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Science Book Summaries

My Age of Anxiety
by Scott Stossel • 2014
Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind
3.86
7k+
Psychology
Mental Health
Memoir
My Age of Anxiety Summary
My Age of Anxiety
Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind
by Scott Stossel 2014 505 pages
3.86
7k+ ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Memoir
The ReWired Brain
by Ski Chilton • 2016
Free Yourself of Negative Behaviors and Release Your Best Self
3.57
320
Self Help
Psychology
Christian
The ReWired Brain Summary
The ReWired Brain
Free Yourself of Negative Behaviors and Release Your Best Self
by Ski Chilton 2016 290 pages
3.57
320 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Christian
Big Questions from Little People
by Gemma Elwin Harris • 2012
And Simple Answers from Great Minds
3.86
1k+
Science
Philosophy
Childrens
Big Questions from Little People Summary
Big Questions from Little People
And Simple Answers from Great Minds
by Gemma Elwin Harris 2012 336 pages
3.86
1k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Childrens
Endurance
by Scott Kelly • 2017
A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery
4.21
23k+
Science
Biography
Memoir
Endurance Summary
Endurance
A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery
by Scott Kelly 2017 400 pages
4.21
23k+ ratings
Science
Biography
Memoir
The Agile Mind
by Estanislao Bachrach • 2012
How Your Brain Makes Creativity Happen
3.71
1k+
Psychology
Neuroscience
Self Help
The Agile Mind Summary
The Agile Mind
How Your Brain Makes Creativity Happen
by Estanislao Bachrach 2012 256 pages
3.71
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
Self Help
Drug Dealer, MD
by Anna Lembke • 2016
How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It's So Hard to Stop
4.00
1k+
Medical
Medicine
Addiction
Drug Dealer, MD Summary
Drug Dealer, MD
How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It's So Hard to Stop
by Anna Lembke 2016 192 pages
4.00
1k+ ratings
Medical
Medicine
Addiction
Supernormal
by Dean Radin • 2013
Science, Yoga and the Evidence for Extraordinary Psychic Abilities
3.92
500+
Spirituality
Science
Psychology
Supernormal Summary
Supernormal
Science, Yoga and the Evidence for Extraordinary Psychic Abilities
by Dean Radin 2013 369 pages
3.92
500+ ratings
Spirituality
Science
Psychology
Farmacology
by Daphne Miller • 2013
Total Health from the Ground Up
4.28
1k+
Health
Food
Gardening
Farmacology Summary
Farmacology
Total Health from the Ground Up
by Daphne Miller 2013 304 pages
4.28
1k+ ratings
Health
Food
Gardening
Quantum Reality
by Jim Baggott • 2020
The Quest for the Real Meaning of Quantum Mechanics - a Game of Theories
4.07
162
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Quantum Reality Summary
Quantum Reality
The Quest for the Real Meaning of Quantum Mechanics - a Game of Theories
by Jim Baggott 2020 320 pages
4.07
162 ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
The Comprehensive INFP Survival Guide
by Heidi Priebe • 2016
4.20
500+
Psychology
Self Help
Reference
The Comprehensive INFP Survival Guide Summary
The Comprehensive INFP Survival Guide
by Heidi Priebe 2016 300 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Reference
Virtually Human
by Martine Rothblatt • 2014
The Promise and the Peril of Digital Immortality
3.51
182
Science
Technology
Philosophy
Virtually Human Summary
Virtually Human
The Promise and the Peril of Digital Immortality
by Martine Rothblatt 2014 368 pages
3.51
182 ratings
Science
Technology
Philosophy
Make
by Charles Platt • 2008
Electronics
4.27
1k+
Engineering
Science
Reference
Make Summary
Make
Electronics
by Charles Platt 2008 349 pages
4.27
1k+ ratings
Engineering
Science
Reference
Wheat Belly
by William Davis • 2011
Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health
3.73
31k+
Health
Food
Nutrition
Wheat Belly Summary
Wheat Belly
Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health
by William Davis 2011 292 pages
3.73
31k+ ratings
Health
Food
Nutrition
Ada's Algorithm
by James Essinger • 2013
How Lord Byron's Daughter Ada Lovelace Launched the Digital Age
3.27
1k+
Biography
History
Science
Ada's Algorithm Summary
Ada's Algorithm
How Lord Byron's Daughter Ada Lovelace Launched the Digital Age
