Science Book Summaries

Ratio Summary
Ratio
The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking (1)
by Michael Ruhlman 2009 272 pages
4.09
7.0K ratings
Cookbooks
Cooking
Food
The Ascent of Man Summary
The Ascent of Man
by Jacob Bronowski 1973 448 pages
4.20
6.3K ratings
Science
History
Philosophy
The People Vs Tech Summary
The People Vs Tech
How the Internet Is Killing Democracy
by Jamie Bartlett 2018 146 pages
3.91
1.7K ratings
Politics
Technology
Science
Sapiens Summary
Sapiens
A Graphic History, Volume 1 - The Birth of Humankind
by David Vandermeulen 2020 248 pages
4.36
16.8K ratings
Graphic Novels
History
Science
The Neuroscience of You Summary
The Neuroscience of You
How Every Brain Is Different and How to Understand Yours
by Chantel Prat 2022 384 pages
3.82
931 ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Streetlights and Shadows Summary
Streetlights and Shadows
Searching for the Keys to Adaptive Decision Making
by Gary Klein 2009 337 pages
4.27
301 ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
Smoke Signals Summary
Smoke Signals
A Social History of Marijuana - Medical, Recreational and Scientific
by Martin A. Lee 2012 528 pages
4.29
530 ratings
History
Science
Politics
A Guide to Living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (Hypermobility Type) Summary
A Guide to Living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (Hypermobility Type)
Bending Without Breaking
by Isobel Knight 2011 314 pages
4.06
236 ratings
Health
Medical
Reference
At the Water's Edge Summary
At the Water's Edge
Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore but Then Went Back to Sea
by Carl Zimmer 1998 290 pages
4.08
2.1K ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
Happiness by Design Summary
Happiness by Design
Change What You Do, Not How You Think
by Paul Dolan 2014 256 pages
3.59
2.8K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
An Anatomy of Pain Summary
An Anatomy of Pain
How the Body and the Mind Experience and Endure Physical Suffering
by Abdul-Ghaaliq Lalkhen 2021 256 pages
3.58
460 ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
The Gene Summary
The Gene
An Intimate History
by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2016 592 pages
4.36
53.3K ratings
Science
History
Biology
Freakonomics Summary
Freakonomics
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by Steven D. Levitt 2005 268 pages
4.01
880.8K ratings
Economics
Business
Science
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
Do No Harm Summary
Do No Harm
Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery
by Henry Marsh 2014 278 pages
4.25
40.7K ratings
Medicine
Medical
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
A Book About Love Summary
A Book About Love
by Jonah Lehrer 2016 304 pages
3.73
557 ratings
Psychology
Science
Relationships
The Cuckoo's Egg Summary
The Cuckoo's Egg
Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
by Clifford Stoll 1989 399 pages
4.28
15.1K ratings
History
Technology
Computers
A Planet to Win Summary
A Planet to Win
Why We Need a Green New Deal
by Kate Aronoff 2019 208 pages
4.08
677 ratings
Politics
Environment
Climate Change
Rethink Your Position Summary
Rethink Your Position
Reshape Your Exercise, Yoga, and Everyday Movement, One Part at a Time
by Katy Bowman 2023 296 pages
4.28
241 ratings
Health
Fitness
Science
This Explains Everything Summary
This Explains Everything
Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works
by John Brockman 2013 411 pages
3.66
2.8K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
Food Fix Summary
Food Fix
How to Save Our Health, Our Economy, Our Communities, and Our Planet-One Bite at a Time
by Mark Hyman 2020 400 pages
4.09
2.4K ratings
Health
Food
Nutrition
Suspicious Minds Summary
Suspicious Minds
Why We Believe Conspiracy Theories
by Rob Brotherton 2015 304 pages
3.88
1.5K ratings
Psychology
Science
History
Linked Summary
Linked
How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life
by Albert-László Barabási 2002 304 pages
3.94
5.2K ratings
Science
Business
Sociology
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 Big Switch Summary
The Big Switch
Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google
by Nicholas Carr 2008 304 pages
3.84
2.6K ratings
Technology
Business
History
The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit Summary
The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit
by John V. Petrocelli 2021 336 pages
3.47
1.1K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Earthing Summary
Earthing
The Most Important Health Discovery Ever?
