Science Book Summaries

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
Testosterone Summary
Testosterone
An Unauthorized Biography
by Rebecca M. Jordan-Young 2019 288 pages
4.05
291 ratings
Science
Gender
Feminism
Drink? Summary
Drink?
The New Science of Alcohol and Your Health
by David J. Nutt 2020 258 pages
4.04
2.3K ratings
Health
Science
Psychology
Entanglement Summary
Entanglement
by Amir D. Aczel 2002 304 pages
4.01
1.2K ratings
Science
Physics
History
Timefulness Summary
Timefulness
How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World
by Marcia Bjornerud 2018 224 pages
4.08
1.6K ratings
Science
Geology
Nature
The Genius Life Summary
The Genius Life
Heal Your Mind, Strengthen Your Body, and Become Extraordinary
by Max Lugavere 2020 285 pages
4.18
1.6K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
Why Calories Don't Count Summary
Why Calories Don't Count
How We Got the Science of Weight Loss Wrong
by Giles Yeo 2021 368 pages
3.86
744 ratings
Health
Science
Food
The Quantum Rules Summary
The Quantum Rules
How the Laws of Physics Explain Love, Success, and Everyday Life
by Kunal K. Das 2013 320 pages
3.61
254 ratings
Science
Physics
Science Nature
The Science of Good and Evil Summary
The Science of Good and Evil
Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule
by Michael Shermer 2004 368 pages
3.91
3.1K ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
This Is Your Brain on Parasites Summary
This Is Your Brain on Parasites
How Tiny Creatures Manipulate Our Behavior and Shape Society
by Kathleen McAuliffe 2016 288 pages
3.98
2.4K ratings
Science
Biology
Health
The Idea Factory Summary
The Idea Factory
Learning to Think at MIT
by Pepper White 1991
3.85
254 ratings
Education
Science
Biography
Eat Dirt Summary
Eat Dirt
Why Leaky Gut May Be the Root Cause of Your Health Problems and 5 Surprising Steps to Cure It
by Josh Axe 2016 352 pages
4.03
4.8K ratings
Health
Food
Nutrition
A Theory of Everything (That Matters) Summary
A Theory of Everything (That Matters)
A Brief Guide to Einstein, Relativity, and His Surprising Thoughts on God
by Alister E. McGrath 2019 240 pages
3.84
146 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Biography
To Dye For Summary
To Dye For
How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick--and How We Can Fight Back
by Alden Wicker 2023 303 pages
4.28
1.2K ratings
Fashion
Science
Health
How to Read a Paper Summary
How to Read a Paper
The Basics of Evidence-based Medicine
by Trisha Greenhalgh 1999 248 pages
4.02
369 ratings
Science
Medicine
Health
Real Food Summary
Real Food
What to Eat and Why
by Nina Planck 2006 288 pages
4.04
4.9K ratings
Food
Health
Nutrition
The Golem Summary
The Golem
What You Should Know about Science
by Harry Collins 1992 212 pages
3.77
329 ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
Ending Medical Reversal Summary
Ending Medical Reversal
Improving Outcomes, Saving Lives
by Vinayak K. Prasad 2015 346 pages
4.35
392 ratings
Medicine
Science
Medical
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Summary
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Techniques for Retraining Your Brain
by Jason M. Satterfield 2015
4.04
2.1K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Hooked Summary
Hooked
Food, Free Will, and How the Food Giants Exploit Our Addictions
by Michael Moss 2021 304 pages
3.80
4.5K ratings
Food
Health
Science
Chariots of The Gods Summary
Chariots of The Gods
by Erich von Däniken 1968 220 pages
3.53
17.2K ratings
History
Science
Aliens
The Invisible Gorilla Summary
The Invisible Gorilla
And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us
by Christopher Chabris 2010 320 pages
3.91
14.8K ratings
Psychology
Science
Business
Gravitation and Cosmology Summary
Gravitation and Cosmology
Principles and Applications of the General Theory of Relativity
by Steven Weinberg 1972 657 pages
4.49
172 ratings
Physics
Science
Mathematics
The Way of The Iceman Summary
The Way of The Iceman
How The Wim Hof Method Creates Radiant, Longterm Health―Using The Science and Secrets of Breath Control, Cold-Training and Commitment
by Wim Hof 2015 168 pages
3.71
2.7K ratings
Health
Self Help
Personal Development
Psychology Summary
Psychology
A Very Short Introduction
by Gillian Butler 1998 176 pages
3.64
1.1K ratings
Psychology
Science
Education
Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing Summary
Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing
by Henry Petroski 1996 256 pages
3.75
346 ratings
