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Science

Science shapes every aspect of our world, from the atoms that form our bodies to the mysteries of consciousness and human behavior. Here you'll find engaging explorations of evolution, physics, psychology, and the natural forces that govern both our universe and ourselves.

Science Book Summaries

Saving Time
by Jenny Odell • 2023
Time as money was invented for factories and plantations. Your clock is a political tool.
3.60
4k+
🏭 Political Economy Of Time✋ Work Refusal🔥 Burnout Culture🌍 Deep Time🌿 Leisure And Resistance
Saving Time Summary
Saving Time
Time as money was invented for factories and plantations. Your clock is a political tool.
by Jenny Odell 2023 400 pages
3.60
4k+ ratings
🏭 Political Economy Of Time✋ Work Refusal🔥 Burnout Culture🌍 Deep Time🌿 Leisure And Resistance
The Power Of Impossible Thinking
by Yoram Jerry Wind • 2004
Your mental models decide what you see. Outdated ones close off worlds you don't know exist.
3.59
213
🧠 Mental Models🏢 Organizational Change🔄 Cognitive Flexibility🔍 Sense-Making👁️ Perception
The Power Of Impossible Thinking Summary
The Power Of Impossible Thinking
Your mental models decide what you see. Outdated ones close off worlds you don't know exist.
by Yoram Jerry Wind 2004 274 pages
3.59
213 ratings
🧠 Mental Models🏢 Organizational Change🔄 Cognitive Flexibility🔍 Sense-Making👁️ Perception
Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness
by Henepola Gunaratana • 2001
You wake up to cortisol, brush with fluoride, and carry a lithium battery. Chemistry did that.
4.3
1k+
🧪 Popular Science🧴 Everyday Chemistry⚛️ Introductory Chemistry🔥 Thermodynamics🔧 How Things Work
Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness Summary
Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness
You wake up to cortisol, brush with fluoride, and carry a lithium battery. Chemistry did that.
by Henepola Gunaratana 2001 288 pages
4.3
1k+ ratings
🧪 Popular Science🧴 Everyday Chemistry⚛️ Introductory Chemistry🔥 Thermodynamics🔧 How Things Work
Nonsense
by Jamie Holmes • 2015
Certainty is a trap. What not knowing does for creativity, smarter choices, and avoiding disaster.
3.61
1k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Behavioral Economics💡 Creative Problem Solving🏢 Organizational Learning🤔 Intellectual Humility
Nonsense Summary
Nonsense
Certainty is a trap. What not knowing does for creativity, smarter choices, and avoiding disaster.
by Jamie Holmes 2015 336 pages
3.61
1k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Behavioral Economics💡 Creative Problem Solving🏢 Organizational Learning🤔 Intellectual Humility
Healthy Buildings
by Joseph G. Allen • 2020
You spend 72 years indoors. The air you breathe there has a balance sheet.
3.91
170
🍃 Indoor Air Quality🧱 Building Science🏢 Workplace Design🧠 Environmental Psychology☣️ Environmental Toxins
Healthy Buildings Summary
Healthy Buildings
You spend 72 years indoors. The air you breathe there has a balance sheet.
by Joseph G. Allen 2020 304 pages
3.91
170 ratings
🍃 Indoor Air Quality🧱 Building Science🏢 Workplace Design🧠 Environmental Psychology☣️ Environmental Toxins
Learn or Die
by Edward D. Hess • 2014
Why smart companies accidentally punish learning, and the cognitive science for fixing it.
3.83
265
🏢 Organizational Learning🌱 Learning Culture🛡️ Psychological Safety🧠 Growth Mindset📉 Learning From Failure
Learn or Die Summary
Learn or Die
Why smart companies accidentally punish learning, and the cognitive science for fixing it.
by Edward D. Hess 2014 280 pages
3.83
265 ratings
🏢 Organizational Learning🌱 Learning Culture🛡️ Psychological Safety🧠 Growth Mindset📉 Learning From Failure
Cannabis Pharmacy
by Michael Backes • 2013
Your body runs on cannabinoids. A guide to using cannabis for pain, nausea, and neuroprotection.
