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Science Book Summaries

Absence of Mind
by Marilynne Robinson • 2010
Modern thought dismisses the mind's inner life as unscientific. Here is what that dismissal costs.
3.80
500+
Absence of Mind Summary
Absence of Mind
Modern thought dismisses the mind's inner life as unscientific. Here is what that dismissal costs.
by Marilynne Robinson 2010 158 pages
3.80
500+ ratings
Mind the Science
by Jonathan N. Stea • 2024
How a multi-trillion-dollar industry exploits your cognitive biases to sell fake mental health cures
4.15
257
Mind the Science Summary
Mind the Science
How a multi-trillion-dollar industry exploits your cognitive biases to sell fake mental health cures
by Jonathan N. Stea 2024 264 pages
4.15
257 ratings
Heavily Meditated
by Dave Asprey • 2025
Your triggers are biological, not personal. The fast path to a nervous system that stops reacting.
3.48
159
Heavily Meditated Summary
Heavily Meditated
Your triggers are biological, not personal. The fast path to a nervous system that stops reacting.
by Dave Asprey 2025 352 pages
3.48
159 ratings
Intelligent IoT Projects in 7 Days
by Agus Kurniawan • 2017
Build a firefighting robot, a talking speaker, and five more connected devices in one week.
Intelligent IoT Projects in 7 Days Summary
Intelligent IoT Projects in 7 Days
Build a firefighting robot, a talking speaker, and five more connected devices in one week.
by Agus Kurniawan 2017 206 pages
Vax Facts
by Paul Thomas • 2024
A doctor studied 3,300 children; the unvaccinated were far healthier. Journal retracted the data.
4.62
286
Vax Facts Summary
Vax Facts
A doctor studied 3,300 children; the unvaccinated were far healthier. Journal retracted the data.
by Paul Thomas 2024 388 pages
4.62
286 ratings
Speed
by Vaclav Smil • 2025
From geological drift to digital overdrive: how speed explains everything, and why it's breaking us.
3.31
29
Speed Summary
Speed
From geological drift to digital overdrive: how speed explains everything, and why it's breaking us.
by Vaclav Smil 2025 352 pages
3.31
29 ratings
Artificial Intelligence and its Impact on Business
by Wolfgang Amann • 2020
When machines handle the technical work, empathy and judgment become the most bankable job skills.
Artificial Intelligence and its Impact on Business Summary
Artificial Intelligence and its Impact on Business
When machines handle the technical work, empathy and judgment become the most bankable job skills.
by Wolfgang Amann 2020 214 pages
Emotional Success
by David DeSteno • 2018
Gratitude, compassion, and pride do what willpower can't: build grit that lasts.
3.76
500+
Emotional Success Summary
Emotional Success
Gratitude, compassion, and pride do what willpower can't: build grit that lasts.
by David DeSteno 2018 227 pages
3.76
500+ ratings
Godel's Proof
by Ernest Nagel • 1958
Arithmetic cannot prove its own consistency. The man who proved that was twenty-five.
4.19
5k+
Godel's Proof Summary
Godel's Proof
Arithmetic cannot prove its own consistency. The man who proved that was twenty-five.
by Ernest Nagel 1958 160 pages
4.19
5k+ ratings
The Survival Game
by David Philip Barash • 2003
The logic behind why animals cooperate, nations arm, and rational people sabotage themselves.
3.84
44
The Survival Game Summary
The Survival Game
The logic behind why animals cooperate, nations arm, and rational people sabotage themselves.
by David Philip Barash 2003 320 pages
3.84
44 ratings
An Insider's Guide to using ChatGPT
by Conard Howe • 2023
What the best ChatGPT users know that dabblers don't: the difference is in the prompt.
An Insider's Guide to using ChatGPT Summary
An Insider's Guide to using ChatGPT
What the best ChatGPT users know that dabblers don't: the difference is in the prompt.
by Conard Howe 2023 81 pages
Upgrade Your Vagus Nerve
by Navaz Habib • 2024
Your vagus nerve controls inflammation and immunity. Tools to measure and strengthen it.
3.66
117
Upgrade Your Vagus Nerve Summary
Upgrade Your Vagus Nerve
Your vagus nerve controls inflammation and immunity. Tools to measure and strengthen it.
by Navaz Habib 2024 203 pages
3.66
117 ratings
ChatGPT
by Kenneth Caraballo • 2023
A language model is already rewriting the rules of customer service, education, finance, and health.
