Science Book Summaries

Endurance Summary
Endurance
A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery
by Scott Kelly 2017 400 pages
4.21
22.3K ratings
Science
Biography
Space
Junkyard Planet Summary
Junkyard Planet
Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade
by Adam Minter 2013 304 pages
3.90
1.8K ratings
Environment
Business
Economics
Breaking the Spell Summary
Breaking the Spell
Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
by Daniel C. Dennett 2006 464 pages
3.89
12.8K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Atheism
The Quantum Rules Summary
The Quantum Rules
How the Laws of Physics Explain Love, Success, and Everyday Life
by Kunal K. Das 2013 320 pages
3.61
254 ratings
Science
Physics
Science Nature
Aliens Summary
Aliens
The World's Leading Scientists on the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
by Jim Al-Khalili 2016 240 pages
3.78
1.3K ratings
Science
Space
Astronomy
The Unschooled Mind Summary
The Unschooled Mind
How Children Think And How Schools Should Teach
by Howard Gardner 1991 320 pages
3.96
948 ratings
Education
Psychology
Parenting
An Epidemic of Absence Summary
An Epidemic of Absence
A New Way of Understanding Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases
by Moises Velasquez-Manoff 2012 400 pages
4.15
851 ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
Privacy in the Age of Big Data Summary
Privacy in the Age of Big Data
Recognizing Threats, Defending Your Rights, and Protecting Your Family
by Theresa M. Payton 2014 276 pages
3.57
111 ratings
Technology
Politics
Science
The Hacker Crackdown Summary
The Hacker Crackdown
Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier
by Bruce Sterling 1992 336 pages
3.80
3.3K ratings
History
Technology
Computers
Invention and Innovation Summary
Invention and Innovation
A Brief History of Hype and Failure
by Vaclav Smil 2023 232 pages
3.85
991 ratings
History
Science
Technology
The Smallest Lights in the Universe Summary
The Smallest Lights in the Universe
A Memoir
by Sara Seager 2020 308 pages
4.11
2.9K ratings
Memoir
Science
Biography
COVID-19 Summary
COVID-19
The Great Reset
by Klaus Schwab 2020 280 pages
2.69
1.7K ratings
Politics
Economics
History
The Hidden Gifts of the Introverted Child Summary
The Hidden Gifts of the Introverted Child
Helping Your Child Thrive in an Extroverted World
by Marti Olsen Laney 2005 256 pages
4.10
378 ratings
Parenting
Psychology
Self Help
The Last Three Minutes Summary
The Last Three Minutes
by Paul C.W. Davies 1995 176 pages
3.80
1.2K ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
The Great Influenza Summary
The Great Influenza
The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
by John M. Barry 2004 546 pages
3.98
41.7K ratings
History
Science
Medicine
The Space Barons Summary
The Space Barons
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos
by Christian Davenport 2018 320 pages
4.10
4.1K ratings
Science
Space
Business
Reader, Come Home Summary
Reader, Come Home
The Reading Brain in a Digital World
by Maryanne Wolf 2018 272 pages
3.89
4.2K ratings
Science
Psychology
Education
I'm Right and You're an Idiot Summary
I'm Right and You're an Idiot
The Toxic State of Public Discourse and How to Clean it Up
by James Hoggan 2016 272 pages
3.72
225 ratings
Politics
Canada
Sociology
Evolution Summary
Evolution
The Triumph of an Idea
by Carl Zimmer 2001 528 pages
4.11
5.2K ratings
Science
Evolution
Biology
Neutrino Summary
Neutrino
by Frank Close 2010 176 pages
4.08
706 ratings
Science
Physics
Popular Science
Altered Inheritance Summary
Altered Inheritance
CRISPR and the Ethics of Human Genome Editing
by Françoise Baylis 2019 304 pages
3.58
85 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Futurism
The Numbers Game Summary
The Numbers Game
The Commonsense Guide to Understanding Numbers in the News, in Politics, and in Life
by Michael Blastland 2008 210 pages
3.65
339 ratings
Mathematics
Science
Economics
How Ideas Spread Summary
How Ideas Spread
by Jonah Berger 2014 6 pages
3.70
369 ratings
Business
Psychology
Science
It's Been a Good Life Summary
It's Been a Good Life
by Isaac Asimov 2002 310 pages
4.17
466 ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition Summary
The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition
by Michael Tomasello 1999 256 pages
4.13
269 ratings
