Science Book Summaries

Every Patient Tells a Story Summary
Every Patient Tells a Story
Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis
by Lisa Sanders 2009 304 pages
3.96
8.6K ratings
Medicine
Medical
Science
Self-Analysis Summary
Self-Analysis
by Karen Horney 1942 312 pages
4.08
899 ratings
Psychology
Psychoanalysis
Self Help
Game Theory Summary
Game Theory
A Very Short Introduction
by Ken Binmore 2007 208 pages
3.15
1.2K ratings
Economics
Science
Philosophy
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
Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters Summary
Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters
From Dating, Shopping, and Praying to Going to War and Becoming a Billionaire — Two Evolutionary Psychologists Explain Why We Do What We Do
by Alan S. Miller 2006 252 pages
3.56
1.9K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Why Is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality Summary
Why Is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality
by Jared Diamond 1997 176 pages
3.70
7.1K ratings
Science
Anthropology
Psychology
The Health Gap Summary
The Health Gap
The Challenge of an Unequal World
by Michael G. Marmot 2015 400 pages
4.12
1.4K ratings
Medicine
Health
Health Care
In an Unspoken Voice Summary
In an Unspoken Voice
How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness
by Peter A. Levine 2010 384 pages
4.34
3.1K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
A Short History of Nearly Everything Summary
A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson 2003 544 pages
4.22
408.9K ratings
Science
History
Humor
Theory of Games and Economic Behavior Summary
Theory of Games and Economic Behavior
by John von Neumann 1944 776 pages
4.17
361 ratings
Economics
Mathematics
Science
The Consciousness Instinct Summary
The Consciousness Instinct
Unraveling the Mystery of How the Brain Makes the Mind
by Michael S. Gazzaniga 2018 288 pages
3.87
801 ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
God, Human, Animal, Machine Summary
God, Human, Animal, Machine
Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning
by Meghan O'Gieblyn 2021
4.25
3.3K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Technology
Quantum Body Summary
Quantum Body
The New Science of Living a Longer, Healthier, More Vital Life
by Deepak Chopra 2023 336 pages
3.67
682 ratings
Health
Science
Self Help
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
7.6K ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Social Psychology Summary
Social Psychology
by David G. Myers 1983 593 pages
4.01
1.4K ratings
Psychology
Textbooks
Sociology
Nexus Summary
Nexus
Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Science of Networks
by Mark Buchanan 2002 236 pages
3.80
519 ratings
Science
Mathematics
Physics
A Field Guide to Lies Summary
A Field Guide to Lies
Critical Thinking in the Information Age
by Daniel J. Levitin 2016 292 pages
3.76
4.6K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Hour Between Dog and Wolf Summary
The Hour Between Dog and Wolf
Risk Taking, Gut Feelings and the Biology of Boom and Bust
by John Coates 2012 320 pages
3.93
2.0K ratings
Psychology
Finance
Science
Surfaces and Essences Summary
Surfaces and Essences
Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking
by Douglas R. Hofstadter 2011 578 pages
3.83
1.0K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
Keep Sharp Summary
Keep Sharp
Build a Better Brain at Any Age
by Sanjay Gupta 2021 336 pages
4.08
11.8K ratings
Health
Self Help
Science
Animal Spirits Summary
Animal Spirits
How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism
by George A. Akerlof 2008 248 pages
3.78
5.1K ratings
Economics
Psychology
Finance
The Big Picture Summary
The Big Picture
On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
by Sean Carroll 2016 480 pages
4.18
9.8K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
Fingerprints of the Gods Summary
Fingerprints of the Gods
The Evidence of Earth's Lost Civilization
by Graham Hancock 1995 578 pages
4.16
14.8K ratings
History
Science
Ancient History
The Science of Evil Summary
The Science of Evil
On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty
by Simon Baron-Cohen 2011 256 pages
3.77
6.4K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Livewired Summary
Livewired
The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain
by David Eagleman 2014 352 pages
4.16
4.8K ratings
Science
Neuroscience
Psychology
Fast This Way Summary
Fast This Way
Burn Fat, Heal Inflammation, and Eat Like the High-Performing Human You Were Meant to Be
by Dave Asprey 2021 285 pages