by Clinton Ober 2010 272 pages
3.98
2.1K ratings
Health
Science
Nature
Unweaving the Rainbow Summary
Unweaving the Rainbow
Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
by Richard Dawkins 2000 352 pages
4.01
11.4K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Biology
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons Summary
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons
The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
by Sam Kean 2014 416 pages
4.25
13.3K ratings
Science
History
Psychology
The Genie in Your Genes Summary
The Genie in Your Genes
Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology of Intention
by Dawson Church 2007 363 pages
4.14
387 ratings
Science
Health
Psychology
Every Tool's a Hammer Summary
Every Tool's a Hammer
Life Is What You Make It
by Adam Savage 2019 320 pages
4.18
10.2K ratings
Biography
Memoir
Science
The Grapes of Math Summary
The Grapes of Math
How Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect Life
by Alex Bellos 2014 322 pages
4.09
959 ratings
Mathematics
Science
History
How Not to Diet Summary
How Not to Diet
by Michael Greger 2019 608 pages
4.43
8.1K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
The Future Of Fusion Energy Summary
The Future Of Fusion Energy
by Jason Parisi 2018 406 pages
4.50
116 ratings
Science
Physics
Technology
Introducing Game Theory Summary
Introducing Game Theory
A Graphic Guide
by Ivan Pastine 2017 279 pages
3.88
2.5K ratings
Economics
Science
Business
A Theory of Everything (That Matters) Summary
A Theory of Everything (That Matters)
A Brief Guide to Einstein, Relativity, and His Surprising Thoughts on God
by Alister E. McGrath 2019 240 pages
3.84
146 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Biography
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
No Dream Is Too High Summary
No Dream Is Too High
Life Lessons From a Man Who Walked on the Moon
by Buzz Aldrin 2016 224 pages
3.75
1.5K ratings
Biography
Space
Science
The Resistance Training Revolution Summary
The Resistance Training Revolution
The No-Cardio Way to Burn Fat and Age-Proof Your Body―in Only 60 Minutes a Week
by Sal Di Stefano 2021 304 pages
4.22
1.1K ratings
Health
Fitness
Self Help
The Island of Knowledge Summary
The Island of Knowledge
The Limits of Science and the Search for Meaning
by Marcelo Gleiser 2014 359 pages
3.93
894 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
Last Chance to See Summary
Last Chance to See
by Douglas Adams 1990 222 pages
4.32
25.5K ratings
Science
Travel
Nature
Bottle of Lies Summary
Bottle of Lies
The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom
by Katherine Eban 2019 512 pages
4.42
7.1K ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
Marathon Summary
Marathon
The Ultimate Training Guide
by Hal Higdon 2005 356 pages
4.04
3.8K ratings
Sports
Fitness
Health
On the Origin of Time Summary
On the Origin of Time
Stephen Hawking's Final Theory
by Thomas Hertog 2023 352 pages
4.08
2.1K ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Unleash the Power of the Female Brain Summary
Unleash the Power of the Female Brain
Supercharging Yours for Better Health, Energy, Mood, Focus, and Sex
by Daniel G. Amen 2013 416 pages
3.74
1.0K ratings
Health
Psychology
Self Help
We Are the Weather Summary
We Are the Weather
Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast
by Jonathan Safran Foer 2019 288 pages
3.69
16.8K ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Peak Summary
Peak
The New Science of Athletic Performance That Is Revolutionizing Sports
by Marc Bubbs 2019 384 pages
4.28
126 ratings
Fitness
Science
Health
Expert Political Judgment Summary
Expert Political Judgment
How Good Is It? How Can We Know?
by Philip E. Tetlock 2005 344 pages
3.98
684 ratings
Politics
Psychology
Science
Eat Smarter Summary
Eat Smarter
Use the Power of Food to Reboot Your Metabolism, Upgrade Your Brain, and Transform Your Life
by Shawn Stevenson 2020 432 pages
4.25
2.3K ratings
Health
Self Help
Nutrition
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