Biology Book Summaries

Climbing Mount Improbable Summary
Climbing Mount Improbable
by Richard Dawkins 1996 308 pages
4.11
9.9K ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
The Ultimate Guide to Red Light Therapy Summary
The Ultimate Guide to Red Light Therapy
How to Use Red and Near-Infrared Light Therapy for Anti-Aging, Fat Loss, Muscle Gain, Performance Enhancement, and Brain Optimization
by Ari Whitten 2018 296 pages
4.14
900 ratings
Health
Science
Reference
The Gene Summary
The Gene
An Intimate History
by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2016 592 pages
4.36
53.3K ratings
Science
History
Biology
10% Human Summary
10% Human
How Your Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness
by Alanna Collen 2015 336 pages
4.37
3.9K ratings
Science
Health
Biology
The Trouble with Testosterone and Other Essays on the Biology of the Human Predicament Summary
The Trouble with Testosterone and Other Essays on the Biology of the Human Predicament
by Robert M. Sapolsky 1997 288 pages
4.19
2.1K ratings
Science
Psychology
Biology
Tripping Over the Truth Summary
Tripping Over the Truth
The Metabolic Theory of Cancer
by Travis Christofferson 2014 297 pages
4.54
920 ratings
Health
Science
Medicine
Your Brain Is a Time Machine Summary
Your Brain Is a Time Machine
The Neuroscience and Physics of Time
by Dean Buonomano 2017 304 pages
3.91
1.7K ratings
Science
Neuroscience
Physics
The Dragons of Eden Summary
The Dragons of Eden
Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
by Carl Sagan 1977 271 pages
4.19
21.0K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Evolution
Molecular Cell Biology Summary
Molecular Cell Biology
by Harvey F. Lodish 1992 973 pages
4.11
720 ratings
Biology
Science
Textbooks
The Genetic Lottery Summary
The Genetic Lottery
Why DNA Matters for Social Equality
by Kathryn Paige Harden 2021 312 pages
3.90
1.5K ratings
Science
Biology
Politics
Animal Wise Summary
Animal Wise
The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures
by Virginia Morell 2013 291 pages
4.13
2.5K ratings
Animals
Science
Nature
The Archaeology of Mind Summary
The Archaeology of Mind
Neuroevolutionary Origins of Human Emotions
by Jaak Panksepp 2010 592 pages
4.46
382 ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
Science
Nature Via Nurture Summary
Nature Via Nurture
Genes, Experience and What Makes Us Human
by Matt Ridley 2003 320 pages
4.06
4.2K ratings
Science
Biology
Psychology
Black-and-White Thinking Summary
Black-and-White Thinking
The Burden of a Binary Brain in a Complex World
by Kevin Dutton 2021 400 pages
3.57
452 ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
General System Theory Summary
General System Theory
Foundations, Development, Applications
by Ludwig Von Bertalanffy 1969 296 pages
3.87
424 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Mathematics
The Essential Difference Summary
The Essential Difference
Male And Female Brains And The Truth About Autism
by Simon Baron-Cohen 2003 288 pages
3.64
917 ratings
Psychology
Science
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
The Origin of Species Summary
The Origin of Species
by Charles Darwin 1859 703 pages
4.01
119.4K ratings
Science
Classics
Biology
The Ancestor's Tale Summary
The Ancestor's Tale
A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
by Richard Dawkins 2004 688 pages
4.15
28.3K ratings
Science
Evolution
Biology
The Bonobo and the Atheist Summary
The Bonobo and the Atheist
In Search of Humanism Among the Primates
by Frans de Waal 2013 289 pages
4.15
5.5K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
Moral Minds Summary
Moral Minds
How Nature Designed Our Universal Sense of Right and Wrong
by Marc Hauser 2006 512 pages
3.74
1.2K ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
Conscience Summary
Conscience
The Origins of Moral Intuition
by Patricia S. Churchland 2019 226 pages
3.77
406 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
Entangled Life Summary
Entangled Life
How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
by Merlin Sheldrake 2020 352 pages
4.34
45.6K ratings
Science
Nature
Biology
Your Inner Fish Summary
Your Inner Fish
a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
by Neil Shubin 2008 229 pages
4.04
27.8K ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
The Lives of a Cell Summary
The Lives of a Cell
Notes of a Biology Watcher
by Lewis Thomas 1974 160 pages
4.14
10.3K ratings
Science
Biology
Essays
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
Life on the Edge Summary
Life on the Edge
