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Bad Ideas? Summary
Bad Ideas?
An Arresting History of Our Inventions
by PROFESSOR LORD ROBERT WINSTON 2009 432 pages
3.57
100+ ratings
Science
History
The Moral Landscape Summary
The Moral Landscape
How Science Can Determine Human Values
by Sam Harris 2010 291 pages
3.90
23k+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Religion
Creativity Summary
Creativity
Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention
by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi 1996 466 pages
4.07
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Cognitive Surplus Summary
Cognitive Surplus
Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age
by Clay Shirky 2010 256 pages
3.83
5k+ ratings
Technology
Business
Psychology
The Social Animal Summary
The Social Animal
The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
by David Brooks 2011 424 pages
3.86
23k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
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
86k+ ratings
Biography
Medicine
Memoir
Adapt Summary
Adapt
Why Success Always Starts with Failure
by Tim Harford 2011 320 pages
3.88
4k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Self Help
The Genius in All of Us Summary
The Genius in All of Us
Why Everything You've Been Told About Genetics, Talent, and IQ Is Wrong
by David Shenk 2010 320 pages
3.86
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Art of Choosing Summary
The Art of Choosing
by Sheena Iyengar 1989 352 pages
3.83
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Complexity Summary
Complexity
A Guided Tour
by Melanie Mitchell 2009 368 pages
4.11
3k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Physics
In Defense of Food Summary
In Defense of Food
An Eater's Manifesto
by Michael Pollan 2008 205 pages
4.07
100k+ ratings
Food
Health
Science
A Whole New Mind Summary
A Whole New Mind
Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future
by Daniel H. Pink 2004 275 pages
3.92
29k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Reaching the Animal Mind Summary
Reaching the Animal Mind
Clicker Training and What It Teaches Us About All Animals
by Karen Pryor 2008 272 pages
4.39
1k+ ratings
Dogs
Animals
Science
This Is Your Brain on Music Summary
This Is Your Brain on Music
by Daniel J. Levitin 2006 314 pages
3.89
65k+ ratings
Music
Science
Psychology
God Is Not Great Summary
God Is Not Great
How Religion Poisons Everything
by Christopher Hitchens 2007 307 pages
3.96
100k+ ratings
Religion
Philosophy
Atheism
Willpower Summary
Willpower
Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength
by Roy F. Baumeister 2011 291 pages
3.95
20k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
The Brain that Changes Itself Summary
The Brain that Changes Itself
Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
by Norman Doidge 2007 427 pages
4.20
38k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
The Next Decade Summary
The Next Decade
Where We've Been . . . and Where We're Going
by George Friedman 2011 243 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Ghost Map Summary
The Ghost Map
The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
by Steven Johnson 2006 299 pages
3.89
54k+ ratings
History
Science
Medicine
Redirect Summary
Redirect
The Surprising New Science of Psychological Change
by Timothy D. Wilson 2009 288 pages
3.77
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Bad Science Summary
Bad Science
by Ben Goldacre 2008 338 pages
4.06
44k+ ratings
Science
Medicine
Health
Reinventing Discovery Summary
Reinventing Discovery
The New Era of Networked Science
by Michael Nielsen 2011 272 pages
3.94
500+ ratings
Science
Technology
History
At Home Summary
At Home
A Short History of Private Life
by Bill Bryson 2010 497 pages
3.99
96k+ ratings
History
Humor
Science
Change Your Brain, Change Your Body Summary
Change Your Brain, Change Your Body
Use Your Brain to Get and Keep the Body You Have Always Wanted
by Daniel G. Amen 2010 372 pages
3.67
2k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Psychology
Mind Performance Hacks Summary
Mind Performance Hacks
Tips & Tools for Overclocking Your Brain
by Ron Hale-Evans 2006 330 pages
3.88
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Productivity
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
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Stuff of Thought Summary
The Stuff of Thought
Language as a Window into Human Nature
by Steven Pinker 2007 499 pages
3.91
11k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Linguistics
You Are Not So Smart Summary
You Are Not So Smart
by David McRaney 2011 302 pages
3.86
35k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Competing on Analytics Summary
Competing on Analytics
by Thomas H. Davenport 2007 218 pages
3.69
1k+ ratings
Business
Management
Science
The Ego Tunnel Summary
The Ego Tunnel
The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self
by Thomas Metzinger 2009 288 pages
4.10
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
The Dyslexic Advantage Summary
The Dyslexic Advantage
Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain
by Brock L. Eide 2011 304 pages
4.34
2k+ ratings
Education
Psychology
Science
The Dirt on Clean Summary
The Dirt on Clean
An Unsanitized History
by Katherine Ashenburg 2007 368 pages
3.72
2k+ ratings
History
Science
Microhistory
Fast Food Nation Summary
Fast Food Nation
The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
by Eric Schlosser 2001 383 pages
3.75
200k+ ratings
Food
Sociology
Politics
The Master and His Emissary Summary
The Master and His Emissary
The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World
by Iain McGilchrist 2009 608 pages
4.35
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Everything is Obvious Summary
Everything is Obvious
Once You Know the Answer
by Duncan J. Watts 2011 352 pages
3.81
4k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
A Short History of Nearly Everything Summary
A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson 2003 544 pages
4.22
400k+ ratings
Science
History
Humor
Everything Bad is Good for You Summary
Everything Bad is Good for You
How Today's Popular Culture is Actually Making Us Smarter
by Steven Johnson 2005 254 pages
3.49
5k+ ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Cultural
Health at Every Size Summary
Health at Every Size
The Surprising Truth About Your Weight
by Linda Bacon 2008 326 pages
4.19
5k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Food
The Blank Slate Summary
The Blank Slate
The Modern Denial of Human Nature
by Steven Pinker 2002 560 pages
4.09
24k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Paradox of Choice Summary
The Paradox of Choice
Why More Is Less
by Barry Schwartz 2004 265 pages
3.84
35k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights? Summary
Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights?
Fitness Myths, Training Truths, and Other Surprising Discoveries from the Science of Exercise
by Alex Hutchinson 2011 317 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Health
Fitness
Science
Wisdom Summary
Wisdom
From Philosophy to Neuroscience
by Stephen S. Hall 2010 352 pages
3.75
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
The Red Queen Summary
The Red Queen
Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
by Matt Ridley 1993 405 pages
4.05
17k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
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
4k+ ratings
Psychology
Parenting
Self Help
Ratio Summary
Ratio
The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking (1)
by Michael Ruhlman 2009 272 pages
4.09
7k+ ratings
Cookbooks
Cooking
Food
Mindsight Summary
Mindsight
The New Science of Personal Transformation
by Daniel J. Siegel 2009 336 pages
4.14
11k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Ecological Intelligence Summary
Ecological Intelligence
Rediscovering Ourselves in Nature
by Ian McCallum 2005 239 pages
4.05
100+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Nature
Brandwashed Summary
Brandwashed
Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy
by Martin Lindstrom 2011 304 pages
3.81
4k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Sociology
Why People Believe Weird Things Summary
Why People Believe Weird Things
Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
by Michael Shermer 1997 384 pages
3.86
9k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
Learned Optimism Summary
Learned Optimism
How to Change Your Mind and Your Life
by Martin E.P. Seligman 1990 319 pages
3.96
20k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
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