Science Book Summaries

Cannabis Pharmacy Summary
Cannabis Pharmacy
The Practical Guide to Medical Marijuana
by Michael Backes 2013 320 pages
4.28
474 ratings
Health
Science
Medicine
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
Why Does E=mc²? Summary
Why Does E=mc²?
by Brian Cox 2009 264 pages
4.05
10.1K ratings
Science
Physics
Popular Science
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
Stuff Matters Summary
Stuff Matters
Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
by Mark Miodownik 2013 272 pages
4.11
20.3K ratings
Science
History
Chemistry
Awestruck Summary
Awestruck
How Embracing Wonder Can Make You Happier, Healthier, and More Connected
by Jonah Paquette 2020 192 pages
3.62
284 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Spirituality
Symmetry Summary
Symmetry
A Journey into the Patterns of Nature
by Marcus du Sautoy 2007 384 pages
3.82
840 ratings
Mathematics
Science
Popular Science
Coffee is Good for You Summary
Coffee is Good for You
From Vitamin C and Organic Foods to Low-Carb and Detox Diets, the Truth about Diet and Nutrition Claims
by Robert J. Davis 2012 240 pages
3.31
246 ratings
Nutrition
Science
Food
Dark Territory Summary
Dark Territory
The Secret History of Cyber War
by Fred Kaplan 2016 339 pages
3.90
3.1K ratings
History
Technology
Politics
Your Brain Summary
Your Brain
The Missing Manual
by Matthew MacDonald 2008 273 pages
3.76
361 ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
The Red Web Summary
The Red Web
The Struggle Between Russia's Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries
by Andrei Soldatov 2015 384 pages
3.95
675 ratings
Politics
Russia
History
The Meaning of Madness Summary
The Meaning of Madness
by Neel Burton 2008 220 pages
3.98
256 ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Science
Thinking Big Summary
Thinking Big
How the Evolution of Social Life Shaped the Human Mind
by Clive Gamble 2014 266 pages
3.67
149 ratings
Science
Psychology
Evolution
Introduction to Metaphysics Summary
Introduction to Metaphysics
by Martin Heidegger 1929 254 pages
4.03
4.3K ratings
Philosophy
Metaphysics
German Literature
Subprime Attention Crisis Summary
Subprime Attention Crisis
by Tim Hwang 2020 176 pages
3.62
1.1K ratings
Technology
Business
Economics
Suspicious Minds Summary
Suspicious Minds
Why We Believe Conspiracy Theories
by Rob Brotherton 2015 304 pages
3.88
1.5K ratings
Psychology
Science
History
Why Most Things Fail Summary
Why Most Things Fail
Evolution, Extinction and Economics
by Paul Ormerod 2005 272 pages
3.48
380 ratings
Economics
Business
Science
Encyclopedia of Electronic Components Volume 1 Summary
Encyclopedia of Electronic Components Volume 1
Resistors, Capacitors, Inductors, Switches, Encoders, Relays, Transistors
by Charles Platt 2012 294 pages
4.31
183 ratings
Reference
Engineering
Technology
Ninety Percent of Everything Summary
Ninety Percent of Everything
Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate
by Rose George 2013 304 pages
3.79
4.3K ratings
Business
Economics
History
Entanglement Summary
Entanglement
by Amir D. Aczel 2002 304 pages
4.01
1.2K ratings
Science
Physics
History
The HeartMath Solution Summary
The HeartMath Solution
The Institute of HeartMath's Revolutionary Program for Engaging the Power of the Heart's Intelligence
by Doc Childre 1999 304 pages
4.03
747 ratings
Health
Self Help
Psychology
To Dye For Summary
To Dye For
How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick--and How We Can Fight Back
by Alden Wicker 2023 303 pages
4.28
1.2K ratings
Fashion
Science
Health
Liars and Outliers Summary
Liars and Outliers
Enabling the Trust that Society Needs to Thrive
by Bruce Schneier 2012 348 pages
3.78
1.5K ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Science
The Day We Found the Universe Summary
The Day We Found the Universe
by Marcia Bartusiak 2009 368 pages
4.13
1.2K ratings
Science
History
Astronomy
Choice Theory Summary
Choice Theory
A Very Short Introduction
by Michael Allingham 2002 144 pages
2.71
214 ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Science
On the Edge Summary
On the Edge
The Art of Risking Everything
by Nate Silver 2024 576 pages
3.68
4.1K ratings
Business
Economics
Psychology
The Forgetting Machine Summary
The Forgetting Machine
Memory, Perception, and the "Jennifer Aniston Neuron"
