Science Book Summaries

Chasing the Scream Summary
Chasing the Scream
The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs
by Johann Hari 2015 400 pages
4.50
20.8K ratings
History
Politics
Psychology
Foolproof Summary
Foolproof
Why Misinformation Infects Our Minds and How to Build Immunity
by Sander van der Linden 2023 368 pages
3.99
797 ratings
Psychology
Politics
Science
The Code Book Summary
The Code Book
The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
by Simon Singh 1999 432 pages
4.30
28.3K ratings
Science
History
Mathematics
Diagnosis Summary
Diagnosis
Solving the Most Baffling Medical Mysteries
by Lisa Sanders 2019 320 pages
4.00
4.0K ratings
Medicine
Science
Medical
Fast Food Nation Summary
Fast Food Nation
The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
by Eric Schlosser 2001 383 pages
3.75
206.1K ratings
Food
Sociology
Politics
Love Sense Summary
Love Sense
The Revolutionary New Science of Romantic Relationships
by Sue Johnson 2013 352 pages
4.10
2.6K ratings
Relationships
Psychology
Self Help
Good Chemistry Summary
Good Chemistry
The Science of Connection from Soul to Psychedelics
by Julie Holland 2020 1 pages
4.15
594 ratings
Psychology
Science
Mental Health
NeuroTribes Summary
NeuroTribes
The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity
by Steve Silberman 2015 477 pages
4.29
16.9K ratings
Psychology
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Science
The Rise of Superman Summary
The Rise of Superman
Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance
by Steven Kotler 2014 256 pages
3.92
5.4K ratings
Psychology
Science
Personal Development
Switch On Your Brain Summary
Switch On Your Brain
The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health
by Caroline Leaf 2007 225 pages
3.95
7.5K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Christian
The Psychopath Inside Summary
The Psychopath Inside
A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain
by James Fallon 2013 246 pages
3.50
5.9K ratings
Psychology
Science
Memoir
Scientific Advertising Summary
Scientific Advertising
by Claude C. Hopkins 1923 104 pages
4.07
3.6K ratings
Business
Writing
Psychology
The Evolution of Cooperation Summary
The Evolution of Cooperation
by Robert Axelrod 1984 264 pages
4.25
2.2K ratings
Economics
Science
Psychology
Childhood Disrupted Summary
Childhood Disrupted
How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal
by Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2015 304 pages
4.27
2.9K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Social Engineering Summary
Social Engineering
by Christopher Hadnagy 2010 410 pages
3.83
3.8K ratings
Psychology
Hackers
Technology
At Home Summary
At Home
A Short History of Private Life
by Bill Bryson 2010 497 pages
3.99
96.8K ratings
History
Humor
Science
The Ancient Secret of the Flower of Life Summary
The Ancient Secret of the Flower of Life
Volume 2
by Drunvalo Melchizedek 2000 251 pages
4.42
1.5K ratings
Spirituality
New Age
Philosophy
Enlightenment Now Summary
Enlightenment Now
The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
by Steven Pinker 2018 576 pages
4.20
31.5K ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
Valley of Genius Summary
Valley of Genius
The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley
by Adam Fisher 2018 512 pages
4.08
1.3K ratings
History
Technology
Business
Gut Feelings Summary
Gut Feelings
The Intelligence of the Unconscious
by Gerd Gigerenzer 2007 288 pages
3.70
2.3K ratings
Psychology
Science
Business
The Secret of Our Success Summary
The Secret of Our Success
How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter
by Joseph Henrich 2015 456 pages
4.39
2.0K ratings
Science
History
Psychology
This Is Your Mind on Plants Summary
This Is Your Mind on Plants
by Michael Pollan 2021 288 pages
3.87
32.1K ratings
Science
Psychology
Nature
Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language Summary
Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language
by Robin I.M. Dunbar 1996 240 pages
4.17
661 ratings
Science
Anthropology
Language
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering Summary
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering
Learning to Learn
by Richard Hamming 1996 376 pages
4.17
1.4K ratings
Science
Engineering
Technology
Guitar Zero Summary
Guitar Zero
The New Musician and the Science of Learning
by Gary F. Marcus 2012 288 pages
3.64
2.2K ratings
Music
Psychology
Memoir
The Mindful Body Summary
The Mindful Body
Thinking Our Way to Chronic Health
by Ellen J. Langer 2023 288 pages
3.80
1.4K ratings
Health
Psychology
Self Help
