Science Book Summaries

My Father's Brain Summary
My Father's Brain
Life in the Shadow of Alzheimer's
by Sandeep Jauhar 2023 256 pages
4.12
1.3K ratings
Memoir
Health
Science
Memory Summary
Memory
by Alan Baddeley 1982 464 pages
3.80
216 ratings
Psychology
Science
Textbooks
The Wellness Trap Summary
The Wellness Trap
Break Free from Diet Culture, Disinformation, and Dubious Diagnoses, and Find Your True Well-Being
by Christy Harrison 2023 320 pages
3.77
1.6K ratings
Health
Self Help
Food
The Swerve Summary
The Swerve
How the World Became Modern
by Stephen Greenblatt 2011 356 pages
3.87
34.2K ratings
History
Philosophy
Science
A People’s History of Computing in the United States Summary
A People’s History of Computing in the United States
by Joy Lisi Rankin 2018 336 pages
3.48
181 ratings
History
Technology
Computer Science
The Autistic Brain Summary
The Autistic Brain
Thinking Across the Spectrum
by Temple Grandin 2013 240 pages
4.11
10.4K ratings
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Psychology
Science
Men of Mathematics Summary
Men of Mathematics
by Eric Temple Bell 1937 590 pages
4.09
2.1K ratings
Mathematics
Science
History
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
Anticancer. A New Way of Life Summary
Anticancer. A New Way of Life
by David Servan-Schreiber 2007 274 pages
4.40
5.6K ratings
Health
Science
Self Help
Oil and Honey Summary
Oil and Honey
The Education of an Unlikely Activist
by Bill McKibben 2013 272 pages
3.91
1.3K ratings
Environment
Memoir
Politics
Don't Be Evil Summary
Don't Be Evil
How Big Tech Betrayed Its Founding Principles -- and All of Us
by Rana Foroohar 2019 328 pages
3.86
1.1K ratings
Technology
Business
Politics
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
On Human Nature Summary
On Human Nature
by Edward O. Wilson 1978 288 pages
4.14
3.5K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
The Calculus of Friendship Summary
The Calculus of Friendship
What a Teacher and a Student Learned about Life while Corresponding about Math
by Steven H. Strogatz 2009 184 pages
3.86
390 ratings
Mathematics
Science
Biography
Lady Sapiens. Enquête sur la femme au temps de la Préhistoire Summary
Lady Sapiens. Enquête sur la femme au temps de la Préhistoire
by Jennifer Kerner 2011 247 pages
3.65
591 ratings
History
Feminism
Science
Heaven and Hell Summary
Heaven and Hell
The Psychology of the Emotions
by Neel Burton 2015 250 pages
3.61
239 ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Why We Make Mistakes Summary
Why We Make Mistakes
How We Look Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way Above Average
by Joseph T. Hallinan 2009 221 pages
3.90
9.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Cool Summary
Cool
How the Brain’s Hidden Quest for Cool Drives Our Economy and Shapes Our World
by Steven Quartz 2015 304 pages
3.59
219 ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Economics
Beyond Genetics Summary
Beyond Genetics
The User's Guide to DNA
by Glenn McGee 2004 240 pages
3.60
5 ratings
Science
The Marriage of Sense and Soul Summary
The Marriage of Sense and Soul
Integrating Science and Religion
by Ken Wilber 1998 223 pages
4.10
511 ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Religion
The Male Brain Summary
The Male Brain
A Breakthrough Understanding of How Men and Boys Think
by Louann Brizendine 2009 271 pages
3.82
5.6K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
100 Simple Things You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer's and Age-Related Memory Loss Summary
100 Simple Things You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer's and Age-Related Memory Loss
by Jean Carper 2010 336 pages
3.94
537 ratings
Health
Self Help
Mental Health
The Grain Brain Whole Life Plan Summary
The Grain Brain Whole Life Plan
Boost Brain Performance, Lose Weight, and Achieve Optimal Health
by David Perlmutter 2016 304 pages
3.92
1.0K ratings
Health
Food
Nutrition
Lore of Nutrition Summary
Lore of Nutrition
Challenging conventional dietary beliefs
by Tim Noakes 2017 681 pages
4.32
160 ratings
Nutrition
Health
Sports
Fundamentals of Aerodynamics Summary
Fundamentals of Aerodynamics
by John D. Anderson Jr. 1984 1032 pages
4.45
386 ratings
