Science Book Summaries

Where the Water Goes Summary
Where the Water Goes
Life and Death Along the Colorado River
by David Owen 2017 288 pages
3.93
3.1K ratings
Science
Environment
Nature
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
Tribe of Hackers Summary
Tribe of Hackers
Cybersecurity Advice from the Best Hackers in the World
by Marcus J. Carey 2019 412 pages
3.88
256 ratings
Technology
Hackers
Computer Science
Sugar Nation Summary
Sugar Nation
The Hidden Truth Behind America's Deadliest Habit and the Simple Way to Beat It
by Jeff O'Connell 2011 370 pages
3.55
815 ratings
Health
Food
Nutrition
The Biological Mind Summary
The Biological Mind
How Brain, Body, and Environment Collaborate to Make Us Who We Are
by Alan Jasanoff 2018 304 pages
3.71
224 ratings
Science
Neuroscience
Psychology
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 Psychology of Intelligence Summary
The Psychology of Intelligence
by Jean Piaget 1947 202 pages
4.09
3.3K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
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 Lost City of the Monkey God Summary
The Lost City of the Monkey God
by Douglas Preston 2017 326 pages
3.93
60.5K ratings
History
Adventure
Travel
The Theory That Would Not Die Summary
The Theory That Would Not Die
How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy
by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne 2011 336 pages
3.77
2.7K ratings
Science
History
Mathematics
Science Fiction Summary
Science Fiction
A Very Short Introduction
by David Seed 2011 147 pages
3.25
514 ratings
Literature
Literary Criticism
History
Under a White Sky Summary
Under a White Sky
The Nature of the Future
by Elizabeth Kolbert 2021 234 pages
4.10
12.8K ratings
Science
Environment
Nature
Join the Club Summary
Join the Club
How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World
by Tina Rosenberg 2011 432 pages
3.49
338 ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Politics
الذرة الاجتماعية Summary
الذرة الاجتماعية
لماذا يزداد الأثرياء ثراءً والفقراء فقرًا؟
by Mark Buchanan 2007 333 pages
3.70
538 ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Politics
A Short History of the World Summary
A Short History of the World
by H.G. Wells 1922 371 pages
3.86
2.8K ratings
History
Classics
World History
Always Hungry? Summary
Always Hungry?
Conquer Cravings, Retrain Your Fat Cells, and Lose Weight Permanently
by David Ludwig 2015 384 pages
3.70
3.4K ratings
Health
Food
Nutrition
Lady Sapiens. Enquête sur la femme au temps de la Préhistoire Summary
Lady Sapiens. Enquête sur la femme au temps de la Préhistoire
by Jennifer Kerner 2011 247 pages
3.65
591 ratings
History
Feminism
Science
The Perfect Swarm Summary
The Perfect Swarm
The Science of Complexity in Everyday Life
by Len Fisher 2009 288 pages
3.51
319 ratings
Science
Psychology
Sociology
Born to Be Good Summary
Born to Be Good
The Science of a Meaningful Life
by Dacher Keltner 2009 336 pages
3.58
704 ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Popper Selections Summary
Popper Selections
by Karl Popper 1985 480 pages
4.05
205 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Biography
Healthy Aging Summary
Healthy Aging
by Andrew Weil 2005 384 pages
3.87
1.4K ratings
Health
Self Help
Food
The Future of Everything Summary
The Future of Everything
The Science of Prediction
by David Orrell 2006 464 pages
3.65
115 ratings
Science
Supernature Summary
Supernature
by Lyall Watson 1973
4.09
698 ratings
Science
Paranormal
Popular Science
The Grain Brain Whole Life Plan Summary
The Grain Brain Whole Life Plan
Boost Brain Performance, Lose Weight, and Achieve Optimal Health
by David Perlmutter 2016 304 pages
3.92
1.0K ratings
Health
Food
Nutrition
The Man Who Shocked The World Summary
The Man Who Shocked The World
The Life And Legacy Of Stanley Milgram
by Thomas Blass 2004 392 pages
3.95
210 ratings
Psychology
Biography
Science
Clearer, Closer, Better Summary
Clearer, Closer, Better
How Successful People See the World
by Emily Balcetis 2020 272 pages
3.25
404 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Leadership
Traces Summary
Traces
The Memoir of a Forensic Scientist and Criminal Investigator
by Patricia Wiltshire 2019 312 pages
3.60
2.9K ratings
True Crime
Science
Memoir
How Many Friends Does One Person Need? Summary
How Many Friends Does One Person Need?