Psychology
Science
Anthropology
Cannabis Is Medicine Summary
Cannabis Is Medicine
How Medical Cannabis and CBD Are Healing Everything from Anxiety to Chronic Pain
by Bonni Goldstein 2020 368 pages
4.47
118 ratings
Science
Health
Plants
How to Invent Everything Summary
How to Invent Everything
A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler
by Ryan North 2018 437 pages
4.15
5.9K ratings
Science
History
Humor
Mirroring People Summary
Mirroring People
The New Science of How We Connect with Others
by Marco Iacoboni 2008 320 pages
3.79
982 ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Broken Words Summary
Broken Words
The Abuse of Science and Faith in American Politics
by Jonathan Dudley 2011 208 pages
4.26
133 ratings
Religion
Science
Politics
Age Later Summary
Age Later
Secrets of the Healthiest, Sharpest Centenarians
by Nir Barzilai 2020 320 pages
3.66
435 ratings
Health
Science
Self Help
The Science of Food Summary
The Science of Food
An Exploration of What We Eat and How We Cook
by Marty Jopson 2017 225 pages
3.78
198 ratings
Science
Food
Cooking
How to Stay Smart in a Smart World Summary
How to Stay Smart in a Smart World
Why Human Intelligence Still Beats Algorithms
by Gerd Gigerenzer 2022 320 pages
3.84
438 ratings
Psychology
Science
Artificial Intelligence
Nightmare Fuel Summary
Nightmare Fuel
The Science of Horror Films
by Nina Nesseth 2022 304 pages
3.82
1.2K ratings
Horror
Science
Film
How Music Can Make You Better Summary
How Music Can Make You Better
by Indre Viskontas 2019 120 pages
3.86
232 ratings
Music
Psychology
Health
The Second Brain Summary
The Second Brain
A Groundbreaking New Understanding of Nervous Disorders of the Stomach and Intestine
by Michael D. Gershon 1998 336 pages
3.75
518 ratings
Health
Science
Nutrition
A Path through the Jungle Summary
A Path through the Jungle
Psychological Health and Wellbeing Programme to Develop Robustness and Resilience
by Steve Peters 2021
4.31
405 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Everyday Trauma Summary
Everyday Trauma
Remapping the Brain's Response to Stress, Anxiety, and Painful Memories for a Better Life
by Tracey Shors 2021 208 pages
3.50
661 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Mental Health
Successful Aging Summary
Successful Aging
A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives
by Daniel J. Levitin 2020 528 pages
3.93
3.5K ratings
Science
Health
Psychology
DIY Summary
DIY
The Wonderfully Weird History and Science of Masturbation
by Eric Sprankle 2024 240 pages
4.36
193 ratings
Sexuality
History
Science
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
The Two Cultures Summary
The Two Cultures
by C.P. Snow 1959 181 pages
3.66
1.5K ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place Summary
How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place
by Bjørn Lomborg 2006 206 pages
3.38
153 ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
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
Write No Matter What Summary
Write No Matter What
Advice for Academics
by Joli Jensen 2017 166 pages
4.35
688 ratings
Writing
Self Help
Academia
Dirty Electricity Summary
Dirty Electricity
Electrification and the Diseases of Civilization
by Samuel Milham 2010 120 pages
4.01
188 ratings
Health
Science
Technology
Where the Conflict Really Lies Summary
Where the Conflict Really Lies
Science, Religion, and Naturalism
by Alvin Plantinga 2011 376 pages
4.03
1.0K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Religion
The Story of the Human Body Summary
The Story of the Human Body
Evolution, Health, and Disease
by Daniel E. Lieberman 2013 480 pages
4.26
8.6K ratings
Science
Health
Biology
Outgrowing God Summary
Outgrowing God
A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism
by Richard Dawkins 2019 304 pages
4.06
6.0K ratings
Science
Religion
Philosophy
The Secret Wisdom of Nature Summary
The Secret Wisdom of Nature
Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things ― Stories from Science and Observation
by Peter Wohlleben 2017 272 pages
4.05
6.7K ratings
Nature
Science
Environment
This Idea Must Die Summary
This Idea Must Die
Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress
by John Brockman 2015 568 pages
3.51
1.3K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
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