3.89
2.2K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Self Help
Emotional Summary
Emotional
How Feelings Shape Our Thinking
by Leonard Mlodinow 2022 272 pages
3.83
1.9K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Richard Dawkins Summary
Richard Dawkins
How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think
by Alan Grafen 2006 283 pages
3.76
477 ratings
Science
Biography
Biology
The End of Faith Summary
The End of Faith
Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
by Sam Harris 2004 348 pages
3.90
42.7K ratings
Religion
Philosophy
Atheism
Mastering Your PhD Summary
Mastering Your PhD
Survival and Success in the Doctoral Years and Beyond
by Patricia A. Gosling 2006 252 pages
3.61
96 ratings
Academia
Research
Grad School
80/20 Running Summary
80/20 Running
Run Stronger and Race Faster by Training Slower
by Matt Fitzgerald 2014 272 pages
3.94
6.4K ratings
Sports
Fitness
Health
Blockchain Revolution Summary
Blockchain Revolution
How the Technology Behind Bitcoin Is Changing Money, Business, and the World
by Don Tapscott 2016 368 pages
3.38
4.7K ratings
Business
Technology
Economics
The Day the World Stops Shopping Summary
The Day the World Stops Shopping
How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves
by J.B. MacKinnon 2021 336 pages
4.17
4.3K ratings
Environment
Economics
Science
Without Saying a Word Summary
Without Saying a Word
Master the Science of Body Language and Maximize Your Success
by Kasia Wezowski 2018 272 pages
3.46
761 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Business
The Data Detective Summary
The Data Detective
Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics
by Tim Harford 2020 334 pages
4.12
7.8K ratings
Science
Economics
Business
Mind to Matter Summary
Mind to Matter
The Astonishing Science of How Your Brain Creates Material Reality
by Dawson Church 2018 341 pages
4.13
1.5K ratings
Science
Psychology
Self Help
Competing on Analytics Summary
Competing on Analytics
by Thomas H. Davenport 2007 218 pages
3.69
1.6K ratings
Business
Management
Science
Life in the Fasting Lane Summary
Life in the Fasting Lane
The Essential Guide to Making Intermittent Fasting Simple, Sustainable, and Enjoyable
by Jason Fung 2020 256 pages
3.88
5.0K ratings
Health
Self Help
Nutrition
Calling Bullshit Summary
Calling Bullshit
The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World
by Carl T. Bergstrom 2020 336 pages
4.11
4.9K ratings
Science
Psychology
Business
Digital Transformation Summary
Digital Transformation
Survive and Thrive in an Era of Mass Extinction
by Thomas M. Siebel 2019 256 pages
3.87
744 ratings
Business
Technology
Science
The Rape of the Mind Summary
The Rape of the Mind
The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing
by Joost A.M. Meerloo 1956 326 pages
4.22
874 ratings
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
Irrationality Summary
Irrationality
by Stuart Sutherland 1992 256 pages
3.91
1.6K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Psychology Book Summary
The Psychology Book
Big Ideas Simply Explained
by Nigel C. Benson 2011 352 pages
4.18
4.9K ratings
Psychology
Science
Reference
Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease Summary
Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease
The Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven, Nutrition-Based Cure
by Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr. 2007 320 pages
4.39
4.1K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
She Has Her Mother's Laugh Summary
She Has Her Mother's Laugh
The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity
by Carl Zimmer 2018 657 pages
4.16
7.0K ratings
Science
Biology
History
My Stroke of Insight Summary
My Stroke of Insight
A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
by Jill Bolte Taylor 2006 181 pages
3.91
31.5K ratings
Science
Memoir
Psychology
Thirty Million Words Summary
Thirty Million Words
Building a Child's Brain
by Dana Suskind 2015 320 pages
4.15
3.6K ratings
Parenting
Education
Psychology
When Science Meets Religion Summary
When Science Meets Religion
Enemies, Strangers, or Partners?
by Ian G. Barbour 2000 205 pages
3.53
263 ratings
Science
Religion
Philosophy
Humans Are Underrated Summary
Humans Are Underrated
What High Achievers Know That Brilliant Machines Never Will
by Geoff Colvin 2015 248 pages
3.79
766 ratings
Business
Technology
Psychology
Fully Automated Luxury Communism Summary
Fully Automated Luxury Communism
A Manifesto
by Aaron Bastani 2018 278 pages
3.69
2.5K ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
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