Science Book Summaries

Logically Fallacious Summary
Logically Fallacious
The Ultimate Collection of Over 300 Logical Fallacies - Academic Edition
by Bo Bennett 2012 460 pages
3.85
596 ratings
Philosophy
Logic
Psychology
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
Mastering Your PhD Summary
Mastering Your PhD
Survival and Success in the Doctoral Years and Beyond
by Patricia A. Gosling 2006 252 pages
3.61
96 ratings
Academia
Research
Grad School
The Formula Summary
The Formula
The Universal Laws of Success
by Albert-László Barabási 2018 320 pages
4.17
2.5K ratings
Business
Self Help
Psychology
Soil Not Oil Summary
Soil Not Oil
Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate Crisis
by Vandana Shiva 2008 144 pages
4.09
523 ratings
Environment
Politics
Climate Change
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
Gut Feelings Summary
Gut Feelings
The Intelligence of the Unconscious
by Gerd Gigerenzer 2007 288 pages
3.70
2.3K ratings
Psychology
Science
Business
Animal Spirits Summary
Animal Spirits
How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism
by George A. Akerlof 2008 248 pages
3.78
5.1K ratings
Economics
Psychology
Finance
Healing at the Speed of Sound Summary
Healing at the Speed of Sound
How What We Hear Transforms Our Brains and Our Lives
by Don Campbell 2011 288 pages
3.69
222 ratings
Psychology
Music
Health
The Sociopath Next Door Summary
The Sociopath Next Door
by Martha Stout 2005 256 pages
3.77
37.9K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Trying Not to Try Summary
Trying Not to Try
The Art and Science of Spontaneity
by Edward Slingerland 2014 304 pages
3.74
1.5K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
The Basic Writings of C.G. Jung Summary
The Basic Writings of C.G. Jung
by C.G. Jung 1991 736 pages
4.16
462 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
A Briefer History of Time Summary
A Briefer History of Time
by Stephen Hawking 2005 176 pages
4.26
41.7K ratings
Science
Physics
History
An Immense World Summary
An Immense World
How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
by Ed Yong 2022 464 pages
4.47
31.3K ratings
Science
Nature
Animals
Rebel Ideas Summary
Rebel Ideas
The Power of Diverse Thinking
by Matthew Syed 2019 320 pages
4.27
5.5K ratings
Psychology
Business
Leadership
The Brain and Emotional Intelligence Summary
The Brain and Emotional Intelligence
New Insights
by Daniel Goleman 2011 72 pages
3.90
1.6K ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
The Consciousness Instinct Summary
The Consciousness Instinct
Unraveling the Mystery of How the Brain Makes the Mind
by Michael S. Gazzaniga 2018 288 pages
3.87
801 ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
A Field Guide to Lucid Dreaming Summary
A Field Guide to Lucid Dreaming
Mastering the Art of Oneironautics
by Dylan Tuccillo 2012 274 pages
3.96
2.6K ratings
Psychology
Spirituality
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
Consilience Summary
Consilience
The Unity of Knowledge
by Edward O. Wilson 1998 368 pages
3.98
4.9K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Biology
The Great Cholesterol Myth Summary
The Great Cholesterol Myth
Why Lowering Your Cholesterol Won't Prevent Heart Disease-and the Statin-Free Plan That Will
by Jonny Bowden 2012 240 pages
4.32
2.8K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Science
When Science Meets Religion Summary
When Science Meets Religion
Enemies, Strangers, or Partners?
