Science Book Summaries

Curious Summary
Curious
The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It
by Ian Leslie 2014 310 pages
4.03
3.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
About Time Summary
About Time
Cosmology and Culture at the Twilight of the Big Bang
by Adam Frank 2011 432 pages
3.88
480 ratings
Science
Physics
History
The Accidental Universe Summary
The Accidental Universe
The World You Thought You Knew
by Alan Lightman 2013 157 pages
3.85
4.7K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
Cognitive Psychology Summary
Cognitive Psychology
by Robert J. Sternberg 2005 624 pages
3.89
448 ratings
Psychology
Science
Textbooks
Once Upon an Algorithm Summary
Once Upon an Algorithm
How Stories Explain Computing
by Martin Erwig 2017 336 pages
3.66
251 ratings
Computer Science
Science
Technology
Can You Solve My Problems? Summary
Can You Solve My Problems?
A Casebook of Ingenious, Perplexing and Totally Satisfying Puzzles
by Alex Bellos 2016 352 pages
4.02
372 ratings
Puzzles
Mathematics
Science
The Mind's Eye Summary
The Mind's Eye
by Oliver Sacks 2010 263 pages
3.92
13.4K ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Trick or Treatment Summary
Trick or Treatment
The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine
by Simon Singh 2008 352 pages
4.11
4.5K ratings
Science
Medicine
Health
Success through Failure Summary
Success through Failure
The Paradox of Design
by Henry Petroski 2006 256 pages
3.59
198 ratings
Engineering
Science
Design
Women in White Coats Summary
Women in White Coats
How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine
by Olivia Campbell 2021 368 pages
3.71
5.3K ratings
History
Medicine
Science
The Data Detective Summary
The Data Detective
Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics
by Tim Harford 2020 334 pages
4.12
7.8K ratings
Science
Economics
Business
The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs Summary
The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs
Use Outdoor Clues to Find Your Way, Predict the Weather, Locate Water, Track Animals―and Other Forgotten Skills
by Tristan Gooley 2014 416 pages
3.78
4.8K ratings
Nature
Science
Travel
Sensemaking Summary
Sensemaking
The Power of the Humanities in the Age of the Algorithm
by Christian Madsbjerg 2017 240 pages
3.68
657 ratings
Business
Psychology
Philosophy
Topology Summary
Topology
by James R. Munkres 1974 537 pages
4.30
1.2K ratings
Mathematics
Textbooks
Science
Everything is Obvious Summary
Everything is Obvious
Once You Know the Answer
by Duncan J. Watts 2011 352 pages
3.80
4.8K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Estrogeneration Summary
Estrogeneration
How Estrogenics Are Making You Fat, Sick, and Infertile
by Anthony G. Jay 2017 296 pages
4.28
620 ratings
Health
Science
Biology
The Science of Good and Evil Summary
The Science of Good and Evil
Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule
by Michael Shermer 2004 368 pages
3.91
3.1K ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
Computer Science Distilled Summary
Computer Science Distilled
Learn the Art of Solving Computational Problems
by Wladston Ferreira Filho 2017
4.07
1.2K ratings
Computer Science
Programming
Technology
The Demon in the Machine Summary
The Demon in the Machine
How Hidden Webs of Information Are Solving the Mystery of Life
by Paul C.W. Davies 2020 320 pages
4.04
861 ratings
Science
Biology
Physics
A Book About Love Summary
A Book About Love
by Jonah Lehrer 2016 304 pages
3.73
557 ratings
Psychology
Science
Relationships
The Myths of Happiness Summary
The Myths of Happiness
by Sonja Lyubomirsky 2012 320 pages
3.67
2.0K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Where the Water Goes Summary
Where the Water Goes
Life and Death Along the Colorado River
by David Owen 2017 288 pages
3.93
3.1K ratings
Science
Environment
Nature
Moonshot Summary
Moonshot
What Landing a Man on the Moon Teaches Us About Collaboration, Creativity, and the Mind-set for Success
by Richard Wiseman 2019 272 pages
3.89
393 ratings
Space
History
Self Help
The Brain and the Meaning of Life Summary
The Brain and the Meaning of Life
by Paul Thagard 2010 296 pages
3.23
126 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
Extra Life Summary
Extra Life
A Short History of Living Longer
by Steven Johnson 2023 320 pages
4.20
1.3K ratings
Science
History
Health
