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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 Mind within the Brain Summary
The Mind within the Brain
How We Make Decisions and How those Decisions Go Wrong
by A. David Redish 2013 392 pages
3.93
111 ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Altered Inheritance Summary
Altered Inheritance
CRISPR and the Ethics of Human Genome Editing
by FranΓ§oise Baylis 2019 304 pages
3.58
85 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Futurism
Sociobiology Summary
Sociobiology
The New Synthesis
by Edward O. Wilson 1975 720 pages
4.23
1.8K ratings
Science
Biology
Sociology
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
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
4.7K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
Thinking Big Summary
Thinking Big
How the Evolution of Social Life Shaped the Human Mind
by Clive Gamble 2014 266 pages
3.67
149 ratings
Science
Psychology
Evolution
The Catalyst Summary
The Catalyst
RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life's Deepest Secrets
by Thomas R. Cech 2024 304 pages
4.33
454 ratings
Science
Biology
Medicine
The Ravenous Brain Summary
The Ravenous Brain
How the New Science of Consciousness Explains Our Insatiable Search for Meaning
by Daniel Bor 2012 352 pages
3.90
424 ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
Science
What Evolution Is Summary
What Evolution Is
by Ernst W. Mayr 2001 318 pages
4.02
3.9K ratings
Science
Evolution
Biology
Perception - How Our Bodies Shape Our Minds Summary
Perception - How Our Bodies Shape Our Minds
by Dennis Proffitt 2020 320 pages
3.99
215 ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
The Animal Kingdom Summary
The Animal Kingdom
A Very Short Introduction
by Peter Holland 2011 144 pages
4.00
228 ratings
Science
Biology
Nature
We Are Electric Summary
We Are Electric
Inside the 200-Year Hunt for Our Body's Bioelectric Code, and What the Future Holds
by Sally Adee 2023 352 pages
4.12
825 ratings
Science
Health
Biology
The Grand Biocentric Design Summary
The Grand Biocentric Design
How Life Creates Reality
by Robert Lanza 2020 298 pages
4.09
625 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
On Human Nature Summary
On Human Nature
by Edward O. Wilson 1978 288 pages
4.14
3.5K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
Pleased to Meet Me Summary
Pleased to Meet Me
Genes, Germs, and the Curious Forces That Make Us Who We Are
by Bill Sullivan 2019 336 pages
4.03
1.1K ratings
Science
Biology
Psychology
The Biological Mind Summary
The Biological Mind
How Brain, Body, and Environment Collaborate to Make Us Who We Are
by Alan Jasanoff 2018 304 pages
3.71
224 ratings
Science
Neuroscience
Psychology
The Machinery of Life Summary
The Machinery of Life
by David S. Goodsell 1992 179 pages
4.42
705 ratings
Science
Biology
Art
Mosquito Summary
Mosquito
A Natural History of Our Most Persistent and Deadly Foe
by Andrew Spielman 2001 256 pages
3.88
420 ratings
Science
History
Biology
The Rules of Contagion Summary
The Rules of Contagion
Why Things Spread - and Why They Stop
by Adam Kucharski 2020 352 pages
3.86
2.2K ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
How Many Friends Does One Person Need? Summary
How Many Friends Does One Person Need?
by Robin I.M. Dunbar 2010 304 pages
3.51
633 ratings
Science
Psychology
Anthropology
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
Essential Cell Biology Summary
Essential Cell Biology
by Bruce Alberts 1997 740 pages
3.96
831 ratings
Science
Biology
Textbooks
An Alchemy of Mind Summary
An Alchemy of Mind
The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain
by Diane Ackerman 2004 300 pages
3.95
1.2K ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
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
What Do You Think You Are? Summary
What Do You Think You Are?