4.27
493
🌿 Medical Cannabis🌱 Herbal Medicine💊 Pain Management📊 Evidence-Based Medicine🏥 Patient Guides
Cannabis Pharmacy Summary
Cannabis Pharmacy
Your body runs on cannabinoids. A guide to using cannabis for pain, nausea, and neuroprotection.
by Michael Backes 2013 320 pages
4.27
493 ratings
🌿 Medical Cannabis🌱 Herbal Medicine💊 Pain Management📊 Evidence-Based Medicine🏥 Patient Guides
Cooking for Geeks
by Jeff Potter • 2007
For cooks who ask why: heat, chemistry, and the air bubbles that turn ingredients into dinner.
4.05
3k+
🧪 Food Science🔬 Kitchen Experiments🍳 Cooking Fundamentals🍰 Baking Science🧬 Flavor Chemistry
Cooking for Geeks Summary
Cooking for Geeks
For cooks who ask why: heat, chemistry, and the air bubbles that turn ingredients into dinner.
by Jeff Potter 2007 412 pages
4.05
3k+ ratings
🧪 Food Science🔬 Kitchen Experiments🍳 Cooking Fundamentals🍰 Baking Science🧬 Flavor Chemistry
The Ozone Miracle
by Frank Shallenberger • 2017
Oxygen use predicts disease risk with striking accuracy. The home ozone protocols that restore it.
4.28
123
🌿 Alternative Medicine🧬 Functional Medicine🔬 Cellular Health🛡️ Disease Prevention🏠 Home Remedies
The Ozone Miracle Summary
The Ozone Miracle
Oxygen use predicts disease risk with striking accuracy. The home ozone protocols that restore it.
by Frank Shallenberger 2017 92 pages
4.28
123 ratings
🌿 Alternative Medicine🧬 Functional Medicine🔬 Cellular Health🛡️ Disease Prevention🏠 Home Remedies
Taming the Sun
by Varun Sivaram • 2018
More solar means each panel is worth less. Three innovations can flip that equation.
4.07
500+
☀️ Solar Energy🔄 Clean Energy Transition🏛️ Energy Policy🔮 Energy Futures⚡ Grid Modernization
Taming the Sun Summary
Taming the Sun
More solar means each panel is worth less. Three innovations can flip that equation.
by Varun Sivaram 2018 371 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
☀️ Solar Energy🔄 Clean Energy Transition🏛️ Energy Policy🔮 Energy Futures⚡ Grid Modernization
Sift
by Nicola Lamb • 2024
Harness the science of flour, sugar, and heat to turn baking into confident, repeatable success.
4.49
235
🧪 Baking Science🔬 Food Science🍞 Baking Fundamentals📖 Baking Reference🧑‍🍳 Science-Based Cooking
Sift Summary
Sift
Harness the science of flour, sugar, and heat to turn baking into confident, repeatable success.
by Nicola Lamb 2024 270 pages
4.49
235 ratings
🧪 Baking Science🔬 Food Science🍞 Baking Fundamentals📖 Baking Reference🧑‍🍳 Science-Based Cooking
Escaping the Rabbit Hole
by Mick West • 2018
Facts alone won't pull someone from the rabbit hole. Respect and the right missing detail might.
3.74
500+
🕳️ Conspiracy Theory🔍 Modern Skepticism🗣️ Difficult Conversations🧠 Psychology Of Belief💻 Online Misinformation
Escaping the Rabbit Hole Summary
Escaping the Rabbit Hole
Facts alone won't pull someone from the rabbit hole. Respect and the right missing detail might.
by Mick West 2018 304 pages
3.74
500+ ratings
🕳️ Conspiracy Theory🔍 Modern Skepticism🗣️ Difficult Conversations🧠 Psychology Of Belief💻 Online Misinformation
The Subtle Body
by Cyndi Dale • 2009
Ancient healers mapped your invisible energy anatomy. Quantum labs are finally catching up.
