Science Book Summaries

Revolutionary Wealth Summary
Revolutionary Wealth
How It Will Be Created and How It Will Change Our Lives
by Alvin Toffler 2006 512 pages
3.89
661 ratings
Economics
Business
Sociology
Everyone Is African Summary
Everyone Is African
How Science Explodes the Myth of Race
by Daniel J. Fairbanks 2015 191 pages
4.09
137 ratings
Science
Race
History
Brilliant Blunders Summary
Brilliant Blunders
From Darwin to Einstein - Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe
by Mario Livio 2013 342 pages
3.57
2.4K ratings
Science
History
Physics
Habits of a Happy Brain Summary
Habits of a Happy Brain
Retrain Your Brain to Boost Your Serotonin, Dopamine, Oxytocin, & Endorphin Levels
by Loretta Graziano Breuning 2015 238 pages
4.02
5.8K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
The Great Cholesterol Con Summary
The Great Cholesterol Con
The Truth About What Really Causes Heart Disease and How to Avoid It
by Malcolm Kendrick 2007 384 pages
4.22
846 ratings
Health
Nutrition
Science
The Dragons of Eden Summary
The Dragons of Eden
Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
by Carl Sagan 1977 271 pages
4.19
21.0K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Evolution
The Hidden Brain Summary
The Hidden Brain
How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and Save Our Lives
by Shankar Vedantam 2009 270 pages
3.99
3.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Salt Summary
Salt
A World History
by Mark Kurlansky 2002 484 pages
3.75
74.5K ratings
History
Food
Science
A Human History of Emotion Summary
A Human History of Emotion
How the Way We Feel Built the World We Know
by Richard Firth-Godbehere 2021 336 pages
3.74
586 ratings
History
Psychology
Science
Concise Inorganic Chemistry Summary
Concise Inorganic Chemistry
by J.D. Lee 1965 1032 pages
4.09
410 ratings
Chemistry
Science
Textbooks
Cholesterol Clarity Summary
Cholesterol Clarity
What the HDL Is Wrong with My Numbers?
by Jimmy Moore 2013 304 pages
4.13
907 ratings
Health
Nutrition
Science
Black-and-White Thinking Summary
Black-and-White Thinking
The Burden of a Binary Brain in a Complex World
by Kevin Dutton 2021 400 pages
3.57
452 ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Sociology Summary
Sociology
A Very Short Introduction
by Steve Bruce 1999 128 pages
3.39
872 ratings
Sociology
Science
Philosophy
Cured Summary
Cured
Strengthen Your Immune System and Heal Your Life
by Jeffrey Rediger 2020 400 pages
4.51
1.3K ratings
Health
Science
Psychology
The Upside of Your Dark Side Summary
The Upside of Your Dark Side
Why Being Your Whole Self--Not Just Your "Good" Self--Drives Success and Fulfillment
by Todd Kashdan 2014 304 pages
3.84
1.1K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Redirect Summary
Redirect
The Surprising New Science of Psychological Change
by Timothy D. Wilson 2009 288 pages
3.76
2.1K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Subtract Summary
Subtract
The Untapped Science of Less
by Leidy Klotz 2021 304 pages
3.42
2.2K ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
Future Minds Summary
Future Minds
How the Digital Age Is Changing Our Minds, Why This Matters, and What We Can Do About It
by Richard Watson 2010 228 pages
3.77
162 ratings
Psychology
Science
Business
Toward a Psychology of Being Summary
Toward a Psychology of Being
by Abraham H. Maslow 1961 274 pages
4.17
5.9K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
On the Edge Summary
On the Edge
The Art of Risking Everything
by Nate Silver 2024 576 pages
3.68
4.1K ratings
Business
Economics
Psychology
Breaking Up with Sugar Summary
Breaking Up with Sugar
Divorce the Diets, Drop the Pounds, and Live Your Best Life
by Molly Carmel 2019 288 pages
3.38
618 ratings
Health
Self Help
Nutrition
Brandwashed Summary
Brandwashed
Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy
by Martin Lindstrom 2011 304 pages
3.81
4.3K ratings
Business
Psychology
Sociology
The Cyber Effect Summary
The Cyber Effect
A Pioneering Cyberpsychologist Explains How Human Behavior Changes Online
by Mary Aiken 2016 14 pages
3.73
1.5K ratings
Psychology
Technology
Science
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
The Black Hole War Summary
The Black Hole War
My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics
by Leonard Susskind 2008 480 pages
4.13
11.3K ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
You Are What You Watch Summary
You Are What You Watch
