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Science Book Summaries

The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
by Thomas Ligotti • 2011
Nature's worst mistake was making you self-aware. The only logical response is to stop reproducing.
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The Conspiracy Against the Human Race Summary
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
Nature's worst mistake was making you self-aware. The only logical response is to stop reproducing.
by Thomas Ligotti 2011 240 pages
4.01
9k+ ratings
Smarter Faster Better, The Power of Habit
by Charles Duhigg • 2019
A brain loop runs your routines on autopilot. The single rule that lets you reprogram it.
4.27
269
Smarter Faster Better, The Power of Habit Summary
Smarter Faster Better, The Power of Habit
A brain loop runs your routines on autopilot. The single rule that lets you reprogram it.
by Charles Duhigg 2019
4.27
269 ratings
The Dawn of Everything
by David Graeber • 2021
The story of human progress was built to bury indigenous challenges to European society.
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The Dawn of Everything Summary
The Dawn of Everything
The story of human progress was built to bury indigenous challenges to European society.
by David Graeber 2021 692 pages
4.19
27k+ ratings
Introduction to Logic
by Irving M. Copi • 1953
How to spot a flawed argument: the logic toolkit from Aristotle to truth tables.
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500+
Introduction to Logic Summary
Introduction to Logic
How to spot a flawed argument: the logic toolkit from Aristotle to truth tables.
by Irving M. Copi 1953 683 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
The Good Psychopath's Guide to Success
by Andy McNab • 2014
Cold focus. Zero fear. Total charm. An SAS operator's guide to using ruthless traits ethically.
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1k+
The Good Psychopath's Guide to Success Summary
The Good Psychopath's Guide to Success
Cold focus. Zero fear. Total charm. An SAS operator's guide to using ruthless traits ethically.
by Andy McNab 2014 317 pages
3.80
1k+ ratings
The Longevity Diet
by Valter Longo • 2016
Eat mostly plants, fast five days twice a year, and activate your body's self-repair.
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4k+
The Longevity Diet Summary
The Longevity Diet
Eat mostly plants, fast five days twice a year, and activate your body's self-repair.
by Valter Longo 2016 314 pages
3.87
4k+ ratings
Being Digital
by Nicholas Negroponte • 1995
Why your TV, newspaper, and phone are about to merge into one seamless stream of bits.
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2k+
Being Digital Summary
Being Digital
Why your TV, newspaper, and phone are about to merge into one seamless stream of bits.
by Nicholas Negroponte 1995 249 pages
3.80
2k+ ratings
Burn
by Herman Pontzer • 2021
Your body has a fixed daily calorie cap. The weight loss answer is evolutionary, not dietary.
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3k+
Burn Summary
Burn
Your body has a fixed daily calorie cap. The weight loss answer is evolutionary, not dietary.
by Herman Pontzer 2021 384 pages
4.12
3k+ ratings
Altered Traits
by Daniel Goleman • 2017
The neuroscience is in: meditation does more than relax you. It permanently rewires your brain.
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5k+
Altered Traits Summary
Altered Traits
The neuroscience is in: meditation does more than relax you. It permanently rewires your brain.
by Daniel Goleman 2017 336 pages
3.90
5k+ ratings
Civilized to Death
by Christopher Ryan • 2018
Agriculture made us sicker, more unequal, and less free. The hunter-gatherer way holds the clues.
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4k+
Civilized to Death Summary
Civilized to Death
Agriculture made us sicker, more unequal, and less free. The hunter-gatherer way holds the clues.
by Christopher Ryan 2018 400 pages
4.12
4k+ ratings
Lies I Taught in Medical School
by Robert Lufkin • 2024
A professor who taught standard medical advice almost died from it. His metabolic rescue plan.
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1k+
Lies I Taught in Medical School Summary
Lies I Taught in Medical School
A professor who taught standard medical advice almost died from it. His metabolic rescue plan.
by Robert Lufkin 2024 352 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need to Know
by Ben Dupré • 2007
Fifty essential philosophy ideas, each in minutes: from radical doubt to the problem of evil.
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1k+
50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need to Know Summary
50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need to Know
Fifty essential philosophy ideas, each in minutes: from radical doubt to the problem of evil.
by Ben Dupré 2007 208 pages
3.70
1k+ ratings
The Seven Sins Of Memory Updated Edition
by Daniel L. Schacter • 2001
Memory's worst habits are not bugs but features, and the seven failures that prove it.