4.32
1k+
⚡ Energy Medicine🌀 Subtle Anatomy✨ Energy Healing🌈 Chakra Balancing🏮 Traditional Chinese Medicine
The Subtle Body Summary
The Subtle Body
Ancient healers mapped your invisible energy anatomy. Quantum labs are finally catching up.
by Cyndi Dale 2009 487 pages
4.32
1k+ ratings
⚡ Energy Medicine🌀 Subtle Anatomy✨ Energy Healing🌈 Chakra Balancing🏮 Traditional Chinese Medicine
The Mind within the Brain
by A. David Redish • 2013
Your brain is a committee, not a CEO. That's why addiction and self-control are so hard.
3.94
112
🧠 Decision Neuroscience💻 Computational Neuroscience⚖️ Decision Systems🔄 Habit Formation🛑 Self-Control
The Mind within the Brain Summary
The Mind within the Brain
Your brain is a committee, not a CEO. That's why addiction and self-control are so hard.
by A. David Redish 2013 392 pages
3.94
112 ratings
🧠 Decision Neuroscience💻 Computational Neuroscience⚖️ Decision Systems🔄 Habit Formation🛑 Self-Control
The Scientific American Book of Love, Sex and the Brain
by Judith Horstman • 2011
Love, cocaine, and prayer light up the same brain circuits. A tour of our many bonds.
3.87
119
🧠 Neuroscience Of Love🔬 Social Neuroscience⚗️ Brain Chemistry🤝 Bonding And Attachment🐒 Evolutionary Psychology
The Scientific American Book of Love, Sex and the Brain Summary
The Scientific American Book of Love, Sex and the Brain
Love, cocaine, and prayer light up the same brain circuits. A tour of our many bonds.
by Judith Horstman 2011 264 pages
3.87
119 ratings
🧠 Neuroscience Of Love🔬 Social Neuroscience⚗️ Brain Chemistry🤝 Bonding And Attachment🐒 Evolutionary Psychology
Human Devolution
by Michael A. Cremo • 2003
We came from consciousness, not matter: a Vedic counter-theory to Darwin's account of human origins.
4.11
157
🕉️ Vedic Cosmology🏛️ Alternative Archaeology🧬 Intelligent Design👻 Paranormal Research🧠 Consciousness Studies
Human Devolution Summary
Human Devolution
We came from consciousness, not matter: a Vedic counter-theory to Darwin's account of human origins.
by Michael A. Cremo 2003 554 pages
4.11
157 ratings
🕉️ Vedic Cosmology🏛️ Alternative Archaeology🧬 Intelligent Design👻 Paranormal Research🧠 Consciousness Studies
The Dancing Universe
by Marcelo Gleiser • 1997
Creation myths were not wrong turns. They were the first cosmology, and physics is their heir.
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🏛️ History Of Cosmology📜 Creation Myths🙏 Science And Religion💫 Cosmic Origins✨ Scientific Wonder
The Dancing Universe Summary
The Dancing Universe
Creation myths were not wrong turns. They were the first cosmology, and physics is their heir.
by Marcelo Gleiser 1997 352 pages
4.22
500+ ratings
🏛️ History Of Cosmology📜 Creation Myths🙏 Science And Religion💫 Cosmic Origins✨ Scientific Wonder
The Essential Engineer
by Henry Petroski • 2010
Science explains; engineering creates. When we confuse the two, our biggest problems get harder.
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🧠 Engineering Philosophy🛡️ Engineering Ethics⚖️ Risk Assessment🔄 Systems Thinking✏️ Design Thinking
The Essential Engineer Summary
The Essential Engineer
Science explains; engineering creates. When we confuse the two, our biggest problems get harder.
by Henry Petroski 2010 288 pages
3.37
270 ratings
🧠 Engineering Philosophy🛡️ Engineering Ethics⚖️ Risk Assessment🔄 Systems Thinking✏️ Design Thinking
Living Deeply
by Marilyn Mandala Schlitz • 2008
A worldview shift changes more than your situation. The how, from lab to meditation hall.
