Science Book Summaries

The Code Breaker Summary
The Code Breaker
Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
by Walter Isaacson 2021 536 pages
4.28
39.1K ratings
Science
Biography
History
Thirteen Theories of Human Nature Summary
Thirteen Theories of Human Nature
by Leslie Forster Stevenson 2017 336 pages
3.66
115 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps Summary
Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps
How We're Different and What to Do About It
by Allan Pease 1998 272 pages
3.76
11.5K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Relationships
How to Lie with Statistics Summary
How to Lie with Statistics
by Darrell Huff 1954 142 pages
3.84
17.4K ratings
Science
Business
Mathematics
Brain Lock Summary
Brain Lock
Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior
by Jeffrey M. Schwartz 1996 219 pages
4.02
2.3K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
The Teenage Brain Summary
The Teenage Brain
A Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults
by Frances E. Jensen 2014 384 pages
3.77
5.8K ratings
Parenting
Psychology
Science
The Telomere Effect Summary
The Telomere Effect
A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer
by Elizabeth Blackburn 2017 348 pages
3.77
5.6K ratings
Health
Science
Self Help
The Good Life Summary
The Good Life
Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness
by Robert Waldinger 2023 352 pages
4.15
10.9K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Brain Rules for Baby Summary
Brain Rules for Baby
How to Raise a Smart and Happy Child from Zero to Five
by John Medina 2010 299 pages
4.30
14.4K ratings
Parenting
Psychology
Science
Eat to Beat Disease Summary
Eat to Beat Disease
The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself
by William W. Li 2019 496 pages
4.03
4.1K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
Friendship Summary
Friendship
The Evolution, Biology, and Extraordinary Power of Life's Fundamental Bond
by Lydia Denworth 2020 312 pages
3.64
777 ratings
Psychology
Science
Friendship
The Fourth Industrial Revolution Summary
The Fourth Industrial Revolution
by Klaus Schwab 2016 198 pages
3.58
4.7K ratings
Business
Economics
Technology
Altered Traits Summary
Altered Traits
Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body
by Daniel Goleman 2017 336 pages
3.91
5.6K ratings
Psychology
Science
Health
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Summary
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
by Neil deGrasse Tyson 2017 223 pages
4.08
197.0K ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
A Whole New Mind Summary
A Whole New Mind
Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future
by Daniel H. Pink 2004 275 pages
3.92
29.5K ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
In the Flo Summary
In the Flo
Unlock Your Hormonal Advantage and Revolutionize Your Life
by Alisa Vitti 2020 384 pages
3.97
7.7K ratings
Health
Self Help
Feminism
I Am a Strange Loop Summary
I Am a Strange Loop
by Douglas R. Hofstadter 2007 436 pages
3.96
8.3K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
Animal Liberation Summary
Animal Liberation
by Peter Singer 1975 324 pages
4.30
11.0K ratings
Philosophy
Animals
Vegan
Maps of Meaning Summary
Maps of Meaning
The Architecture of Belief
by Jordan B. Peterson 1999 564 pages
4.04
6.3K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Religion
Obedience to Authority Summary
Obedience to Authority
by Stanley Milgram 1974 256 pages
4.20
4.4K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
The Exponential Age Summary
The Exponential Age
How Accelerating Technology is Transforming Business, Politics and Society
by Azeem Azhar 2021 403 pages
3.99
1.3K ratings
Technology
Business
Science
Lifespan Summary
Lifespan
Why We Age―and Why We Don't Have To
by David A. Sinclair 2019 432 pages
4.14
25.1K ratings
Science
Health
Biology
Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain Summary
Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain
How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves
by Sharon Begley 2007 304 pages
4.00
1.9K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Modern Man in Search of a Soul Summary
Modern Man in Search of a Soul
by C.G. Jung 1931 244 pages
4.20
13.4K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Spirituality
Making Numbers Count Summary
Making Numbers Count
The Art and Science of Communicating Numbers
by Chip Heath 2022 224 pages
3.88
2.6K ratings
Business
Science
Communication
Our Mathematical Universe Summary
Our Mathematical Universe
My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality
