Science Book Summaries

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
Synaptic Self Summary
Synaptic Self
How Our Brains Become Who We Are
by Joseph E. LeDoux 2002 416 pages
4.00
5.1K ratings
Science
Neuroscience
Psychology
Breath Summary
Breath
The New Science of a Lost Art / Just Breathe / The Oxygen Advantage / What Doesn't Kill Us
by James Nestor 2020
4.17
608 ratings
Health
Self Help
Psychology
The Science of Evil Summary
The Science of Evil
On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty
by Simon Baron-Cohen 2011 256 pages
3.77
6.4K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
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 Soundscape Summary
The Soundscape
Our Environment and the Tuning of the World
by R. Murray Schafer 1977 320 pages
4.11
760 ratings
Music
Art
Science
Parallel Worlds Summary
Parallel Worlds
A Journey through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos
by Michio Kaku 2004 361 pages
4.21
22.2K ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Creativity Summary
Creativity
Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention
by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi 1996 466 pages
4.07
5.8K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Animal Wise Summary
Animal Wise
The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures
by Virginia Morell 2013 291 pages
4.13
2.5K ratings
Animals
Science
Nature
Adapt Summary
Adapt
Why Success Always Starts with Failure
by Tim Harford 2011 320 pages
3.88
4.2K ratings
Business
Psychology
Self Help
Your Face Belongs to Us Summary
Your Face Belongs to Us
A Secretive Startup's Quest to End Privacy as We Know It
by Kashmir Hill 2023 352 pages
4.12
2.1K ratings
Technology
Politics
Business
Burn Summary
Burn
New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy
by Herman Pontzer 2021 384 pages
4.13
3.3K ratings
Health
Science
Nutrition
The Barbell Prescription Summary
The Barbell Prescription
Strength Training for Life After 40
by Jonathon M. Sullivan 2017 736 pages
4.37
621 ratings
Fitness
Health
Science
Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease Summary
Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease
The Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven, Nutrition-Based Cure
by Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr. 2007 320 pages
4.39
4.1K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
Power, Sex, Suicide Summary
Power, Sex, Suicide
Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life
by Nick Lane 2005 354 pages
4.25
3.6K ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
Healing ADD Summary
Healing ADD
The Breakthrough Program That Allows You to See and Heal the 6 Types of ADD
by Daniel G. Amen 2001 448 pages
4.03
2.2K ratings
Adhd
Psychology
Health
Life in the Fasting Lane Summary
Life in the Fasting Lane
The Essential Guide to Making Intermittent Fasting Simple, Sustainable, and Enjoyable
by Jason Fung 2020 256 pages
3.88
5.0K ratings
Health
Self Help
Nutrition
Thinner Leaner Stronger Summary
Thinner Leaner Stronger
The Simple Science of Building the Ultimate Female Body
by Michael Matthews 2012 549 pages
4.00
4.8K ratings
Fitness
Health
Self Help
The Joy of Movement Summary
The Joy of Movement
How exercise helps us find happiness, hope, connection, and courage
by Kelly McGonigal 2019 272 pages
3.84
3.4K ratings
Health
Psychology
Self Help
The Dictionary of Body Language Summary
The Dictionary of Body Language
by Joe Navarro 2018 208 pages
3.70
2.4K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Communication
Thirty Million Words Summary
Thirty Million Words
Building a Child's Brain
by Dana Suskind 2015 320 pages
4.15
3.6K ratings
Parenting
Education
Psychology
Apocalypse Never Summary
Apocalypse Never
Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All
by Michael Shellenberger 2020 272 pages
4.17
6.0K ratings
Science
Politics
Environment
Grain Brain Summary
Grain Brain
The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain's Silent Killers
by David Perlmutter 2013 336 pages
3.90
24.1K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
The Upside of Stress Summary
The Upside of Stress
Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It
by Kelly McGonigal 2012 294 pages
4.09
7.4K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Health
The Success Equation Summary
