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Science Book Summaries

Enlightenment Now
by Steven Pinker • 2018
The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
4.19
32k+
Science
Philosophy
History
Enlightenment Now Summary
Enlightenment Now
The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
by Steven Pinker 2018 576 pages
4.19
32k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
Bring Up Genius!
by László Polgár • 1989
4.05
500+
Parenting
Psychology
Education
Bring Up Genius! Summary
Bring Up Genius!
by László Polgár 1989
4.05
500+ ratings
Parenting
Psychology
Education
Deep Nutrition
by Catherine Shanahan • 2008
Why Your Genes Need Traditional Food
4.20
5k+
Health
Nutrition
Food
Deep Nutrition Summary
Deep Nutrition
Why Your Genes Need Traditional Food
by Catherine Shanahan 2008 512 pages
4.20
5k+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
Being Digital
by Nicholas Negroponte • 1995
3.80
2k+
Technology
Science
Business
Being Digital Summary
Being Digital
by Nicholas Negroponte 1995 249 pages
3.80
2k+ ratings
Technology
Science
Business
Why We Love
by Anna Machin • 2022
The New Science Behind Our Closest Relationships
3.72
205
Psychology
Science
Relationships
Why We Love Summary
Why We Love
The New Science Behind Our Closest Relationships
by Anna Machin 2022 315 pages
3.72
205 ratings
Psychology
Science
Relationships
The Code Book
by Simon Singh • 1999
The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
4.30
29k+
Science
History
Mathematics
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
29k+ ratings
Science
History
Mathematics
Humble Pi
by Matt Parker • 2019
A Comedy of Maths Errors
4.10
22k+
Science
Mathematics
Humor
Humble Pi Summary
Humble Pi
A Comedy of Maths Errors
by Matt Parker 2019 314 pages
4.10
22k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Humor
The Noonday Demon
by Andrew Solomon • 2000
An Atlas of Depression
4.19
15k+
Psychology
Mental Health
Memoir
The Noonday Demon Summary
The Noonday Demon
An Atlas of Depression
by Andrew Solomon 2000 576 pages
4.19
15k+ ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Memoir
Seven And A Half Lessons About The Brain
by Lisa Feldman Barrett • 2020
4.04
8k+
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Seven And A Half Lessons About The Brain Summary
Seven And A Half Lessons About The Brain
by Lisa Feldman Barrett 2020 192 pages
4.04
8k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
The Telomere Effect
by Elizabeth Blackburn • 2017
A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer
3.77
5k+
Health
Science
Self Help
The Telomere Effect Summary
The Telomere Effect
A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer
by Elizabeth Blackburn 2017 348 pages
3.77
5k+ ratings
Health
Science
Self Help
In the Flo
by Alisa Vitti • 2020
Unlock Your Hormonal Advantage and Revolutionize Your Life
3.97
8k+
Health
Self Help
Womens
In the Flo Summary
In the Flo
Unlock Your Hormonal Advantage and Revolutionize Your Life
by Alisa Vitti 2020 384 pages
3.97
8k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Womens
The Complete Guide to Fasting
by Jason Fung • 2016
4.26
15k+
Health
Nutrition
Self Help
The Complete Guide to Fasting Summary
The Complete Guide to Fasting
by Jason Fung 2016 304 pages
4.26
15k+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Self Help
Fear of Missing Out
by Patrick J. McGinnis • 2020
Practical Decision-Making in a World of Overwhelming Choice
3.53
500+
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Fear of Missing Out Summary
Fear of Missing Out
Practical Decision-Making in a World of Overwhelming Choice
by Patrick J. McGinnis 2020 239 pages
3.53
500+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Collapse
by Jared Diamond • 2004
How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
3.94
75k+
History
Science
Anthropology
Collapse Summary
Collapse
How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
by Jared Diamond 2004 608 pages
3.94
75k+ ratings
History
Science
Anthropology
How the World Really Works
by Vaclav Smil • 2022
The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going
3.94
14k+
Science
History
Economics
How the World Really Works Summary
How the World Really Works
The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going
by Vaclav Smil 2022 336 pages
3.94
14k+ ratings
Science
History
Economics
The Universe in a Nutshell
by Stephen W. Hawking • 2001
4.18
45k+
Science
Physics
Astronomy
The Universe in a Nutshell Summary
The Universe in a Nutshell
by Stephen W. Hawking 2001 216 pages
4.18
45k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Machine, Platform, Crowd
by Andrew McAfee • 2018
Harnessing Our Digital Future
4.04
2k+
Business
Technology
Science
Machine, Platform, Crowd Summary
Machine, Platform, Crowd
Harnessing Our Digital Future
by Andrew McAfee 2018 416 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Science
Why Him? Why Her?
by Helen Fisher • 2009
Finding Real Love By Understanding Your Personality Type
3.87
3k+
Psychology
Relationships
Self Help
Why Him? Why Her? Summary
Why Him? Why Her?