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1k+
The Seven Sins Of Memory Updated Edition Summary
The Seven Sins Of Memory Updated Edition
Memory's worst habits are not bugs but features, and the seven failures that prove it.
by Daniel L. Schacter 2001 416 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Fortune's Formula
by William Poundstone • 2006
A single equation beat blackjack, conquered Wall Street, and nearly wrecked the global economy.
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4k+
Fortune's Formula Summary
Fortune's Formula
A single equation beat blackjack, conquered Wall Street, and nearly wrecked the global economy.
by William Poundstone 2006 400 pages
4.18
4k+ ratings
Mini Habits
by Stephen Guise • 2013
One push-up a day: how to make habits so tiny your brain can't resist them.
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7k+
Mini Habits Summary
Mini Habits
One push-up a day: how to make habits so tiny your brain can't resist them.
by Stephen Guise 2013 127 pages
4.00
7k+ ratings
The Intelligence Paradox
by Satoshi Kanazawa • 2012
Intelligence evolved for novelty. So smart people lean liberal, atheist, nocturnal, and childless.
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500+
The Intelligence Paradox Summary
The Intelligence Paradox
Intelligence evolved for novelty. So smart people lean liberal, atheist, nocturnal, and childless.
by Satoshi Kanazawa 2012 266 pages
3.52
500+ ratings
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
by Jaron Lanier • 2018
Social media is a behavior-modification machine. The only sane answer: delete your accounts.
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18k+
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now Summary
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
Social media is a behavior-modification machine. The only sane answer: delete your accounts.
by Jaron Lanier 2018 146 pages
3.58
18k+ ratings
When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi • 2016
A neurosurgeon spent years facing other people's death. Terminal lung cancer at 36 made it personal.
4.41
800k+
When Breath Becomes Air Summary
When Breath Becomes Air
A neurosurgeon spent years facing other people's death. Terminal lung cancer at 36 made it personal.
by Paul Kalanithi 2016 229 pages
4.41
800k+ ratings
The Upside of Stress
by Kelly McGonigal • 2012
Your mindset about stress determines whether it helps or harms you. Here's how to switch it.
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7k+
The Upside of Stress Summary
The Upside of Stress
Your mindset about stress determines whether it helps or harms you. Here's how to switch it.
by Kelly McGonigal 2012 294 pages
4.08
7k+ ratings
80/20 Running
by Matt Fitzgerald • 2014
Easy miles build fast races. The training formula that cuts 5K times by seven percent.
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6k+
80/20 Running Summary
80/20 Running
Easy miles build fast races. The training formula that cuts 5K times by seven percent.
by Matt Fitzgerald 2014 247 pages
3.94
6k+ ratings
Think Like a Programmer
by V. Anton Spraul • 2012
A method for the part of programming no one teaches: turning ideas into code.
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500+
Think Like a Programmer Summary
Think Like a Programmer
A method for the part of programming no one teaches: turning ideas into code.
by V. Anton Spraul 2012 233 pages
3.87
500+ ratings
The Universe in a Nutshell
by Stephen W. Hawking • 2001
How can a three-dimensional universe be a flat hologram? The physics that points toward an answer.
4.18
45k+
The Universe in a Nutshell Summary
The Universe in a Nutshell
How can a three-dimensional universe be a flat hologram? The physics that points toward an answer.
by Stephen W. Hawking 2001 216 pages
4.18
45k+ ratings
The Dictionary of Body Language
by Joe Navarro • 2018
A former FBI agent's guide to reading people: start with the feet, they never lie.
3.69
2k+
The Dictionary of Body Language Summary
The Dictionary of Body Language
A former FBI agent's guide to reading people: start with the feet, they never lie.
by Joe Navarro 2018 208 pages
3.69
2k+ ratings
The Noonday Demon
by Andrew Solomon • 2000
From personal breakdown to global atlas: the biology, history, and politics of depression.
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The Noonday Demon Summary
The Noonday Demon
From personal breakdown to global atlas: the biology, history, and politics of depression.
by Andrew Solomon 2000 576 pages
4.19
15k+ ratings
Blue Mind
by Wallace J. Nichols • 2014
Shoreline calm is not poetic. It is a measurable brain state, triggerable in a bathtub.
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4k+
Blue Mind Summary
Blue Mind
Shoreline calm is not poetic. It is a measurable brain state, triggerable in a bathtub.
by Wallace J. Nichols 2014 352 pages
3.74
4k+ ratings
Grokking Algorithms An Illustrated Guide For Programmers and Other Curious People
by Aditya Y. Bhargava • 2015
Algorithms stripped of dense math: a hand-drawn guide to thinking in runtimes and data structures.