Engineering
Science
Textbooks
The Fractal Geometry of Nature Summary
The Fractal Geometry of Nature
by Benoît B. Mandelbrot 1977 468 pages
4.23
1.3K ratings
Science
Mathematics
Nature
"I Have Nothing to Hide" Summary
"I Have Nothing to Hide"
And 20 Other Myths About Surveillance and Privacy
by Heidi Boghosian 2021 240 pages
3.64
183 ratings
Politics
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
Sugar Summary
Sugar
The World Corrupted: From Slavery to Obesity
by James Walvin 2017 352 pages
3.44
552 ratings
History
Food
Science
How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes Summary
How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes
by Peter D. Schiff 2010 256 pages
4.15
5.2K ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Overcoming Destructive Beliefs, Feelings, and Behaviors Summary
Overcoming Destructive Beliefs, Feelings, and Behaviors
New Directions for Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
by Albert Ellis 2001 419 pages
4.21
230 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
The Road Taken Summary
The Road Taken
The History and Future of America's Infrastructure
by Henry Petroski 2016 322 pages
3.45
519 ratings
History
Engineering
Economics
Mismeasure of Woman Summary
Mismeasure of Woman
Why Women Are Not the Better Sex, the Inferior Sex, or the Opposite Sex
by Carol Tavris 1992 400 pages
4.06
426 ratings
Feminism
Psychology
Science
Peak Summary
Peak
The New Science of Athletic Performance That Is Revolutionizing Sports
by Marc Bubbs 2019 384 pages
4.28
126 ratings
Fitness
Science
Health
Two Sides of the Moon Summary
Two Sides of the Moon
Our Story of the Cold War Space Race
by David Randolph Scott 2004 448 pages
4.28
568 ratings
Space
History
Biography
Effective Unit Testing Summary
Effective Unit Testing
by Lasse Koskela 2012 350 pages
3.79
117 ratings
Programming
Software
Technology
Secrets of Mental Math Summary
Secrets of Mental Math
The Mathemagician's Guide to Lightning Calculation and Amazing Math Tricks
by Arthur T. Benjamin 1993 279 pages
4.07
2.2K ratings
Mathematics
Science
Self Help
Ravenous Summary
Ravenous
How to get ourselves and our planet into shape
by Henry Dimbleby 2023 336 pages
4.37
1.5K ratings
Food
Health
Science
Science and Religion Summary
Science and Religion
A Very Short Introduction
by Thomas Dixon 1903 168 pages
3.67
485 ratings
Religion
Science
Philosophy
The "God" Part of the Brain Summary
The "God" Part of the Brain
A Scientific Interpretation of Human Spirituality And God
by Matthew Alper 1999 224 pages
3.76
990 ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
Every Deep-Drawn Breath Summary
Every Deep-Drawn Breath
A Critical Care Doctor on Healing, Recovery, and Transforming Medicine in the ICU
by Wes Ely 2021 352 pages
4.36
1.5K ratings
Medicine
Medical
Science
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
Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics Summary
Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics
by Alpha C. Chiang 1974 788 pages
4.02
530 ratings
Economics
Mathematics
Textbooks
How We Think Summary
How We Think
by John Dewey 1910 240 pages
3.86
981 ratings
Philosophy
Education
Psychology
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 Other Brain Summary
The Other Brain
From Dementia to Schizophrenia, How New Discoveries About the Brain Are Revolutionizing Medicine and Science
by R. Douglas Fields 2008 384 pages
4.12
1.7K ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
Science
The User's Guide to the Human Mind Summary
The User's Guide to the Human Mind
Why Our Brains Make Us Unhappy, Anxious, and Neurotic and What We Can Do about It
by Shawn T. Smith 2011 216 pages
4.03
301 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
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
Drink? Summary
Drink?
The New Science of Alcohol and Your Health
by David J. Nutt 2020 258 pages
4.04
2.3K ratings
Health
Science
Psychology
A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age Summary
A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age
Scientific Habits of Mind
by David J. Helfand 2016 344 pages
3.71
211 ratings
Science
Psychology
Politics
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