Science Book Summaries

The Good Gut Summary
The Good Gut
Taking Control of Your Weight, Your Mood, and Your Long-term Health
by Justin Sonnenburg 2015 320 pages
3.85
3.3K ratings
Health
Science
Nutrition
The Humor Code Summary
The Humor Code
A Global Search for What Makes Things Funny
by Peter McGraw 2014 239 pages
3.44
1.0K ratings
Humor
Comedy
Psychology
Why We Eat (Too Much) Summary
Why We Eat (Too Much)
The New Science of Appetite
by Andrew Jenkinson 2020 331 pages
4.22
3.2K ratings
Health
Science
Food
Exercised Summary
Exercised
Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
by Daniel E. Lieberman 2021 464 pages
4.18
9.7K ratings
Health
Science
Anthropology
The Complete Guide to Fasting Summary
The Complete Guide to Fasting
Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended Fasting
by Jason Fung 2016 304 pages
4.26
15.1K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Self Help
Buddha's Brain Summary
Buddha's Brain
The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom
by Rick Hanson 2009 252 pages
4.00
14.6K ratings
Psychology
Buddhism
Self Help
The Mask of Sanity Summary
The Mask of Sanity
by Hervey M. Cleckley 1941 596 pages
3.99
1.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
Mental Health
Race After Technology Summary
Race After Technology
Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code
by Ruha Benjamin 2019 258 pages
4.26
2.3K ratings
Race
Technology
Politics
Switch On Your Brain Summary
Switch On Your Brain
The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health
by Caroline Leaf 2007 225 pages
3.95
7.5K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Christian
How Not to Be Wrong Summary
How Not to Be Wrong
The Power of Mathematical Thinking
by Jordan Ellenberg 2014 480 pages
3.95
20.7K ratings
Science
Mathematics
Psychology
Geopolitics Summary
Geopolitics
A Very Short Introduction
by Klaus Dodds 2007 184 pages
3.34
532 ratings
Politics
History
Geography
Altered Traits Summary
Altered Traits
Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body
by Daniel Goleman 2017 336 pages
3.91
5.6K ratings
Psychology
Science
Health
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology Summary
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology
by Vandana Shiva 2015 192 pages
3.95
410 ratings
Food
Agriculture
Politics
Get Together Summary
Get Together
How to build a community with your people
by Bailey Richardson 2019 193 pages
3.76
685 ratings
Business
Leadership
Self Help
The Art of Logic in an Illogical World Summary
The Art of Logic in an Illogical World
by Eugenia Cheng 2018 320 pages
3.49
1.9K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
Deep Nutrition Summary
Deep Nutrition
Why Your Genes Need Traditional Food
by Catherine Shanahan 2008 322 pages
4.20
5.6K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
The Moral Landscape Summary
The Moral Landscape
How Science Can Determine Human Values
by Sam Harris 2010 291 pages
3.90
23.9K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Religion
Hierarchy of Needs Summary
Hierarchy of Needs
A Theory of Human Motivation
by Abraham H. Maslow 1943 405 pages
4.15
1.5K ratings
Psychology
Business
Philosophy
The Art of Electronics Summary
The Art of Electronics
by Paul Horowitz 1980 1125 pages
4.40
1.6K ratings
Engineering
Science
Reference
How the World Really Works Summary
How the World Really Works
A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
by Vaclav Smil 2022 326 pages
3.96
12.8K ratings
Science
History
Economics
The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy Summary
The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy
Building and Rebuilding the Human Brain
by Louis Cozolino 2002 400 pages
4.33
551 ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
Science
The Man Who Knew Infinity Summary
The Man Who Knew Infinity
A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
by Robert Kanigel 1991 438 pages
4.03
8.8K ratings
Biography
Mathematics
Science
Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming Summary
Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming
by Stephen LaBerge 1989 335 pages
4.22
3.8K ratings
Psychology
Science
Spirituality
The Code Book Summary
The Code Book
The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
by Simon Singh 1999 432 pages
4.30
28.3K ratings
Science
History
Mathematics
Lucid Dreaming - The Power of Being Awake & Aware in Your Dreams Summary