by Max Tegmark 2012 432 pages
4.19
8.1K ratings
Science
Physics
Mathematics
Compassionomics Summary
Compassionomics
The Revolutionary Scientific Evidence that Caring Makes a Difference
by Stephen Trzeciak 2019 504 pages
4.04
558 ratings
Leadership
Medicine
Science
The Skincare Bible Summary
The Skincare Bible
Your No-Nonsense Guide to Great Skin
by Anjali Mahto 2018 304 pages
3.83
2.3K ratings
Health
Self Help
Science
Machine, Platform, Crowd Summary
Machine, Platform, Crowd
Harnessing Our Digital Future
by Andrew McAfee 2017 416 pages
4.04
2.9K ratings
Business
Technology
Science
Loonshots Summary
Loonshots
How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries
by Safi Bahcall 2019 368 pages
4.01
8.9K ratings
Business
Leadership
Science
The Art of Logic in an Illogical World Summary
The Art of Logic in an Illogical World
by Eugenia Cheng 2018 320 pages
3.49
1.9K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
Filterworld Summary
Filterworld
How Algorithms Flattened Culture
by Kyle Chayka 2024 290 pages
3.65
4.1K ratings
Technology
Sociology
Science
Expecting Better Summary
Expecting Better
Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong - and What You Really Need to Know
by Emily Oster 2013 336 pages
4.30
48.6K ratings
Parenting
Science
Health
The Upward Spiral Summary
The Upward Spiral
Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time
by Alex Korb 2015 240 pages
4.25
6.3K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
The Fabric of the Cosmos Summary
The Fabric of the Cosmos
Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
by Brian Greene 2004 569 pages
4.13
39.7K ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
The Emotional Life of Your Brain Summary
The Emotional Life of Your Brain
How Its Unique Patterns Affect the Way You Think, Feel, and Live--and How You Can Change Them
by Richard J. Davidson 2012 304 pages
3.94
3.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
1491 Summary
1491
New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
by Charles C. Mann 2005 563 pages
4.05
92.2K ratings
History
American History
Anthropology
Don't Shoot the Dog! Summary
Don't Shoot the Dog!
The New Art of Teaching and Training
by Karen Pryor 1984 202 pages
4.25
6.5K ratings
Dogs
Psychology
Animals
Freedom Evolves Summary
Freedom Evolves
by Daniel C. Dennett 2003 368 pages
3.82
2.8K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Evolution
What Doesn't Kill Us Summary
What Doesn't Kill Us
How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude, and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength
by Scott Carney 2017 272 pages
4.09
7.5K ratings
Health
Science
Self Help
The Drunkard's Walk Summary
The Drunkard's Walk
How Randomness Rules Our Lives
by Leonard Mlodinow 2008 252 pages
3.95
23.9K ratings
Science
Psychology
Mathematics
The Evolving Self Summary
The Evolving Self
A Psychology for the Third Millennium
by MihΓ‘ly CsΓ­kszentmihΓ‘lyi 1993 384 pages
4.05
1.2K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
Deep Nutrition Summary
Deep Nutrition
Why Your Genes Need Traditional Food
by Catherine Shanahan 2008 322 pages
4.20
5.6K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
Expected Goals Summary
Expected Goals
The Story of How Data Conquered Football and Changed the Game Forever
by Rory Smith 2022 299 pages
3.83
930 ratings
Football
Sports
Soccer
The Science of Fear Summary
The Science of Fear
Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn't--and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger
by Daniel Gardner 2008 339 pages
3.97
5.7K ratings
Psychology
Science
Politics
The Good Gut Summary
The Good Gut
Taking Control of Your Weight, Your Mood, and Your Long-term Health
by Justin Sonnenburg 2015 320 pages
3.85
3.3K ratings
Health
Science
Nutrition
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? Summary
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
by Frans de Waal 2016 340 pages
3.97
16.0K ratings
Science
Animals
Nature
The Influential Mind Summary
The Influential Mind
What the Brain Reveals About Our Power to Change Others
by Tali Sharot 2017 244 pages
3.91
2.6K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
When Summary
When
The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
by Daniel H. Pink 2018 272 pages
3.79
31.9K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Just Six Numbers Summary
Just Six Numbers
The Deep Forces That Shape the Universe
by Martin J. Rees 1999 208 pages
3.96
5.2K ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
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