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Mean Genes Summary
Mean Genes
From Sex to Money to Food Taming Our Primal Instincts
by Terry Burnham 2000 272 pages
3.85
1.2K ratings
Science
Psychology
Biology
The Working Memory Advantage Summary
The Working Memory Advantage
Train Your Brain to Function Stronger, Smarter, Faster
by Tracy Packiam Alloway 2013 352 pages
3.37
141 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Brain
Mama's Last Hug Summary
Mama's Last Hug
Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
by Frans de Waal 2019 336 pages
4.21
5.4K ratings
Science
Animals
Psychology
Identically Different Summary
Identically Different
Why You Can Change Your Genes
by Tim Spector 2012 338 pages
3.75
432 ratings
Science
Health
Biology
I Contain Multitudes Summary
I Contain Multitudes
The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
by Ed Yong 2016 368 pages
4.18
29.7K ratings
Science
Biology
Health
The Book of Minds Summary
The Book of Minds
How to Understand Ourselves and Other Beings, from Animals to AI to Aliens
by Philip Ball 2022 512 pages
4.01
175 ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
From Darwin to Derrida Summary
From Darwin to Derrida
Selfish Genes, Social Selves, and the Meanings of Life
by David Haig 2020 512 pages
3.64
76 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Evolution
A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth Summary
A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth
4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters
by Henry Gee 2021 280 pages
4.05
2.8K ratings
Science
History
Biology
The Genesis Machine Summary
The Genesis Machine
Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology
by Amy Webb 2022 368 pages
3.93
680 ratings
Science
Biology
Technology
A Crack in Creation Summary
A Crack in Creation
Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
by Jennifer A. Doudna 2017 304 pages
4.13
6.2K ratings
Science
Biology
Genetics
The Sixth Extinction Summary
The Sixth Extinction
An Unnatural History
by Elizabeth Kolbert 2014 336 pages
4.16
76.4K ratings
Science
History
Environment
Principles of Biochemistry Summary
Principles of Biochemistry
by Albert L. Lehninger 1970 1119 pages
4.17
2.5K ratings
Science
Textbooks
Biology
Darwin Comes to Town Summary
Darwin Comes to Town
How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution
by Menno Schilthuizen 2018 304 pages
4.10
2.1K ratings
Science
Nature
Biology
The Genie in Your Genes Summary
The Genie in Your Genes
Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology of Intention
by Dawson Church 2007 363 pages
4.14
387 ratings
Science
Health
Psychology
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived Summary
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived
The Stories in Our Genes
by Adam Rutherford 2016 419 pages
4.03
11.5K ratings
Science
History
Biology
The Demon in the Machine Summary
The Demon in the Machine
How Hidden Webs of Information Are Solving the Mystery of Life
by Paul C.W. Davies 2020 320 pages
4.04
861 ratings
Science
Biology
Physics
The Universe Within Summary
The Universe Within
Discovering the Common History of Rocks, Planets, and People
by Neil Shubin 2013 240 pages
3.87
2.9K ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
Dr Cuterus Summary
Dr Cuterus
by Tanaya Narendra 2022 262 pages
4.49
438 ratings
Biology
Self Help
Medical
This Is Your Brain on Parasites Summary
This Is Your Brain on Parasites
How Tiny Creatures Manipulate Our Behavior and Shape Society
by Kathleen McAuliffe 2016 288 pages
3.98
2.4K ratings
Science
Biology
Health
Venomous Summary
Venomous
How Earth's Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry
by Christie Wilcox 2016 260 pages
4.11
1.5K ratings
Science
Biology
Nature
Unweaving the Rainbow Summary
Unweaving the Rainbow
Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
by Richard Dawkins 2000 352 pages
4.01
11.4K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Biology
Testosterone Summary
Testosterone
An Unauthorized Biography
by Rebecca M. Jordan-Young 2019 288 pages
4.05
291 ratings
Science
Gender
Feminism
Innate Summary
Innate
How the Wiring of Our Brains Shapes Who We Are
by Kevin J. Mitchell 2018 304 pages
4.14
661 ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
At the Water's Edge Summary
At the Water's Edge
Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore but Then Went Back to Sea
by Carl Zimmer 1998 290 pages
4.08
