
Medicine
Science
Medical
Conscience Summary
Conscience
The Origins of Moral Intuition
by Patricia S. Churchland 2019 226 pages
3.78
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
Consciousness Summary
Consciousness
A Very Short Introduction
by Susan Blackmore 2003 160 pages
3.88
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
Your Brain, Explained Summary
Your Brain, Explained
What Neuroscience Reveals About Your Brain and its Quirks
by Marc Dingman 2019 256 pages
4.16
500+ ratings
Neuroscience
Science
Psychology
Biomimicry Summary
Biomimicry
Innovation Inspired by Nature
by Janine M. Benyus 1997 308 pages
4.01
2k+ ratings
Science
Design
Sustainability
The Genius of Birds Summary
The Genius of Birds
by Jennifer Ackerman 2016 352 pages
4.05
12k+ ratings
Science
Nature
Birds
The Ascent of Man Summary
The Ascent of Man
by Jacob Bronowski 1973 448 pages
4.20
6k+ ratings
Science
History
Philosophy
Ageless Summary
Ageless
The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old
by Andrew Steele 2020 304 pages
3.83
1k+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
Life on the Edge Summary
Life on the Edge
The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology
by Johnjoe McFadden 2014 368 pages
4.11
3k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Physics
The Ancestor's Tale Summary
The Ancestor's Tale
A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
by Richard Dawkins 2004 688 pages
4.14
28k+ ratings
Science
Biology
History
Climbing Mount Improbable Summary
Climbing Mount Improbable
by Richard Dawkins 1996 308 pages
4.11
9k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
The Working Memory Advantage Summary
The Working Memory Advantage
Train Your Brain to Function Stronger, Smarter, Faster
by Tracy Packiam Alloway 2013 352 pages
3.36
100+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Brain
Letters to a Young Scientist Summary
Letters to a Young Scientist
by Edward O. Wilson 2013 256 pages
3.90
4k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Nature
Monkeyluv Summary
Monkeyluv
And Other Essays on Our Lives as Animals
by Robert M. Sapolsky 2005 209 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Biology
Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion Summary
Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion
An Informative, Easy-to-Use Guide to Understanding Magic Mushrooms—From Tips and Trips to Microdosing and Psychedelic Therapy
by Michelle Janikian 2019 224 pages
4.33
100+ ratings
Science
Self Help
Psychology
The Neuroscience of Intelligence Summary
The Neuroscience of Intelligence
by Richard J. Haier 2015 266 pages
4.23
100+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
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 419 pages
4.03
11k+ ratings
Science
History
Biology
The Vital Question Summary
The Vital Question
Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
by Nick Lane 2015 368 pages
4.18
5k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
The Universe Within Summary
The Universe Within
Discovering the Common History of Rocks, Planets, and People
by Neil Shubin 2013 240 pages
3.87
2k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
The Book of Minds Summary
The Book of Minds
How to Understand Ourselves and Other Beings, from Animals to AI to Aliens
by Philip Ball 2022 512 pages
4.01
100+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
Your Inner Fish Summary
Your Inner Fish
A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
by Neil Shubin 2008 229 pages
4.04
27k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
Descartes' Baby Summary
Descartes' Baby
How the Science of Child Development Explains What Makes Us Human
by Paul Bloom 2004 288 pages
3.89
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth Summary
A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth
4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters
by Henry Gee 2021 280 pages
4.05
2k+ ratings
Science
History
Biology
Mean Genes Summary
Mean Genes
From Sex to Money to Food Taming Our Primal Instincts
by Terry Burnham 2000 272 pages
3.86
1k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Biology
The Future of Life Summary
The Future of Life
by Edward O. Wilson 2002 220 pages
4.15
3k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Environment
The Archaeology of Mind Summary
The Archaeology of Mind
Neuroevolutionary Origins of Human Emotions
by Jaak Panksepp 2010 592 pages
4.45
100+ ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
Science
The Trouble with Testosterone and Other Essays on the Biology of the Human Predicament Summary
The Trouble with Testosterone and Other Essays on the Biology of the Human Predicament
by Robert M. Sapolsky 1997 288 pages
4.19
2k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Biology
The Sixth Extinction Summary
The Sixth Extinction
An Unnatural History
by Elizabeth Kolbert 2014 336 pages
4.16
75k+ ratings
Science
History
Environment
The Soul of an Octopus Summary
The Soul of an Octopus
A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
by Sy Montgomery 2015 261 pages
3.94
54k+ ratings
Science
Animals
Nature
Galileo's Error Summary
Galileo's Error
Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness
by Philip Goff 2019 256 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
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