by James Essinger 2013 256 pages
3.27
1k+ ratings
Biography
History
Science
Personality
by Lawrence A. Pervin • 1984
Theory and Research
3.80
301
Psychology
Textbooks
Science
Personality Summary
Personality
Theory and Research
by Lawrence A. Pervin 1984 640 pages
3.80
301 ratings
Psychology
Textbooks
Science
Computational Thinking
by Peter J. Denning • 2019
3.63
304
Computer Science
Science
Philosophy
Computational Thinking Summary
Computational Thinking
by Peter J. Denning 2019 246 pages
3.63
304 ratings
Computer Science
Science
Philosophy
How Data Happened
by Chris Wiggins • 2023
A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms
3.54
467
History
Science
Technology
How Data Happened Summary
How Data Happened
A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms
by Chris Wiggins 2023 384 pages
3.54
467 ratings
History
Science
Technology
Emotional Intelligence
by Gill Hasson • 2014
Managing Emotions to Make a Positive Impact on Your Life and Career
3.46
500+
Self Help
Psychology
Mental Health
Emotional Intelligence Summary
Emotional Intelligence
Managing Emotions to Make a Positive Impact on Your Life and Career
by Gill Hasson 2014 208 pages
3.46
500+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Mental Health
Last Breath
by Peter Stark • 2001
Cautionary Tales from the Limits of Human Endurance
4.01
500+
Science
Adventure
Survival
Last Breath Summary
Last Breath
Cautionary Tales from the Limits of Human Endurance
by Peter Stark 2001 320 pages
4.01
500+ ratings
Science
Adventure
Survival
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper
by John Allen Paulos • 1997
3.60
1k+
Mathematics
Science
Education
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper Summary
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper
by John Allen Paulos 1997 224 pages
3.60
1k+ ratings
Mathematics
Science
Education
The Grand Biocentric Design
by Robert Lanza • 2020
How Life Creates Reality
4.07
500+
Science
Philosophy
Physics
The Grand Biocentric Design Summary
The Grand Biocentric Design
How Life Creates Reality
by Robert Lanza 2020 298 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
The Hacker Crackdown
by Bruce Sterling • 1992
Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier
3.80
3k+
History
Technology
Computers
The Hacker Crackdown Summary
The Hacker Crackdown
Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier
by Bruce Sterling 1992 336 pages
3.80
3k+ ratings
History
Technology
Computers
The Science and Technology of Growing Young
by Sergey Young • 2021
An Insider's Guide to the Breakthroughs that Will Dramatically Extend Our Lifespan . . . and What You Can Do Right Now
3.96
500+
Health
Science
Technology
The Science and Technology of Growing Young Summary
The Science and Technology of Growing Young
An Insider's Guide to the Breakthroughs that Will Dramatically Extend Our Lifespan . . . and What You Can Do Right Now
by Sergey Young 2021 272 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
Health
Science
Technology
Stick with It
by Sean Young • 2017
A Scientifically Proven Process for Changing Your Life-for Good
3.73
1k+
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Stick with It Summary
Stick with It
A Scientifically Proven Process for Changing Your Life-for Good
by Sean Young 2017 304 pages
3.73
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Anti-Tech Revolution
by Theodore John Kaczynski • 2016
Why and How
3.95
500+
Philosophy
Politics
Technology
Anti-Tech Revolution Summary
Anti-Tech Revolution
Why and How
by Theodore John Kaczynski 2016 280 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Technology
Losing Our Minds
by Lucy Foulkes • 2022
The Challenge of Defining Mental Illness
4.07
500+
Psychology
Mental Health
Science
Losing Our Minds Summary
Losing Our Minds
The Challenge of Defining Mental Illness
by Lucy Foulkes 2022 272 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Science
Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion
by Michelle Janikian • 2019
An Informative, Easy-to-Use Guide to Understanding Magic Mushrooms—From Tips and Trips to Microdosing and Psychedelic Therapy
4.33
500+
Self Help
Science
Psychology
Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion Summary
Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion
An Informative, Easy-to-Use Guide to Understanding Magic Mushrooms—From Tips and Trips to Microdosing and Psychedelic Therapy
by Michelle Janikian 2019 224 pages
4.33
500+ ratings
Self Help
Science
Psychology
Exploding the Phone
by Phil Lapsley • 2013
The Untold Story of the Teenagers and Outlaws who Hacked Ma Bell
4.20
1k+
History
Technology
True Crime
Exploding the Phone Summary
Exploding the Phone
The Untold Story of the Teenagers and Outlaws who Hacked Ma Bell
by Phil Lapsley 2013 431 pages
4.20
1k+ ratings
History
Technology
True Crime
The Social Instinct
by Nichola Raihani • 2021
How Cooperation Shaped the World
3.90
500+
Science
Psychology
Biology
The Social Instinct Summary
The Social Instinct
How Cooperation Shaped the World
by Nichola Raihani 2021 304 pages
3.90
500+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Biology
Planta Sapiens
by Paco Calvo • 2022
The New Science of Plant Intelligence
3.41
500+
Science
Nature
Biology
Planta Sapiens Summary
Planta Sapiens
The New Science of Plant Intelligence
by Paco Calvo 2022 304 pages
3.41
500+ ratings
Science
Nature
Biology
The Rough Guide to Psychology
by Christian Jarrett • 2011
An Introduction to Human Behaviour and the Mind
3.98
153
Psychology
Science
Reference
The Rough Guide to Psychology Summary
The Rough Guide to Psychology
An Introduction to Human Behaviour and the Mind
by Christian Jarrett 2011 376 pages
3.98
153 ratings
Psychology
Science
Reference
WARRIORS AND WORRIERS
by BENENSON • 2014
4.09
167
Psychology
Science
Biology
WARRIORS AND WORRIERS Summary
WARRIORS AND WORRIERS
by BENENSON 2014 292 pages
4.09
167 ratings
Psychology
Science
Biology
Humanimal
by Adam Rutherford • 2016
How Homo Sapiens Became Nature’s Most Paradoxical Creature—A New Evolutionary History
3.83
2k+
Science
History
Biology
Humanimal Summary
Humanimal
How Homo Sapiens Became Nature’s Most Paradoxical Creature—A New Evolutionary History
by Adam Rutherford 2016 256 pages
3.83
2k+ ratings
Science
History
Biology
Ending Medical Reversal
by Vinayak K. Prasad • 2015
Improving Outcomes, Saving Lives
4.36
407
Medicine
Science
Medical
Ending Medical Reversal Summary
Ending Medical Reversal
Improving Outcomes, Saving Lives
by Vinayak K. Prasad 2015 280 pages
4.36
407 ratings
Medicine
Science
Medical
How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend
by Rachel Barr • 2025
A Neuroscientist's Guide to a Healthier, Happier Life
4.18
1k+
Psychology
Self Help
Science
How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend Summary
How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend
A Neuroscientist's Guide to a Healthier, Happier Life
by Rachel Barr 2025 288 pages
4.18
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
The End of Animal Farming
by Jacy Reese Anthis • 2018
How Scientists, Entrepreneurs, and Activists Are Building an Animal-Free Food System
4.07
500+
Animals
Vegan
Science
The End of Animal Farming Summary
The End of Animal Farming
How Scientists, Entrepreneurs, and Activists Are Building an Animal-Free Food System
by Jacy Reese Anthis 2018 232 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
Animals
Vegan
Science
Quantum Mechanics
by Leonard Susskind • 2014
The Theoretical Minimum
4.33
2k+
Science
Physics
Mathematics
Quantum Mechanics Summary
Quantum Mechanics
The Theoretical Minimum
by Leonard Susskind 2014 364 pages
4.33
2k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Mathematics
Keeping Up with the Quants
by Thomas H. Davenport • 2013
Your Guide to Understanding and Using Analytics
3.57
500+
Business
Science
Finance
Keeping Up with the Quants Summary
Keeping Up with the Quants
Your Guide to Understanding and Using Analytics
by Thomas H. Davenport 2013 229 pages
3.57
500+ ratings
Business
Science
Finance
Mountains Beyond Mountains
by Tracy Kidder • 2003
4.20
89k+
Biography
Medicine
Book Club
Mountains Beyond Mountains Summary
Mountains Beyond Mountains
by Tracy Kidder 2003 333 pages
4.20
89k+ ratings
Biography
Medicine
Book Club
Brand Seduction
by Daryl Weber • 2016
How Neuroscience Can Help Marketers Build Memorable Brands
4.08
146
Business
Psychology
Science
Brand Seduction Summary
Brand Seduction
How Neuroscience Can Help Marketers Build Memorable Brands
by Daryl Weber 2016 288 pages
4.08
146 ratings
Business
Psychology
Science
WTF?