The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology
by Johnjoe McFadden 2014 368 pages
4.11
3.6K ratings
Science
Biology
Physics
Being Human Summary
Being Human
Life Lessons from the Frontiers of Science
by Robert M. Sapolsky 2012
4.34
777 ratings
Science
Psychology
Biology
Hacking Darwin Summary
Hacking Darwin
Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity
by Jamie Metzl 2019 327 pages
3.98
3.7K ratings
Science
Biology
Genetics
Unf*ck Your Anxiety Summary
Unf*ck Your Anxiety
Using Science to Rewire Your Anxious Brain
by Faith G. Harper 2021 127 pages
3.54
1.2K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Mental Health
Estrogeneration Summary
Estrogeneration
How Estrogenics Are Making You Fat, Sick, and Infertile
by Anthony G. Jay 2017 296 pages
4.28
620 ratings
Health
Science
Biology
The Music of Life Summary
The Music of Life
Biology Beyond Genes
by Denis Noble 2006 153 pages
3.83
361 ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
Consciousness Summary
Consciousness
A Very Short Introduction
by Susan Blackmore 2003 160 pages
3.88
3.3K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
Supernormal Stimuli Summary
Supernormal Stimuli
How Primal Urges Overran Their Evolutionary Purpose
by Deirdre Barrett 2010 226 pages
3.68
378 ratings
Psychology
Science
Evolution
The Power of Hormones Summary
The Power of Hormones
The new science of how hormones shape every aspect of our lives
by Max Nieuwdorp 2024 351 pages
3.75
432 ratings
Health
Science
Biology
The Forgetting Machine Summary
The Forgetting Machine
Memory, Perception, and the "Jennifer Aniston Neuron"
by Rodrigo Quian Quiroga 2017 170 pages
3.73
989 ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Monkeyluv Summary
Monkeyluv
And Other Essays on Our Lives as Animals
by Robert M. Sapolsky 2005 209 pages
4.23
2.0K ratings
Science
Psychology
Biology
Descartes' Baby Summary
Descartes' Baby
How the Science of Child Development Explains What Makes Us Human
by Paul Bloom 2004 288 pages
3.90
305 ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
When Men Behave Badly Summary
When Men Behave Badly
The Hidden Roots of Sexual Deception, Harassment, and Assault
by David M. Buss 2021 336 pages
4.10
839 ratings
Psychology
Science
Relationships
Your Brain, Explained Summary
Your Brain, Explained
What Neuroscience Reveals About Your Brain and its Quirks
by Marc Dingman 2019 256 pages
4.16
588 ratings
Neuroscience
Science
Psychology
The Genius in All of Us Summary
The Genius in All of Us
Why Everything You've Been Told About Genetics, Talent, and IQ Is Wrong
by David Shenk 2010 320 pages
3.86
2.2K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Magic of Reality Summary
The Magic of Reality
How We Know What's Really True
by Richard Dawkins 2011 271 pages
4.05
26.9K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Religion
The Laws of Medicine Summary
The Laws of Medicine
Field Notes from an Uncertain Science
by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2015 70 pages
4.06
5.0K ratings
Medicine
Science
Medical
The Secret Wisdom of Nature Summary
The Secret Wisdom of Nature
Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things ― Stories from Science and Observation
by Peter Wohlleben 2017 272 pages
4.05
6.7K ratings
Nature
Science
Environment
Caesar's Last Breath Summary
Caesar's Last Breath
Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us
by Sam Kean 2017 384 pages
4.25
4.5K ratings
Science
History
Chemistry
Letters to a Young Scientist Summary
Letters to a Young Scientist
by Edward O. Wilson 2013 256 pages
3.90
4.6K ratings
Science
Biology
Nature
Biomimicry Summary
Biomimicry
Innovation Inspired by Nature
by Janine M. Benyus 1997 308 pages
4.01
2.5K ratings
Science
Design
Sustainability
The Vital Question Summary
The Vital Question
Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
by Nick Lane 2015 368 pages
4.18
5.7K ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
Kluge Summary
Kluge
The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind
by Gary F. Marcus 2008 224 pages
3.82
2.1K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Inventing Ourselves Summary
Inventing Ourselves
The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain
by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore 2016 256 pages
3.79
1.2K ratings
Psychology
Science
Parenting
Human Evolution Summary
Human Evolution
A Very Short Introduction
by Bernard Wood 2005 144 pages
3.63
795 ratings
Science
Evolution
Anthropology
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