Science Book Summaries

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
Introduction to Metaphysics Summary
Introduction to Metaphysics
by Martin Heidegger 1929 254 pages
4.03
4.3K ratings
Philosophy
Metaphysics
German Literature
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
Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing Summary
Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing
by Henry Petroski 1996 256 pages
3.75
346 ratings
Engineering
Science
Design
The Girl With a Mind for Math Summary
The Girl With a Mind for Math
The Story of Raye Montague
by Julia Finley Mosca 2018 40 pages
4.40
726 ratings
Picture Books
Biography
Mathematics
The Secret Lives of Introverts Summary
The Secret Lives of Introverts
Inside Our Hidden World
by Jenn Granneman 2017 320 pages
3.81
3.4K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
The Mummy at the Dining Room Table Summary
The Mummy at the Dining Room Table
Eminent Therapists Reveal Their Most Unusual Cases and What They Teach Us About Human Behavior
by Jeffrey A. Kottler 2003 325 pages
3.88
744 ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Book Club
Resilience Summary
Resilience
The Science of Mastering Life's Greatest Challenges
by Steven M. Southwick 2012 240 pages
3.90
398 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Health
Basic Math & Pre-Algebra For Dummies Summary
Basic Math & Pre-Algebra For Dummies
by Mark Zegarelli 2007 368 pages
4.11
217 ratings
Mathematics
Reference
Science
The End of Animal Farming Summary
The End of Animal Farming
How Scientists, Entrepreneurs, and Activists Are Building an Animal-Free Food System
by Jacy Reese Anthis 2018 232 pages
4.06
514 ratings
Animals
Vegan
Science
Evolution Summary
Evolution
The Triumph of an Idea
by Carl Zimmer 2001 528 pages
4.11
5.2K ratings
Science
Evolution
Biology
Engineering in Plain Sight Summary
Engineering in Plain Sight
An Illustrated Field Guide to the Constructed Environment
by Grady Hillhouse 2022 251 pages
4.23
630 ratings
Science
Engineering
Technology
Can Science Explain Everything? Summary
Can Science Explain Everything?
by John C. Lennox 2019 128 pages
4.36
1.3K ratings
Science
Christian
Christianity
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
Nonsense on Stilts Summary
Nonsense on Stilts
How to Tell Science from Bunk
by Massimo Pigliucci 2008 338 pages
3.90
1.2K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Skepticism
Good Calories, Bad Calories Summary
Good Calories, Bad Calories
Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on Diet, Weight Control, and Disease
by Gary Taubes 2004 601 pages
4.17
9.8K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
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
Marine Biology Summary
Marine Biology
A Very Short Introduction
by Philip V. Mladenov 2013 184 pages
4.17
429 ratings
Science
Biology
Ecology
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
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
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
The Animal Kingdom Summary
The Animal Kingdom
A Very Short Introduction
by Peter Holland 2011 144 pages
4.00
228 ratings
Science
Biology
Nature
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
The Mind’s I Summary
The Mind’s I
Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul
by Douglas R. Hofstadter 1981 512 pages
4.15
5.9K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
Computer Power and Human Reason Summary
Computer Power and Human Reason
From Judgment to Calculation
by Joseph Weizenbaum 1976 300 pages
4.28
264 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Technology
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
What To Do When Machines Do Everything Summary
What To Do When Machines Do Everything
How to Get Ahead in a World of AI, Algorithms, Bots, and Big Data
by Malcolm Frank 2017 225 pages
3.57
489 ratings
Business
Technology
Artificial Intelligence
Criminology Summary
Criminology
A Very Short Introduction
by Tim Newburn 2018 160 pages
3.84
138 ratings
Sociology
Crime
Science
The Human Story Summary
The Human Story
by Robin I.M. Dunbar 2004 224 pages
3.87
328 ratings
Science
Evolution
Anthropology
DIY Summary
DIY
The Wonderfully Weird History and Science of Masturbation
by Eric Sprankle 2024 240 pages
4.36
193 ratings
Sexuality
History
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 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
The Mind within the Brain Summary
The Mind within the Brain
How We Make Decisions and How those Decisions Go Wrong
by A. David Redish 2013 392 pages
3.93
111 ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
The AI Advantage Summary
The AI Advantage
How to Put the Artificial Intelligence Revolution to Work
by Thomas H. Davenport 2018 248 pages
3.53
139 ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Business
Antimatter Summary
Antimatter
by Frank Close 2009 176 pages
4.03
1.2K ratings
Science
Physics
Popular Science
Forbidden Archeology Summary
Forbidden Archeology
The Hidden History of the Human Race
by Michael A. Cremo 1993 914 pages
4.05
1.0K ratings
History
Science
Archaeology
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
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
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
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
Cognitive Neuroscience Summary
Cognitive Neuroscience
A Very Short Introduction
by Richard Passingham 2016 160 pages
3.72
282 ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
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
The Science of Happiness Summary
The Science of Happiness
How Our Brains Make Us Happy - and What We Can Do to Get Happier
by Stefan Klein 2002 320 pages
4.08
936 ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Cannabis Pharmacy Summary
Cannabis Pharmacy
The Practical Guide to Medical Marijuana
by Michael Backes 2013 320 pages
4.28
474 ratings
Health
Science
Medicine
How the Internet Happened Summary
How the Internet Happened
From Netscape to the iPhone
by Brian McCullough 2018 384 pages
4.28
2.0K ratings
History
Technology
Business
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
Math for Grownups Summary
Math for Grownups
by Laura Laing 2011 256 pages
3.79
150 ratings
Reference
School
Self Help
Why Does E=mc²? Summary
Why Does E=mc²?
by Brian Cox 2009 264 pages
4.05
10.1K ratings
Science
Physics
Popular Science
The 10000 Year Explosion Summary
The 10000 Year Explosion
How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution
by Gregory Cochran 2009 304 pages
3.94
1.8K ratings
Science
History
Evolution
SPSS Survival Manual Summary
SPSS Survival Manual
A Step by Step Guide to Data Analysis Using SPSS for Windows (Version 15), 3rd Edition
by Julie Pallant 2001 352 pages
4.11
371 ratings
Psychology
Science
Research
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