Science Book Summaries

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Why We Drive the Way We Do and What It Says About Us
by Tom Vanderbilt 2008 402 pages
3.72
8.1K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
The End of Illness Summary
The End of Illness
by David B. Agus 2011 335 pages
3.48
2.7K ratings
Health
Science
Medicine
Ubiquity Summary
Ubiquity
Why Catastrophes Happen
by Mark Buchanan 2000 288 pages
3.89
685 ratings
Science
History
Economics
Slipstream Time Hacking Summary
Slipstream Time Hacking
How to Cheat Time, Live More, And Enhance Happiness
by Benjamin P. Hardy 2015 141 pages
3.80
813 ratings
Self Help
Productivity
Personal Development
The Reality Bubble Summary
The Reality Bubble
How Science Reveals the Hidden Truths that Shape Our World
by Ziya Tong 2019 380 pages
4.19
1.3K ratings
Science
Psychology
History
Marine Biology Summary
Marine Biology
A Very Short Introduction
by Philip V. Mladenov 2013 184 pages
4.17
429 ratings
Science
Biology
Ecology
Fast Exercise Summary
Fast Exercise
The Simple Secret of High Intensity Training: Get Fitter, Stronger and Better Toned in Just a Few Minutes a Day
by Michael Mosley 2013 224 pages
3.83
1.2K ratings
Health
Fitness
Reference
Think Smart Summary
Think Smart
A Neuroscientist's Prescription for Improving Your Brain's Performance
by Richard Restak 2009 288 pages
3.73
589 ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance Summary
A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance
by Leon Festinger 1957 239 pages
4.04
181 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
Kali Linux Revealed Summary
Kali Linux Revealed
Mastering the Penetration Testing Distribution
by Raphaël Hertzog 2017 342 pages
3.78
148 ratings
Hackers
Technology
Technical
Neurofeedback in the Treatment of Developmental Trauma Summary
Neurofeedback in the Treatment of Developmental Trauma
Calming the Fear-Driven Brain
by Sebern F. Fisher 2014 408 pages
4.45
138 ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
Counselling
Power Up Your Brain Summary
Power Up Your Brain
The Neuroscience of Enlightenment
by David Perlmutter 2011 219 pages
4.08
476 ratings
Health
Neuroscience
Psychology
Bursts Summary
Bursts
The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do
by Albert-László Barabási 2010 310 pages
3.31
1.1K ratings
Science
Psychology
Sociology
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
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
Remember Summary
Remember
The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting
by Lisa Genova 2021 256 pages
4.18
14.8K ratings
Science
Psychology
Self Help
Komisch, alles chemisch! Summary
Komisch, alles chemisch!
by Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim 2019 256 pages
4.22
3.7K ratings
Science
Chemistry
German Literature
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
Concise Inorganic Chemistry Summary
Concise Inorganic Chemistry
by J.D. Lee 1965 1032 pages
4.09
410 ratings
Chemistry
Science
Textbooks
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
3.68
2.6K ratings
Health
Self Help
Psychology
Ecological Intelligence Summary
Ecological Intelligence
Rediscovering Ourselves in Nature
by Ian McCallum 2005 239 pages
4.07
106 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Nature
Uncertainty Summary
Uncertainty
Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Struggle for the Soul of Science
by David Lindley 1996 272 pages
4.01
2.3K ratings
Science
Physics
History
How to Speak Machine Summary
How to Speak Machine
Laws of Design for a Computational Age
by John Maeda 2019 240 pages
3.70
484 ratings
Design
Technology
Artificial Intelligence
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
Climate Change Summary
Climate Change
What Everyone Needs to Know
by Joseph Romm 2015 328 pages
4.22
686 ratings
Science
Climate Change
Environment
All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Watching Star Trek Summary
All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Watching Star Trek
by Dave Marinaccio 1994 128 pages
3.48
395 ratings
Star Trek
Philosophy
Self Help
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
Hidden Order Summary
Hidden Order
The Economics of Everyday Life
by David D. Friedman 1996 352 pages
3.74
522 ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
The Right Kind of Crazy Summary
The Right Kind of Crazy
A True Story of Teamwork, Leadership, and High-Stakes Innovation
by Adam Steltzner 2015 256 pages
3.81
745 ratings
Science
Space
Business
The Future of Everything Summary
The Future of Everything
The Science of Prediction
by David Orrell 2006 464 pages
3.65
115 ratings
Science
The Science of Good Cooking Summary
The Science of Good Cooking
Master 50 Simple Concepts to Enjoy a Lifetime of Success in the Kitchen
by Cook's Illustrated 2012 486 pages
4.44
3.2K ratings
Cookbooks
Cooking
Food
Can Science Explain Everything? Summary
Can Science Explain Everything?
by John C. Lennox 2019 128 pages
4.36
1.3K ratings
Science
Christian
Christianity
Neuroscience and Critical Thinking Summary
Neuroscience and Critical Thinking
Understand the Hidden Pathways of Your Thought Patterns- Improve Your Memory, Make Rational Decisions, Tune Down Emotional ... Expectations
by Albert Rutherford 2019 179 pages
3.52
114 ratings
Science
Psychology
Brain
Coming of Age in the Milky Way Summary
Coming of Age in the Milky Way
by Timothy Ferris 1988 512 pages
4.16
3.1K ratings
Science
History
Astronomy
Still Procrastinating Summary
Still Procrastinating
The No Regrets Guide to Getting It Done
by Joseph R. Ferrari 2010 256 pages
3.35
286 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Productivity
Command and Control Summary
Command and Control
Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
by Eric Schlosser 2013 656 pages
4.27
14.0K ratings
History
Politics
Science
Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon Summary
Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon
by Rahul Jandial 2019 243 pages
4.10
3.6K ratings
Science
Health
Psychology
Meet Your Dog Summary
Meet Your Dog
The Game-Changing Guide to Understanding Your Dog's Behavior
by Kim Brophey 2018 256 pages
4.36
733 ratings
Dogs
Animals
Reference
50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True Summary
50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True
by Guy P. Harrison 2011 458 pages
3.61
1.3K ratings
Science
Skepticism
Psychology
Data, A Love Story Summary
Data, A Love Story
How I Gamed Online Dating to Meet My Match
by Amy Webb 2013 296 pages
3.57
2.0K ratings
Memoir
Relationships
Self Help
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 to Study for a Mathematics Degree Summary
How to Study for a Mathematics Degree
by Lara Alcock 2012 256 pages
4.05
203 ratings
Mathematics
Academic
Science
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
Drop Acid Summary
Drop Acid
The Surprising New Science of Uric Acid―The Key to Losing Weight, Controlling Blood Sugar, and Achieving Extraordinary Health
by David Perlmutter 2022 336 pages
4.03
1.2K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Science
Letters to a Young Mathematician Summary
Letters to a Young Mathematician
by Ian Stewart 2006 224 pages
3.86
1.8K ratings
Mathematics
Science
Philosophy
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
The Mobile Wave Summary
The Mobile Wave
How Mobile Intelligence Will Change Everything
by Michael Saylor 2012 281 pages
3.68
319 ratings
Business
Technology
History
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
Beyond Human Nature Summary
Beyond Human Nature
How Culture and Experience Shape the Human Mind
by Jesse J. Prinz 2011 402 pages
3.71
238 ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Psychology Summary
Psychology
A Very Short Introduction
by Gillian Butler 1998 176 pages
3.64
1.1K ratings
Psychology
Science
Education
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