Science Book Summaries

Hope for Cynics Summary
Hope for Cynics
The Surprising Science of Human Goodness
by Jamil Zaki 2024 288 pages
3.92
1.5K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Reentry Summary
Reentry
SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age
by Eric Berger 2024 450 pages
4.53
975 ratings
Space
Science
Business
Peak Summary
Peak
The New Science of Athletic Performance That Is Revolutionizing Sports
by Marc Bubbs 2019 384 pages
4.28
126 ratings
Fitness
Science
Health
The Big Switch Summary
The Big Switch
Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google
by Nicholas Carr 2008 304 pages
3.84
2.6K ratings
Technology
Business
History
The Resistance Training Revolution Summary
The Resistance Training Revolution
The No-Cardio Way to Burn Fat and Age-Proof Your Body―in Only 60 Minutes a Week
by Sal Di Stefano 2021 304 pages
4.22
1.1K ratings
Health
Fitness
Self Help
Every Tool's a Hammer Summary
Every Tool's a Hammer
Life Is What You Make It
by Adam Savage 2019 320 pages
4.18
10.2K ratings
Biography
Memoir
Science
Rethink Your Position Summary
Rethink Your Position
Reshape Your Exercise, Yoga, and Everyday Movement, One Part at a Time
by Katy Bowman 2023 296 pages
4.28
241 ratings
Health
Fitness
Science
Nutrient Power Summary
Nutrient Power
Heal Your Biochemistry and Heal Your Brain
by William J. Walsh 2012 224 pages
4.09
681 ratings
Health
Nutrition
Science
Venomous Summary
Venomous
How Earth's Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry
by Christie Wilcox 2016 260 pages
4.11
1.5K ratings
Science
Biology
Nature
The Science of Mind Summary
The Science of Mind
by Ernest Shurtleff Holmes 1938 364 pages
4.35
2.5K ratings
Spirituality
Psychology
Philosophy
The Grapes of Math Summary
The Grapes of Math
How Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect Life
by Alex Bellos 2014 322 pages
4.09
959 ratings
Mathematics
Science
History
Can You Solve My Problems? Summary
Can You Solve My Problems?
A Casebook of Ingenious, Perplexing and Totally Satisfying Puzzles
by Alex Bellos 2016 352 pages
4.02
372 ratings
Puzzles
Mathematics
Science
The Ascent of Man Summary
The Ascent of Man
by Jacob Bronowski 1973 448 pages
4.20
6.3K ratings
Science
History
Philosophy
Letters to a Young Mathematician Summary
Letters to a Young Mathematician
by Ian Stewart 2006 224 pages
3.86
1.8K ratings
Mathematics
Science
Philosophy
Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Summary
Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos
With Applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Engineering
by Steven H. Strogatz 1994 497 pages
4.38
1.5K ratings
Mathematics
Science
Physics
Ignorance Summary
Ignorance
How it drives science
by Stuart Firestein 2012 208 pages
3.86
1.3K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
A Book About Love Summary
A Book About Love
by Jonah Lehrer 2016 304 pages
3.73
557 ratings
Psychology
Science
Relationships
Eat Smarter Summary
Eat Smarter
Use the Power of Food to Reboot Your Metabolism, Upgrade Your Brain, and Transform Your Life
by Shawn Stevenson 2020 432 pages
4.25
2.3K ratings
Health
Self Help
Nutrition
How We Eat Summary
How We Eat
The Brave New World of Food and Drink
by Paco Underhill 2022 256 pages
3.52
440 ratings
Food
Business
Science
General System Theory Summary
General System Theory
Foundations, Development, Applications
by Ludwig Von Bertalanffy 1969 296 pages
3.87
424 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Mathematics
Rock, Paper, Scissors Summary
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Game Theory in Everyday Life
by Len Fisher 2000 278 pages
3.43
1.1K ratings
Science
Mathematics
Psychology
Moonshot Summary
Moonshot
What Landing a Man on the Moon Teaches Us About Collaboration, Creativity, and the Mind-set for Success
by Richard Wiseman 2019 272 pages
3.89
393 ratings
Space
History
Self Help
If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal Summary
If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal
What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity
by Justin Gregg 2022 320 pages
3.89
2.5K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Animals
Food Fix Summary
Food Fix
How to Save Our Health, Our Economy, Our Communities, and Our Planet-One Bite at a Time
by Mark Hyman 2020 400 pages
4.09
2.4K ratings
Health
Food
Nutrition
Climate Change Summary
Climate Change
What Everyone Needs to Know
by Joseph Romm 2015 328 pages
