Science Book Summaries

What Do You Think You Are? Summary
What Do You Think You Are?
The Science of What Makes You You
by Brian Clegg 2020 288 pages
3.30
130 ratings
Science
Psychology
Self Help
Everyday Survival Summary
Everyday Survival
Why Smart People Do Stupid Things
by Laurence Gonzales 2008 290 pages
3.59
821 ratings
Psychology
Science
Survival
Napoleon's Buttons Summary
Napoleon's Buttons
How 17 Molecules Changed History
by Penny Le Couteur 1991 375 pages
3.97
7.0K ratings
Science
History
Chemistry
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper Summary
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper
by John Allen Paulos 1997 224 pages
3.59
996 ratings
Mathematics
Science
Journalism
Mind-Body Medicine Summary
Mind-Body Medicine
The New Science of Optimal Health
by Jason M. Satterfield 2013 19 pages
4.41
179 ratings
Health
Science
Psychology
The Invisible Landscape Summary
The Invisible Landscape
Mind, Hallucinogens & the I Ching
by Terence McKenna 1975 256 pages
3.99
1.4K ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Psychology
Inside the Nudge Unit Summary
Inside the Nudge Unit
How Small Changes Can Make a Big Difference
by David Halpern 2015 418 pages
3.99
995 ratings
Psychology
Economics
Politics
The Tell Summary
The Tell
The Little Clues That Reveal Big Truths about Who We Are
by Matthew Hertenstein 2013 288 pages
3.20
497 ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The End of Absence Summary
The End of Absence
Reclaiming What We've Lost in a World of Constant Connection
by Michael Harris 2014 243 pages
3.64
1.8K ratings
Technology
Psychology
Sociology
Big Data Summary
Big Data
Using SMART Big Data, Analytics and Metrics To Make Better Decisions and Improve Performance
by Bernard Marr 2015 233 pages
3.60
408 ratings
Business
Science
Technology
The Economics Book Summary
The Economics Book
Big Ideas Simply Explained
by Niall Kishtainy 2012 352 pages
4.02
2.3K ratings
Economics
Business
Reference
The Catalyst Summary
The Catalyst
RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life's Deepest Secrets
by Thomas R. Cech 2024 304 pages
4.33
454 ratings
Science
Biology
Medicine
Crooked Summary
Crooked
Man-Made Disease Explained: The incredible story of metal, microbes, and medicine—hidden within our faces.
by Forrest Maready 2018 406 pages
4.40
164 ratings
Health
History
Science
George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt Summary
George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt
by Lucy Hawking 2009 320 pages
4.20
3.0K ratings
Science
Childrens
Middle Grade
Smarter Tomorrow Summary
Smarter Tomorrow
How 15 Minutes of Neurohacking a Day Can Help You Work Better, Think Faster, and Get More Done
by Elizabeth R. Ricker 2021 368 pages
3.67
242 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Health
Relax, Dammit! Summary
Relax, Dammit!
A User's Guide to the Age of Anxiety
by Timothy Caulfield 2020 320 pages
3.72
968 ratings
Science
Canada
Self Help
Your Brain Is (Almost) Perfect Summary
Your Brain Is (Almost) Perfect
How We Make Decisions
by Read Montague 2007 352 pages
3.52
153 ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
Science
Power to the Public Summary
Power to the Public
The Promise of Public Interest Technology
by Tara Dawson McGuinness 2021 208 pages
4.00
304 ratings
Politics
Technology
Government
Mountains Beyond Mountains Summary
Mountains Beyond Mountains
The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
by Tracy Kidder 2003 333 pages
4.20
86.9K ratings
Biography
Medicine
Book Club
I'm Right and You're an Idiot Summary
I'm Right and You're an Idiot
The Toxic State of Public Discourse and How to Clean it Up
by James Hoggan 2016 272 pages
3.72
225 ratings
Politics
Canada
Sociology
The 3-Season Diet Summary
The 3-Season Diet
Eat the Way Nature Intended: Lose Weight, Beat Food Cravings, and Get Fit
by John Douillard 2000 336 pages
4.09
299 ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
Kundalini and the Chakras Summary
Kundalini and the Chakras
Evolution in This Lifetime: A Practical Guide
by Genevieve Lewis Paulson 1991 230 pages
3.74
334 ratings
Spirituality
Religion
Metaphysics
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
2.8K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
A People’s History of Computing in the United States Summary
A People’s History of Computing in the United States
by Joy Lisi Rankin 2018 336 pages
3.48
181 ratings
History
Technology
Computer Science
Ending Parkinson's Disease Summary
Ending Parkinson's Disease
