Science Book Summaries

The Human Story Summary
The Human Story
by Robin I.M. Dunbar 2004 224 pages
3.87
328 ratings
Science
Evolution
Anthropology
The Optimist's Telescope Summary
The Optimist's Telescope
Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age
by Bina Venkataraman 2019
3.47
579 ratings
Science
Psychology
Business
In Search of the Multiverse Summary
In Search of the Multiverse
by John Gribbin 2009 250 pages
4.09
1.2K ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Join the Club Summary
Join the Club
How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World
by Tina Rosenberg 2011 432 pages
3.49
338 ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Politics
The Perfect Swarm Summary
The Perfect Swarm
The Science of Complexity in Everyday Life
by Len Fisher 2009 288 pages
3.51
319 ratings
Science
Psychology
Sociology
Forensic Detective Summary
Forensic Detective
How I Cracked the World's Toughest Cases
by Robert Mann 2006 272 pages
3.91
823 ratings
True Crime
Science
Crime
Planta Sapiens Summary
Planta Sapiens
The New Science of Plant Intelligence
by Paco Calvo 2022 304 pages
3.42
683 ratings
Science
Nature
Biology
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
Autism Summary
Autism
A Very Short Introduction
by Uta Frith 2003 144 pages
3.40
587 ratings
Psychology
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Science
ANYWAY YOU CAN Summary
ANYWAY YOU CAN
Doctor Bosworth Shares Her Mom's Cancer Journey: A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO KETONES FOR LIFE
by Annette Bosworth 2018 352 pages
4.47
196 ratings
Health
Diets
Science
An Inconvenient Apocalypse Summary
An Inconvenient Apocalypse
Environmental Collapse, Climate Crisis, and the Fate of Humanity
by Wes Jackson 2022 184 pages
3.58
189 ratings
Climate Change
Science
Environment
Counterclockwise Summary
Counterclockwise
Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility
by Ellen J. Langer 2009 240 pages
3.86
737 ratings
Psychology
Health
Self Help
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
الذرة الاجتماعية Summary
الذرة الاجتماعية
لماذا يزداد الأثرياء ثراءً والفقراء فقرًا؟
by Mark Buchanan 2007 333 pages
3.70
538 ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Politics
This Is Your Brain on Depression Summary
This Is Your Brain on Depression
Creating Your Path to Getting Better
by Faith G. Harper 2018 128 pages
3.75
1.2K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Mental Health
The End of Mental Illness Summary
The End of Mental Illness
by Daniel G. Amen 2020 718 pages
4.02
1.6K ratings
Psychology
Health
Mental Health
The Upright Thinkers Summary
The Upright Thinkers
The Human Journey from Living in Trees to Understanding the Cosmos
by Leonard Mlodinow 2015 352 pages
4.13
2.1K ratings
Science
History
Evolution
The Ravenous Brain Summary
The Ravenous Brain
How the New Science of Consciousness Explains Our Insatiable Search for Meaning
by Daniel Bor 2012 352 pages
3.90
424 ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
Science
What Evolution Is Summary
What Evolution Is
by Ernst W. Mayr 2001 318 pages
4.02
3.9K ratings
Science
Evolution
Biology
Big Data Summary
Big Data
A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think
by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger 2013 242 pages
3.69
8.6K ratings
Business
Technology
Science
Why God Won't Go Away Summary
Why God Won't Go Away
Brain Science and the Biology of Belief
by Andrew B. Newberg 2001 234 pages
3.89
1.3K ratings
Science
Religion
Psychology
The Path to Longevity Summary
The Path to Longevity
How to Reach 100 With the Health and Stamina of a 40-Year-Old
by Luigi Fontana 2020 318 pages
4.06
109 ratings
Health
Self Help
Nutrition
The Perfection Point Summary
The Perfection Point
Sport Science Predicts the Fastest Man, the Highest Jump, and the Limits of Athletic Performance
by John Brenkus 2010 256 pages
3.58
193 ratings
Sports
Science
Baseball
You May Also Like Summary
You May Also Like
Taste in an Age of Endless Choice
by Tom Vanderbilt 2016 320 pages
3.29
1.2K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Venomous Summary
Venomous
How Earth's Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry
by Christie Wilcox 2016 260 pages
4.11
1.5K ratings
Science
Biology
Nature
Sugar Nation Summary
Sugar Nation