by Tim O'Reilly • 2017
What's the Future and Why It's Up to Us
4.08
1k+
Business
Technology
Economics
WTF? Summary
WTF?
What's the Future and Why It's Up to Us
by Tim O'Reilly 2017 448 pages
4.08
1k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Economics
Made in the USA
by Vaclav Smil • 2013
The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing
3.76
500+
Economics
Business
History
Made in the USA Summary
Made in the USA
The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing
by Vaclav Smil 2013 263 pages
3.76
500+ ratings
Economics
Business
History
The Autoimmune Solution
by Amy Myers • 2015
Prevent and Reverse the Full Spectrum of Inflammatory Symptoms and Diseases
3.82
2k+
Health
Nutrition
Food
The Autoimmune Solution Summary
The Autoimmune Solution
Prevent and Reverse the Full Spectrum of Inflammatory Symptoms and Diseases
by Amy Myers 2015 400 pages
3.82
2k+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
Perception - How Our Bodies Shape Our Minds
by Dennis Proffitt • 2020
4.01
238
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Perception - How Our Bodies Shape Our Minds Summary
Perception - How Our Bodies Shape Our Minds
by Dennis Proffitt 2020 320 pages
4.01
238 ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
The Quantum Rules
by Kunal K. Das • 2013
How the Laws of Physics Explain Love, Success, and Everyday Life
3.61
256
Science
Physics
Philosophy
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
256 ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
The Blue Zones Solution
by Dan Buettner • 2014
Eating and Living Like the World's Healthiest People
3.98
4k+
Health
Food
Self Help
The Blue Zones Solution Summary
The Blue Zones Solution
Eating and Living Like the World's Healthiest People
by Dan Buettner 2014 320 pages
3.98
4k+ ratings
Health
Food
Self Help
Behavioural Economics Saved My Dog
by Dan Ariely • 2015
3.41
500+
Economics
Psychology
Business
Behavioural Economics Saved My Dog Summary
Behavioural Economics Saved My Dog
by Dan Ariely 2015 223 pages
3.41
500+ ratings
Economics
Psychology
Business
Weathering
by Arline T. Geronimus • 2023
The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society
4.22
500+
Politics
Race
Health
Weathering Summary
Weathering
The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society
by Arline T. Geronimus 2023 368 pages
4.22
500+ ratings
Politics
Race
Health
Why We Believe in God(s)
by J. Anderson Thomson • 2011
A Concise Guide to the Science of Faith
3.94
1k+
Science
Religion
Psychology
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
1k+ ratings
Science
Religion
Psychology
Healthy Brain, Happy Life
by Wendy Suzuki • 2015
3.65
2k+
Health
Science
Psychology
Healthy Brain, Happy Life Summary
Healthy Brain, Happy Life
by Wendy Suzuki 2015 320 pages
3.65
2k+ ratings
Health
Science
Psychology
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