Science Book Summaries

To Engineer Is Human Summary
To Engineer Is Human
The Role of Failure in Successful Design
by Henry Petroski 1985 251 pages
3.68
2.4K ratings
Engineering
Science
Design
Understanding Analysis Summary
Understanding Analysis
by Stephen Abbott 2000 272 pages
4.47
427 ratings
Mathematics
Textbooks
Reference
The Signals Are Talking Summary
The Signals Are Talking
Why Todayโ€™s Fringe Is Tomorrowโ€™s Mainstream
by Amy Webb 2016 336 pages
3.72
608 ratings
Business
Technology
Cultural
The Body Remembers Summary
The Body Remembers
The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment
by Babette Rothschild 2000 208 pages
4.28
2.4K ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Self Help
Luxury Fever Summary
Luxury Fever
by Robert H. Frank 1999 326 pages
3.78
180 ratings
Economics
Sociology
Psychology
A Field Guide to Lies Summary
A Field Guide to Lies
Critical Thinking in the Information Age
by Daniel J. Levitin 2016 292 pages
3.76
4.6K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy Summary
Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy
by Tim Harford 2017 336 pages
4.07
4.0K ratings
Economics
History
Business
Consciousness Summary
Consciousness
A Very Short Introduction
by Susan Blackmore 2003 160 pages
3.88
3.3K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
The Quick Fix Summary
The Quick Fix
Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills
by Jesse Singal 2021 352 pages
3.92
1.1K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Why Do I Do That? Summary
Why Do I Do That?
by Joseph Burgo 2012 242 pages
4.15
1.4K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
The World Without Us Summary
The World Without Us
by Alan Weisman 2007 324 pages
3.81
42.7K ratings
Science
Environment
Nature
Animals Make Us Human Summary
Animals Make Us Human
Creating the Best Life for Animals
by Temple Grandin 2009 341 pages
4.04
6.1K ratings
Animals
Science
Dogs
Finite and Infinite Games Summary
Finite and Infinite Games
A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility
by James P. Carse 1986 180 pages
3.75
7.2K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Business
Skin in the Game Summary
Skin in the Game
The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2018 272 pages
3.91
30.2K ratings
Philosophy
Business
Economics
The Great Displacement Summary
The Great Displacement
Climate Change and the Next American Migration
by Jake Bittle 2023 368 pages
4.28
3.4K ratings
Science
Climate Change
Politics
Black-and-White Thinking Summary
Black-and-White Thinking
The Burden of a Binary Brain in a Complex World
by Kevin Dutton 2021 400 pages
3.57
452 ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Science and Spiritual Practices Summary
Science and Spiritual Practices
Reconnecting through direct experience
by Rupert Sheldrake 2017 255 pages
3.77
477 ratings
Spirituality
Science
Religion
The God Equation Summary
The God Equation
The Quest for a Theory of Everything
by Michio Kaku 2021 225 pages
4.11
7.9K ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Birth of the Chaordic Age Summary
Birth of the Chaordic Age
VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization
by Dee Hock 2000 360 pages
4.25
207 ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
Happy Brain Summary
Happy Brain
Where Happiness Comes From, and Why
by Dean Burnett 2018 352 pages
3.70
2.2K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
The Power of the Downstate Summary
The Power of the Downstate
Recharge Your Life Using Your Body's Own Restorative Systems
by Sara C. Mednick 2022 450 pages
3.97
146 ratings
Health
Self Help
Science
Think Like a Rocket Scientist Summary
Think Like a Rocket Scientist
Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life
by Ozan Varol 2020 368 pages
4.18
4.9K ratings
Business
Self Help
Science
Cringeworthy Summary
Cringeworthy
A Theory of Awkwardness
by Melissa Dahl 2018 300 pages
3.67
1.4K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Sociology
The Leading Brain Summary
The Leading Brain
Powerful Science-Based Strategies for Achieving Peak Performance
by Friederike Fabritius 2018 336 pages
4.03
876 ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