4.22
686 ratings
Science
Climate Change
Environment
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons Summary
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons
The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
by Sam Kean 2014 416 pages
4.25
13.3K ratings
Science
History
Psychology
Follow Your Gut Summary
Follow Your Gut
The Enormous Impact of Tiny Microbes
by Rob Knight 2014 128 pages
3.83
1.4K ratings
Science
Health
Nutrition
The Orbital Perspective Summary
The Orbital Perspective
Lessons in Seeing the Big Picture from a Journey of 71 Million Miles
by Ron Garan 2015 208 pages
3.81
191 ratings
Space
Science
Astronomy
Last Chance to See Summary
Last Chance to See
by Douglas Adams 1990 222 pages
4.32
25.5K ratings
Science
Travel
Nature
The Compass of Pleasure Summary
The Compass of Pleasure
How Our Brains Make Fatty Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka, Learning, and Gambling Feel So Good
by David J. Linden 2010 240 pages
3.89
5.7K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
No Dream Is Too High Summary
No Dream Is Too High
Life Lessons From a Man Who Walked on the Moon
by Buzz Aldrin 2016 224 pages
3.75
1.5K ratings
Biography
Space
Science
Introducing Game Theory Summary
Introducing Game Theory
A Graphic Guide
by Ivan Pastine 2017 279 pages
3.88
2.5K ratings
Economics
Science
Business
Triumphs of Experience Summary
Triumphs of Experience
The Men of the Harvard Grant Study
by George E. Vaillant 2012 457 pages
4.15
1.1K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Data, A Love Story Summary
Data, A Love Story
How I Gamed Online Dating to Meet My Match
by Amy Webb 2013 296 pages
3.57
2.0K ratings
Memoir
Relationships
Self Help
Discover Your Genius Summary
Discover Your Genius
How to Think Like History's Ten Most Revolutionary Minds
by Michael J. Gelb 2003 384 pages
3.67
446 ratings
Self Help
History
Psychology
Generation Dread Summary
Generation Dread
Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis
by Britt Wray 2022 296 pages
3.93
686 ratings
Climate Change
Environment
Psychology
Interstellar Summary
Interstellar
The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars
by Avi Loeb 2023 252 pages
3.51
504 ratings
Science
Astronomy
Space
We Are the Weather Summary
We Are the Weather
Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast
by Jonathan Safran Foer 2019 288 pages
3.69
16.8K ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
This Explains Everything Summary
This Explains Everything
Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works
by John Brockman 2013 411 pages
3.66
2.8K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
How Not to Diet Summary
How Not to Diet
by Michael Greger 2019 608 pages
4.43
8.1K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
Made in the USA Summary
Made in the USA
The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing
by Vaclav Smil 2013 263 pages
3.77
475 ratings
Economics
Business
History
Bursts Summary
Bursts
The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do
by Albert-LΓ‘szlΓ³ BarabΓ‘si 2010 310 pages
3.31
1.1K ratings
Science
Psychology
Sociology
The New Map Summary
The New Map
Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
by Daniel Yergin 2020 512 pages
4.19
5.3K ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Intelligence Summary
Intelligence
All That Matters
by Stuart Ritchie 2015 160 pages
4.06
691 ratings
Psychology
Science
Anthropology
Holotropic Breathwork Summary
Holotropic Breathwork
A New Approach to Self-Exploration and Therapy
by Stanislav Grof 2010 243 pages
3.88
583 ratings
Psychology
Spirituality
Health
The Internet of Things Summary
The Internet of Things
by Samuel Greengard 2015 230 pages
3.24
534 ratings
Technology
Science
Business
Drunk Summary
Drunk
How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization
by Edward Slingerland 2021 369 pages
3.81
2.9K ratings
History
Science
Sociology
The Divided Mind Summary
The Divided Mind
The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders
by John E. Sarno 2006 394 pages
4.04
1.8K ratings
Health
Psychology
Self Help
Freud Summary
Freud
The Key Ideas
by Ruth Snowden 2010 205 pages
3.70
554 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
Turtles All The Way Down Summary
Turtles All The Way Down
Vaccine Science and Myth
by Anonymous 2022 556 pages
4.64
574 ratings
Health
Science
Vaccines
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