Science Book Summaries

A Human History of Emotion Summary
A Human History of Emotion
How the Way We Feel Built the World We Know
by Richard Firth-Godbehere 2021 336 pages
3.74
586 ratings
History
Psychology
Science
Time Warped Summary
Time Warped
Unlocking the Mysteries of Time Perception
by Claudia Hammond 2012 342 pages
3.53
1.2K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Methods of Persuasion Summary
Methods of Persuasion
How to Use Psychology to Influence Human Behavior
by Nick Kolenda 2013 242 pages
4.14
1.6K ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Code Dependent Summary
Code Dependent
Living in the Shadow of AI
by Madhumita Murgia 2024 320 pages
4.07
1.8K ratings
Technology
Artificial Intelligence
Science
Healing Back Pain Summary
Healing Back Pain
The Mind-Body Connection
by John E. Sarno 1982 193 pages
4.06
6.8K ratings
Health
Self Help
Psychology
Artificial Intelligence Summary
Artificial Intelligence
The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review
by Harvard Business Review 2019 182 pages
3.94
422 ratings
Business
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Cured Summary
Cured
Strengthen Your Immune System and Heal Your Life
by Jeffrey Rediger 2020 400 pages
4.51
1.3K ratings
Health
Science
Psychology
From Darwin to Derrida Summary
From Darwin to Derrida
Selfish Genes, Social Selves, and the Meanings of Life
by David Haig 2020 512 pages
3.64
76 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Evolution
Exponential Organizations 2.0 Summary
Exponential Organizations 2.0
The New Playbook for 10x Growth and Impact
by Salim Ismail 2023 443 pages
4.25
127 ratings
Business
Science
Entrepreneurship
Ten Drugs Summary
Ten Drugs
How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine
by Thomas Hager 2019 304 pages
4.18
5.0K ratings
Science
History
Medicine
Looking for Spinoza Summary
Looking for Spinoza
Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain
by António Damásio 2001 368 pages
3.95
2.2K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
The Synchronicity Key Summary
The Synchronicity Key
The Hidden Intelligence Guiding the Universe and You
by David Wilcock 2012
3.94
1.2K ratings
Spirituality
Science
Philosophy
Toward a Psychology of Being Summary
Toward a Psychology of Being
by Abraham H. Maslow 1961 274 pages
4.17
5.9K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
The Genetic Lottery Summary
The Genetic Lottery
Why DNA Matters for Social Equality
by Kathryn Paige Harden 2021 312 pages
3.90
1.5K ratings
Science
Biology
Politics
On the Move Summary
On the Move
A Life
by Oliver Sacks 2015 397 pages
4.03
21.2K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Science
Food for Life Summary
Food for Life
The New Science of Eating Well
by Tim Spector 2022 528 pages
4.25
3.3K ratings
Health
Food
Science
Hacking Darwin Summary
Hacking Darwin
Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity
by Jamie Metzl 2019 327 pages
3.98
3.7K ratings
Science
Biology
Genetics
The Spark in the Machine Summary
The Spark in the Machine
How the Science of Acupuncture Explains the Mysteries of Western Medicine
by Daniel Keown 2014 304 pages
4.37
549 ratings
Health
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Science
How Real Is Real? Confusion, Disinformation, Communication Summary
How Real Is Real? Confusion, Disinformation, Communication
by Paul Watzlawick 1976 266 pages
4.17
970 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
Barking Up the Wrong Tree Summary
Barking Up the Wrong Tree
The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong
by Eric Barker 2017 224 pages
4.11
16.7K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Business
Social Physics Summary
Social Physics
How Good Ideas Spread— The Lessons from a New Science
by Alex Pentland 2014 320 pages
3.53
1.4K ratings
Science
Psychology
Sociology
The Sociological Imagination Summary
The Sociological Imagination
by C. Wright Mills 1959 248 pages
4.16
3.2K ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
Social Science
Mind & Cosmos Summary
Mind & Cosmos
Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature is Almost Certainly False
by Thomas Nagel 2012 144 pages
3.60
1.9K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Evolution
A Short History of Nearly Everything Summary
A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson 2003 544 pages
4.22
408.9K ratings
Science
History
Humor
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
Use Your Brain to Change Your Age Summary
Use Your Brain to Change Your Age