4.00
253
🧠 Transpersonal Psychology🧘 Contemplative Practice🔄 Spiritual Integration💔 Crisis And Awakening❤️ Compassion Practice
Living Deeply Summary
Living Deeply
A worldview shift changes more than your situation. The how, from lab to meditation hall.
by Marilyn Mandala Schlitz 2008 231 pages
4.00
253 ratings
🧠 Transpersonal Psychology🧘 Contemplative Practice🔄 Spiritual Integration💔 Crisis And Awakening❤️ Compassion Practice
Speculative Everything
by Anthony Dunne • 2013
Most design fixes problems. This design invents fictional worlds to test-drive better ones.
4.12
500+
🧐 Design Criticism🔮 Futures Thinking⚙️ Technology Studies💭 Social Imagination🌍 World Building
Speculative Everything Summary
Speculative Everything
Most design fixes problems. This design invents fictional worlds to test-drive better ones.
by Anthony Dunne 2013 224 pages
4.12
500+ ratings
🧐 Design Criticism🔮 Futures Thinking⚙️ Technology Studies💭 Social Imagination🌍 World Building
How Dogs Work
by Raymond Coppinger • 2015
Dog behavior decoded not as thought but as physics: the shape, the motor, the emergent pattern.
3.79
168
🐺 Canine Ethology🦊 Animal Behavior🌊 Behavioral Emergence🐕 Breed Differences📋 Ethology
How Dogs Work Summary
How Dogs Work
Dog behavior decoded not as thought but as physics: the shape, the motor, the emergent pattern.
by Raymond Coppinger 2015 224 pages
3.79
168 ratings
🐺 Canine Ethology🦊 Animal Behavior🌊 Behavioral Emergence🐕 Breed Differences📋 Ethology
Science in the Soul
by Richard Dawkins • 2017
Your soul is your brain. Faith is a vice. Science is the only honest way to wonder.
3.98
2k+
🧬 Evolutionary Biology🐦 Natural Selection✝️ New Atheism🧠 Scientific Rationalism🧩 Cognitive Biases
Science in the Soul Summary
Science in the Soul
Your soul is your brain. Faith is a vice. Science is the only honest way to wonder.
by Richard Dawkins 2017 439 pages
3.98
2k+ ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Biology🐦 Natural Selection✝️ New Atheism🧠 Scientific Rationalism🧩 Cognitive Biases
How to Prevent the Next Pandemic
by Bill Gates • 2022
Most of COVID's suffering was avoidable. The blueprint to ensure nothing like it happens again.
3.76
2k+
🌍 Global Health🦠 Pandemic Preparedness🏛️ Public Health Policy🧫 Infectious Disease💉 Vaccine Development
How to Prevent the Next Pandemic Summary
How to Prevent the Next Pandemic
Most of COVID's suffering was avoidable. The blueprint to ensure nothing like it happens again.
by Bill Gates 2022 304 pages
3.76
2k+ ratings
🌍 Global Health🦠 Pandemic Preparedness🏛️ Public Health Policy🧫 Infectious Disease💉 Vaccine Development
The Brain and the Meaning of Life
by Paul Thagard • 2010
Mental life is brain activity, and meaning is its reward for satisfying three deep human needs.
3.23
128
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🧬 Mind Brain Identity🔬 Neurophilosophy🔭 Scientific Realism📊 Evidence-Based Thinking
The Brain and the Meaning of Life Summary
The Brain and the Meaning of Life
Mental life is brain activity, and meaning is its reward for satisfying three deep human needs.
by Paul Thagard 2010 296 pages
3.23
128 ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🧬 Mind Brain Identity🔬 Neurophilosophy🔭 Scientific Realism📊 Evidence-Based Thinking
The HeartMath Solution
by Doc Childre • 1999
Your heart has 40,000 neurons: a technique to align its rhythm and outpace emotional overload.