Engineering
Science
Design
Hormonal Summary
Hormonal
The Hidden Intelligence of Hormones -- How They Drive Desire, Shape Relationships, Influence Our Choices, and Make Us Wiser
by Martie Haselton 2018 320 pages
3.54
745 ratings
Health
Science
Psychology
The Joy of Search Summary
The Joy of Search
A Google Insider's Guide to Going Beyond the Basics
by Daniel M. Russell 2019 336 pages
3.56
175 ratings
Technology
Science
Research
The Brain and the Meaning of Life Summary
The Brain and the Meaning of Life
by Paul Thagard 2010 296 pages
3.23
126 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
The Future of Violence Summary
The Future of Violence
Robots and Germs, Hackers and Drones: Confronting A New Age of Threat
by Benjamin Wittes 2014 336 pages
3.40
309 ratings
Politics
Technology
Military Fiction
Dreaming Wide Awake Summary
Dreaming Wide Awake
Lucid Dreaming, Shamanic Healing, and Psychedelics
by David Jay Brown 2016 416 pages
4.25
120 ratings
Spirituality
Science
Psychology
Magnificent Mind at Any Age Summary
Magnificent Mind at Any Age
Natural Ways to Unleash Your Brain's Maximum Potential
by Daniel G. Amen 2008 352 pages
3.89
827 ratings
Health
Self Help
Psychology
Komisch, alles chemisch! Summary
Komisch, alles chemisch!
by Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim 2019 256 pages
4.22
3.7K ratings
Science
Chemistry
German Literature
The Future of Life Summary
The Future of Life
by Edward O. Wilson 2002 220 pages
4.15
3.2K ratings
Science
Biology
Environment
The Proof is in the Plants Summary
The Proof is in the Plants
by Simon Hill 2021 416 pages
4.58
1.4K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
Voyage of the Beagle Summary
Voyage of the Beagle
by Charles Darwin 1839 432 pages
4.02
8.2K ratings
Science
History
Travel
Mind Performance Hacks Summary
Mind Performance Hacks
Tips & Tools for Overclocking Your Brain
by Ron Hale-Evans 2006 330 pages
3.88
947 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Productivity
Irreducible Mind Summary
Irreducible Mind
Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century
by Edward F. Kelly 2006 832 pages
4.38
232 ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Then I Am Myself the World Summary
Then I Am Myself the World
What Consciousness Is and How to Expand It
by Christof Koch 2024 288 pages
4.04
225 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Neuroscience
The Path to Longevity Summary
The Path to Longevity
How to Reach 100 With the Health and Stamina of a 40-Year-Old
by Luigi Fontana 2020 318 pages
4.06
109 ratings
Health
Self Help
Nutrition
Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam Summary
Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam
A Life in Physics
by Kenneth W. Ford 1998 380 pages
4.15
337 ratings
Science
Physics
Biography
Red Light Therapy Summary
Red Light Therapy
Miracle Medicine
by Mark Sloan 177 pages
4.29
750 ratings
Health
Science
Virtually Human Summary
Virtually Human
The Promise and the Peril of Digital Immortality
by Martine Rothblatt 2014 368 pages
3.48
179 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Technology
The Divided Self Summary
The Divided Self
An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness
by R.D. Laing 1960 218 pages
4.11
6.2K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Mental Health
Why We Believe in God(s) Summary
Why We Believe in God(s)
A Concise Guide to the Science of Faith
by J. Anderson Thomson 2011 144 pages
3.94
1.3K ratings
Religion
Science
Psychology
The Blue Zones Solution Summary
The Blue Zones Solution
Eating and Living Like the World's Healthiest People
by Dan Buettner 2014 320 pages
3.97
4.5K ratings
Health
Food
Self Help
Basic Math & Pre-Algebra For Dummies Summary
Basic Math & Pre-Algebra For Dummies
by Mark Zegarelli 2007 368 pages
4.11
217 ratings
Mathematics
Reference
Science
Looking for Spinoza Summary
Looking for Spinoza
Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain
by António Damásio 2001 368 pages
3.95
2.2K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs Summary
The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs
Use Outdoor Clues to Find Your Way, Predict the Weather, Locate Water, Track Animals―and Other Forgotten Skills
by Tristan Gooley 2014 416 pages
3.78
4.8K ratings
Nature
Science
Travel
Memory Summary
Memory
A Very Short Introduction
by Jonathan K. Foster 2008 142 pages
3.55
799 ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
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