Science Book Summaries

Your Brain On Nature Summary
Your Brain On Nature
The Science of Nature's Influence on Your Health, Happiness and Vitality
by Eva M. Selhub 2012 256 pages
3.96
421 ratings
Nature
Psychology
Science
The Bone Woman Summary
The Bone Woman
A Forensic Anthropologist's Search for Truth in the Mass Graves of Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo
by Clea Koff 2001 304 pages
4.01
2.9K ratings
Anthropology
History
Africa
Owning the Sun Summary
Owning the Sun
A People's History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to COVID-19 Vaccines
by Alexander Zaitchik 2022 304 pages
3.79
106 ratings
History
Science
Politics
The Secret History of the Rape Kit Summary
The Secret History of the Rape Kit
A True Crime Story
by Pagan Kennedy 2025 237 pages
3.93
2.9K ratings
True Crime
History
Feminism
Generation Sleepless Summary
Generation Sleepless
Why Tweens and Teens Aren't Sleeping Enough and How We Can Help Them
by Heather Turgeon MFT 2022 304 pages
4.05
151 ratings
Parenting
Health
Psychology
Context Summary
Context
Further Selected Essays on Productivity, Creativity, Parenting, and Politics in the 21st Century
by Cory Doctorow 2011 238 pages
3.66
363 ratings
Essays
Technology
Politics
What Really Happened in Wuhan Summary
What Really Happened in Wuhan
The Cover-Ups, the Conspiracies and the Classified Research
by Sharri Markson 2021 352 pages
4.19
1.1K ratings
History
Politics
China
UFOs for the 21st Century Mind Summary
UFOs for the 21st Century Mind
A Fresh Guide to an Ancient Mystery
by Richard M. Dolan 2014 506 pages
4.27
396 ratings
Aliens
Paranormal
Science
Less Than Human Summary
Less Than Human
Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others
by David Livingstone Smith 2011 336 pages
3.87
740 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
How Infrastructure Works Summary
How Infrastructure Works
Inside the Systems That Shape Our World
by Deb Chachra 2023 320 pages
3.66
802 ratings
Science
Technology
History
Dinosaurs Summary
Dinosaurs
A Concise Natural History
by David E. Fastovsky 2009 394 pages
4.20
187 ratings
Science
Dinosaurs
Palaeontology
Born to Be Good Summary
Born to Be Good
The Science of a Meaningful Life
by Dacher Keltner 2009 336 pages
3.58
704 ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Coming Into the Country Summary
Coming Into the Country
by John McPhee 1977 438 pages
4.22
7.4K ratings
Travel
Nature
History
How Data Happened Summary
How Data Happened
A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms
by Chris Wiggins 2023 384 pages
3.57
381 ratings
History
Science
Technology
Introducing Psychology Summary
Introducing Psychology
A Graphic Guide
by Nigel C. Benson 1994 180 pages
3.64
2.5K ratings
Psychology
Science
Graphic Novels
A Numerate Life Summary
A Numerate Life
A Mathematician Explores the Vagaries of Life, His Own and Probably Yours
by John Allen Paulos 2015 206 pages
3.49
161 ratings
Mathematics
Science
Biography
Ready to Run Summary
Ready to Run
Unlocking Your Potential to Run Naturally
by Kelly Starrett 2014 288 pages
4.24
2.2K ratings
Fitness
Health
Sports
Now or Never Summary
Now or Never
Why We Must Act Now to End Climate Change and Create a Sustainable Future
by Tim Flannery 2008 176 pages
3.48
189 ratings
Science
Environment
Politics
Beyond Words Summary
Beyond Words
What Animals Think and Feel
by Carl Safina 2015 461 pages
4.41
4.5K ratings
Animals
Science
Nature
The Origins of Happiness Summary
The Origins of Happiness
The Science of Well-Being over the Life Course
by Andrew E. Clark 2018 339 pages
3.71
59 ratings
Economics
Psychology
Science
The Brain Summary
The Brain
A User's Manual: A simple guide to the world's most complex machine
by Marco Magrini 2017 285 pages
4.12
655 ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Do Dogs Dream? Summary
Do Dogs Dream?