Finding Real Love By Understanding Your Personality Type
by Helen Fisher 2009 222 pages
3.87
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Relationships
Self Help
Geopolitics
by Klaus Dodds • 2007
A Very Short Introduction
3.31
500+
Politics
History
Geography
Geopolitics Summary
Geopolitics
A Very Short Introduction
by Klaus Dodds 2007 184 pages
3.31
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Geography
Cybersecurity and Cyberwar
by P.W. Singer • 2013
What Everyone Needs to Know®
3.83
1k+
Technology
Politics
Science
Cybersecurity and Cyberwar Summary
Cybersecurity and Cyberwar
What Everyone Needs to Know®
by P.W. Singer 2013 320 pages
3.83
1k+ ratings
Technology
Politics
Science
The Expanding Circle
by Peter Singer • 1981
Ethics, Evolution, and Moral Progress
4.02
500+
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
The Expanding Circle Summary
The Expanding Circle
Ethics, Evolution, and Moral Progress
by Peter Singer 1981 232 pages
4.02
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
Fast Food Nation
by Eric Schlosser • 2001
The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
3.75
200k+
Food
Health
Sociology
Fast Food Nation Summary
Fast Food Nation
The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
by Eric Schlosser 2001 400 pages
3.75
200k+ ratings
Food
Health
Sociology
Endure
by Alex Hutchinson • 2018
Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
4.12
20k+
Sports
Science
Health
Endure Summary
Endure
Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
by Alex Hutchinson 2018 320 pages
4.12
20k+ ratings
Sports
Science
Health
The War Below
by Ernest Scheyder • 2024
Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives
3.82
1k+
Economics
Science
Politics
The War Below Summary
The War Below
Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives
by Ernest Scheyder 2024 384 pages
3.82
1k+ ratings
Economics
Science
Politics
The Clot Thickens
by Malcolm Kendrick • 2021
4.65
500+
Health
Science
Nutrition
The Clot Thickens Summary
The Clot Thickens
by Malcolm Kendrick 2021 334 pages
4.65
500+ ratings
Health
Science
Nutrition
Metaphysics
by Aristotle
4.07
18k+
Philosophy
Classics
Metaphysics
Metaphysics Summary
Metaphysics
by Aristotle 365 pages
4.07
18k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Metaphysics
1493
by Charles C. Mann • 2011
Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
4.12
21k+
History
Science
American History
1493 Summary
1493
Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
by Charles C. Mann 2011 836 pages
4.12
21k+ ratings
History
Science
American History
Collective Illusions
by Todd Rose • 2022
Conformity, Complicity, and the Science of Why We Make Bad Decisions
4.03
1k+
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Collective Illusions Summary
Collective Illusions
Conformity, Complicity, and the Science of Why We Make Bad Decisions
by Todd Rose 2022 304 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
The Rise of Superman
by Steven Kotler • 2014
Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance
3.92
5k+
Psychology
Science
Personal Development
The Rise of Superman Summary
The Rise of Superman
Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance
by Steven Kotler 2014 234 pages
3.92
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Personal Development
Rise of the Robots
by Martin Ford • 2015
Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
3.96
9k+
Technology
Economics
Science
Rise of the Robots Summary
Rise of the Robots
Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
by Martin Ford 2015 352 pages
3.96
9k+ ratings
Technology
Economics
Science
Civilized to Death
by Christopher Ryan • 2018
What Was Lost on the Way to Modernity
4.12
4k+
History
Philosophy
Sociology
Civilized to Death Summary
Civilized to Death
What Was Lost on the Way to Modernity
by Christopher Ryan 2018 400 pages
4.12
4k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Sociology
Compassionomics
by Stephen Trzeciak • 2019
The Revolutionary Scientific Evidence That Caring Makes a Difference
4.05
500+
Medicine
Leadership
Science
Compassionomics Summary
Compassionomics
The Revolutionary Scientific Evidence That Caring Makes a Difference
by Stephen Trzeciak 2019 375 pages
4.05
500+ ratings
Medicine
Leadership
Science
Skin in the Game
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2018
Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
3.91
32k+
Philosophy
Business
Economics
Skin in the Game Summary
Skin in the Game
Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2018
3.91
32k+ ratings
Philosophy
Business
Economics
Metabolical
by Robert H. Lustig • 2021
The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine
4.25
6k+
Health
Nutrition
Food
Metabolical Summary
Metabolical
The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine
by Robert H. Lustig 2021 416 pages
4.25
6k+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
The Emotional Life of Your Brain
by Richard J. Davidson • 2012
How Its Unique Patterns Affect the Way You Think, Feel, and Live--and How You Can Change Them
3.94
3k+
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Emotional Life of Your Brain Summary
The Emotional Life of Your Brain
How Its Unique Patterns Affect the Way You Think, Feel, and Live--and How You Can Change Them
by Richard J. Davidson 2012 304 pages
3.94
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Art of Electronics
by Paul Horowitz • 1980
4.40
1k+
Engineering
Science
Reference
The Art of Electronics Summary
The Art of Electronics
by Paul Horowitz 1980 1125 pages
4.40
1k+ ratings
Engineering
Science
Reference
The Grid
by Gretchen Bakke • 2016
The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
3.86
4k+
Science
History
Technology
The Grid Summary
The Grid
The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
by Gretchen Bakke 2016 384 pages
3.86
4k+ ratings
Science
History
Technology
The Extended Phenotype
by Richard Dawkins • 1982
The Long Reach of the Gene
4.12
9k+
Science
Biology
Evolution
The Extended Phenotype Summary
The Extended Phenotype
The Long Reach of the Gene
by Richard Dawkins 1982 336 pages
4.12
9k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
Switch on Your Brain
by Caroline Leaf • 2007
The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health
3.95
7k+
Self Help
Psychology
Christian
Switch on Your Brain Summary
Switch on Your Brain
The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health
by Caroline Leaf 2007 240 pages
3.95
7k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Christian
The Biology of Desire
by Marc Lewis • 2015
Why Addiction Is Not a Disease
4.09
2k+
Psychology
Addiction
Science
The Biology of Desire Summary
The Biology of Desire
Why Addiction Is Not a Disease
by Marc Lewis 2015 256 pages
4.09
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Addiction
Science
The Hungry Brain
by Stephan Guyenet • 2017
Outsmarting the Instincts That Make Us Overeat
4.04
3k+
Health
Science
Nutrition
The Hungry Brain Summary
The Hungry Brain
Outsmarting the Instincts That Make Us Overeat
by Stephan Guyenet 2017 304 pages
4.04
3k+ ratings
Health
Science
Nutrition
Introduction to Logic
by Irving M. Copi • 1953
4.07
500+
Philosophy
Logic
Textbooks
Introduction to Logic Summary
Introduction to Logic
by Irving M. Copi 1953 683 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Logic
Textbooks
Integral Psychology
by Ken Wilber • 1999
Consciousness, Spirit, Psychology, Therapy
4.18
1k+
Psychology
Philosophy
Spirituality
Integral Psychology Summary
Integral Psychology
Consciousness, Spirit, Psychology, Therapy
by Ken Wilber 1999 303 pages
4.18
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Spirituality
Helgoland
by Carlo Rovelli • 2020
Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
4.08
10k+
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Helgoland Summary
Helgoland
Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
by Carlo Rovelli 2020 233 pages
4.08
10k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Buddha's Brain
by Rick Hanson • 2009
The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom
4.01
15k+
Psychology
Buddhism
Self Help
Buddha's Brain Summary
Buddha's Brain
The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom
by Rick Hanson 2009 252 pages
4.01
15k+ ratings
Psychology
Buddhism
Self Help
Understanding Analysis
by Stephen Abbott • 2000
4.49
476
Mathematics
Textbooks
Science
Understanding Analysis Summary
Understanding Analysis
by Stephen Abbott 2000 272 pages
4.49
476 ratings
Mathematics
Textbooks
Science
Why We Eat (Too Much)
by Andrew Jenkinson • 2020
The New Science of Appetite
4.22
3k+
Health
Science
Food
Why We Eat (Too Much) Summary
Why We Eat (Too Much)
The New Science of Appetite
by Andrew Jenkinson 2020 331 pages
4.22
3k+ ratings
Health
Science
Food
The Good Gut
by Justin Sonnenburg • 2015
Taking Control of Your Weight, Your Mood, and Your Long-term Health
3.85
3k+
Health
Science
Food
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
3k+ ratings
Health
Science
Food
Evidence of the Afterlife
by Jeffrey Long • 2010
The Science of Near-Death Experiences
3.96
2k+
Spirituality
Science
Religion
Evidence of the Afterlife Summary
Evidence of the Afterlife
The Science of Near-Death Experiences
by Jeffrey Long 2010 215 pages
3.96
2k+ ratings
Spirituality
Science
Religion
The Dictionary of Body Language
by Joe Navarro • 2018
3.69
2k+
Psychology
Self Help
Communication
The Dictionary of Body Language Summary
The Dictionary of Body Language
by Joe Navarro 2018 208 pages
3.69
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Communication
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