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
The Inevitable Summary
The Inevitable
Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
by Kevin Kelly 2016 336 pages
3.89
11.8K ratings
Technology
Business
Science
Damned Lies and Statistics Summary
Damned Lies and Statistics
Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists
by Joel Best 1998 190 pages
3.74
803 ratings
Politics
Science
Mathematics
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 High Price of Materialism Summary
The High Price of Materialism
by Tim Kasser 2002 166 pages
3.65
681 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
Evidence of the Afterlife Summary
Evidence of the Afterlife
The Science of Near-Death Experiences
by Jeffrey Long 2010 215 pages
3.94
2.0K ratings
Spirituality
Science
Religion
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
Against Empathy Summary
Against Empathy
The Case for Rational Compassion
by Paul Bloom 2016 285 pages
3.58
6.2K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
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
Psychology of Intelligence Analysis Summary
Psychology of Intelligence Analysis
by Richards J. Heuer Jr. 1999 216 pages
4.28
976 ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Fate of Rome Summary
The Fate of Rome
Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire
by Kyle Harper 2017 417 pages
4.19
1.9K ratings
History
Ancient History
Science
Without Conscience Summary
Without Conscience
The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us
by Robert D. Hare 1993 236 pages
4.06
13.0K ratings
Psychology
True Crime
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
Authentic Happiness Summary
Authentic Happiness
Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment
by Martin E.P. Seligman 2002 336 pages
3.92
12.4K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
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
Hit Makers Summary
Hit Makers
The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
by Derek Thompson 2017 307 pages
3.90
6.8K ratings
Business
Psychology
Science
The Better Angels of Our Nature Summary
The Better Angels of Our Nature
Why Violence Has Declined
by Steven Pinker 2010 806 pages
4.16
29.1K ratings
History
Psychology
Science
The Myth of Artificial Intelligence Summary
The Myth of Artificial Intelligence
Why Computers Can’t Think the Way We Do
by Erik J. Larson 2021 320 pages
3.97
808 ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Science
Technology
The Evolution Of Desire Summary
The Evolution Of Desire
Strategies of Human Mating
by David M. Buss 1994 354 pages
4.16
3.8K ratings
Psychology
Science
Relationships
The Logic of Scientific Discovery Summary
The Logic of Scientific Discovery
by Karl Popper 1934 544 pages
4.03
5.3K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Classics
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
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales Summary
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
by Oliver Sacks 1985 243 pages
4.05
237.1K ratings
Psychology
Science
Medicine
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat Summary
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
by Samin Nosrat 2017 480 pages
4.40
85.2K ratings
Cookbooks
Cooking
Food
Basic Mathematics Summary
Basic Mathematics
by Serge Lang 1988 496 pages
4.33
166 ratings
Mathematics
Science
Textbooks
Armchair Economist Summary
Armchair Economist
Economics & Everyday Life
by Steven E. Landsburg 1993 256 pages
3.74
4.0K ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
Mind Summary
Mind
Introduction to Cognitive Science
by Paul Thagard 1996 278 pages
3.66
233 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
The Sciences of the Artificial Summary
The Sciences of the Artificial
by Herbert A. Simon 1969 248 pages
4.29
635 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Design
Rebel Ideas Summary
Rebel Ideas
The Power of Diverse Thinking
by Matthew Syed 2019 320 pages
4.27
5.5K ratings
Psychology
Business
Leadership
Subliminal Summary
Subliminal
How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior
by Leonard Mlodinow 2012 260 pages
4.06
13.7K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Learn Like a Pro Summary
Learn Like a Pro
by Barbara Oakley 2021 160 pages
4.15
1.5K ratings
Self Help
Education
Productivity
Getting Gamers Summary
Getting Gamers
The Psychology of Video Games and Their Impact on the People who Play Them
by Jamie Madigan 2015 299 pages
4.05
457 ratings
Psychology
Game Design
Video Games
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
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now Summary
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
by Jaron Lanier 2018 146 pages
3.58
17.6K ratings
Technology
Psychology
Self Help
Gut Check Summary
Gut Check
Unleash the Power of Your Microbiome to Reverse Disease and Transform Your Mental, Physical, and Emotional Health
by Steven R. Gundry 2024 336 pages
3.45
931 ratings
Health
Science
Self Help
Collective Illusions Summary
Collective Illusions
Conformity, Complicity, and the Science of Why We Make Bad Decisions
by Todd Rose 2022 304 pages
4.06
955 ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Zero Marginal Cost Society Summary
The Zero Marginal Cost Society
The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism
by Jeremy Rifkin 2014 368 pages
3.93
2.0K ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
The WEIRDest People in the World Summary
The WEIRDest People in the World
How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous
by Joseph Henrich 2020 706 pages
4.12
3.8K ratings
Psychology
History
Science
Look Again Summary
Look Again
The Power of Noticing What Was Always There
by Tali Sharot 2024 288 pages
3.66
964 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Designing Regenerative Cultures Summary
Designing Regenerative Cultures
by Daniel Christian Wahl 2016 288 pages
4.22
209 ratings
Sustainability
Environment
Nature
Why We Love Summary
Why We Love
The New Science Behind Our Closest Relationships
by Dr Anna Machin 2022 336 pages
3.71
162 ratings
Psychology
Science
Relationships
The Hite Report Summary
The Hite Report
A Nationwide Study of Female Sexuality
by Shere Hite 1976 638 pages
3.87
819 ratings
Feminism
Sexuality
Psychology
Boundless Summary
Boundless
Upgrade Your Brain, Optimize Your Body Defy Aging
by Ben Greenfield 2020 640 pages
4.26
1.0K ratings
Health
Self Help
Science
The Human Zoo Summary
The Human Zoo
A Zoologist's Study of the Urban Animal
by Desmond Morris 1969 320 pages
4.00
3.0K ratings
Science
Psychology
Anthropology
Dataclysm Summary
Dataclysm
Who We Are
by Christian Rudder 2014 304 pages
3.73
12.3K ratings
Science
Psychology
Sociology
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
Robot-Proof Summary
Robot-Proof
Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
by Joseph E. Aoun 2017 187 pages
3.63
591 ratings
Education
Artificial Intelligence
Science
Risk Savvy Summary
Risk Savvy
How to Make Good Decisions
by Gerd Gigerenzer 2013 336 pages
4.02
1.8K ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
Brain Maker Summary
Brain Maker
The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life
by David Perlmutter 2015 320 pages
4.01
8.9K ratings
Health
Science
Nutrition
What If? Summary
What If?
Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
by Randall Munroe 2014 303 pages
4.14
189.2K ratings
Science
Humor
Physics
The Expanding Circle Summary
The Expanding Circle
Ethics and Sociobiology
by Peter Singer 1981 190 pages
4.05
594 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
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