The Hidden Truth Behind America's Deadliest Habit and the Simple Way to Beat It
by Jeff O'Connell 2011 370 pages
3.55
815 ratings
Health
Food
Nutrition
Math for Grownups Summary
Math for Grownups
by Laura Laing 2011 256 pages
3.79
150 ratings
Reference
School
Self Help
Learning from Leonardo Summary
Learning from Leonardo
Decoding the Notebooks of a Genius
by Fritjof Capra 2013 408 pages
3.96
107 ratings
Science
History
Art
Cognitive Neuroscience Summary
Cognitive Neuroscience
A Very Short Introduction
by Richard Passingham 2016 160 pages
3.72
282 ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Timefulness Summary
Timefulness
How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World
by Marcia Bjornerud 2018 224 pages
4.08
1.6K ratings
Science
Geology
Nature
Animal Madness Summary
Animal Madness
How Anxious Dogs, Compulsive Parrots, and Elephants in Recovery Help Us Understand Ourselves
by Laurel Braitman 2014 384 pages
3.85
1.3K ratings
Animals
Science
Psychology
You Belong to the Universe Summary
You Belong to the Universe
Buckminster Fuller and the Future
by Jonathan Keats 2016 216 pages
3.65
381 ratings
Biography
Science
Architecture
The Divided Self Summary
The Divided Self
An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness
by R.D. Laing 1960 218 pages
4.11
6.2K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Mental Health
Stephen Hawking Summary
Stephen Hawking
A Memoir of Friendship and Physics
by Leonard Mlodinow 2020 240 pages
4.02
679 ratings
Science
Biography
Memoir
Nonsense Summary
Nonsense
The Power of Not Knowing
by Jamie Holmes 2015 336 pages
3.62
1.1K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Quantum Man Summary
Quantum Man
Richard Feynman's Life in Science
by Lawrence M. Krauss 2011 368 pages
4.07
3.8K ratings
Science
Biography
Physics
Hertzian Tales Summary
Hertzian Tales
Electronic Products, Aesthetic Experience, And Critical Design
by Anthony Dunne 1999 174 pages
4.25
121 ratings
Design
Art
Technology
Voyage of the Beagle Summary
Voyage of the Beagle
by Charles Darwin 1839 432 pages
4.02
8.2K ratings
Science
History
Travel
The Joy of Search Summary
The Joy of Search
A Google Insider's Guide to Going Beyond the Basics
by Daniel M. Russell 2019 336 pages
3.56
175 ratings
Technology
Science
Research
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 Unwritten Laws of Engineering Summary
The Unwritten Laws of Engineering
by W.J. King 2001 49 pages
4.10
631 ratings
Engineering
Business
Programming
The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved Summary
The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved
How Mathematical Genius Discovered the Language of Symmetry
by Mario Livio 2005 368 pages
3.89
1.5K ratings
Mathematics
Science
History
A Practical Guide to Complex PTSD Summary
A Practical Guide to Complex PTSD
Compassionate Strategies to Begin Healing from Childhood Trauma
by Arielle Schwartz 2020 192 pages
4.21
367 ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Self Help
Internet Summary
Internet
by Mikko Hyppönen 2021 288 pages
4.10
1.9K ratings
Technology
Finnish Literature
Business
Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam Summary
Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam
A Life in Physics
by Kenneth W. Ford 1998 380 pages
4.15
337 ratings
Science
Physics
Biography
Memory Summary
Memory
A Very Short Introduction
by Jonathan K. Foster 2008 142 pages
3.55
799 ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Compass of Pleasure Summary
The Compass of Pleasure
How Our Brains Make Fatty Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka, Learning, and Gambling Feel So Good
by David J. Linden 2010 240 pages
3.89
5.7K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
The Rules of Contagion Summary
The Rules of Contagion
Why Things Spread - and Why They Stop
by Adam Kucharski 2020 352 pages
3.86
2.2K ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
12 Bytes Summary
12 Bytes
How We Got Here. Where We Might Go Next
by Jeanette Winterson 2021 324 pages
3.90
1.7K ratings
Essays
Science
Technology
Don't Trust Your Gut Summary
Don't Trust Your Gut
Using Data to Get What You Really Want in Life
by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz 2022 320 pages
3.80
2.2K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
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