The Science of What Makes You You
by Brian Clegg 2020 288 pages
3.30
130 ratings
Science
Psychology
Self Help
Minds, Brains and Science Summary
Minds, Brains and Science
by John Rogers Searle 1984 107 pages
3.76
604 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
The Making of You Summary
The Making of You
A Journey from Cell to Human
by Katharina Vestre 2018 141 pages
4.12
842 ratings
Science
Parenting
Biology
Listening to Whales Summary
Listening to Whales
What the Orcas Have Taught Us
by Alexandra Morton 2002 336 pages
4.51
986 ratings
Animals
Science
Nature
A User's Guide to the Brain Summary
A User's Guide to the Brain
Perception, Attention, and the Four Theaters of the Brain
by John J. Ratey 2001 416 pages
4.04
2.2K ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Cognitive Neuroscience Summary
Cognitive Neuroscience
The Biology of the Mind
by Michael S. Gazzaniga 1998 680 pages
4.12
750 ratings
Neuroscience
Psychology
Science
Science in the Soul Summary
Science in the Soul
Selected Writings of a Passionate Rationalist
by Richard Dawkins 2017 439 pages
3.99
2.2K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Essays
The Case of the Female Orgasm Summary
The Case of the Female Orgasm
Bias in the Science of Evolution
by Elisabeth A. Lloyd 2005 320 pages
3.97
123 ratings
Science
Sexuality
Feminism
How the Mind Works Summary
How the Mind Works
by Steven Pinker 1997 660 pages
3.99
20.8K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
How the Brain Works Summary
How the Brain Works
The Facts Visually Explained
by D.K. Publishing 2020 224 pages
4.31
248 ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
A Garden of Marvels Summary
A Garden of Marvels
How We Discovered that Flowers Have Sex, Leaves Eat Air, and Other Secrets of Plants
by Ruth Kassinger 2014 416 pages
3.84
456 ratings
Science
Nature
Gardening
The Social Instinct Summary
The Social Instinct
How Cooperation Shaped the World
by Nichola Raihani 2021 304 pages
3.93
606 ratings
Science
Psychology
Biology
An Elegant Defense Summary
An Elegant Defense
The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives
by Matt Richtel 2019 448 pages
4.06
5.8K ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
Sleep Summary
Sleep
A Very Short Introduction
by Steven W. Lockley 2012 146 pages
3.65
530 ratings
Science
Psychology
Health
Textbook of Medical Physiology Summary
Textbook of Medical Physiology
by Arthur C. Guyton 1969 1104 pages
4.25
2.5K ratings
Medicine
Medical
Science
What an Owl Knows Summary
What an Owl Knows
The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
by Jennifer Ackerman 2023 333 pages
4.15
5.9K ratings
Science
Nature
Animals
The Invisible History of the Human Race Summary
The Invisible History of the Human Race
How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures
by Christine Kenneally 2014 355 pages
3.81
1.6K ratings
Science
History
Genetics
Microbe Hunters Summary
Microbe Hunters
by Paul de Kruif 1926 372 pages
4.13
4.3K ratings
Science
History
Biology
The Human Swarm Summary
The Human Swarm
How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall
by Mark W. Moffett 2019 468 pages
3.66
441 ratings
Science
History
Sociology
Wildhood Summary
Wildhood
The Astounding Connections between Human and Animal Adolescents
by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz 2019 368 pages
4.12
495 ratings
Science
Animals
Nature
How Your Brain Works Summary
How Your Brain Works
Inside the most complicated object in the known universe
by New Scientist 2017 202 pages
3.91
341 ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Human Devolution Summary
Human Devolution
A Vedic Alternative to Darwin's Theory
by Michael A. Cremo 2003 554 pages
4.12
156 ratings
History
Biology
Science
The Germ Code Summary
The Germ Code
How to Stop Worrying and Love the Microbes
by Jason Tetro 2013 272 pages
3.75
142 ratings
Science
Medical
Biology
Learning From the Octopus Summary
Learning From the Octopus
How Secrets from Nature Can Help Us Fight Terrorist Attacks, Natural Disasters, and Disease
by Rafe Sagarin 2012 320 pages
3.76
223 ratings
Science
Nature
Biology
The True Creator of Everything Summary
The True Creator of Everything
How the Human Brain Shaped the Universe as We Know It
by Miguel Nicolelis 2020 376 pages
3.83
137 ratings
Science
Neuroscience
Philosophy
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