4.41
5k+
Grokking Algorithms An Illustrated Guide For Programmers and Other Curious People Summary
Grokking Algorithms An Illustrated Guide For Programmers and Other Curious People
Algorithms stripped of dense math: a hand-drawn guide to thinking in runtimes and data structures.
by Aditya Y. Bhargava 2015 256 pages
4.41
5k+ ratings
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology
by Vandana Shiva • 2015
Agribusiness didn't end hunger. Small farms, producing 70% of food on 30% of land, feed us.
3.96
436
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
Agribusiness didn't end hunger. Small farms, producing 70% of food on 30% of land, feed us.
by Vandana Shiva 2015 192 pages
3.96
436 ratings
Buddha's Brain
by Rick Hanson • 2009
Turn fleeting positive moments into lasting neural change, and rewire your brain for happiness.
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15k+
Buddha's Brain Summary
Buddha's Brain
Turn fleeting positive moments into lasting neural change, and rewire your brain for happiness.
by Rick Hanson 2009 252 pages
4.01
15k+ ratings
Learning That Sticks
by Bryan Goodwin • 2020
Classrooms often fight how the brain learns. A model for aligning teaching with our natural wiring.
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68
Learning That Sticks Summary
Learning That Sticks
Classrooms often fight how the brain learns. A model for aligning teaching with our natural wiring.
by Bryan Goodwin 2020 167 pages
4.13
68 ratings
The Biology of Desire
by Marc Lewis • 2015
Addiction is desire turned automatic, not disease. What the brain learned, it can unlearn.
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2k+
The Biology of Desire Summary
The Biology of Desire
Addiction is desire turned automatic, not disease. What the brain learned, it can unlearn.
by Marc Lewis 2015 256 pages
4.09
2k+ ratings
The Hungry Brain
by Stephan Guyenet • 2017
An ancient brain optimized for scarcity keeps losing to engineered modern food.
4.04
3k+
The Hungry Brain Summary
The Hungry Brain
An ancient brain optimized for scarcity keeps losing to engineered modern food.
by Stephan Guyenet 2017 304 pages
4.04
3k+ ratings
The Extended Phenotype
by Richard Dawkins • 1982
Genes don't stop at skin: a beaver dam is a genetic tool, like the teeth.
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The Extended Phenotype Summary
The Extended Phenotype
Genes don't stop at skin: a beaver dam is a genetic tool, like the teeth.
by Richard Dawkins 1982 336 pages
4.12
9k+ ratings
The Hypomanic Edge
by John D. Gartner • 2005
Restless energy, grandiosity, risk-taking: mild mania built America, immigration concentrated it.
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The Hypomanic Edge Summary
The Hypomanic Edge
Restless energy, grandiosity, risk-taking: mild mania built America, immigration concentrated it.
by John D. Gartner 2005 368 pages
4.03
500+ ratings
Connected
by Nicholas A. Christakis • 2008
Your weight, your vote, your happiness: all shaped by strangers three handshakes away.
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4k+
Connected Summary
Connected
Your weight, your vote, your happiness: all shaped by strangers three handshakes away.
by Nicholas A. Christakis 2008 336 pages
3.74
4k+ ratings
A World Without Work
by Daniel Susskind • 2020
Past automation always created more jobs than it killed. The evidence that this time is different.
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1k+
A World Without Work Summary
A World Without Work
Past automation always created more jobs than it killed. The evidence that this time is different.
by Daniel Susskind 2020 307 pages
3.83
1k+ ratings
Helgoland
by Carlo Rovelli • 2020
What if things have no standalone properties? Quantum physics and the relational nature of reality.
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10k+
Helgoland Summary
Helgoland
What if things have no standalone properties? Quantum physics and the relational nature of reality.
by Carlo Rovelli 2020 233 pages
4.08
10k+ ratings
The Art of Logic in an Illogical World
by Eugenia Cheng • 2018
Mathematical logic isn't about numbers. It's about untangling the arguments tearing us apart.
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2k+
The Art of Logic in an Illogical World Summary
The Art of Logic in an Illogical World
Mathematical logic isn't about numbers. It's about untangling the arguments tearing us apart.
by Eugenia Cheng 2018 320 pages
3.47
2k+ ratings
The Grid
by Gretchen Bakke • 2016
The clean-energy future depends on a century-old machine that was never designed to handle it.