ChatGPT Summary
ChatGPT
A language model is already rewriting the rules of customer service, education, finance, and health.
by Kenneth Caraballo 2023 122 pages
Zoobiquity
by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz • 2012
A cardiologist walked into a zoo. Animals were dying of the same diseases her patients had.
4.19
16
Zoobiquity Summary
Zoobiquity
A cardiologist walked into a zoo. Animals were dying of the same diseases her patients had.
by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz 2012
4.19
16 ratings
Pierde grasa, gana vida
by Dra. Laura Bartolomé • 2025
Obesity isn't a willpower failure, and the newest drugs, habits, and biology prove it.
3.69
13
Pierde grasa, gana vida Summary
Pierde grasa, gana vida
Obesity isn't a willpower failure, and the newest drugs, habits, and biology prove it.
by Dra. Laura Bartolomé 2025 272 pages
3.69
13 ratings
Lives of the Trees
by Diana Wells • 2010
Almonds once meant hope, cypresses mourning. A cultural biography of the trees that shaped history.
3.79
287
Lives of the Trees Summary
Lives of the Trees
Almonds once meant hope, cypresses mourning. A cultural biography of the trees that shaped history.
by Diana Wells 2010 369 pages
3.79
287 ratings
El Sentido De Lo Humano
by Humberto R. Maturana • 2008
Reality is built through conversation, not found. Denying love causes most human suffering.
4.26
108
El Sentido De Lo Humano Summary
El Sentido De Lo Humano
Reality is built through conversation, not found. Denying love causes most human suffering.
by Humberto R. Maturana 2008 328 pages
4.26
108 ratings
Inside the U.S. Government Covert UFO Program
by James Lacatski • 2026
A covert Pentagon study linked UFOs to poltergeists and psychic contact. Then it went black.
4.11
18
Inside the U.S. Government Covert UFO Program Summary
Inside the U.S. Government Covert UFO Program
A covert Pentagon study linked UFOs to poltergeists and psychic contact. Then it went black.
by James Lacatski 2026 343 pages
4.11
18 ratings
Forbidden Science
by Jacques F. Vallée • 1993
A classified memo proved the UFO inquiry was a front. The real mystery predates the space age.
4.35
116
Forbidden Science Summary
Forbidden Science
A classified memo proved the UFO inquiry was a front. The real mystery predates the space age.
by Jacques F. Vallée 1993 466 pages
4.35
116 ratings
A Billion Butterflies
by Jagadish Shukla • 2025
How a boy from a monsoon village proved the slow Earth overpowers sky-wide chaos.
4.12
312
A Billion Butterflies Summary
A Billion Butterflies
How a boy from a monsoon village proved the slow Earth overpowers sky-wide chaos.
by Jagadish Shukla 2025 281 pages
4.12
312 ratings
The Extreme Life of the Sea
by Stephen R. Palumbi • 2014
The ocean's strangest creatures survived every challenge for eons. Then we arrived.
4.00
444
The Extreme Life of the Sea Summary
The Extreme Life of the Sea
The ocean's strangest creatures survived every challenge for eons. Then we arrived.
by Stephen R. Palumbi 2014 240 pages
4.00
444 ratings
Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism
by Robert Jay Lifton • 1963
How an ideology dismantles the self: eight psychological levers mapped from Maoist China.
4.16
333
Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism Summary
Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism
How an ideology dismantles the self: eight psychological levers mapped from Maoist China.
by Robert Jay Lifton 1963 524 pages
4.16
333 ratings
The World in 2050
by Hamish McRae • 2022
A handful of 1960s birth rates already chose the superpowers of 2050.
3.62
342
The World in 2050 Summary
The World in 2050
A handful of 1960s birth rates already chose the superpowers of 2050.
by Hamish McRae 2022
3.62
342 ratings
Biophilia
by Edward O. Wilson • 1984
The human bond with nature is not learned but inherited, and severing it damages the psyche.
4.27
1k+
Biophilia Summary
Biophilia
The human bond with nature is not learned but inherited, and severing it damages the psyche.
by Edward O. Wilson 1984 157 pages
4.27
1k+ ratings
Designing the Future
by Ann Kaiser • 2019
Run your classroom like an engineering lab: failure becomes data, limits force invention.
Designing the Future Summary
Designing the Future
Run your classroom like an engineering lab: failure becomes data, limits force invention.
by Ann Kaiser 2019 248 pages
The Light Ages
by Seb Falk • 2020
Eclipse math, precision clocks, a six-foot computer: the medieval laboratory inside the monastery.