by Rodrigo Quian Quiroga 2017 170 pages
3.73
989 ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Criminology For Dummies Summary
Criminology For Dummies
by Steven Briggs 2009 384 pages
3.90
232 ratings
Reference
Crime
Science
Everything Is Miscellaneous Summary
Everything Is Miscellaneous
The Power of the New Digital Disorder
by David Weinberger 2007 288 pages
3.74
2.5K ratings
Technology
Library Science
Information Science
Feeling & Knowing Summary
Feeling & Knowing
Making Minds Conscious
by António Damásio 2021 256 pages
3.59
1.3K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Environmental Economics Summary
Environmental Economics
A Very Short Introduction
by Stephen Smith 2011 136 pages
3.61
223 ratings
Economics
Environment
Science
The Sea and Civilization Summary
The Sea and Civilization
A Maritime History of the World
by Lincoln Paine 2013 784 pages
3.88
648 ratings
History
Maritime
World History
The Heat Will Kill You First Summary
The Heat Will Kill You First
Life and Death on a Scorched Planet
by Jeff Goodell 2023 400 pages
4.30
7.4K ratings
Science
Climate Change
Environment
Smarter Summary
Smarter
The New Science of Building Brain Power
by Dan Hurley 2013 275 pages
3.49
797 ratings
Science
Psychology
Self Help
If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY? Summary
If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY?
Fifty Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life
by Stephen Webb 2002 304 pages
4.21
1.4K ratings
Science
Space
Philosophy
mental floss presents Condensed Knowledge Summary
mental floss presents Condensed Knowledge
A Deliciously Irreverent Guide to Feeling Smart Again
by Will Pearson 2004 345 pages
3.92
916 ratings
Reference
Trivia
Humor
Testosterone Summary
Testosterone
An Unauthorized Biography
by Rebecca M. Jordan-Young 2019 288 pages
4.05
291 ratings
Science
Gender
Feminism
Molecular Cell Biology Summary
Molecular Cell Biology
by Harvey F. Lodish 1992 973 pages
4.11
720 ratings
Biology
Science
Textbooks
How to Predict Everything Summary
How to Predict Everything
The Formula Transforming What We Know About Life and the Universe
by William Poundstone 2019 320 pages
3.19
54 ratings
Mathematics
Science
A Mind of Its Own Summary
A Mind of Its Own
How Your Brain Distorts and Deceives
by Cordelia Fine 2005 224 pages
3.86
2.7K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
The Divided Mind Summary
The Divided Mind
The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders
by John E. Sarno 2006 394 pages
4.04
1.8K ratings
Health
Psychology
Self Help
Atlas of Human Anatomy Summary
Atlas of Human Anatomy
by Frank H. Netter 1989 640 pages
4.51
3.8K ratings
Medicine
Medical
Science
In Search of Time Summary
In Search of Time
The Science of a Curious Dimension
by Dan Falk 2008 329 pages
3.97
532 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
Quench Summary
Quench
Beat Fatigue, Drop Weight, and Heal Your Body Through the New Science of Optimum Hydration
by Dana G. Cohen 2018 304 pages
3.72
929 ratings
Health
Nutrition
Self Help
The Mechanical Mind Summary
The Mechanical Mind
A Philosophical Introduction to Minds, Machines and Mental Representation
by Tim Crane 1996 272 pages
3.66
209 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
This Is Your Brain on Parasites Summary
This Is Your Brain on Parasites
How Tiny Creatures Manipulate Our Behavior and Shape Society
by Kathleen McAuliffe 2016 288 pages
3.98
2.4K ratings
Science
Biology
Health
Zen and the Art of Consciousness Summary
Zen and the Art of Consciousness
by Susan Blackmore 2009 182 pages
3.56
263 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Buddhism
Gestalt Therapy Summary
Gestalt Therapy
Excitement and Growth in the Human Personality
by Frederick Salomon Perls 1951 470 pages
4.08
391 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Counselling
Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain Summary
Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain
Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum & Smart Contracts
by David Gerard 2017 235 pages
3.96
1.2K ratings
Technology
Economics
Business
Prisoner's Dilemma Summary
Prisoner's Dilemma
John von Neumann, Game Theory, and the Puzzle of the Bomb
by William Poundstone 1992 294 pages
3.92
2.1K ratings
Science
History
Economics
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