4.02
500+
🫀 Heart Rate Variability🧠 Biofeedback Therapy⚡ Stress Physiology🧬 Psychophysiology🌬️ Breathwork And Focus
The HeartMath Solution Summary
The HeartMath Solution
Your heart has 40,000 neurons: a technique to align its rhythm and outpace emotional overload.
by Doc Childre 1999 304 pages
4.02
500+ ratings
🫀 Heart Rate Variability🧠 Biofeedback Therapy⚡ Stress Physiology🧬 Psychophysiology🌬️ Breathwork And Focus
Real Food
by Nina Planck • 2006
The foods you were told to avoid (butter, whole milk, liver) are exactly what your body needs.
4.04
4k+
🦴 Ancestral Nutrition🧈 Fat Exoneration🐄 Traditional Dairy🧅 Nose-To-Tail Eating🧫 Fermented Foods
Real Food Summary
Real Food
The foods you were told to avoid (butter, whole milk, liver) are exactly what your body needs.
by Nina Planck 2006 352 pages
4.04
4k+ ratings
🦴 Ancestral Nutrition🧈 Fat Exoneration🐄 Traditional Dairy🧅 Nose-To-Tail Eating🧫 Fermented Foods
Becoming Vegan
by Brenda Davis • 2000
Every nutrient a vegan needs, exactly how to get it, even the one vitamin plants lack.
4.08
3k+
🥗 Plant-Based Nutrition🐮 Ethical Eating🔄 Vegan Transition💪 Plant Protein🌍 Environmental Eating
Becoming Vegan Summary
Becoming Vegan
Every nutrient a vegan needs, exactly how to get it, even the one vitamin plants lack.
by Brenda Davis 2000 611 pages
4.08
3k+ ratings
🥗 Plant-Based Nutrition🐮 Ethical Eating🔄 Vegan Transition💪 Plant Protein🌍 Environmental Eating
Nutrition Facts
by Rockridge Press • 2015
Stop guessing at the grocery store: the plain-language guide to what your body actually needs.
3.69
102
🔬 Nutrition Science🥗 Whole Foods Eating📚 Nutrition Fundamentals🏷️ Label Literacy💊 Food As Medicine
Nutrition Facts Summary
Nutrition Facts
Stop guessing at the grocery store: the plain-language guide to what your body actually needs.
by Rockridge Press 2015 232 pages
3.69
102 ratings
🔬 Nutrition Science🥗 Whole Foods Eating📚 Nutrition Fundamentals🏷️ Label Literacy💊 Food As Medicine
Break Through the Limits of the Brain
by Joseph Selbie • 2022
Your brain limits consciousness; it doesn't create it. A practice for bypassing the filter.
4.35
20
🧠 Consciousness Studies🧘 Meditation Practice❤️ Energy Body🔮 Intuition Development☯️ Nonduality
Break Through the Limits of the Brain Summary
Break Through the Limits of the Brain
Your brain limits consciousness; it doesn't create it. A practice for bypassing the filter.
by Joseph Selbie 2022 256 pages
4.35
20 ratings
🧠 Consciousness Studies🧘 Meditation Practice❤️ Energy Body🔮 Intuition Development☯️ Nonduality
Surfing Uncertainty
by Andy Clark • 2015
Reality is the brain's best guess, and action is how the body makes it come true.
4.09
381
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🤔 Philosophy Of Mind🔮 Predictive Processing🧘 Embodied Cognition🌱 Enactivism
Surfing Uncertainty Summary
Surfing Uncertainty
Reality is the brain's best guess, and action is how the body makes it come true.
by Andy Clark 2015 416 pages
4.09
381 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🤔 Philosophy Of Mind🔮 Predictive Processing🧘 Embodied Cognition🌱 Enactivism
How We Die
by Sherwin B. Nuland • 1994
A dignified death is a myth: one surgeon describes how the body actually shuts down.