by Robin I.M. Dunbar 2010 304 pages
3.51
633 ratings
Science
Psychology
Anthropology
Python Programming Summary
Python Programming
An Introduction to Computer Science
by John Zelle 2003 528 pages
4.01
475 ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
Coffee is Good for You Summary
Coffee is Good for You
From Vitamin C and Organic Foods to Low-Carb and Detox Diets, the Truth about Diet and Nutrition Claims
by Robert J. Davis 2012 240 pages
3.31
246 ratings
Nutrition
Science
Food
The Other Brain Summary
The Other Brain
From Dementia to Schizophrenia, How New Discoveries About the Brain Are Revolutionizing Medicine and Science
by R. Douglas Fields 2008 384 pages
4.12
1.7K ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
Science
The Vaccine Summary
The Vaccine
Inside the Race to Conquer the COVID-19 Pandemic
by Joe Miller 2021 288 pages
4.25
851 ratings
Science
History
Medicine
Cognitive Neuroscience Summary
Cognitive Neuroscience
The Biology of the Mind
by Michael S. Gazzaniga 1998 680 pages
4.12
750 ratings
Neuroscience
Psychology
Science
A User's Guide to the Brain Summary
A User's Guide to the Brain
Perception, Attention, and the Four Theaters of the Brain
by John J. Ratey 2001 416 pages
4.04
2.2K ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness Summary
Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness
by Patrick House 2022 272 pages
3.48
677 ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
The Next America Summary
The Next America
Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown
by Paul Taylor 2014 280 pages
3.68
693 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Economics
Medical Terminology Summary
Medical Terminology
The Best and Most Effective Way to Memorize, Pronounce and Understand Medical Terms
by David Andersson 2016 241 pages
4.18
221 ratings
Medical
Textbooks
School
The Ravenous Brain Summary
The Ravenous Brain
How the New Science of Consciousness Explains Our Insatiable Search for Meaning
by Daniel Bor 2012 352 pages
3.90
424 ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
Science
Canine Enrichment for the Real World Summary
Canine Enrichment for the Real World
Making It a Part of Your Dog's Daily Life
by Allie Bender 2019 238 pages
4.58
445 ratings
Dogs
Animals
Science
Schrödinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality Summary
Schrödinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality
Solving the Quantum Mysteries
by John Gribbin 1984 261 pages
4.07
1.6K ratings
Science
Physics
Popular Science
Super Genes Summary
Super Genes
Unlock the Astonishing Power of Your DNA for Optimum Health and Well-Being
by Deepak Chopra 2015 336 pages
3.88
1.3K ratings
Health
Science
Self Help
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
Oil and Honey Summary
Oil and Honey
The Education of an Unlikely Activist
by Bill McKibben 2013 272 pages
3.91
1.3K ratings
Environment
Memoir
Politics
Memorizing Pharmacology Summary
Memorizing Pharmacology
A Relaxed Approach to Learning the Top 200 Brand and Generic Drugs by Classification
by Tony Guerra 2016 305 pages
4.12
116 ratings
Science
Medicine
Medical
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
An Inconvenient Apocalypse Summary
An Inconvenient Apocalypse
Environmental Collapse, Climate Crisis, and the Fate of Humanity
by Wes Jackson 2022 184 pages
3.58
189 ratings
Climate Change
Science
Environment
The Right Chemistry Summary
The Right Chemistry
108 Enlightening, Nutritious, Health-Conscious and Occasionally Bizarre Inquiries into the Science of Everyday Life
by Joe Schwarcz 2012 272 pages
3.83
77 ratings
Chemistry
Science
The Dancing Universe Summary
The Dancing Universe
From Creation Myths to the Big Bang
by Marcelo Gleiser 1997 352 pages
4.20
532 ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Textbook of Medical Physiology Summary
Textbook of Medical Physiology
by Arthur C. Guyton 1969 1104 pages
4.25
2.5K ratings
Medicine
Medical
Science
New Thinking Summary
New Thinking
From Einstein to Artificial Intelligence, the Science and Technology that Transformed Our World
by Dagogo Altraide 2019 393 pages
4.19
749 ratings
Science
Technology
History
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