Science Book Summaries

Knocking on Heaven's Door Summary
Knocking on Heaven's Door
The Path to a Better Way of Death
by Katy Butler 2013 322 pages
4.12
3.2K ratings
Memoir
Death
Medicine
Movement Matters Summary
Movement Matters
Essays on Movement Science, Movement Ecology, and the Nature of Movement
by Katy Bowman 2016 248 pages
4.27
815 ratings
Health
Science
Essays
The Truth Machine Summary
The Truth Machine
The Blockchain and the Future of Everything
by Michael J. Casey 2018 320 pages
3.67
1.0K ratings
Economics
Technology
Business
Why We Make Mistakes Summary
Why We Make Mistakes
How We Look Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way Above Average
by Joseph T. Hallinan 2009 221 pages
3.90
9.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers Summary
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers
The Story of Paul Erdล‘s and the Search for Mathematical Truth
by Paul Hoffman 1998 302 pages
4.05
9.9K ratings
Biography
Mathematics
Science
The Road Taken Summary
The Road Taken
The History and Future of America's Infrastructure
by Henry Petroski 2016 322 pages
3.45
519 ratings
History
Engineering
Economics
The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology Summary
The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology
by David M. Buss 2005 1028 pages
4.23
107 ratings
Psychology
Science
Evolution
How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes Summary
How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes
by Peter D. Schiff 2010 256 pages
4.15
5.2K ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Every Deep-Drawn Breath Summary
Every Deep-Drawn Breath
A Critical Care Doctor on Healing, Recovery, and Transforming Medicine in the ICU
by Wes Ely 2021 352 pages
4.36
1.5K ratings
Medicine
Medical
Science
The Age of Sustainable Development Summary
The Age of Sustainable Development
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2015 544 pages
4.22
840 ratings
Economics
Sustainability
Politics
On Human Nature Summary
On Human Nature
by Edward O. Wilson 1978 288 pages
4.14
3.5K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
The Numbers Game Summary
The Numbers Game
The Commonsense Guide to Understanding Numbers in the News, in Politics, and in Life
by Michael Blastland 2008 210 pages
3.65
339 ratings
Mathematics
Science
Economics
Cooking for Geeks Summary
Cooking for Geeks
Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food
by Jeff Potter 2007 412 pages
4.05
3.7K ratings
Cooking
Food
Cookbooks
The Ghost in My Brain Summary
The Ghost in My Brain
How a Concussion Stole My Life and How the New Science of Brain Plasticity Helped Me Get It Back
by Clark Elliott 2015 336 pages
3.81
910 ratings
Science
Memoir
Neuroscience
Sugar Summary
Sugar
The World Corrupted: From Slavery to Obesity
by James Walvin 2017 352 pages
3.44
552 ratings
History
Food
Science
Pleased to Meet Me Summary
Pleased to Meet Me
Genes, Germs, and the Curious Forces That Make Us Who We Are
by Bill Sullivan 2019 336 pages
4.03
1.1K ratings
Science
Biology
Psychology
The Future of Everything Summary
The Future of Everything
The Science of Prediction
by David Orrell 2006 464 pages
3.65
115 ratings
Science
The End of Alzheimer's Program Summary
The End of Alzheimer's Program
The First Protocol to Enhance Cognition and Reverse Decline at Any Age
by Dale E. Bredesen 2020 351 pages
4.20
503 ratings
Health
Science
Medical
Junkyard Planet Summary
Junkyard Planet
Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade
by Adam Minter 2013 304 pages
3.90
1.8K ratings
Environment
Business
Economics
Your Deceptive Mind Summary
Your Deceptive Mind
A Scientific Guide to Critical Thinking Skills
by Steven Novella 2012 6 pages
4.24
1.2K ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
Farmacology Summary
Farmacology
Total Health from the Ground Up
by Daphne Miller 2013 304 pages
4.28
1.2K ratings
Health
Food
Gardening
Numsense! Data Science for the Layman Summary
Numsense! Data Science for the Layman
No Math Added
by Annalyn Ng 2017 147 pages
4.14
607 ratings
Science
Business
Technical
My Planet Summary
My Planet
Finding Humor in the Oddest Places
by Mary Roach 2013 191 pages
3.66
3.9K ratings
Humor
Science
Essays
Ravenous Summary
Ravenous
How to get ourselves and our planet into shape
by Henry Dimbleby 2023 336 pages
4.37
1.5K ratings
Food
Health
Science
Choice Theory Summary
Choice Theory
A Very Short Introduction