Lucid Dreaming - The Power of Being Awake & Aware in Your Dreams
by Stephen LaBerge 1985 304 pages
4.00
506 ratings
Psychology
Science
Spirituality
Frogs Into Princes Summary
Frogs Into Princes
by Richard Bandler 1979 194 pages
3.96
1.3K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
Collective Illusions Summary
Collective Illusions
Conformity, Complicity, and the Science of Why We Make Bad Decisions
by Todd Rose 2022 304 pages
4.06
955 ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Real Food for Pregnancy Summary
Real Food for Pregnancy
The Science and Wisdom of Optimal Prenatal Nutrition
by Lily Nichols 2018 348 pages
4.51
4.4K ratings
Parenting
Health
Nutrition
The Polyvagal Theory Summary
The Polyvagal Theory
Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-Regulation
by Stephen W. Porges 2011 347 pages
4.12
740 ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Entangled Minds Summary
Entangled Minds
Extrasensory Experiences in a Quantum Reality
by Dean Radin 2006 368 pages
4.00
1.3K ratings
Science
Psychology
Spirituality
Metabolical Summary
Metabolical
The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine
by Robert H. Lustig 2021 416 pages
4.27
5.9K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
Look Again Summary
Look Again
The Power of Noticing What Was Always There
by Tali Sharot 2024 288 pages
3.66
964 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
The Hite Report Summary
The Hite Report
A Nationwide Study of Female Sexuality
by Shere Hite 1976 638 pages
3.87
819 ratings
Feminism
Sexuality
Psychology
The Longevity Diet Summary
The Longevity Diet
Discover the New Science Behind Stem Cell Activation and Regeneration to Slow Aging, Fight Disease, and Optimize Weight
by Valter Longo 2016 300 pages
3.87
4.4K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Science
Filterworld Summary
Filterworld
How Algorithms Flattened Culture
by Kyle Chayka 2024 290 pages
3.65
4.1K ratings
Technology
Sociology
Science
The Light Eaters Summary
The Light Eaters
How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
by Zoë Schlanger 2024 304 pages
4.30
5.3K ratings
Science
Nature
Biology
The Ritual Effect Summary
The Ritual Effect
From Habit to Ritual, Harness the Surprising Power of Everyday Actions
by Michael Norton 2024 288 pages
3.42
1.0K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Science
Civilized to Death Summary
Civilized to Death
What Was Lost on the Way to Modernity
by Christopher Ryan 2018 400 pages
4.14
4.6K ratings
History
Philosophy
Sociology
Play Summary
Play
How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul
by Stuart M. Brown Jr. 2009 240 pages
3.88
4.1K ratings
Psychology
Parenting
Self Help
Fooled by Randomness Summary
Fooled by Randomness
The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2001 368 pages
4.08
68.9K ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
The Hungry Brain Summary
The Hungry Brain
Outsmarting the Instincts That Make Us Overeat
by Stephan Guyenet 2017 304 pages
4.04
3.0K ratings
Health
Science
Nutrition
Thirteen Theories of Human Nature Summary
Thirteen Theories of Human Nature
by Leslie Forster Stevenson 2017 336 pages
3.66
115 ratings
Philosophy
Science
The Expanding Circle Summary
The Expanding Circle
Ethics and Sociobiology
by Peter Singer 1981 190 pages
4.05
594 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
Payoff Summary
Payoff
The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations
by Dan Ariely 2016 128 pages
3.70
5.5K ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Period Power Summary
Period Power
Harness Your Hormones and Get Your Cycle Working For You
by Maisie Hill 2019 352 pages
4.05
10.4K ratings
Health
Feminism
Self Help
Why We Love Summary
Why We Love
The New Science Behind Our Closest Relationships
by Dr Anna Machin 2022 336 pages
3.71
162 ratings
Psychology
Science
Relationships
Humble Pi Summary
Humble Pi
A Comedy of Maths Errors
by Matt Parker 2019 314 pages
4.10
20.6K ratings
Science
Mathematics
Humor
Rebel Ideas Summary
Rebel Ideas
The Power of Diverse Thinking
by Matthew Syed 2019 320 pages
4.27
5.5K ratings
Psychology
Business
Leadership
Rationality Summary
Rationality
by Steven Pinker 2021 432 pages
3.84
6.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now Summary
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
by Jaron Lanier 2018 146 pages
3.58
17.6K ratings
Technology
Psychology
Self Help
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