4.07
9k+
🩺 End Of Life Care💀 Death And Dying🧬 Physiology Of Dying🩻 Clinical Realism⏳ Aging And Senescence
How We Die Summary
How We Die
A dignified death is a myth: one surgeon describes how the body actually shuts down.
by Sherwin B. Nuland 1994 278 pages
4.07
9k+ ratings
🩺 End Of Life Care💀 Death And Dying🧬 Physiology Of Dying🩻 Clinical Realism⏳ Aging And Senescence
The Gut Balance Revolution
by Gerard E. Mullin • 2014
Fix your gut bacteria, lose the weight. A three-phase plan for lasting metabolic health.
3.81
500+
🦠 Gut Health🧫 Microbiome Diet🚫 Elimination Diet🥑 Anti-Inflammatory Eating🌾 Low FODMAP
The Gut Balance Revolution Summary
The Gut Balance Revolution
Fix your gut bacteria, lose the weight. A three-phase plan for lasting metabolic health.
by Gerard E. Mullin 2014 432 pages
3.81
500+ ratings
🦠 Gut Health🧫 Microbiome Diet🚫 Elimination Diet🥑 Anti-Inflammatory Eating🌾 Low FODMAP
Converted
by Neil Hoyne • 2022
Your best customers are hiding in your data. How to find them before your competitors do.
3.88
335
📊 Customer Analytics🧠 Behavioral Economics🔄 Customer Retention🧪 Iterative Testing📈 Data Strategy
Converted Summary
Converted
Your best customers are hiding in your data. How to find them before your competitors do.
by Neil Hoyne 2022 240 pages
3.88
335 ratings
📊 Customer Analytics🧠 Behavioral Economics🔄 Customer Retention🧪 Iterative Testing📈 Data Strategy
How the Brain Works
by D.K. Publishing • 2020
160 billion cells, 20% of your fuel, 3 pounds: a visual guide to the organ that makes you.
4.29
280
🧠 Brain Anatomy📊 Visual Reference🧪 Popular Neuroscience👁️ Sensory Systems💾 Memory Mechanics
How the Brain Works Summary
How the Brain Works
160 billion cells, 20% of your fuel, 3 pounds: a visual guide to the organ that makes you.
by D.K. Publishing 2020 224 pages
4.29
280 ratings
🧠 Brain Anatomy📊 Visual Reference🧪 Popular Neuroscience👁️ Sensory Systems💾 Memory Mechanics
Smarter
by Dan Hurley • 2013
IQ isn't fixed: a journalist on the strange new science that could make you smarter.
3.49
500+
🧠 Brain Training🚀 Cognitive Enhancement🔄 Neuroplasticity💭 Working Memory🎯 Attention Training
Smarter Summary
Smarter
IQ isn't fixed: a journalist on the strange new science that could make you smarter.
by Dan Hurley 2013 275 pages
3.49
500+ ratings
🧠 Brain Training🚀 Cognitive Enhancement🔄 Neuroplasticity💭 Working Memory🎯 Attention Training
The Age of American Unreason
by Susan Jacoby • 2008
Suspicion of ideas predates the American republic. The forces feeding it have never been louder.
3.85
3k+
🧠 Anti-Intellectualism🎭 Cultural Criticism📚 Intellectual History📺 Media Criticism🔬 Science Denial
The Age of American Unreason Summary
The Age of American Unreason
Suspicion of ideas predates the American republic. The forces feeding it have never been louder.
by Susan Jacoby 2008 440 pages
3.85
3k+ ratings
🧠 Anti-Intellectualism🎭 Cultural Criticism📚 Intellectual History📺 Media Criticism🔬 Science Denial
My Father's Brain
by Sandeep Jauhar • 2023
A doctor watches his brilliant father succumb to Alzheimer's and discovers what medicine cannot fix.
4.13
1k+
🧠 Dementia Care🧬 Alzheimers Disease🩺 Medical Memoir👨‍👩‍👦 Family Caregiving👴 Aging Parents
My Father's Brain Summary
My Father's Brain
A doctor watches his brilliant father succumb to Alzheimer's and discovers what medicine cannot fix.
by Sandeep Jauhar 2023 256 pages
4.13
1k+ ratings
🧠 Dementia Care🧬 Alzheimers Disease🩺 Medical Memoir👨‍👩‍👦 Family Caregiving👴 Aging Parents
ColdFusion Presents
by Dagogo Altraide • 2019
From steam to AI: the chain of breakthroughs that built the modern world, every link essential.
