Biology Book Summaries

Mosquito Summary
Mosquito
A Natural History of Our Most Persistent and Deadly Foe
by Andrew Spielman 2001 256 pages
3.88
100+ ratings
Science
History
Biology
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
3.84
100+ ratings
Science
Nature
Gardening
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
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
Pleased to Meet Me Summary
Pleased to Meet Me
Genes, Germs, and the Curious Forces That Make Us Who We Are
by Bill Sullivan 2019 336 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Psychology
Testosterone Rex Summary
Testosterone Rex
Myths of Sex, Science, and Society
by Cordelia Fine 2017 272 pages
3.79
3k+ ratings
Science
Feminism
Psychology
The 10000 Year Explosion Summary
The 10000 Year Explosion
How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution
by Gregory Cochran 2009 304 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Science
History
Evolution
Listening to Whales Summary
Listening to Whales
What the Orcas Have Taught Us
by Alexandra Morton 2002 336 pages
4.51
500+ ratings
Animals
Science
Nature
The Making of You Summary
The Making of You
A Journey from Cell to Human
by Katharina Vestre 2018 141 pages
4.12
500+ ratings
Science
Parenting
Biology
The Biological Mind Summary
The Biological Mind
How Brain, Body, and Environment Collaborate to Make Us Who We Are
by Alan Jasanoff 2018 304 pages
3.71
100+ ratings
Science
Neuroscience
Psychology
Learning From the Octopus Summary
Learning From the Octopus
How Secrets from Nature Can Help Us Fight Terrorist Attacks, Natural Disasters, and Disease
by Rafe Sagarin 2012 320 pages
3.76
100+ ratings
Science
Nature
Biology
An Alchemy of Mind Summary
An Alchemy of Mind
The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain
by Diane Ackerman 2004 300 pages
3.95
1k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
General System Theory Summary
General System Theory
Foundations, Development, Applications
by Ludwig Von Bertalanffy 1969 296 pages
3.87
100+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Mathematics
Principles of Biochemistry Summary
Principles of Biochemistry
by Albert L. Lehninger 1970 1119 pages
4.17
2k+ ratings
Science
Textbooks
Biology
We Are Electric Summary
We Are Electric
Inside the 200-Year Hunt for Our Body's Bioelectric Code, and What the Future Holds
by Sally Adee 2023 352 pages
4.12
500+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
The Human Swarm Summary
The Human Swarm
How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall
by Mark W. Moffett 2019 468 pages
3.66
100+ ratings
Science
History
Sociology
How the Brain Works Summary
How the Brain Works
The Facts Visually Explained
by D.K. Publishing 2020 224 pages
4.31
100+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
The Catalyst Summary
The Catalyst
RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life's Deepest Secrets
by Thomas R. Cech 2024 304 pages
4.33
100+ ratings
Science
Biology
Medicine
The Germ Code Summary
The Germ Code
How to Stop Worrying and Love the Microbes
by Jason Tetro 2013 272 pages
3.75
100+ ratings
Science
Medical
Biology
Darwin's Doubt Summary
Darwin's Doubt
The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design
by Stephen C. Meyer 2013 512 pages
4.17
1k+ ratings
Science
Evolution
Religion
Textbook of Medical Physiology Summary
Textbook of Medical Physiology
by Arthur C. Guyton 1969 1104 pages
4.25
2k+ ratings
Medicine
Medical
Science
Minds, Brains and Science Summary
Minds, Brains and Science
by John Rogers Searle 1984 107 pages
3.76
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
How Life Works Summary
How Life Works
A User’s Guide to the New Biology
by Philip Ball 2023 552 pages
4.25
100+ ratings
Science
Biology
Nature
Sleep Summary
Sleep
A Very Short Introduction
by Steven W. Lockley 2012 146 pages
3.65
500+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Health
How Your Brain Works Summary
How Your Brain Works
Inside the most complicated object in the known universe
by New Scientist 2017 202 pages
3.91
100+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
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
