Science Book Summaries

The Challenger Launch Decision Summary
The Challenger Launch Decision
Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA
by Diane Vaughan 1996 592 pages
4.09
432 ratings
History
Science
Space
What If? 2 Summary
What If? 2
Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
by Randall Munroe 2022 354 pages
4.37
15.9K ratings
Science
Humor
Physics
Sapiens Summary
Sapiens
A Graphic History, Volume 1 - The Birth of Humankind
by David Vandermeulen 2020 248 pages
4.36
16.8K ratings
Graphic Novels
History
Science
If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY? Summary
If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY?
Fifty Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life
by Stephen Webb 2002 304 pages
4.21
1.4K ratings
Science
Space
Philosophy
Brand Seduction Summary
Brand Seduction
How Neuroscience Can Help Marketers Build Memorable Brands
by Daryl Weber 2016
4.08
140 ratings
Business
Psychology
Science
Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics Summary
Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics
by Alpha C. Chiang 1974 788 pages
4.02
530 ratings
Economics
Mathematics
Textbooks
Bottle of Lies Summary
Bottle of Lies
The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom
by Katherine Eban 2019 512 pages
4.42
7.1K ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
Ratio Summary
Ratio
The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking (1)
by Michael Ruhlman 2009 272 pages
4.09
7.0K ratings
Cookbooks
Cooking
Food
The Tiger That Isn't Summary
The Tiger That Isn't
Seeing Through a World of Numbers
by Michael Blastland 2007 184 pages
3.92
649 ratings
Science
Economics
Mathematics
Suspicious Minds Summary
Suspicious Minds
Why We Believe Conspiracy Theories
by Rob Brotherton 2015 304 pages
3.88
1.5K ratings
Psychology
Science
History
The Dorito Effect Summary
The Dorito Effect
The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor
by Mark Schatzker 2015 259 pages
4.01
8.8K ratings
Food
Health
Science
Too Big to Know Summary
Too Big to Know
Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts, Experts Are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room Is the Room
by David Weinberger 2012 231 pages
3.80
2.1K ratings
Technology
Science
Philosophy
Once Upon an Algorithm Summary
Once Upon an Algorithm
How Stories Explain Computing
by Martin Erwig 2017 336 pages
3.66
251 ratings
Computer Science
Science
Technology
Keto for Cancer Summary
Keto for Cancer
Ketogenic Metabolic Therapy as a Targeted Nutritional Strategy
by Miriam Kalamian 2017 400 pages
4.22
184 ratings
Health
Nutrition
Science
The Demon in the Machine Summary
The Demon in the Machine
How Hidden Webs of Information Are Solving the Mystery of Life
by Paul C.W. Davies 2020 320 pages
4.04
861 ratings
Science
Biology
Physics
Unleash the Power of the Female Brain Summary
Unleash the Power of the Female Brain
Supercharging Yours for Better Health, Energy, Mood, Focus, and Sex
by Daniel G. Amen 2013 416 pages
3.74
1.0K ratings
Health
Psychology
Self Help
On the Origin of Time Summary
On the Origin of Time
Stephen Hawking's Final Theory
by Thomas Hertog 2023 352 pages
4.08
2.1K ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
The End of Illness Summary
The End of Illness
by David B. Agus 2011 335 pages
3.48
2.7K ratings
Health
Science
Medicine
Remember Summary
Remember
The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting
by Lisa Genova 2021 256 pages
4.18
14.8K ratings
Science
Psychology
Self Help
Linked Summary
Linked
How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life
by Albert-László Barabási 2002 304 pages
3.94
5.2K ratings
Science
Business
Sociology
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived Summary
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived
The Stories in Our Genes
by Adam Rutherford 2016 419 pages
4.03
11.5K ratings
Science
History
Biology
Ninety Percent of Everything Summary
Ninety Percent of Everything
Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate
by Rose George 2013 304 pages
3.79
4.3K ratings
Business
Economics
History
The Island of Knowledge Summary
The Island of Knowledge
The Limits of Science and the Search for Meaning
by Marcelo Gleiser 2014 359 pages
3.93
894 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
If Your Mouth Could Talk Summary
If Your Mouth Could Talk
An In-Depth Guide to Oral Health and Its Impact on Your Entire Life
by Kami Hoss 2022 256 pages
4.00
108 ratings
Health
Science
Self Help
Unweaving the Rainbow Summary
Unweaving the Rainbow
Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
by Richard Dawkins 2000 352 pages
4.01
11.4K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Biology
Ubiquity Summary
Ubiquity
Why Catastrophes Happen
by Mark Buchanan 2000 288 pages
3.89
685 ratings
Science
History
Economics
Sandworm Summary
Sandworm
A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers
by Andy Greenberg 2019 368 pages
4.35
9.3K ratings
Technology
Politics
History
The People Vs Tech Summary
The People Vs Tech
How the Internet Is Killing Democracy
by Jamie Bartlett 2018 146 pages
3.91
1.7K ratings
Politics
Technology
Science
What Is Relativity? Summary
What Is Relativity?
