Science Book Summaries

The Human Zoo Summary
The Human Zoo
A Zoologist's Study of the Urban Animal
by Desmond Morris 1969 320 pages
4.00
3.0K ratings
Science
Psychology
Anthropology
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life Summary
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life
The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness
by Daniel G. Amen 1998 337 pages
3.97
12.7K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Health
The Myth of Artificial Intelligence Summary
The Myth of Artificial Intelligence
Why Computers Can’t Think the Way We Do
by Erik J. Larson 2021 320 pages
3.97
808 ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Science
Technology
Eat for Energy Summary
Eat for Energy
How to Beat Fatigue, Supercharge Your Mitochondria, and Unlock All-Day Energy
by Ari Whitten 2022 342 pages
4.03
304 ratings
Health
Food
Science
Until the End of Time Summary
Until the End of Time
Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe
by Brian Greene 2020 384 pages
4.04
5.8K ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Hit Makers Summary
Hit Makers
The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
by Derek Thompson 2017 307 pages
3.90
6.8K ratings
Business
Psychology
Science
The Better Angels of Our Nature Summary
The Better Angels of Our Nature
Why Violence Has Declined
by Steven Pinker 2010 806 pages
4.16
29.1K ratings
History
Psychology
Science
The Gut-Immune Connection Summary
The Gut-Immune Connection
How Understanding the Connection Between Food and Immunity Can Help Us Regain Our Health
by Emeran Mayer 2021 320 pages
3.85
415 ratings
Health
Food
Science
Authentic Happiness Summary
Authentic Happiness
Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment
by Martin E.P. Seligman 2002 336 pages
3.92
12.4K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
The Logic of Scientific Discovery Summary
The Logic of Scientific Discovery
by Karl Popper 1934 544 pages
4.03
5.3K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Classics
The Evolution Of Desire Summary
The Evolution Of Desire
Strategies of Human Mating
by David M. Buss 1994 354 pages
4.16
3.8K ratings
Psychology
Science
Relationships
Damned Lies and Statistics Summary
Damned Lies and Statistics
Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists
by Joel Best 1998 190 pages
3.74
803 ratings
Politics
Science
Mathematics
Basic Mathematics Summary
Basic Mathematics
by Serge Lang 1988 496 pages
4.33
166 ratings
Mathematics
Science
Textbooks
How We Decide Summary
How We Decide
by Jonah Lehrer 2009 259 pages
3.84
41.2K ratings
Psychology
Science
Business
The Nurture Assumption Summary
The Nurture Assumption
Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do
by Judith Rich Harris 1998 462 pages
4.14
1.9K ratings
Psychology
Parenting
Science
The Grid Summary
The Grid
The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
by Gretchen Bakke 2016 384 pages
3.87
4.4K ratings
Science
History
Technology
The Sciences of the Artificial Summary
The Sciences of the Artificial
by Herbert A. Simon 1969 248 pages
4.29
635 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Design
The Fate of Rome Summary
The Fate of Rome
Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire
by Kyle Harper 2017 417 pages
4.19
1.9K ratings
History
Ancient History
Science
Rethinking Positive Thinking Summary
Rethinking Positive Thinking
Inside the New Science of Motivation
by Gabriele Oettingen 2014 240 pages
3.69
1.3K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Productivity
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
The Mindful Therapist Summary
The Mindful Therapist
A Clinician's Guide to Mindsight and Neural Integration
by Daniel J. Siegel 2010 320 pages
4.11
912 ratings
Psychology
Counselling
Neuroscience
The Miraculous Results of Extremely High Doses of Vitamin D3 Summary
The Miraculous Results of Extremely High Doses of Vitamin D3
A year-long Experiment With Huge Doses of the Sunshine Hormone From 25,000 to 100,000 IU/Day
by Jeff T. Bowles 2013 209 pages
4.05
982 ratings
Health
Medical
Nutrition
Dirty Genes Summary
Dirty Genes
A Breakthrough Program to Treat the Root Cause of Illness and Optimize Your Health
by Ben Lynch 2018 384 pages
4.08