Secrets to Look, Feel, and Think Younger Every Day
by Daniel G. Amen 2012 384 pages
3.88
877 ratings
Health
Self Help
Science
Transcend Summary
Transcend
The New Science of Self-Actualization
by Scott Barry Kaufman 2020 432 pages
4.13
2.1K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
Small Data Summary
Small Data
The Tiny Clues that Uncover Huge Trends
by Martin Lindstrom 2016 256 pages
3.78
2.9K ratings
Business
Psychology
Economics
Every Patient Tells a Story Summary
Every Patient Tells a Story
Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis
by Lisa Sanders 2009 304 pages
3.96
8.6K ratings
Medicine
Medical
Science
Emergence Summary
Emergence
The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software
by Steven Johnson 2001 288 pages
3.95
3.5K ratings
Science
Technology
Psychology
The Matter With Things Summary
The Matter With Things
Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World
by Iain McGilchrist 2021 1500 pages
4.78
468 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
The Microbiome Diet Summary
The Microbiome Diet
The Scientifically Proven Way to Restore Your Gut Health and Achieve Permanent Weight Loss
by Raphael Kellman 2014 352 pages
3.78
645 ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
EMDR Summary
EMDR
The Breakthrough "Eye Movement" Therapy for Overcoming Anxiety, Stress, and Trauma
by Francine Shapiro 1997 352 pages
4.09
888 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Health
Because Internet Summary
Because Internet
Understanding the New Rules of Language
by Gretchen McCulloch 2019 327 pages
4.05
12.1K ratings
Linguistics
Language
Science
Nerve Summary
Nerve
Poise Under Pressure, Serenity Under Stress, and the Brave New Science of Fear and Cool
by Taylor Clark 2011 320 pages
3.96
700 ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Science Research Writing for Non-Native Speakers of English Summary
Science Research Writing for Non-Native Speakers of English
by Hilary Glasman-Deal 2009 272 pages
4.42
164 ratings
Writing
Research
Science
Dare I Say It Summary
Dare I Say It
Everything I Wish I'd Known About Menopause
by Naomi Watts 2025 256 pages
3.97
2.9K ratings
Memoir
Health
Self Help
The Black Hole War Summary
The Black Hole War
My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics
by Leonard Susskind 2008 480 pages
4.13
11.3K ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
The Constitution of Knowledge Summary
The Constitution of Knowledge
A Defense of Truth
by Jonathan Rauch 2021 318 pages
4.26
1.5K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Man Who Couldn't Stop Summary
The Man Who Couldn't Stop
by David Adam 2014 304 pages
3.89
5.6K ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Memoir
Entangled Life Summary
Entangled Life
How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
by Merlin Sheldrake 2020 352 pages
4.34
45.6K ratings
Science
Nature
Biology
The Science of Harry Potter Summary
The Science of Harry Potter
How Magic Really Works
by Roger Highfield 2002 322 pages
4.02
3.1K ratings
Science
Books About Books
Magic
Plagues and Peoples Summary
Plagues and Peoples
by William H. McNeill 1976 368 pages
3.87
4.9K ratings
History
Science
Medicine
Aware Summary
Aware
The Science and Practice of Presence--A Complete Guide to the Groundbreaking Wheel of Awareness Meditation Practice
by Daniel J. Siegel 2018 397 pages
3.58
1.2K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Health
The Glass Cage Summary
The Glass Cage
How Our Computers Are Changing Us
by Nicholas Carr 2014 288 pages
3.75
2.3K ratings
Technology
Science
Psychology
Yuval Noah Harari Collection 3 Books Set Summary
Yuval Noah Harari Collection 3 Books Set
by Yuval Noah Harari 2019
4.54
766 ratings
History
Science
Evolution
Shame Summary
Shame
Free Yourself, Find Joy, and Build True Self-Esteem
by Joseph Burgo 2018 320 pages
3.88
408 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Sugar Crush Summary
Sugar Crush
How to Reduce Inflammation, Reverse Nerve Damage, and Reclaim Good Health
by Richard P. Jacoby 2015 256 pages
3.75
1.1K ratings
Health
Food
Nutrition
Can't Stop Thinking Summary
Can't Stop Thinking
How to Let Go of Anxiety and Free Yourself from Obsessive Rumination
by Nancy Colier 2021 160 pages
3.76
637 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Mental Health
The Philosophy Book Summary
The Philosophy Book
Big Ideas Simply Explained
by Will Buckingham 2010 352 pages
4.16
5.7K ratings
Philosophy
Reference
History
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