An Intuitive Introduction to Einstein's Ideas, and Why They Matter
by Jeffrey O. Bennett 2014 208 pages
4.33
523 ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Mathematics Summary
Mathematics
A Very Short Introduction
by Timothy Gowers 2002 143 pages
3.86
1.9K ratings
Mathematics
Science
Philosophy
The Neuroscience of You Summary
The Neuroscience of You
How Every Brain Is Different and How to Understand Yours
by Chantel Prat 2022 384 pages
3.82
931 ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
The Future Of Fusion Energy Summary
The Future Of Fusion Energy
by Jason Parisi 2018 406 pages
4.50
116 ratings
Science
Physics
Technology
Freakonomics Summary
Freakonomics
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by Steven D. Levitt 2005 268 pages
4.01
880.8K ratings
Economics
Business
Science
Life After Google Summary
Life After Google
The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy
by George Gilder 2018 256 pages
3.56
2.3K ratings
Business
Technology
Economics
Innate Summary
Innate
How the Wiring of Our Brains Shapes Who We Are
by Kevin J. Mitchell 2018 304 pages
4.14
661 ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Earthing Summary
Earthing
The Most Important Health Discovery Ever?
by Clinton Ober 2010 272 pages
3.98
2.1K ratings
Health
Science
Nature
Marathon Summary
Marathon
The Ultimate Training Guide
by Hal Higdon 2005 356 pages
4.04
3.8K ratings
Sports
Fitness
Health
Computer Power and Human Reason Summary
Computer Power and Human Reason
From Judgment to Calculation
by Joseph Weizenbaum 1976 300 pages
4.28
264 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Technology
Dancing Wu Li Masters Summary
Dancing Wu Li Masters
An Overview of the New Physics
by Gary Zukav 1979 416 pages
4.01
10.9K ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
The Time Paradox Summary
The Time Paradox
The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life
by Philip G. Zimbardo 2008 368 pages
3.75
2.8K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
How We Think Summary
How We Think
by John Dewey 1910 240 pages
3.86
981 ratings
Philosophy
Education
Psychology
Streetlights and Shadows Summary
Streetlights and Shadows
Searching for the Keys to Adaptive Decision Making
by Gary Klein 2009 337 pages
4.27
301 ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
The Science of Being Well Summary
The Science of Being Well
by Wallace D. Wattles 1993 72 pages
3.77
649 ratings
Self Help
Health
Personal Development
Subprime Attention Crisis Summary
Subprime Attention Crisis
by Tim Hwang 2020 176 pages
3.62
1.1K ratings
Technology
Business
Economics
A Guide to Living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (Hypermobility Type) Summary
A Guide to Living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (Hypermobility Type)
Bending Without Breaking
by Isobel Knight 2011 314 pages
4.06
236 ratings
Health
Medical
Reference
The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit Summary
The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit
by John V. Petrocelli 2021 336 pages
3.47
1.1K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
A Planet to Win Summary
A Planet to Win
Why We Need a Green New Deal
by Kate Aronoff 2019 208 pages
4.08
677 ratings
Politics
Environment
Climate Change
Happiness by Design Summary
Happiness by Design
Change What You Do, Not How You Think
by Paul Dolan 2014 256 pages
3.59
2.8K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Uncertainty Summary
Uncertainty
Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Struggle for the Soul of Science
by David Lindley 1996 272 pages
4.01
2.3K ratings
Science
Physics
History
How to Invent Everything Summary
How to Invent Everything
A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler
by Ryan North 2018 437 pages
4.15
5.9K ratings
Science
History
Humor
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