3.67
1k+
The Light Ages Summary
The Light Ages
Eclipse math, precision clocks, a six-foot computer: the medieval laboratory inside the monastery.
by Seb Falk 2020 392 pages
3.67
1k+ ratings
Mason & Dixon by Pynchon. Thomas ( 1998 ) Paperback
by Thomas Pynchon • 1997
Two surveyors draw a line across colonial America: the wilderness refuses to be measured.
4.15
12k+
Mason & Dixon by Pynchon. Thomas ( 1998 ) Paperback Summary
Mason & Dixon by Pynchon. Thomas ( 1998 ) Paperback
Two surveyors draw a line across colonial America: the wilderness refuses to be measured.
by Thomas Pynchon 1997
4.15
12k+ ratings
AI in the Financial Markets
by Federico Cecconi • 2023
AI finds market patterns invisible to humans, trades on them instantly, and offers no explanation.
AI in the Financial Markets Summary
AI in the Financial Markets
AI finds market patterns invisible to humans, trades on them instantly, and offers no explanation.
by Federico Cecconi 2023 236 pages
Taking Off the Mask
by Hannah Belcher • 2022
You hide your autism to survive. A workbook for unmasking, one experiment at a time.
4.04
415
Taking Off the Mask Summary
Taking Off the Mask
You hide your autism to survive. A workbook for unmasking, one experiment at a time.
by Hannah Belcher 2022 160 pages
4.04
415 ratings
The Self-Aware Universe
by Amit Goswami • 1993
Quantum physics doesn't just describe reality; it proves that consciousness creates it.
4.05
1k+
The Self-Aware Universe Summary
The Self-Aware Universe
Quantum physics doesn't just describe reality; it proves that consciousness creates it.
by Amit Goswami 1993 336 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Medical School 2.0
by David Larson • 2015
Most med students burn out studying wrong. The system for learning more in half the time.
4.47
89
Medical School 2.0 Summary
Medical School 2.0
Most med students burn out studying wrong. The system for learning more in half the time.
by David Larson 2015 221 pages
4.47
89 ratings
Car Science
by Richard Hammond • 2008
From chemical explosions to downforce: the physics that makes cars go, stop, and nearly take flight.
4.44
144
Car Science Summary
Car Science
From chemical explosions to downforce: the physics that makes cars go, stop, and nearly take flight.
by Richard Hammond 2008 96 pages
4.44
144 ratings
Why God Makes Sense in a World That Doesn't
by Gavin Ortlund • 2021
The case for God that starts not with arguments but with beauty, music, and longing.
4.51
500+
Why God Makes Sense in a World That Doesn't Summary
Why God Makes Sense in a World That Doesn't
The case for God that starts not with arguments but with beauty, music, and longing.
by Gavin Ortlund 2021 240 pages
4.51
500+ ratings
Murderland
by Caroline Fraser • 2025
The serial-killer wave wasn't a policing failure. It was lead poisoning, and industry knew.
3.78
13k+
Murderland Summary
Murderland
The serial-killer wave wasn't a policing failure. It was lead poisoning, and industry knew.
by Caroline Fraser 2025 480 pages
3.78
13k+ ratings
Salvar las apariencias
by Owen Barfield • 1957
Science turned nature into dead objects. Conscious imagination might bring the cosmos back to life.
4.27
500+
Salvar las apariencias Summary
Salvar las apariencias
Science turned nature into dead objects. Conscious imagination might bring the cosmos back to life.
by Owen Barfield 1957 256 pages
4.27
500+ ratings
The Ego and the Id
by Sigmund Freud • 1923
The self is not the boss. It's the exhausted middleman between animal hunger and moral punishment.
3.81
12k+
The Ego and the Id Summary
The Ego and the Id
The self is not the boss. It's the exhausted middleman between animal hunger and moral punishment.
by Sigmund Freud 1923 87 pages
3.81
12k+ ratings
The Arrogance of Humanism
by David W. Ehrenfeld • 1978
Modernity's religion of reason promises total control. Its actual deliverable is cascading failure.
3.97
91
The Arrogance of Humanism Summary
The Arrogance of Humanism
Modernity's religion of reason promises total control. Its actual deliverable is cascading failure.
by David W. Ehrenfeld 1978 304 pages
3.97
91 ratings
Medicine Wheel for the Planet
by Jennifer Grenz • 2024
Restoration ecology worships a pristine past. Land actually heals through kinship, not conquest.
