Science Book Summaries

Bad Astronomy Summary
Bad Astronomy
by Philip Plait 2002 277 pages
4.04
5.7K ratings
Science
Astronomy
Space
Stephen Hawking Summary
Stephen Hawking
A Memoir of Friendship and Physics
by Leonard Mlodinow 2020 240 pages
4.02
679 ratings
Science
Biography
Memoir
The Mind's Past Summary
The Mind's Past
by Michael S. Gazzaniga 1998 208 pages
3.76
111 ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
Science
Wisdom Summary
Wisdom
From Philosophy to Neuroscience
by Stephen S. Hall 2010 352 pages
3.75
342 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
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
Feeling & Knowing Summary
Feeling & Knowing
Making Minds Conscious
by António Damásio 2021 256 pages
3.59
1.3K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
User Friendly Summary
User Friendly
How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play
by Cliff Kuang 2019 416 pages
4.14
2.8K ratings
Design
Business
Technology
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
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
Beyond Biocentrism Summary
Beyond Biocentrism
Rethinking Time, Space, Consciousness, and the Illusion of Death
by Robert Lanza 2016 224 pages
4.05
1.6K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
Where the Water Goes Summary
Where the Water Goes
Life and Death Along the Colorado River
by David Owen 2017 288 pages
3.93
3.1K ratings
Science
Environment
Nature
The Codebreakers Summary
The Codebreakers
The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet
by David Kahn 1967 1200 pages
4.18
1.5K ratings
History
Science
Technology
Everything in Its Place Summary
Everything in Its Place
First Loves and Last Tales
by Oliver Sacks 2019 288 pages
4.14
3.1K ratings
Science
Essays
Memoir
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
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
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
Planta Sapiens Summary
Planta Sapiens
The New Science of Plant Intelligence
by Paco Calvo 2022 304 pages
3.42
683 ratings
Science
Nature
Biology
Psychotherapy Summary
Psychotherapy
A Very Short Introduction
by Tom Burns 2014 144 pages
3.75
142 ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Medicine
Healthy Buildings Summary
Healthy Buildings
How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity
by Joseph G. Allen 2020 304 pages
3.97
157 ratings
Architecture
Health
Design
Smarter Summary
Smarter
The New Science of Building Brain Power
by Dan Hurley 2013 275 pages
3.49
797 ratings
Science
Psychology
Self Help
World War C Summary
World War C
Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic and How to Prepare for the Next One
by Sanjay Gupta 2021 290 pages
4.04
885 ratings
Science
Medical
Health
Nonsense Summary
Nonsense
The Power of Not Knowing
by Jamie Holmes 2015 336 pages
3.62
1.1K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
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
The Language of God Summary
The Language of God
A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief
by Francis S. Collins 2006 294 pages
3.87
13.3K ratings
Science
Christian
Theology
Sex, Ecology, Spirituality Summary
Sex, Ecology, Spirituality
The Spirit of Evolution
by Ken Wilber 1995 880 pages
4.35
1.0K ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Psychology
The Fourth Dimension Summary
The Fourth Dimension
A Guided Tour of the Higher Universes
by Rudy Rucker 1984 228 pages
4.15
786 ratings
Science
Physics
Mathematics
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
Our Angry Earth Summary
Our Angry Earth
by Isaac Asimov 1991 323 pages
3.73
124 ratings
Science
Politics
Ecology
The Rough Guide to Psychology Summary
The Rough Guide to Psychology
An Introduction to Human Behaviour and the Mind
by Christian Jarrett 2011 376 pages
3.98
153 ratings
Psychology
Science
Popular Science
Life Hacks Summary
Life Hacks
Any Procedure or Action That Solves a Problem, Simplifies a Task, Reduces Frustration, Etc. in One's Everyday Life
by Keith Bradford 2014 305 pages
3.75
1.2K ratings
Self Help
Reference
How To
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
Maxims for Thinking Analytically Summary
Maxims for Thinking Analytically
The wisdom of legendary Harvard Professor Richard Zeckhauser
by Dan Levy 2021 211 pages
3.92
543 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
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
The Next America Summary
The Next America
Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown
by Paul Taylor 2014 280 pages
3.68
693 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Economics
The Immortal Mind Summary
The Immortal Mind
Science and the Continuity of Consciousness beyond the Brain
by Ervin Laszlo 2014 176 pages
4.02
170 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
The Cortisol Connection Summary
The Cortisol Connection
Why Stress Makes You Fat and Ruins Your Health - And What You Can Do About It
by Shawn Talbott 2002 324 pages
3.75
261 ratings
Health
Psychology
Self Help
Theories of Personality Summary
Theories of Personality
by Duane P. Schultz 2000 532 pages
3.96
476 ratings
Psychology
Textbooks
Reference
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 Polymath Summary
The Polymath
A Cultural History from Leonardo da Vinci to Susan Sontag
by Peter Burke 2020 352 pages
3.26
325 ratings
History
Biography
Science
12 Weeks to a Sharper You Summary
12 Weeks to a Sharper You
A Guided Program
by Sanjay Gupta 2022 208 pages
3.90
280 ratings
Health
Self Help
Personal Development
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 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
What Evolution Is Summary
What Evolution Is
by Ernst W. Mayr 2001 318 pages
4.02
3.9K ratings
Science
Evolution
Biology
Drug Dealer, MD Summary
Drug Dealer, MD
How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It's So Hard to Stop
by Anna Lembke 2016 192 pages
4.01
1.3K ratings
Medical
Medicine
Health
الذرة الاجتماعية Summary
الذرة الاجتماعية
لماذا يزداد الأثرياء ثراءً والفقراء فقرًا؟
by Mark Buchanan 2007 333 pages
3.70
538 ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Politics
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
Should We Eat Meat? Summary
Should We Eat Meat?
Evolution and Consequences of Modern Carnivory
by Vaclav Smil 2013 288 pages
3.52
629 ratings
Science
Food
Health
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
Death by Comfort Summary
Death by Comfort
How modern life is killing us and what we can do about it
by Paul Taylor 2022 192 pages
4.04
343 ratings
Self Help
Health
Science
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
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