3.97
100+ ratings
Science
Sexuality
Feminism
Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream Summary
Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream
A Day in the Life of Your Body
by Jennifer Ackerman 2007 253 pages
3.59
500+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
Who We Are and How We Got Here Summary
Who We Are and How We Got Here
Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
by David Reich 2018 335 pages
4.13
5k+ ratings
Science
History
Anthropology
10% Human Summary
10% Human
How Your Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness
by Alanna Collen 2015 336 pages
4.37
3k+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
The Immune System Summary
The Immune System
A Very Short Introduction
by Paul Klenerman 2017 119 pages
3.83
100+ ratings
Science
Biology
Health
Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them Summary
Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them
by Mark Jerome Walters 2003 224 pages
3.71
100+ ratings
Health
Science
Medical
The Gene Summary
The Gene
An Intimate History
by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2016 592 pages
4.36
53k+ ratings
Science
History
Biology
Wider Than the Sky Summary
Wider Than the Sky
The Phenomenal Gift of Consciousness
by Gerald M. Edelman 2004 224 pages
3.67
100+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
Counting Sheep Summary
Counting Sheep
The Science and Pleasures of Sleep and Dreams
by Paul R. Martin 2002 432 pages
3.98
100+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Popular Science
Epidemiology Summary
Epidemiology
A Very Short Introduction
by Rodolfo Saracci 2010 145 pages
3.36
100+ ratings
Science
Medicine
Biology
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
The Machinery of Life Summary
The Machinery of Life
by David S. Goodsell 1992 179 pages
4.42
500+ ratings
Science
Biology
Art
Perception - How Our Bodies Shape Our Minds Summary
Perception - How Our Bodies Shape Our Minds
by Dennis Proffitt 2020 320 pages
3.99
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Dr Cuterus Summary
Dr Cuterus
by Tanaya Narendra 2022 262 pages
4.49
100+ ratings
Biology
Self Help
Medical
Sociobiology Summary
Sociobiology
The New Synthesis
by Edward O. Wilson 1975 720 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Sociology
Human Devolution Summary
Human Devolution
A Vedic Alternative to Darwin's Theory
by Michael A. Cremo 2003 554 pages
4.12
100+ ratings
History
Biology
Science
Cognitive Neuroscience Summary
Cognitive Neuroscience
The Biology of the Mind
by Michael S. Gazzaniga 1998 680 pages
4.12
500+ ratings
Neuroscience
Psychology
Science
What an Owl Knows Summary
What an Owl Knows
The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
by Jennifer Ackerman 2023 333 pages
4.15
5k+ ratings
Science
Nature
Animals
Biocentrism Summary
Biocentrism
How Life and Consciousness Are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe
by Robert Lanza 2009 223 pages
3.94
4k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
The Power of Hormones Summary
The Power of Hormones
The new science of how hormones shape every aspect of our lives
by Max Nieuwdorp 2024 351 pages
3.75
100+ ratings
Health
Science
Biology
The Unseen Body Summary
The Unseen Body
A Doctor's Journey Through the Hidden Wonders of Human Anatomy
by Jonathan Reisman 2021 224 pages
3.99
2k+ ratings
Science
Medicine
Health
How the Mind Works Summary
How the Mind Works
by Steven Pinker 1997 660 pages
3.99
20k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
p53 Summary
p53
The Gene that Cracked the Cancer Code
by Sue Armstrong 2014 288 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
Science
Medicine
Biology
Creation Summary
Creation
How Science Is Reinventing Life Itself
by Adam Rutherford 2013 288 pages
3.98
500+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
The Root of Thought Summary
The Root of Thought
Unlocking Glia β€” the Brain Cell That Will Help Us Sharpen Our Wits, Heal Injury, and Treat Brain Disease
by Andrew Koob 2009 186 pages
3.69
100+ ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
Popular Science
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