Science Book Summaries

Choice Theory Summary
Choice Theory
A Very Short Introduction
by Michael Allingham 2002 144 pages
2.71
214 ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Science
Decoding Boys Summary
Decoding Boys
New Science Behind the Subtle Art of Raising Sons
by Cara Natterson 2020 288 pages
3.91
1.6K ratings
Parenting
Science
Psychology
Your Deceptive Mind Summary
Your Deceptive Mind
A Scientific Guide to Critical Thinking Skills
by Steven Novella 2012 6 pages
4.24
1.2K ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
The Inner History of Devices Summary
The Inner History of Devices
by Sherry Turkle 2008 208 pages
3.82
77 ratings
History
Technology
Science
Game Changer Summary
Game Changer
AlphaZero's Groundbreaking Chess Strategies and the Promise of AI
by Matthew Sadler 2019 416 pages
4.23
270 ratings
Chess
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology Summary
The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology
by David M. Buss 2005 1028 pages
4.23
107 ratings
Psychology
Science
Evolution
Sugar Summary
Sugar
The World Corrupted: From Slavery to Obesity
by James Walvin 2017 352 pages
3.44
552 ratings
History
Food
Science
Persuasion Summary
Persuasion
Convincing Others When Facts Don't Seem to Matter
by Lee Hartley Carter 2019 272 pages
3.66
157 ratings
Business
Psychology
Personal Development
The Ghost in My Brain Summary
The Ghost in My Brain
How a Concussion Stole My Life and How the New Science of Brain Plasticity Helped Me Get It Back
by Clark Elliott 2015 336 pages
3.81
910 ratings
Science
Memoir
Neuroscience
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
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
Physical Intelligence Summary
Physical Intelligence
The Science of How the Body and the Mind Guide Each Other Through Life
by Scott Grafton 2020 288 pages
3.64
185 ratings
Science
Neuroscience
Health
The End of Alzheimer's Program Summary
The End of Alzheimer's Program
The First Protocol to Enhance Cognition and Reverse Decline at Any Age
by Dale E. Bredesen 2020 351 pages
4.20
503 ratings
Health
Science
Medical
Time to Think Summary
Time to Think
The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock's Gender Service for Children
by Hannah Barnes 2023 455 pages
4.36
1.2K ratings
Politics
Gender
Science
The Future of the Professions Summary
The Future of the Professions
How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts
by Richard Susskind 2015 368 pages
3.64
1.0K ratings
Business
Technology
Economics
The Waste-Free World Summary
The Waste-Free World
How the Circular Economy Will Take Less, Make More, and Save the Planet
by Ron Gonen 2021 288 pages
4.17
162 ratings
Sustainability
Environment
Economics
Quantum Psychology Summary
Quantum Psychology
How Brain Software Programs You & Your World
by Robert Anton Wilson 1990 202 pages
4.23
2.6K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
The Upward Spiral Workbook Summary
The Upward Spiral Workbook
A Practical Neuroscience Program for Reversing the Course of Depression
by Alex Korb 2019 232 pages
4.38
106 ratings
Self Help
Mental Health
Psychology
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
Cooking for Geeks Summary
Cooking for Geeks
Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food
by Jeff Potter 2007 412 pages
4.05
3.7K ratings
Cooking
Food
Cookbooks
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
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
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 Horse, the Wheel, and Language Summary
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language
How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
by David W. Anthony 2007 568 pages
3.99
3.7K ratings
History
Linguistics
Anthropology
There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness Summary
There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness
by Carlo Rovelli 2018 224 pages
4.03
3.0K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Essays
The Mathematics of Love Summary
The Mathematics of Love
Patterns, Proofs, and the Search for the Ultimate Equation
by Hannah Fry 2015 128 pages
3.65
3.0K ratings
Science
Mathematics
Psychology
My Planet Summary
My Planet
Finding Humor in the Oddest Places
by Mary Roach 2013 191 pages
3.66
3.9K ratings
Humor
Science
Essays
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
Who We Are and How We Got Here Summary
Who We Are and How We Got Here
Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
by David Reich 2018 335 pages
4.13
5.8K ratings
Science
History
Anthropology
Environmental Economics Summary
Environmental Economics
A Very Short Introduction
by Stephen Smith 2011 136 pages
3.61
223 ratings
Economics
Environment
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
Pain Free Summary
Pain Free
A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain
by Pete Egoscue 2009 296 pages
4.17
2.0K ratings
Health
Reference
Science
The Distraction Addiction Summary
The Distraction Addiction
Getting the Information You Need and the Communication You Want, Without Enraging Your Family, Annoying Your Colleagues, and Destroying Your Soul
by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang 2013 304 pages
3.52
634 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Technology
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
Effective Unit Testing Summary
Effective Unit Testing
by Lasse Koskela 2012 350 pages
3.79
117 ratings
Programming
Software
Technology
On Task Summary
On Task
How Our Brain Gets Things Done
by David Badre 2020 344 pages
4.05
148 ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Neutrino Summary
Neutrino
by Frank Close 2010 176 pages
4.08
706 ratings
Science
Physics
Popular Science
The Psychopath Whisperer Summary
The Psychopath Whisperer
The Science of Those Without Conscience
by Kent A. Kiehl 2014 304 pages
4.06
3.8K ratings
Psychology
Science
True Crime
The Platform Delusion Summary
The Platform Delusion
Who Wins and Who Loses in the Age of Tech Titans
by Jonathan A. Knee 2021 384 pages
4.00
214 ratings
Business
Technology
Economics
Evolutionary Ideas Summary
Evolutionary Ideas
Unlocking ancient innovation to solve tomorrow’s challenges
by Sam Tatam 2022 326 pages
4.07
144 ratings
Psychology
Science
Business
Structures Summary
Structures
Or Why Things Don't Fall Down
by J.E. Gordon 1978 395 pages
4.14
3.6K ratings
Science
Engineering
Architecture
My True Type Summary
My True Type
Clarifying Your Personality Type, Preferences & Functions
by A.J. Drenth 2014 175 pages
4.19
436 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Beyond Genetics Summary
Beyond Genetics
The User's Guide to DNA
by Glenn McGee 2004 240 pages
3.60
5 ratings
Science
Quantum Enigma Summary
Quantum Enigma
Physics Encounters Consciousness
by Bruce Rosenblum 2006 211 pages
4.12
2.2K ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
The Prophet's Way Summary
The Prophet's Way
A Guide to Living in the Now
by Thom Hartmann 2001 336 pages
4.08
289 ratings
Spirituality
Memoir
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
Superconvergence Summary
Superconvergence
How the Genetics, Biotech, and AI Revolutions Will Transform our Lives, Work, and World
by Jamie Metzl 2024 432 pages
3.75
207 ratings
Science
Technology
Artificial Intelligence
The Good Bee Summary
The Good Bee
A Celebration of Bees – And How to Save Them
by Alison Benjamin 2019 193 pages
4.18
292 ratings
Science
Nature
Natural History
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
The Vaccine Summary
The Vaccine
Inside the Race to Conquer the COVID-19 Pandemic
by Joe Miller 2021 288 pages
4.25
851 ratings
Science
History
Medicine
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