Multiple Intelligences Summary
Multiple Intelligences
New Horizons in Theory and Practice
by Howard Gardner 1993 320 pages
3.99
1.4K ratings
Education
Psychology
Science
The Eight Master Lessons of Nature Summary
The Eight Master Lessons of Nature
What Nature Teaches Us About Living Well in the World
by Gary Ferguson 2019 272 pages
4.13
1.1K ratings
Nature
Science
Self Help
Nonzero Summary
Nonzero
The Logic of Human Destiny
by Robert Wright 2001 448 pages
3.98
2.8K ratings
History
Science
Philosophy
The Culture of Fear Summary
The Culture of Fear
Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things
by Barry Glassner 1999 210 pages
3.70
3.7K ratings
Sociology
Politics
Psychology
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World Summary
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World
by Fareed Zakaria 2020 320 pages
3.96
5.8K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Framers Summary
Framers
Human Advantage in an Age of Technology and Turmoil
by Kenneth Cukier 2021 272 pages
3.54
538 ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
The Map of Heaven Summary
The Map of Heaven
How Science, Religion, and Ordinary People Are Proving the Afterlife
by Eben Alexander 2014 208 pages
3.81
1.9K ratings
Spirituality
Religion
Science
Montessori Summary
Montessori
The Science behind the Genius
by Angeline Stoll Lillard 2005 424 pages
4.22
954 ratings
Parenting
Education
Science
The Hot Hand Summary
The Hot Hand
The Mystery and Science of Streaks
by Ben Cohen 2020 304 pages
3.75
1.2K ratings
Sports
Psychology
Science
Principles of Anatomy and Physiology Summary
Principles of Anatomy and Physiology
by Gerard J. Tortora 1942 1248 pages
4.15
1.1K ratings
Science
Textbooks
Reference
This Changes Everything Summary
This Changes Everything
Capitalism vs. The Climate
by Naomi Klein 2014 566 pages
4.16
27.1K ratings
Politics
Environment
Science
How God Changes Your Brain Summary
How God Changes Your Brain
Breakthrough Findings from a Leading Neuroscientist
by Andrew B. Newberg 2009 368 pages
3.96
1.3K ratings
Science
Psychology
Religion
The End of Average Summary
The End of Average
How We Succeed in a World That Values Sameness
by Todd Rose 2016 256 pages
4.05
4.4K ratings
Education
Psychology
Business
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
Why? The Purpose of the Universe Summary
Why? The Purpose of the Universe
by Philip Goff 2023 208 pages
3.76
345 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Religion
How Pleasure Works Summary
How Pleasure Works
The New Science of Why We Like What We Like
by Paul Bloom 2010 304 pages
3.71
3.7K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Glute Lab Summary
Glute Lab
The Art and Science of Strength and Physique Training
by Bret Contreras 2019 608 pages
4.65
748 ratings
Fitness
Health
Bodies
The Legacy Summary
The Legacy
An Elder's Vision for Our Sustainable Future
by David Suzuki 2010 128 pages
4.20
474 ratings
Environment
Science
Sustainability
On Language Summary
On Language
by Noam Chomsky 1998 481 pages
3.82
1.0K ratings
Linguistics
Philosophy
Language
Fast Carbs, Slow Carbs Summary
Fast Carbs, Slow Carbs
The Truth About Weight, Why We're Sick, and How to Stay Alive
by David A. Kessler 2020 224 pages
3.98
327 ratings
Health
Food
Nutrition
I Contain Multitudes Summary
I Contain Multitudes
The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
by Ed Yong 2016 368 pages
4.18
29.7K ratings
Science
Biology
Health
Salt Summary
Salt
A World History
by Mark Kurlansky 2002 484 pages
3.75
74.5K ratings
History
Food
Science
This is Vegan Propaganda Summary
This is Vegan Propaganda
by Ed Winters 2022 320 pages
4.62
4.7K ratings
Vegan
Food
Health
Google It Summary
Google It
A History of Google
by Anna Crowley Redding 2018 229 pages
4.01
575 ratings
Business
History
Technology
The Biggest Ideas in the Universe Summary
The Biggest Ideas in the Universe
Quanta and Fields
by Sean Carroll 2024 304 pages
4.15
455 ratings
Science
Physics
Quantum Mechanics
Out of My Skull Summary
Out of My Skull
The Psychology of Boredom
by James Danckert 2020 288 pages
3.53
326 ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
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