Science Book Summaries

The Family Gene Summary
The Family Gene
A Mission to Turn My Deadly Inheritance into a Hopeful Future
by Joselin Linder 2017 272 pages
4.04
1.1K ratings
Memoir
Science
Medical
Girl Code Summary
Girl Code
Gaming, Going Viral, and Getting It Done
by Andrea Gonzales 2017 272 pages
3.99
1.2K ratings
Memoir
Feminism
Biography
A Nurse's Story Summary
A Nurse's Story
My Life in A&E During the Covid Crisis
by Louise Curtis 2020 286 pages
3.94
1.3K ratings
Medical
Memoir
Medicine
2052 Summary
2052
A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years
by Jørgen Randers 2012 416 pages
3.93
351 ratings
Environment
Economics
Politics
Programming the Raspberry Pi Summary
Programming the Raspberry Pi
Getting Started with Python
by Simon Monk 2012 170 pages
3.80
413 ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
⿻ 數位 Plurality Summary
⿻ 數位 Plurality
The Future of Collaborative Technology and Democracy
by E. Glen Weyl 2024 584 pages
3.60
40 ratings
Politics
Technology
Science
Outraged Summary
Outraged
Why We Fight About Morality and Politics and How to Find Common Ground
by Kurt Gray 2025 368 pages
4.09
230 ratings
Politics
Psychology
Self Help
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
How Learning Happens Summary
How Learning Happens
Seminal Works in Educational Psychology and What They Mean in Practice
by Paul A. Kirschner 2020 256 pages
4.45
163 ratings
Education
Psychology
Teaching
Thinking In Numbers Summary
Thinking In Numbers
On Life, Love, Meaning, and Math
by Daniel Tammet 2012 288 pages
3.53
1.9K ratings
Science
Mathematics
Essays
Gut Reactions Summary
Gut Reactions
The Science of Weight Gain and Loss
by Simon Quellen Field 2019 256 pages
3.56
431 ratings
Science
Health
Nutrition
Bleed Summary
Bleed
Destroying Myths and Misogyny in Endometriosis Care
by Tracey Lindeman 2023 336 pages
4.35
405 ratings
Feminism
Health
Science
Bright-Sided Summary
Bright-Sided
How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
by Barbara Ehrenreich 2009 206 pages
3.73
10.2K ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Politics
The Gynae Geek Summary
The Gynae Geek
by Anita Mitra 2019 288 pages
4.45
531 ratings
Health
Science
Feminism
The Lion in the Living Room Summary
The Lion in the Living Room
How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World
by Abigail Tucker 2016 243 pages
3.62
3.8K ratings
Animals
Science
Cats
Exploring Happiness Summary
Exploring Happiness
From Aristotle to Brain Science
by Sissela Bok 2010 224 pages
3.68
196 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
How Data Science Is Transforming Health Care Summary
How Data Science Is Transforming Health Care
by Mike Loukides 2012 26 pages
3.53
118 ratings
Science
Technology
Business
Wider Than the Sky Summary
Wider Than the Sky
The Phenomenal Gift of Consciousness
by Gerald M. Edelman 2004 224 pages
3.67
412 ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
Four Battlegrounds Summary
Four Battlegrounds
Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
by Paul Scharre 2023 496 pages
3.81
416 ratings
Technology
Artificial Intelligence
Military Fiction
The Winner's Curse Summary
The Winner's Curse
Paradoxes and Anomalies of Economic Life
by Richard H. Thaler 1991 240 pages
3.81
476 ratings
Economics
Finance
Psychology
SuperFreakonomics Summary
SuperFreakonomics
Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
by Steven D. Levitt 2009 270 pages
4.00
133.4K ratings
Business
Science
Psychology
Spook Summary
Spook
Science Tackles the Afterlife
by Mary Roach 2005 311 pages
3.60
40.0K ratings
Science
Humor
Paranormal
Evolution's Captain Summary
Evolution's Captain
The Dark Fate of the Man Who Sailed Charles Darwin Around the World
by Peter Nichols 2003 336 pages
3.97
470 ratings
History
Biography
Science
Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays Summary
Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays
by Stephen Hawking 1993 182 pages
4.18
18.0K ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
The Immune System Summary
The Immune System
A Very Short Introduction
by Paul Klenerman 2017 119 pages
3.83
159 ratings
Science
Biology
Health
The Science of Happiness Summary
The Science of Happiness
Seven Lessons for Living Well