The Success Equation
by Michael J. Mauboussin 2012 320 pages
3.95
1.7K ratings
Business
Finance
Psychology
Why Is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality Summary
Why Is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality
by Jared Diamond 1997 176 pages
3.70
7.1K ratings
Science
Anthropology
Psychology
Sex, Lies, and Handwriting Summary
Sex, Lies, and Handwriting
A Top Expert Reveals the Secrets Hidden in Your Handwriting
by Michelle Dresbold 2006 285 pages
4.01
1.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Empathy Effect Summary
The Empathy Effect
by Helen Riess 2018 256 pages
3.80
261 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution Summary
Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution
The Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars
by Richard K. Bernstein 1997 560 pages
4.23
1.3K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Reference
A Little History of Science Summary
A Little History of Science
by William Bynum 2012 263 pages
3.81
1.9K ratings
Science
History
History Of Science
Conscious Dreaming Summary
Conscious Dreaming
A Spiritual Path for Everyday Life
by Robert Moss 1996 384 pages
4.23
649 ratings
Spirituality
Psychology
Philosophy
The Rape of the Mind Summary
The Rape of the Mind
The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing
by Joost A.M. Meerloo 1956 326 pages
4.22
874 ratings
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
Lying Summary
Lying
by Sam Harris 2011 83 pages
3.88
21.9K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
Mathematics of Life Summary
Mathematics of Life
by Ian Stewart 2011 368 pages
3.62
556 ratings
Science
Mathematics
Biology
Introduction to Linear Algebra Summary
Introduction to Linear Algebra
by Gilbert Strang 1993 568 pages
4.24
684 ratings
Mathematics
Textbooks
Reference
The Emperor's New Mind Summary
The Emperor's New Mind
by Roger Penrose 1989 602 pages
3.91
7.5K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
Incerto 4-Book Bundle Summary
Incerto 4-Book Bundle
Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2011 1596 pages
4.57
474 ratings
Philosophy
Business
Economics
Play Summary
Play
How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul
by Stuart M. Brown Jr. 2009 240 pages
3.88
4.1K ratings
Psychology
Parenting
Self Help
The Origins of Virtue Summary
The Origins of Virtue
Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation
by Matt Ridley 1997 265 pages
4.03
4.2K ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
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
The Phenomenon of Man Summary
The Phenomenon of Man
by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin 1955 320 pages
4.05
1.6K ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Science
The Bible, the Qu'ran and Science Summary
The Bible, the Qu'ran and Science
The Holy Scriptures Examined in the Light of Modern Knowledge
by Maurice Bucaille 1976 272 pages
4.00
2.3K ratings
Religion
Islam
Science
Cradle to Cradle Summary
Cradle to Cradle
Remaking the Way We Make Things
by William McDonough 2002 193 pages
4.09
12.4K ratings
Sustainability
Environment
Design
The Hungry Brain Summary
The Hungry Brain
Outsmarting the Instincts That Make Us Overeat
by Stephan Guyenet 2017 304 pages
4.04
3.0K ratings
Health
Science
Nutrition
The Internet of Money Summary
The Internet of Money
by Andreas M. Antonopoulos 2016 200 pages
4.06
4.0K ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
The Geography of Thought Summary
The Geography of Thought
How Asians and Westerners Think Differently... and Why
by Richard E. Nisbett 2003 288 pages
3.82
3.5K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
Basic Mathematics Summary
Basic Mathematics
by Serge Lang 1988 496 pages
4.33
166 ratings
Mathematics
Science
Textbooks
The Uninhabitable Earth Summary
The Uninhabitable Earth
Life After Warming
by David Wallace-Wells 2019 310 pages
4.00
29.1K ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
The Psychology Book Summary
The Psychology Book
Big Ideas Simply Explained
by Nigel C. Benson 2011 352 pages
4.18
4.9K ratings
Psychology
Science
Reference
Mechanism of Mind Summary
Mechanism of Mind
by Edward de Bono 1976 288 pages
3.86
160 ratings
Psychology
Personal Development
Philosophy
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