by Walter Hickey 2023 240 pages
3.66
648 ratings
Psychology
Film
Science
The Philosophy Book Summary
The Philosophy Book
Big Ideas Simply Explained
by Will Buckingham 2010 352 pages
4.16
5.7K ratings
Philosophy
Reference
History
Ten Drugs Summary
Ten Drugs
How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine
by Thomas Hager 2019 304 pages
4.18
5.0K ratings
Science
History
Medicine
The Power of Bad Summary
The Power of Bad
How the Negativity Effect Rules Us and How We Can Rule It
by John Tierney 2019 325 pages
3.86
1.4K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Brain Facts Summary
Brain Facts
A Primer on the Brain and Nervous System
by The Society for Neuroscience 2002 58 pages
3.95
113 ratings
Science
Neuroscience
Psychology
Merchants of Doubt Summary
Merchants of Doubt
How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
by Naomi Oreskes 2010 274 pages
4.17
7.7K ratings
Science
Politics
History
The Magic of Reality Summary
The Magic of Reality
How We Know What's Really True
by Richard Dawkins 2011 271 pages
4.05
26.9K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Religion
The Craft of Scientific Writing Summary
The Craft of Scientific Writing
by Michael Alley 1986 282 pages
3.91
329 ratings
Science
Writing
Textbooks
Happiness Summary
Happiness
Lessons from a New Science
by Richard Layard 2005 320 pages
3.71
1.1K ratings
Psychology
Economics
Science
Nonzero Summary
Nonzero
The Logic of Human Destiny
by Robert Wright 2001 448 pages
3.98
2.8K ratings
History
Science
Philosophy
Phantoms in the Brain Summary
Phantoms in the Brain
Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind
by V.S. Ramachandran 1998 352 pages
4.26
20.2K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Frogs Into Princes Summary
Frogs Into Princes
by Richard Bandler 1979 194 pages
3.96
1.3K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
The Ultimate Guide to Red Light Therapy Summary
The Ultimate Guide to Red Light Therapy
How to Use Red and Near-Infrared Light Therapy for Anti-Aging, Fat Loss, Muscle Gain, Performance Enhancement, and Brain Optimization
by Ari Whitten 2018 296 pages
4.14
900 ratings
Health
Science
Reference
Science Research Writing for Non-Native Speakers of English Summary
Science Research Writing for Non-Native Speakers of English
by Hilary Glasman-Deal 2009 272 pages
4.42
164 ratings
Writing
Research
Science
On the Move Summary
On the Move
A Life
by Oliver Sacks 2015 397 pages
4.03
21.2K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Science
Finite and Infinite Games Summary
Finite and Infinite Games
A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility
by James P. Carse 1986 180 pages
3.75
7.2K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Business
The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory Summary
The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory
The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe
by Stephen W. Porges 2013 288 pages
4.19
852 ratings
Psychology
Health
Mental Health
The Ancestor's Tale Summary
The Ancestor's Tale
A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
by Richard Dawkins 2004 688 pages
4.15
28.3K ratings
Science
Evolution
Biology
Endless Universe Summary
Endless Universe
Beyond the Big Bang
by Paul J. Steinhardt 2007 304 pages
4.12
1.2K ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Why? The Purpose of the Universe Summary
Why? The Purpose of the Universe
by Philip Goff 2023 208 pages
3.76
345 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Religion
Biohack Your Brain Summary
Biohack Your Brain
How to Boost Cognitive Health, Performance & Power
by Kristen Willeumier 2020 304 pages
3.86
836 ratings
Health
Science
Neuroscience
Why We Get Sick Summary
Why We Get Sick
The Hidden Epidemic at the Root of Most Chronic Disease―and How to Fight It
by Benjamin Bikman 2020 280 pages
4.12
5.7K ratings
Health
Science
Nutrition
Philosophy of Science Summary
Philosophy of Science
A Very Short Introduction
by Samir Okasha 2002 144 pages
3.93
3.7K ratings
Philosophy
Science
History
How Innovation Works Summary
How Innovation Works
Serendipity, Energy and the Saving of Time
by Matt Ridley 2020 416 pages
4.11
3.3K ratings
Business
Economics
Science
Nature Via Nurture Summary
Nature Via Nurture
Genes, Experience and What Makes Us Human
by Matt Ridley 2003 320 pages
4.06
4.2K ratings
Science
Biology
Psychology
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