Science Book Summaries

The Ape that Understood the Universe Summary
The Ape that Understood the Universe
How the Mind and Culture Evolve
by Steve Stewart-Williams 2018 378 pages
4.25
1.5K ratings
Science
Psychology
Evolution
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
Future Shock Summary
Future Shock
by Alvin Toffler 1970 430 pages
3.82
5.2K ratings
Sociology
Science
Philosophy
Race After Technology Summary
Race After Technology
Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code
by Ruha Benjamin 2019 258 pages
4.26
2.3K ratings
Race
Technology
Politics
The Experience Machine Summary
The Experience Machine
How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality
by Andy Clark 2023 320 pages
3.92
861 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
A Primate's Memoir Summary
A Primate's Memoir
A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons
by Robert M. Sapolsky 2001 304 pages
4.39
8.5K ratings
Science
Memoir
Animals
What Is ChatGPT Doing... and Why Does It Work? Summary
What Is ChatGPT Doing... and Why Does It Work?
by Stephen Wolfram 2023 143 pages
3.86
1.4K ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Science
Technology
2084 Summary
2084
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity
by John C. Lennox 2020 229 pages
3.92
1.2K ratings
Science
Christian
Artificial Intelligence
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
Why Men Want Sex and Women Need Love Summary
Why Men Want Sex and Women Need Love
Solving the Mystery of Attraction
by Allan Pease 2010 288 pages
3.70
2.8K ratings
Psychology
Relationships
Self Help
The Optimism Bias Summary
The Optimism Bias
A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain
by Tali Sharot 2011 272 pages
3.77
1.9K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
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
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
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
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
The Spirit Level Summary
The Spirit Level
Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better
by Richard G. Wilkinson 2009 352 pages
4.13
7.0K ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
The Spontaneous Healing of Belief Summary
The Spontaneous Healing of Belief
Shattering the Paradigm of False Limits
by Gregg Braden 2008 217 pages
4.30
1.6K ratings
Spirituality
Science
Health
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
Risk Savvy Summary
Risk Savvy
How to Make Good Decisions
by Gerd Gigerenzer 2013 336 pages
4.02
1.8K ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
Drug Use for Grown-Ups Summary
Drug Use for Grown-Ups
Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear
by Carl L. Hart 2021 304 pages
4.02
4.5K ratings
Science
Psychology
Politics
The Mindful Therapist Summary
The Mindful Therapist
A Clinician's Guide to Mindsight and Neural Integration
by Daniel J. Siegel 2010 320 pages
4.11
912 ratings
Psychology
Counselling
Neuroscience
How to Fly a Horse Summary
How to Fly a Horse
The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery
by Kevin Ashton 2014 336 pages
4.01
2.2K ratings
Business
History
Science
The Song of the Cell Summary
The Song of the Cell
An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2022 473 pages
4.28
13.7K ratings
Science
Biology
Medicine
Existential Physics Summary
Existential Physics
A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
by Sabine Hossenfelder 2022 269 pages
3.90
2.9K ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Scientific Advertising Summary
Scientific Advertising
by Claude C. Hopkins 1923 104 pages
4.07
3.6K ratings
Business
Writing
Psychology
Language, Truth and Logic Summary
Language, Truth and Logic
by Alfred Jules Ayer 1936 160 pages
3.75
4.2K ratings
Philosophy
Logic
Language
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
Metabolical Summary
Metabolical
The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine
by Robert H. Lustig 2021 416 pages
4.27
5.9K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
Wizard Summary
Wizard
The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius
by Marc J. Seifer 1996 542 pages
3.73
6.4K ratings
Biography
Science
History
The Irrational Bundle Summary
The Irrational Bundle
Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, and The Honest Truth About Dishonesty
by Dan Ariely 2013 797 pages
4.32
450 ratings
Psychology
Economics
Science
Civilized to Death Summary
Civilized to Death
What Was Lost on the Way to Modernity
by Christopher Ryan 2018 400 pages
4.14
4.6K ratings
History
Philosophy
Sociology
Against Empathy Summary
Against Empathy
The Case for Rational Compassion
by Paul Bloom 2016 285 pages
3.58
6.2K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
Unwinding Anxiety Summary
Unwinding Anxiety
by Judson Brewer 2020 287 pages
3.90
13.5K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Mental Health
Eat for Energy Summary
Eat for Energy
How to Beat Fatigue, Supercharge Your Mitochondria, and Unlock All-Day Energy
by Ari Whitten 2022 342 pages
4.03
304 ratings
Health
Food
Science
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
Siddhartha's Brain Summary
Siddhartha's Brain
Unlocking the Ancient Science of Enlightenment
by James Kingsland 2016 352 pages
4.10
1.2K ratings
Buddhism
Psychology
Science
The Crack in the Cosmic Egg Summary
The Crack in the Cosmic Egg
New Constructs of Mind and Reality
by Joseph Chilton Pearce 1971 240 pages
4.02
448 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Spirituality
The Radium Girls Summary
The Radium Girls
The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
by Kate Moore 2016 479 pages
4.16
171.8K ratings
History
Science
Book Club
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
The Age of Spiritual Machines Summary
The Age of Spiritual Machines
by Ray Kurzweil 1998 388 pages
3.90
4.6K ratings
Science
Technology
Philosophy
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 Medici Effect Summary
The Medici Effect
What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us About Innovation
by Frans Johansson 2004 207 pages
3.92
2.7K ratings
Business
Science
Psychology
50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need to Know Summary
50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need to Know
by Ben DuprΓ© 2007 208 pages
3.69
1.8K ratings
Philosophy
Reference
Science
Science and Development of Muscle Hypertrophy Summary
Science and Development of Muscle Hypertrophy
by Brad Schoenfeld 2016 224 pages
4.44
368 ratings
Fitness
Health
Sports
Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future Summary
Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future
The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers
by John MacCormick 2012 219 pages
3.89
1.6K ratings
Computer Science
Science
Technology
The Self Illusion Summary
The Self Illusion
Why There is No 'You' Inside Your Head [Extract]
by Bruce M. Hood 2011 349 pages
3.84
2.3K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Motivational Interviewing in Nutrition and Fitness Summary
Motivational Interviewing in Nutrition and Fitness
by Dawn Clifford 2015 276 pages
4.40
341 ratings
Nutrition
Health
Fitness
Against the Gods Summary
Against the Gods
The Remarkable Story of Risk
by Peter L. Bernstein 1996 400 pages
3.96
14.1K ratings
Finance
History
Business
Critical Thinking Summary
Critical Thinking
by Jonathan Haber 2020 232 pages
3.61
477 ratings
Philosophy
Education
Psychology
Entangled Minds Summary
Entangled Minds
Extrasensory Experiences in a Quantum Reality
by Dean Radin 2006 368 pages
4.00
1.3K ratings
Science
Psychology
Spirituality
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