A Prescription for Action
by Ray Dorsey 2020 336 pages
4.32
286 ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
Cognitive Gadgets Summary
Cognitive Gadgets
The Cultural Evolution of Thinking
by Cecilia Heyes 2018 304 pages
3.77
178 ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Math for Mystics Summary
Math for Mystics
From the Fibonacci sequence to Luna's Labyrinth to the Golden Section and Other Secrets of Sacred Geometry
by Renna Shesso 2007 224 pages
3.69
143 ratings
Mathematics
Occult
Spirituality
Astronomy For Dummies Summary
Astronomy For Dummies
by Stephen Maran 1999 318 pages
3.84
616 ratings
Science
Astronomy
Space
The Making of You Summary
The Making of You
A Journey from Cell to Human
by Katharina Vestre 2018 141 pages
4.12
842 ratings
Science
Parenting
Biology
Prometheus and Atlas Summary
Prometheus and Atlas
by Jason Reza Jorjani 2016 466 pages
4.10
106 ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Science
Two Sides of the Moon Summary
Two Sides of the Moon
Our Story of the Cold War Space Race
by David Randolph Scott 2004 448 pages
4.28
568 ratings
Space
History
Biography
A Practical Guide to NLP Summary
A Practical Guide to NLP
Turn Negatives into Positives
by Neil Shah 2011 214 pages
3.36
158 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Business
Wired for Culture Summary
Wired for Culture
Origins of the Human Social Mind
by Mark Pagel 2012 432 pages
3.87
297 ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Think! Summary
Think!
Why Crucial Decisions Can't Be Made in the Blink of an Eye
by Michael R. LeGault 2006 355 pages
3.10
514 ratings
Psychology
Business
Sociology
The Passion of the Western Mind Summary
The Passion of the Western Mind
Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped Our World View
by Richard Tarnas 1991 560 pages
4.23
2.0K ratings
Philosophy
History
Psychology
Breathe In, Breathe Out Summary
Breathe In, Breathe Out
Restore Your Health, Reset Your Mind and Find Happiness Through Breathwork
by Stuart Sandeman 2022 415 pages
4.10
413 ratings
Self Help
Health
Science
Lost in Math Summary
Lost in Math
How Beauty Leads Physics Astray
by Sabine Hossenfelder 2018 291 pages
4.06
3.3K ratings
Science
Physics
Mathematics
A Brief History of Earth Summary
A Brief History of Earth
Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
by Andrew H. Knoll 2021 272 pages
3.94
4.1K ratings
Science
History
Geology
The Case Against Sugar Summary
The Case Against Sugar
by Gary Taubes 2016 384 pages
3.84
10.9K ratings
Health
Science
Food
Cool Summary
Cool
How the Brain’s Hidden Quest for Cool Drives Our Economy and Shapes Our World
by Steven Quartz 2015 304 pages
3.59
219 ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Economics
Cure Summary
Cure
A Journey into the Science of Mind Over Body
by Jo Marchant 2016 320 pages
4.09
3.7K ratings
Science
Health
Psychology
Engineers of Dreams Summary
Engineers of Dreams
Great Bridge Builders and the Spanning of America
by Henry Petroski 1995 479 pages
3.77
164 ratings
History
Engineering
Science
Linux for Beginners Summary
Linux for Beginners
by Jason Cannon 2014 147 pages
4.02
323 ratings
Computer Science
Computers
Technology
Science Fiction Summary
Science Fiction
A Very Short Introduction
by David Seed 2011 147 pages
3.25
514 ratings
Literature
Literary Criticism
History
Math-ish Summary
Math-ish
Finding Creativity, Diversity, and Meaning in Mathematics
by Jo Boaler 2024 304 pages
4.24
367 ratings
Mathematics
Education
Science
Small Things Considered Summary
Small Things Considered
Why There Is No Perfect Design
by Henry Petroski 2003 304 pages
3.40
332 ratings
Design
Science
Engineering
What Should We Be Worried About? Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night Summary
What Should We Be Worried About? Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night
by John Brockman 2014 478 pages
3.44
1.3K ratings
Science
Psychology
Essays
The Age of American Unreason Summary
The Age of American Unreason
by Susan Jacoby 2008 384 pages
3.84
3.2K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Zig Zag Summary
Zig Zag
The Surprising Path to Greater Creativity
by R. Keith Sawyer 2013 288 pages
3.88
356 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Business
A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age Summary
A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age
Scientific Habits of Mind
by David J. Helfand 2016 344 pages
3.71
211 ratings
Science
Psychology
Politics
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