This Is Your Brain on Food Summary
This Is Your Brain on Food
An Indispensable Guide to the Surprising Foods that Fight Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, OCD, ADHD, and More
by Uma Naidoo 2020 384 pages
3.81
5.8K ratings
Health
Self Help
Food
The Complete Guide to Fasting Summary
The Complete Guide to Fasting
Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended Fasting
by Jason Fung 2016 304 pages
4.26
15.1K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Self Help
Physics of the Impossible Summary
Physics of the Impossible
by Michio Kaku 2008 329 pages
4.10
40.8K ratings
Science
Physics
Popular Science
The Power of When Summary
The Power of When
Discover Your Chronotype--and the Best Time to Eat Lunch, Ask for a Raise, Have Sex, Write a Novel, Take Your Meds, and More
by Michael Breus 2016 384 pages
3.60
4.2K ratings
Health
Self Help
Science
Mathematics of Life Summary
Mathematics of Life
by Ian Stewart 2011 368 pages
3.62
556 ratings
Science
Mathematics
Biology
Thinking 101 Summary
Thinking 101
How to Reason Better to Live Better
by Woo-Kyoung Ahn 2022 288 pages
3.83
1.4K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
The Moral Landscape Summary
The Moral Landscape
How Science Can Determine Human Values
by Sam Harris 2010 291 pages
3.90
23.9K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Religion
The Gut-Immune Connection Summary
The Gut-Immune Connection
How Understanding the Connection Between Food and Immunity Can Help Us Regain Our Health
by Emeran Mayer 2021 320 pages
3.85
415 ratings
Health
Food
Science
Self Comes to Mind Summary
Self Comes to Mind
Constructing the Conscious Brain
by António Damásio 2010 384 pages
3.97
3.2K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Living in Flow Summary
Living in Flow
The Science of Synchronicity and How Your Choices Shape Your World
by Sky Nelson-Isaacs 2019 320 pages
3.81
273 ratings
Science
Psychology
Spirituality
The Nurture Assumption Summary
The Nurture Assumption
Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do
by Judith Rich Harris 1998 462 pages
4.14
1.9K ratings
Psychology
Parenting
Science
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life Summary
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life
The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness
by Daniel G. Amen 1998 337 pages
3.97
12.7K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Health
The Grid Summary
The Grid
The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
by Gretchen Bakke 2016 384 pages
3.87
4.4K ratings
Science
History
Technology
Virus of the Mind Summary
Virus of the Mind
The New Science of the Meme
by Richard Brodie 1995 251 pages
3.68
1.7K ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
Language, Truth and Logic Summary
Language, Truth and Logic
by Alfred Jules Ayer 1936 160 pages
3.75
4.2K ratings
Philosophy
Logic
Language
Real Food for Pregnancy Summary
Real Food for Pregnancy
The Science and Wisdom of Optimal Prenatal Nutrition
by Lily Nichols 2018 348 pages
4.51
4.4K ratings
Parenting
Health
Nutrition
How We Decide Summary
How We Decide
by Jonah Lehrer 2009 259 pages
3.84
41.2K ratings
Psychology
Science
Business
The Craving Mind Summary
The Craving Mind
From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits
by Judson Brewer 2017 256 pages
3.68
5.2K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
The Construction of Social Reality Summary
The Construction of Social Reality
by John Rogers Searle 1995 256 pages
3.90
919 ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Psychology
Why Machines Learn Summary
Why Machines Learn
The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI
by Anil Ananthaswamy 2024 480 pages
4.36
532 ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Science
Technology
The Good Psychopath's Guide to Success Summary
The Good Psychopath's Guide to Success
by Andy McNab 2014 317 pages
3.81
1.7K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Business
Six Easy Pieces Summary
Six Easy Pieces
Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher
by Richard P. Feynman 1994 138 pages
4.21
29.7K ratings
Science
Physics
Popular Science
Until the End of Time Summary
Until the End of Time
Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe
by Brian Greene 2020 384 pages
4.04
5.8K ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Conscious Summary
Conscious
A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind
by Annaka Harris 2019 144 pages
3.83
8.3K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
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