4.17
500+
🏭 History Of Technology🔬 History Of Science💡 History Of Innovation💻 Digital Revolution📈 Technological Change
ColdFusion Presents Summary
ColdFusion Presents
From steam to AI: the chain of breakthroughs that built the modern world, every link essential.
by Dagogo Altraide 2019 298 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
🏭 History Of Technology🔬 History Of Science💡 History Of Innovation💻 Digital Revolution📈 Technological Change
Energy and Civilization
by Vaclav Smil • 2017
A week of American energy use matches a year of Nigerian. The history behind that gap.
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4k+
⚡ Energy History⚙️ History Of Technology🏭 Industrial Revolution🛢️ Fossil Fuels🌍 Big History
Energy and Civilization Summary
Energy and Civilization
A week of American energy use matches a year of Nigerian. The history behind that gap.
by Vaclav Smil 2017 552 pages
4.09
4k+ ratings
⚡ Energy History⚙️ History Of Technology🏭 Industrial Revolution🛢️ Fossil Fuels🌍 Big History
Ending Parkinson's Disease
by Ray Dorsey • 2020
Parkinson's is the fastest-growing brain disease, and the chemicals causing it are still legal.
4.31
328
🌍 Environmental Health🧠 Neurological Disorders📋 Public Health Policy⚗️ Chemical Regulation📢 Disease Activism
Ending Parkinson's Disease Summary
Ending Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's is the fastest-growing brain disease, and the chemicals causing it are still legal.
by Ray Dorsey 2020 336 pages
4.31
328 ratings
🌍 Environmental Health🧠 Neurological Disorders📋 Public Health Policy⚗️ Chemical Regulation📢 Disease Activism
You
by Michael F. Roizen • 2009
Learn your body's systems and the daily choices that control the majority of your lifespan.
3.65
4k+
🩺 Preventive Medicine🫀 Human Anatomy⏳ Longevity Science🥗 Lifestyle Medicine🍎 Nutritional Medicine
You Summary
You
Learn your body's systems and the daily choices that control the majority of your lifespan.
by Michael F. Roizen 2009 490 pages
3.65
4k+ ratings
🩺 Preventive Medicine🫀 Human Anatomy⏳ Longevity Science🥗 Lifestyle Medicine🍎 Nutritional Medicine
The End of Absence
by Michael Harris • 2014
The last generation to know life before the internet reveals what constant connection has hidden.
3.63
1k+
🌐 Internet Criticism📺 Media Ecology🧠 Attention Economy📵 Digital Detox🧘 Digital Solitude
The End of Absence Summary
The End of Absence
The last generation to know life before the internet reveals what constant connection has hidden.
by Michael Harris 2014 243 pages
3.63
1k+ ratings
🌐 Internet Criticism📺 Media Ecology🧠 Attention Economy📵 Digital Detox🧘 Digital Solitude
Think Smart
by Richard Restak • 2009
Six months of aerobics grows the brain. A neuroscientist reveals what else works.
3.74
500+
🔄 Neuroplasticity🧠 Brain Health⚡ Cognitive Enhancement📝 Memory Techniques🔬 Popular Neuroscience
Think Smart Summary
Think Smart
Six months of aerobics grows the brain. A neuroscientist reveals what else works.
by Richard Restak 2009 290 pages
3.74
500+ ratings
🔄 Neuroplasticity🧠 Brain Health⚡ Cognitive Enhancement📝 Memory Techniques🔬 Popular Neuroscience
The Social Determinants of Health
by Kathryn Strother Ratcliff • 2017
What if America's worst health problems can't be cured in a hospital?