Nearly Everything Your Dog Wants You to Know
by Stanley Coren 2002 304 pages
3.77
291 ratings
Dogs
Animals
Science
Fat for Fuel Summary
Fat for Fuel
A Revolutionary Diet to Combat Cancer, Boost Brain Power, and Increase Your Energy
by Joseph Mercola 2017 369 pages
3.98
2.1K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
It's All in Your Mouth Summary
It's All in Your Mouth
Biological Dentistry and the Surprising Impact of Oral Health on Whole Body Wellness
by Dominik Nischwitz 2020 224 pages
3.81
171 ratings
Health
Science
Medical
Hive Mind Summary
Hive Mind
How Your Nation's IQ Matters So Much More Than Your Own
by Garett Jones 2015 184 pages
3.56
327 ratings
Economics
Psychology
Sociology
Filozofia dla zabieganych Summary
Filozofia dla zabieganych
by Jonny Thomson 2021 512 pages
4.12
1.5K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
The Little Book of Humanism Summary
The Little Book of Humanism
Universal Lessons on Finding Purpose, Meaning and Joy
by Andrew Copson 2020 256 pages
4.10
958 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Supernature Summary
Supernature
by Lyall Watson 1973
4.09
698 ratings
Science
Paranormal
Popular Science
Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo Summary
Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo
A Surgeon Cuts through the Evidence
by Ian Harris 2016 240 pages
4.19
178 ratings
Medicine
Science
Medical
This View of Life Summary
This View of Life
Completing the Darwinian Revolution
by David Sloan Wilson 2019 288 pages
3.96
354 ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
⿻ 數位 Plurality Summary
⿻ 數位 Plurality
The Future of Collaborative Technology and Democracy
by E. Glen Weyl 2024 584 pages
3.60
40 ratings
Politics
Technology
Science
Carl Gustav Jung Summary
Carl Gustav Jung
A Biography
by Frank McLynn 1996 640 pages
4.18
323 ratings
Biography
Psychology
History
Mutants Summary
Mutants
On Genetic Variety and the Human Body
by Armand Marie Leroi 2003 448 pages
4.05
3.9K ratings
Science
Biology
Medicine
I'd Rather We Got Casinos Summary
I'd Rather We Got Casinos
And Other Black Thoughts
by Larry Wilmore 2009 224 pages
3.32
1.5K ratings
Humor
Comedy
Race
The Wisdom of Wolves Summary
The Wisdom of Wolves
by Elli H. Radinger 2017 256 pages
4.12
2.0K ratings
Nature
Science
Animals
The Physics and Philosophy of the Bible Summary
The Physics and Philosophy of the Bible
How Relativity, Quantum Physics, Plato, and History Meld with Biblical Theology to Show That God Exists and That We Can Live Forever
by James Frederick Ivey 2014 318 pages
3.63
257 ratings
Christian
Science
Spirituality
The Wisdom of Birds Summary
The Wisdom of Birds
An Illustrated History of Ornithology
by Tim Birkhead 2008 433 pages
4.21
251 ratings
Birds
Nature
Science
Authors of the Impossible Summary
Authors of the Impossible
The Paranormal and the Sacred
by Jeffrey J. Kripal 2010 332 pages
4.13
272 ratings
Paranormal
Religion
Philosophy
Proust and the Squid Summary
Proust and the Squid
The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
by Maryanne Wolf 2007 308 pages
3.85
8.0K ratings
Science
Psychology
Education
Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind Summary
Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind
How Intelligence Increases When You Think Less
by Guy Claxton 1997 272 pages
3.91
312 ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Your Personal Paleo Code Summary
Your Personal Paleo Code
The 3-Step Plan to Lose Weight, Reverse Disease, and Stay Fit and Healthy for Life
by Chris Kresser 2013 416 pages
4.04
2.0K ratings
Health
Food
Nutrition
Domesticated Summary
Domesticated
Evolution in a Man-Made World
by Richard C. Francis 2015 498 pages
3.98
578 ratings
Science
Animals
History
The Music Advantage Summary
The Music Advantage
How Learning Music Helps Your Child's Brain and Wellbeing
by Anita Collins 2020 280 pages
4.19
155 ratings
Parenting
Music
Education
How We Decide Summary
How We Decide
by Jonah Lehrer 2009 259 pages
3.84
41.2K ratings
Psychology
Science
Business
The Psychology of the Child Summary
The Psychology of the Child
by Jean Piaget 1950 192 pages
3.86
1.0K ratings
Psychology
Education
Parenting
Booster Shots Summary
Booster Shots
The Urgent Lessons of Measles and the Uncertain Future of Children's Health
by Adam Ratner 2025 288 pages
4.39
225 ratings
Science
Medical
Health
Popper Selections Summary
Popper Selections
by Karl Popper 1985 480 pages
4.05
205 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Biography
Childbirth without Fear Summary
Childbirth without Fear
The Principles and Practice of Natural Childbirth
by Grantly Dick-Read 1959 352 pages
3.92
1.6K ratings
Parenting
Health
Childrens
New Abnormal Summary
New Abnormal
The Rise of the Biomedical Security State
by Aaron Kheriaty 2022 304 pages
4.37
143 ratings
Politics
Health
Medical
The Comprehensive INFP Survival Guide Summary
The Comprehensive INFP Survival Guide
by Heidi Priebe 2016 300 pages
4.21
988 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
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