2.1K ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
The End of Illness Summary
The End of Illness
by David B. Agus 2011 335 pages
3.48
2.7K ratings
Health
Science
Medicine
The Genius of Birds Summary
The Genius of Birds
by Jennifer Ackerman 2016 352 pages
4.05
12.8K ratings
Science
Nature
Birds
Conversations on Consciousness Summary
Conversations on Consciousness
What the Best Minds Think about the Brain, Free Will, and What It Means to Be Human
by Susan Blackmore 2005 274 pages
4.02
2.0K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
The 10000 Year Explosion Summary
The 10000 Year Explosion
How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution
by Gregory Cochran 2009 304 pages
3.94
1.8K ratings
Science
History
Evolution
How Life Works Summary
How Life Works
A User’s Guide to the New Biology
by Philip Ball 2023 552 pages
4.25
404 ratings
Science
Biology
Nature
Evolution Summary
Evolution
The Triumph of an Idea
by Carl Zimmer 2001 528 pages
4.11
5.2K ratings
Science
Evolution
Biology
Follow Your Gut Summary
Follow Your Gut
The Enormous Impact of Tiny Microbes
by Rob Knight 2014 128 pages
3.83
1.4K ratings
Science
Health
Nutrition
Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion Summary
Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion
An Informative, Easy-to-Use Guide to Understanding Magic Mushrooms—From Tips and Trips to Microdosing and Psychedelic Therapy
by Michelle Janikian 2019 224 pages
4.33
485 ratings
Science
Self Help
Psychology
Feeling & Knowing Summary
Feeling & Knowing
Making Minds Conscious
by António Damásio 2021 256 pages
3.59
1.3K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Marine Biology Summary
Marine Biology
A Very Short Introduction
by Philip V. Mladenov 2013 184 pages
4.17
429 ratings
Science
Biology
Ecology
Neuroplasticity Summary
Neuroplasticity
by Moheb Costandi 2016 192 pages
4.00
771 ratings
Science
Neuroscience
Psychology
An Epidemic of Absence Summary
An Epidemic of Absence
A New Way of Understanding Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases
by Moises Velasquez-Manoff 2012 400 pages
4.15
851 ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
Age Later Summary
Age Later
Secrets of the Healthiest, Sharpest Centenarians
by Nir Barzilai 2020 320 pages
3.66
435 ratings
Health
Science
Self Help
The Book of Humans Summary
The Book of Humans
A Brief History of Culture, Sex, War and the Evolution of Us
by Adam Rutherford 2016 273 pages
3.83
2.6K ratings
Science
History
Biology
The Gut Balance Revolution Summary
The Gut Balance Revolution
Boost Your Metabolism, Restore Your Inner Ecology, and Lose the Weight for Good!
by Gerard E. Mullin 2014 432 pages
3.81
533 ratings
Health
Nutrition
Science
Planta Sapiens Summary
Planta Sapiens
The New Science of Plant Intelligence
by Paco Calvo 2022 304 pages
3.42
683 ratings
Science
Nature
Biology
The Third Chimpanzee Summary
The Third Chimpanzee
The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal
by Jared Diamond 1991 407 pages
4.08
28.2K ratings
Science
History
Anthropology
Your Brain Summary
Your Brain
The Missing Manual
by Matthew MacDonald 2008 273 pages
3.76
361 ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
The Edge Effect Summary
The Edge Effect
Achieve Total Health and Longevity with the Balanced Brain Advantage
by Eric R. Braverman 2004 312 pages
3.89
353 ratings
Health
Psychology
Self Help
The Ascent of Man Summary
The Ascent of Man
by Jacob Bronowski 1973 448 pages
4.20
6.3K ratings
Science
History
Philosophy
Voyage of the Beagle Summary
Voyage of the Beagle
by Charles Darwin 1839 432 pages
4.02
8.2K ratings
Science
History
Travel
Testosterone Rex Summary
Testosterone Rex
Myths of Sex, Science, and Society
by Cordelia Fine 2017 272 pages
3.79
3.5K ratings
Science
Feminism
Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience Summary
Cognitive Neuroscience
A Very Short Introduction
by Richard Passingham 2016 160 pages
3.72
282 ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
The Human Story Summary
The Human Story
by Robin I.M. Dunbar 2004 224 pages
3.87
328 ratings
Science
Evolution
Anthropology
The Story of the Human Body Summary
The Story of the Human Body
Evolution, Health, and Disease
by Daniel E. Lieberman 2013 480 pages
4.26
8.6K ratings
Science
Health
Biology
The Future of Life Summary
The Future of Life
by Edward O. Wilson 2002 220 pages
4.15
3.2K ratings
Science
Biology
Environment
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