by Bruce Hood 2024 271 pages
3.86
279 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
A Beautiful Math Summary
A Beautiful Math
John Nash, Game Theory, and the Modern Quest for a Code of Nature
by Tom Siegfried 2006 272 pages
3.60
379 ratings
Mathematics
Science
Economics
Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream Summary
Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream
A Day in the Life of Your Body
by Jennifer Ackerman 2007 253 pages
3.59
954 ratings
Science
Health
Biology
Python Programming Summary
Python Programming
An Introduction to Computer Science
by John Zelle 2003 528 pages
4.01
475 ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
Supernormal Summary
Supernormal
Science, Yoga and the Evidence for Extraordinary Psychic Abilities
by Dean Radin 2013 369 pages
3.91
566 ratings
Science
Spirituality
Psychology
Think Summary
Think
Why You Should Question Everything
by Guy P. Harrison 2013 240 pages
3.37
678 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
An Elegant Defense Summary
An Elegant Defense
The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives
by Matt Richtel 2019 448 pages
4.06
5.8K ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
Wildhood Summary
Wildhood
The Astounding Connections between Human and Animal Adolescents
by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz 2019 368 pages
4.12
495 ratings
Science
Animals
Nature
Handwriting Analysis Summary
Handwriting Analysis
Putting It to Work for You
by Andrea McNichol 1991 368 pages
4.30
544 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Reference
The Common Sense of Science Summary
The Common Sense of Science
With a New Preface by Sir Hermann Bondi
by J. Bronowski 1951 160 pages
3.82
139 ratings
Science
Philosophy
20th Century
Essential Cell Biology Summary
Essential Cell Biology
by Bruce Alberts 1997 740 pages
3.96
831 ratings
Science
Biology
Textbooks
Coming of Age in Samoa Summary
Coming of Age in Samoa
A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation
by Margaret Mead 1928 223 pages
3.55
3.1K ratings
Anthropology
Psychology
Sociology
Plastic Purge Summary
Plastic Purge
How to Use Less Plastic, Eat Better, Keep Toxins Out of Your Body, and Help Save the Sea Turtles!
by Michael SanClements 2014 256 pages
3.86
429 ratings
Environment
Science
Sustainability
The Devil's Playbook Summary
The Devil's Playbook
Big Tobacco, Juul, and the Addiction of a New Generation
by Lauren Etter 2021 495 pages
4.15
516 ratings
Business
Health
Science
The Intellectual Devotional Summary
The Intellectual Devotional
Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the Cultured Class
by David S. Kidder 2006 377 pages
3.94
3.5K ratings
History
Reference
Education
Optimal Illusions Summary
Optimal Illusions
The False Promise of Optimization
by Coco Krumme 2023 256 pages
3.07
210 ratings
Science
Psychology
Technology
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
Political Ecology Summary
Political Ecology
A Critical Introduction
by Paul Robbins 2004 242 pages
3.92
205 ratings
Environment
Politics
Anthropology
The Plague Year Summary
The Plague Year
America in the Time of Covid
by Lawrence Wright 2020 336 pages
4.12
2.9K ratings
History
Politics
Science
The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire Summary
The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire
Why Our Species Is on the Edge of Extinction
by Henry Gee 2025 288 pages
3.66
121 ratings
Science
History
Evolution
The Simple Beauty of the Unexpected Summary
The Simple Beauty of the Unexpected
A Natural Philosopher’s Quest for Trout and the Meaning of Everything
by Marcelo Gleiser 2016 192 pages
4.13
165 ratings
Science
Philosophy
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
Mysteries Summary
Mysteries
by Colin Wilson 1978 244 pages
4.10
492 ratings
Paranormal
Occult
History
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding Summary
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
by David Hume 1748 96 pages
3.94
21.7K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
TRIZ For Dummies Summary
TRIZ For Dummies
by Lilly Haines-Gadd 2016 352 pages
4.08
53 ratings
Science
Business
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