4.31
500+
Medicine Wheel for the Planet Summary
Medicine Wheel for the Planet
Restoration ecology worships a pristine past. Land actually heals through kinship, not conquest.
by Jennifer Grenz 2024 280 pages
4.31
500+ ratings
Seizure by Robin Cook
by Robin Cook • 2003
A senator with Parkinson's makes a corrupt deal: his vote for an illegal cloning cure.
3.60
5k+
Seizure by Robin Cook Summary
Seizure by Robin Cook
A senator with Parkinson's makes a corrupt deal: his vote for an illegal cloning cure.
by Robin Cook 2003
3.60
5k+ ratings
Strategic Foresight
by Sarah Lai Cheah • 2020
An end-to-end system for turning market foresight into products your customers actually want.
Strategic Foresight Summary
Strategic Foresight
An end-to-end system for turning market foresight into products your customers actually want.
by Sarah Lai Cheah 2020 120 pages
Reality+
by David J. Chalmers • 2022
Virtual worlds are real, not illusions. A simulated life can be meaningful. Yours may be one.
3.72
1k+
Reality+ Summary
Reality+
Virtual worlds are real, not illusions. A simulated life can be meaningful. Yours may be one.
by David J. Chalmers 2022 544 pages
3.72
1k+ ratings
Feel Better In 5
by Rangan Chatterjee • 2019
Five minutes for mind, body, and heart, piggybacked onto routines you never skip.
4.09
2k+
Feel Better In 5 Summary
Feel Better In 5
Five minutes for mind, body, and heart, piggybacked onto routines you never skip.
by Rangan Chatterjee 2019 288 pages
4.09
2k+ ratings
Masala Lab
by Krish Ashok • 2020
The science of Indian cooking: why water, heat, and acid matter more than your grandmother's recipe.
3.82
3k+
Masala Lab Summary
Masala Lab
The science of Indian cooking: why water, heat, and acid matter more than your grandmother's recipe.
by Krish Ashok 2020 280 pages
3.82
3k+ ratings
Born to Flourish
by Richard J. Davidson • 2026
Five minutes a day of the right mental exercises can rewire your brain for flourishing.
4.15
165
Born to Flourish Summary
Born to Flourish
Five minutes a day of the right mental exercises can rewire your brain for flourishing.
by Richard J. Davidson 2026 304 pages
4.15
165 ratings
Classical Recording
by Caroline Haigh • 2020
The Decca method: why the room matters more than the microphones, and spill is the glue.
4.59
17
Classical Recording Summary
Classical Recording
The Decca method: why the room matters more than the microphones, and spill is the glue.
by Caroline Haigh 2020 410 pages
4.59
17 ratings
Krakatoa
by Simon Winchester • 2003
The loudest sound in history circled the earth seven times; the telegraph turned disaster global.
3.88
22k+
Krakatoa Summary
Krakatoa
The loudest sound in history circled the earth seven times; the telegraph turned disaster global.
by Simon Winchester 2003 416 pages
3.88
22k+ ratings
Growing Marijuana Box Set
by Alfonso Garcia • 2021
From first seed to cured harvest: grow marijuana indoors or out, beginner or advanced.
1.00
1
Growing Marijuana Box Set Summary
Growing Marijuana Box Set
From first seed to cured harvest: grow marijuana indoors or out, beginner or advanced.
by Alfonso Garcia 2021 108 pages
1.00
1 ratings
The Story of Technology
by Daniel M. Gerstein • 2019
Technology lurches, converges, and reshapes us. The patterns for reading the next disruption.
3.50
16
The Story of Technology Summary
The Story of Technology
Technology lurches, converges, and reshapes us. The patterns for reading the next disruption.
by Daniel M. Gerstein 2019 288 pages
3.50
16 ratings
Simple Heuristics That Make Us Smart
by Gerd Gigerenzer • 1999
Complexity is the enemy of judgment. Fast, simple, even ignorant strategies win more than you think.
3.73
178
Simple Heuristics That Make Us Smart Summary
Simple Heuristics That Make Us Smart
Complexity is the enemy of judgment. Fast, simple, even ignorant strategies win more than you think.
by Gerd Gigerenzer 1999 416 pages
3.73
178 ratings
The Doctor Who Fooled the World
by Brian Deer • 2020
The vaccine study that scared the world was a lie. Twelve children's medical records held the proof.
4.04
1k+
The Doctor Who Fooled the World Summary
The Doctor Who Fooled the World
The vaccine study that scared the world was a lie. Twelve children's medical records held the proof.
by Brian Deer 2020 396 pages
4.04
1k+ ratings
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