2.4K ratings
Health
Science
Nutrition
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
Molecular Biology of the Cell Summary
Molecular Biology of the Cell
by Bruce Alberts 1983 1616 pages
4.35
2.5K ratings
Science
Biology
Textbooks
The Next 100 Years Summary
The Next 100 Years
A Forecast for the 21st Century
by George Friedman 2008 272 pages
3.67
10.9K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
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
Conscious Summary
Conscious
A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind
by Annaka Harris 2019 144 pages
3.83
8.3K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
Virus of the Mind Summary
Virus of the Mind
The New Science of the Meme
by Richard Brodie 1995 251 pages
3.68
1.7K ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
Boundless Summary
Boundless
Upgrade Your Brain, Optimize Your Body Defy Aging
by Ben Greenfield 2020 640 pages
4.26
1.0K ratings
Health
Self Help
Science
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
Gut Check Summary
Gut Check
Unleash the Power of Your Microbiome to Reverse Disease and Transform Your Mental, Physical, and Emotional Health
by Steven R. Gundry 2024 336 pages
3.45
931 ratings
Health
Science
Self Help
The High Price of Materialism Summary
The High Price of Materialism
by Tim Kasser 2002 166 pages
3.65
681 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
Inside the Criminal Mind Summary
Inside the Criminal Mind
by Stanton E. Samenow 1984 288 pages
3.79
2.3K ratings
Psychology
True Crime
Crime
A Primate's Memoir Summary
A Primate's Memoir
A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons
by Robert M. Sapolsky 2001 304 pages
4.39
8.5K ratings
Science
Memoir
Animals
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
The Crack in the Cosmic Egg Summary
The Crack in the Cosmic Egg
New Constructs of Mind and Reality
by Joseph Chilton Pearce 1971 240 pages
4.02
448 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Spirituality
Logically Fallacious Summary
Logically Fallacious
The Ultimate Collection of Over 300 Logical Fallacies - Academic Edition
by Bo Bennett 2012 460 pages
3.85
596 ratings
Philosophy
Logic
Psychology
Psychology of Intelligence Analysis Summary
Psychology of Intelligence Analysis
by Richards J. Heuer Jr. 1999 216 pages
4.28
976 ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
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
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales Summary
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
by Oliver Sacks 1985 243 pages
4.05
237.1K ratings
Psychology
Science
Medicine
Getting Gamers Summary
Getting Gamers
The Psychology of Video Games and Their Impact on the People who Play Them
by Jamie Madigan 2015 299 pages
4.05
457 ratings
Psychology
Game Design
Video Games
You Are the Universe Summary
You Are the Universe
Discovering Your Cosmic Self and Why It Matters
by Deepak Chopra 2017
3.59
2.8K ratings
Spirituality
Science
Philosophy
Rebel Ideas Summary
Rebel Ideas
The Power of Diverse Thinking
by Matthew Syed 2019 320 pages
4.27
5.5K ratings
Psychology
Business
Leadership
The Great Cholesterol Myth Summary
The Great Cholesterol Myth
Why Lowering Your Cholesterol Won't Prevent Heart Disease-and the Statin-Free Plan That Will
by Jonny Bowden 2012 240 pages
4.32
2.8K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Science
On Language Summary
On Language
by Noam Chomsky 1998 481 pages
3.82
1.0K ratings
Linguistics
Philosophy
Language
Starry Messenger Summary
Starry Messenger
Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
by Neil deGrasse Tyson 2022 271 pages
4.11
14.2K ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
Big Gods Summary
Big Gods
How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict
by Ara Norenzayan 2013 257 pages
4.02
372 ratings
Religion
History
Psychology
Rationality Summary
Rationality
by Steven Pinker 2021 432 pages
3.84
6.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Experience Machine Summary
The Experience Machine
How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality
by Andy Clark 2023 320 pages
3.92
861 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
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