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4k+
The Grid Summary
The Grid
The clean-energy future depends on a century-old machine that was never designed to handle it.
by Gretchen Bakke 2016 384 pages
3.86
4k+ ratings
The Experience Machine
by Andy Clark • 2023
Your brain guesses reality instead of recording it, and the mismatch shapes everything.
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1k+
The Experience Machine Summary
The Experience Machine
Your brain guesses reality instead of recording it, and the mismatch shapes everything.
by Andy Clark 2023 304 pages
3.91
1k+ ratings
Learn Like a Pro
by Barbara Oakley • 2021
Why rereading fails, and the science-backed techniques that make learning stick: a toolkit.
4.14
1k+
Learn Like a Pro Summary
Learn Like a Pro
Why rereading fails, and the science-backed techniques that make learning stick: a toolkit.
by Barbara Oakley 2021 160 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
Positivity
by Barbara L. Fredrickson • 2009
Three positive emotions for every negative one, and your life tips from surviving to thriving.
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2k+
Positivity Summary
Positivity
Three positive emotions for every negative one, and your life tips from surviving to thriving.
by Barbara L. Fredrickson 2009 288 pages
3.96
2k+ ratings
The Hite Report
by Shere Hite • 1976
The definition of sex was written by men. Thousands of anonymous women finally deliver their own.
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The Hite Report Summary
The Hite Report
The definition of sex was written by men. Thousands of anonymous women finally deliver their own.
by Shere Hite 1976 638 pages
3.88
500+ ratings
Against the Grain
by James C. Scott • 2017
Every early state ran on a cereal grain. The rest of the story is coercion, plague, and collapse.
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Against the Grain Summary
Against the Grain
Every early state ran on a cereal grain. The rest of the story is coercion, plague, and collapse.
by James C. Scott 2017 312 pages
4.13
4k+ ratings
The Emotional Life of Your Brain
by Richard J. Davidson • 2012
Six brain circuits determine your emotional life. A neuroscientist shows exactly how to rewire each.
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3k+
The Emotional Life of Your Brain Summary
The Emotional Life of Your Brain
Six brain circuits determine your emotional life. A neuroscientist shows exactly how to rewire each.
by Richard J. Davidson 2012 304 pages
3.94
3k+ ratings
Chasing the Scream
by Johann Hari • 2015
Addiction is not a chemical crime, it's a social wound. A century of prohibition has deepened it.
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Chasing the Scream Summary
Chasing the Scream
Addiction is not a chemical crime, it's a social wound. A century of prohibition has deepened it.
by Johann Hari 2015 400 pages
4.50
21k+ ratings
Real-World Bug Hunting
by Peter Yaworski • 2019
Twenty classes of web vulnerabilities, how to spot them, and how to write bounty-winning reports.
4.20
143
Real-World Bug Hunting Summary
Real-World Bug Hunting
Twenty classes of web vulnerabilities, how to spot them, and how to write bounty-winning reports.
by Peter Yaworski 2019 264 pages
4.20
143 ratings
Machine, Platform, Crowd
by Andrew McAfee • 2018
Machines outthink experts, platforms own customers, and outsiders solve what insiders cannot.
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2k+
Machine, Platform, Crowd Summary
Machine, Platform, Crowd
Machines outthink experts, platforms own customers, and outsiders solve what insiders cannot.
by Andrew McAfee 2018 416 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
A Briefer History of Time
by Stephen W. Hawking • 2005
Why time only runs forward, how black holes evaporate, and where physics must start over.
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A Briefer History of Time Summary
A Briefer History of Time
Why time only runs forward, how black holes evaporate, and where physics must start over.
by Stephen W. Hawking 2005
4.26
43k+ ratings
Understanding Analysis
by Stephen Abbott • 2000
Prove what calculus only computes: from the hole-free reals to the oddities of infinite sets.
4.49
476
Understanding Analysis Summary
Understanding Analysis
Prove what calculus only computes: from the hole-free reals to the oddities of infinite sets.
by Stephen Abbott 2000 272 pages
4.49
476 ratings
The Ancient Secret of the Flower of Life
by Drunvalo Melchizedek • 2000
Humanity once breathed through the pineal gland. A geometric energy field may be the path back.
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The Ancient Secret of the Flower of Life Summary
The Ancient Secret of the Flower of Life
Humanity once breathed through the pineal gland. A geometric energy field may be the path back.
by Drunvalo Melchizedek 2000 251 pages
4.42
1k+ ratings
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