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37
🏥 Public Health🏗️ Structural Inequality🏢 Corporate Power🌎 Environmental Health⚖️ Health Disparities
The Social Determinants of Health Summary
The Social Determinants of Health
What if America's worst health problems can't be cured in a hospital?
by Kathryn Strother Ratcliff 2017 256 pages
4.19
37 ratings
🏥 Public Health🏗️ Structural Inequality🏢 Corporate Power🌎 Environmental Health⚖️ Health Disparities
Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness
by Patrick House • 2022
Movement built consciousness. Nineteen scientific guesses at how the rest of your mind followed.
3.47
500+
🧠 Consciousness Studies💭 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience🔮 Predictive Processing🏃 Embodied Cognition
Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness Summary
Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness
Movement built consciousness. Nineteen scientific guesses at how the rest of your mind followed.
by Patrick House 2022 272 pages
3.47
500+ ratings
🧠 Consciousness Studies💭 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience🔮 Predictive Processing🏃 Embodied Cognition
Pasteur's Quadrant
by Donald E. Stokes • 1997
The report that sold America on funding pure science: the engine of health, security, and growth.
3.82
150
🧪 Science Policy💰 Research Funding🧬 Basic Research🏛️ Government Science🧑‍🔬 Scientific Workforce
Pasteur's Quadrant Summary
Pasteur's Quadrant
The report that sold America on funding pure science: the engine of health, security, and growth.
by Donald E. Stokes 1997 199 pages
3.82
150 ratings
🧪 Science Policy💰 Research Funding🧬 Basic Research🏛️ Government Science🧑‍🔬 Scientific Workforce
The Great Prostate Hoax
by Richard J. Ablin • 2014
The PSA test generates billions and doesn't save lives. Its discoverer explains how that happened.
4.49
115
🩺 Medical Overdiagnosis🔬 Cancer Screening📊 Evidence-Based Medicine⚖️ Medical Ethics💰 Healthcare Industry
The Great Prostate Hoax Summary
The Great Prostate Hoax
The PSA test generates billions and doesn't save lives. Its discoverer explains how that happened.
by Richard J. Ablin 2014 272 pages
4.49
115 ratings
🩺 Medical Overdiagnosis🔬 Cancer Screening📊 Evidence-Based Medicine⚖️ Medical Ethics💰 Healthcare Industry
Less Than Human
by David Livingstone Smith • 2011
Your brain can reclassify a human group as a nonhuman species. That shift makes genocide possible.
3.88
500+
🐀 Dehumanization💀 Genocide Studies🧠 Moral Psychology🐺 Tribalism👤 Othering
Less Than Human Summary
Less Than Human
Your brain can reclassify a human group as a nonhuman species. That shift makes genocide possible.
by David Livingstone Smith 2011 336 pages
3.88
500+ ratings
🐀 Dehumanization💀 Genocide Studies🧠 Moral Psychology🐺 Tribalism👤 Othering
Why Most Things Fail
by Paul Ormerod • 2005
Business and biology share one extinction curve. Smarter planning barely bends it.
3.48
391
🧬 Evolutionary Economics🔗 Complexity Economics📉 Power-Law Patterns🏢 Corporate Failure🔮 Limits Of Prediction
Why Most Things Fail Summary
Why Most Things Fail
Business and biology share one extinction curve. Smarter planning barely bends it.
by Paul Ormerod 2005 272 pages
3.48
391 ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Economics🔗 Complexity Economics📉 Power-Law Patterns🏢 Corporate Failure🔮 Limits Of Prediction
The Long and the Short of It - Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent People Who Are Not in
by John Kay • 2009
Clean energy outcompetes fossil fuels on price. The smart money is shifting; the rest will follow.
3.95
500+
🏭 Decarbonization☀️ Clean Energy💰 Impact Investing✊ Climate Justice🛢️ Climate Denialism
The Long and the Short of It - Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent People Who Are Not in Summary
The Long and the Short of It - Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent People Who Are Not in
Clean energy outcompetes fossil fuels on price. The smart money is shifting; the rest will follow.
by John Kay 2009 241 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
🏭 Decarbonization☀️ Clean Energy💰 Impact Investing✊ Climate Justice🛢️ Climate Denialism
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