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The Mathematics of Life Summary
The Mathematics of Life
by Ian Stewart 2011 371 pages
3.62
500+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Biology
Plagues and Peoples Summary
Plagues and Peoples
by William H. McNeill 1976 368 pages
3.87
5k+ ratings
History
Science
Medicine
The Origins of Virtue Summary
The Origins of Virtue
Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation
by Matt Ridley 1997 265 pages
4.03
4k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
Climbing Mount Improbable Summary
Climbing Mount Improbable
by Richard Dawkins 1996 308 pages
4.11
10k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
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
500+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Phantoms in the Brain Summary
Phantoms in the Brain
Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind
by V.S. Ramachandran 1998 328 pages
4.27
20k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
The Emotional Brain Summary
The Emotional Brain
The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life
by Joseph E. LeDoux 1996 384 pages
4.07
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
Science
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
500+ ratings
Health
Science
Reference
The Consciousness Instinct Summary
The Consciousness Instinct
Unraveling the Mystery of How the Brain Makes the Mind
by Michael S. Gazzaniga 2018 288 pages
3.87
500+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Nature Via Nurture Summary
Nature Via Nurture
Genes, Experience and What Makes Us Human
by Matt Ridley 2003 320 pages
4.06
4k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Psychology
At Home in the Universe Summary
At Home in the Universe
The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity
by Stuart A. Kauffman 1995 336 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Philosophy
Molecular Cell Biology Summary
Molecular Cell Biology
by Harvey F. Lodish 1992 973 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
Science
Biology
Textbooks
Black and White Thinking Summary
Black and White Thinking
When Grey Matter and Grey Matters Collide
by Kevin Dutton 2021
3.57
489 ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
General System Theory Summary
General System Theory
Foundations, Development, Applications
by Ludwig Von Bertalanffy 1969 296 pages
3.87
438 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Biology
The Genetic Lottery Summary
The Genetic Lottery
Why DNA Matters for Social Equality
by Kathryn Paige Harden 2021 302 pages
3.89
1k+ ratings
Science
Politics
Biology
The Vital Question Summary
The Vital Question
Why is life the way it is?
by Nick Lane 2015 369 pages
4.18
6k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
The Great Cholesterol Con Summary
The Great Cholesterol Con
The Truth about What Really Causes Heart Disease and How to Avoid It: The Truth about What Really Causes Heart Disease and How to Avoid It
by Malcolm Kendrick 2007 374 pages
4.23
500+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
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
3.90
1k+ ratings
Science
Neuroscience
Physics
The Memory Illusion Summary
The Memory Illusion
Remembering, Forgetting, and the Science of False Memory
by Julia Shaw 2016
3.94
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
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
4.20
2k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Biology
The Dragons of Eden Summary
The Dragons of Eden
Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
by Carl Sagan 1977 271 pages
4.19
21k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
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
3.78
500+ ratings
Health
Science
Biology
The Archaeology of Mind Summary
The Archaeology of Mind
Neuroevolutionary Origins of Human Emotions
by Jaak Panksepp 2010 592 pages
4.44
407 ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
Science
The Origin of Species Summary
The Origin of Species
by Charles Darwin 1859 703 pages
4.01
100k+ ratings
Science
Classics
Biology
The Lives of a Cell Summary
The Lives of a Cell
Notes of a Biology Watcher
by Lewis Thomas 1974 160 pages
4.14
10k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Essays
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
4.09
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Relationships
The Ancestor's Tale Summary
The Ancestor's Tale
A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
by Richard Dawkins 2004 673 pages
4.15
28k+ ratings
Science
Evolution
Biology
Biomimicry Summary
Biomimicry
Innovation Inspired by Nature
by Janine M. Benyus 1997 308 pages
4.01
2k+ ratings
Science
Design
Sustainability
The Story of the Human Body Summary
The Story of the Human Body
Evolution, Health, and Disease
by Daniel E. Lieberman 2013 480 pages
4.27
8k+ ratings
Science
Health
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
29k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
Monkeyluv Summary
Monkeyluv
And Other Essays on Our Lives as Animals
by Robert M. Sapolsky 2005 209 pages
4.24
2k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Biology
The Music of Life Summary
The Music of Life
Biology Beyond Genes
by Denis Noble 2006 153 pages
3.85
388 ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
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
5k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
Animal Wise Summary
Animal Wise
How We Know Animals Think and Feel
by Virginia Morell 2013 304 pages
4.13
2k+ ratings
Animals
Science
Nature
Conscience Summary
Conscience
The Origins of Moral Intuition
by Patricia S. Churchland 2019 226 pages
3.78
442 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
The Laws of Medicine Summary
The Laws of Medicine
Field Notes from an Uncertain Science
by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2015 70 pages
4.07
5k+ ratings
Medicine
Science
Medical
The Fractal Geometry of Nature Summary
The Fractal Geometry of Nature
by Benoît B. Mandelbrot 1977 468 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Nature
Life on the Edge Summary
Life on the Edge
The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology
by Johnjoe McFadden 2014 368 pages
4.11
3k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Physics
Mom Genes Summary
Mom Genes
Inside the New Science of Our Ancient Maternal Instinct
by Abigail Tucker 2021 325 pages
3.81
1k+ ratings
Parenting
Science
Psychology
Tripping Over the Truth Summary
Tripping Over the Truth
The Metabolic Theory of Cancer
by Travis Christofferson 2014 297 pages
4.53
500+ ratings
Health
Science
Medicine
The Magic of Reality Summary
The Magic of Reality
How We Know What's Really True
by Richard Dawkins 2011 272 pages
4.05
27k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Religion
Entangled Life Summary
Entangled Life
How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
by Merlin Sheldrake 2020 380 pages
4.32
52k+ ratings
Science
Nature
Biology
Estrogeneration Summary
Estrogeneration
How Estrogenics Are Making You Fat, Sick, and Infertile
by Anthony G. Jay 2017 296 pages
4.29
500+ ratings
Health
Science
Biology
Being Human Summary
Being Human
Life Lessons from the Frontiers of Science
by Robert M. Sapolsky 2012
4.35
500+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Biology
The Forgetting Machine Summary
The Forgetting Machine
Memory, Perception, and the "Jennifer Aniston Neuron"
by Rodrigo Quian Quiroga 2017 170 pages
3.74
1k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Hacking Darwin Summary
Hacking Darwin
Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity
by Jamie Metzl 2019 327 pages
3.97
3k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Genetics
Biocentrism Summary
Biocentrism
How Life and Consciousness Are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe
by Robert Lanza 2009 223 pages
3.94
4k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
Moral Minds Summary
Moral Minds
The Nature of Right and Wrong – Groundbreaking Research on Morality from Evolutionary Biology and Neuroscience
by Marc Hauser 2006 528 pages
3.74
1k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
Descartes' Baby Summary
Descartes' Baby
by Paul Bloom 2004 288 pages
3.89
308 ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Human Evolution Summary
Human Evolution
A Very Short Introduction
by Bernard Wood 2005 160 pages
3.62
500+ ratings
Science
Evolution
Anthropology
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