The Dorito Effect Summary
The Dorito Effect
The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor
by Mark Schatzker 2015 259 pages
4.01
8.8K ratings
Food
Health
Science
The Blue Zones Solution Summary
The Blue Zones Solution
Eating and Living Like the World's Healthiest People
by Dan Buettner 2014 320 pages
3.97
4.5K ratings
Health
Food
Self Help
The Science of Being Well Summary
The Science of Being Well
by Wallace D. Wattles 1993 72 pages
3.77
649 ratings
Self Help
Health
Personal Development
Last Chance to See Summary
Last Chance to See
by Douglas Adams 1990 222 pages
4.32
25.5K ratings
Science
Travel
Nature
Life After Google Summary
Life After Google
The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy
by George Gilder 2018 256 pages
3.56
2.3K ratings
Business
Technology
Economics
The Ultimate Guide to Red Light Therapy Summary
The Ultimate Guide to Red Light Therapy
How to Use Red and Near-Infrared Light Therapy for Anti-Aging, Fat Loss, Muscle Gain, Performance Enhancement, and Brain Optimization
by Ari Whitten 2018 296 pages
4.14
900 ratings
Health
Science
Reference
The Future of Life Summary
The Future of Life
by Edward O. Wilson 2002 220 pages
4.15
3.2K ratings
Science
Biology
Environment
Attachment Summary
Attachment
by John Bowlby 1969 436 pages
4.17
632 ratings
Psychology
Parenting
Psychoanalysis
Freud Summary
Freud
The Key Ideas
by Ruth Snowden 2010 205 pages
3.70
554 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
Brain-Wise Summary
Brain-Wise
Studies in Neurophilosophy
by Patricia S. Churchland 2002 438 pages
4.04
135 ratings
Philosophy
Neuroscience
Science
The Way of The Iceman Summary
The Way of The Iceman
How The Wim Hof Method Creates Radiant, Longterm Health―Using The Science and Secrets of Breath Control, Cold-Training and Commitment
by Wim Hof 2015 168 pages
3.71
2.7K ratings
Health
Self Help
Personal Development
The Energy Paradox Summary
The Energy Paradox
What to Do When Your Get-Up-and-Go Has Got Up and Gone
by Steven R. Gundry 2021 331 pages
3.53
1.8K ratings
Health
Self Help
Food
The Proof is in the Plants Summary
The Proof is in the Plants
by Simon Hill 2021 416 pages
4.58
1.4K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
The Buying Brain Summary
The Buying Brain
Secrets for Selling to the Subconscious Mind
by A.K. Pradeep 2010 272 pages
3.71
350 ratings
Psychology
Business
Economics
The Cosmic Game Summary
The Cosmic Game
Explorations of the Frontiers of Human Consciousness
by Stanislav Grof 1997 304 pages
4.24
503 ratings
Psychology
Spirituality
Philosophy
Machine Learning Summary
Machine Learning
by Ethem Alpaydin 2016 232 pages
3.62
1.1K ratings
Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence
Science
The Death of Expertise Summary
The Death of Expertise
The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters
by Thomas M. Nichols 2017 272 pages
3.82
9.5K ratings
Politics
Sociology
Science
Unlocking the Emotional Brain Summary
Unlocking the Emotional Brain
Eliminating Symptoms at Their Roots Using Memory Reconsolidation
by Bruce Ecker 2012 265 pages
4.45
235 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Neuroscience
Computational Thinking Summary
Computational Thinking
by Peter J. Denning 2019 246 pages
3.65
271 ratings
Computer Science
Science
Technology
Rock, Paper, Scissors Summary
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Game Theory in Everyday Life
by Len Fisher 2000 278 pages
3.43
1.1K ratings
Science
Mathematics
Psychology
The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories Summary
The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories
by Jan-Willem Van Prooijen 2018 108 pages
3.78
249 ratings
Psychology
Conspiracy Theories
Science
Resilience Summary
Resilience
Why Things Bounce Back
by Andrew Zolli 2012 336 pages
3.63
770 ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
Plastic Summary
Plastic
A Toxic Love Story
by Susan Freinkel 2011 336 pages
3.97
1.6K ratings
Science
Environment
History
How We Eat Summary
How We Eat
The Brave New World of Food and Drink
by Paco Underhill 2022 256 pages
3.52
440 ratings
Food
Business
Science
The Time Paradox Summary
The Time Paradox
The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life
by Philip G. Zimbardo 2008 368 pages
3.75
2.8K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
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