by Ian G. Barbour 2000 205 pages
3.53
263 ratings
Science
Religion
Philosophy
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
Innumeracy Summary
Innumeracy
Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences
by John Allen Paulos 1988 180 pages
3.78
5.2K ratings
Mathematics
Science
Psychology
Hello World Summary
Hello World
Being Human in the Age of Algorithms
by Hannah Fry 2018 256 pages
4.11
11.4K ratings
Science
Technology
Computer Science
Keep Sharp Summary
Keep Sharp
Build a Better Brain at Any Age
by Sanjay Gupta 2021 336 pages
4.08
11.8K ratings
Health
Self Help
Science
The Tell-Tale Brain Summary
The Tell-Tale Brain
A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human
by V.S. Ramachandran 2010 384 pages
4.15
10.8K ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
The Relaxation Response Summary
The Relaxation Response
by Herbert Benson 1975 240 pages
3.83
2.1K ratings
Health
Psychology
Self Help
Skunk Works Summary
Skunk Works
A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed
by Ben R. Rich 1994 382 pages
4.46
15.4K ratings
History
Biography
Military Fiction
The Sense of Style Summary
The Sense of Style
The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
by Steven Pinker 2014 368 pages
4.04
9.0K ratings
Writing
Language
Linguistics
The Day the World Stops Shopping Summary
The Day the World Stops Shopping
How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves
by J.B. MacKinnon 2021 336 pages
4.17
4.3K ratings
Environment
Economics
Science
The Art of Electronics Summary
The Art of Electronics
by Paul Horowitz 1980 1125 pages
4.40
1.6K ratings
Engineering
Science
Reference
Nomad Century Summary
Nomad Century
How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World
by Gaia Vince 2022 288 pages
3.85
1.4K ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Optimal Summary
Optimal
How to Sustain Personal and Organizational Excellence Every Day
by Daniel Goleman 2024 272 pages
3.38
495 ratings
Self Help
Business
Psychology
Bad Science Summary
Bad Science
by Ben Goldacre 2008 338 pages
4.06
44.2K ratings
Science
Medicine
Popular Science
Mountains Beyond Mountains Summary
Mountains Beyond Mountains
The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
by Tracy Kidder 2003 333 pages
4.20
86.9K ratings
Biography
Medicine
Book Club
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
The Emotional Brain Summary
The Emotional Brain
The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life
by Joseph E. LeDoux 1996 384 pages
4.07
3.0K ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
Science
Mind Summary
Mind
Introduction to Cognitive Science
by Paul Thagard 1996 278 pages
3.66
233 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters Summary
Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters
From Dating, Shopping, and Praying to Going to War and Becoming a Billionaire — Two Evolutionary Psychologists Explain Why We Do What We Do
by Alan S. Miller 2006 252 pages
3.56
1.9K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
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
Integral Psychology Summary
Integral Psychology
Consciousness, Spirit, Psychology, Therapy
by Ken Wilber 1999 320 pages
4.18
1.4K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Spirituality
Psychology for Dummies Summary
Psychology for Dummies
by Adam Cash 2002 360 pages
3.73
1.2K ratings
Psychology
Reference
Self Help
Seven And A Half Lessons About The Brain Summary
Seven And A Half Lessons About The Brain
by Lisa Feldman Barrett 2020 192 pages
4.04
7.6K ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Good Anxiety Summary
Good Anxiety
Harnessing the Power of the Most Misunderstood Emotion
by Wendy Suzuki 2021 304 pages
3.58
1.4K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Health
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
Einstein Never Used Flash Cards Summary
Einstein Never Used Flash Cards
How Our Children Really Learn--and Why They Need to Play More and Memorize Less
by Kathy Hirsh-Pasek 2003 320 pages
3.93
2.0K ratings
Parenting
Education
Psychology
Humans Are Underrated Summary
Humans Are Underrated
What High Achievers Know That Brilliant Machines Never Will
by Geoff Colvin 2015 248 pages
3.79
766 ratings
Business
Technology
Psychology
The Story of the Human Body Summary
The Story of the Human Body
Evolution, Health, and Disease
by Daniel E. Lieberman 2013 480 pages
4.26
8.6K ratings
Science
Health
Biology
Molecular Biology of the Cell Summary
Molecular Biology of the Cell
by Bruce Alberts 1983 1616 pages
4.35
2.5K ratings
Science
Biology
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