by Michael Allingham 2002 144 pages
2.71
214 ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Science
To Infinity and Beyond Summary
To Infinity and Beyond
A Journey of Cosmic Discovery
by Neil deGrasse Tyson 2023 319 pages
4.33
1.6K ratings
Science
Space
Physics
The Wellness Trap Summary
The Wellness Trap
Break Free from Diet Culture, Disinformation, and Dubious Diagnoses, and Find Your True Well-Being
by Christy Harrison 2023 320 pages
3.77
1.6K ratings
Health
Self Help
Food
Quantum Enigma Summary
Quantum Enigma
Physics Encounters Consciousness
by Bruce Rosenblum 2006 211 pages
4.12
2.2K ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
The Inner History of Devices Summary
The Inner History of Devices
by Sherry Turkle 2008 208 pages
3.82
77 ratings
History
Technology
Science
The Calculus of Friendship Summary
The Calculus of Friendship
What a Teacher and a Student Learned about Life while Corresponding about Math
by Steven H. Strogatz 2009 184 pages
3.86
390 ratings
Mathematics
Science
Biography
Pain Free Summary
Pain Free
A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain
by Pete Egoscue 2009 296 pages
4.17
2.0K ratings
Health
Reference
Science
The "God" Part of the Brain Summary
The "God" Part of the Brain
A Scientific Interpretation of Human Spirituality And God
by Matthew Alper 1999 224 pages
3.76
990 ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
Sex on the Brain Summary
Sex on the Brain
12 Lessons to Enhance Your Love Life
by Daniel G. Amen 2007 288 pages
3.73
290 ratings
Sexuality
Self Help
Relationships
Environmental Economics Summary
Environmental Economics
A Very Short Introduction
by Stephen Smith 2011 136 pages
3.61
223 ratings
Economics
Environment
Science
My True Type Summary
My True Type
Clarifying Your Personality Type, Preferences & Functions
by A.J. Drenth 2014 175 pages
4.19
436 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Clock of the Long Now Summary
Clock of the Long Now
Time and Responsibility: The Ideas Behind the World's Slowest Computer
by Stewart Brand 1999 208 pages
4.10
790 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Technology
Epidemiology Summary
Epidemiology
by Leon Gordis 2000 335 pages
3.86
513 ratings
Textbooks
Reference
School
Neutrino Summary
Neutrino
by Frank Close 2010 176 pages
4.08
706 ratings
Science
Physics
Popular Science
On Task Summary
On Task
How Our Brain Gets Things Done
by David Badre 2020 344 pages
4.05
148 ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Cannabis Is Medicine Summary
Cannabis Is Medicine
How Medical Cannabis and CBD Are Healing Everything from Anxiety to Chronic Pain
by Bonni Goldstein 2020 368 pages
4.47
118 ratings
Science
Health
Plants
A Lab of One's Own Summary
A Lab of One's Own
One Woman's Personal Journey Through Sexism in Science
by Rita Colwell 2020 288 pages
4.26
669 ratings
Science
Feminism
Memoir
Don't Be Evil Summary
Don't Be Evil
How Big Tech Betrayed Its Founding Principles -- and All of Us
by Rana Foroohar 2019 328 pages
3.86
1.1K ratings
Technology
Business
Politics
Beyond Genetics Summary
Beyond Genetics
The User's Guide to DNA
by Glenn McGee 2004 240 pages
3.60
5 ratings
Science
Persuasion Summary
Persuasion
Convincing Others When Facts Don't Seem to Matter
by Lee Hartley Carter 2019 272 pages
3.66
157 ratings
Business
Psychology
Personal Development
Endurance Summary
Endurance
A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery
by Scott Kelly 2017 400 pages
4.21
22.3K ratings
Science
Biography
Space
We Are Electric Summary
We Are Electric
Inside the 200-Year Hunt for Our Body's Bioelectric Code, and What the Future Holds
by Sally Adee 2023 352 pages
4.12
825 ratings
Science
Health
Biology
The Prophet's Way Summary
The Prophet's Way
A Guide to Living in the Now
by Thom Hartmann 2001 336 pages
4.08
289 ratings
Spirituality
Memoir
Philosophy
The Waste-Free World Summary
The Waste-Free World
How the Circular Economy Will Take Less, Make More, and Save the Planet
by Ron Gonen 2021 288 pages
4.17
162 ratings
Sustainability
Environment
Economics
How Music Can Make You Better Summary
How Music Can Make You Better
by Indre Viskontas 2019 120 pages
3.86
232 ratings
Music
Psychology
Health
Evolutionary Ideas Summary
Evolutionary Ideas
Unlocking ancient innovation to solve tomorrowโ€™s challenges
by Sam Tatam 2022 326 pages
4.07
144 ratings
Psychology
Science
Business
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