Science Book Summaries

Volume Control Summary
Volume Control
Hearing in a Deafening World
by David Owen 2019 304 pages
4.06
617 ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
Your Brain on Food Summary
Your Brain on Food
How Chemicals Control Your Thoughts and Feelings
by Gary L. Wenk 2010 200 pages
3.42
695 ratings
Science
Health
Psychology
The Serviceberry Summary
The Serviceberry
Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
by Robin Wall Kimmerer 2024 112 pages
4.28
54.2K ratings
Nature
Science
Indigenous
Nightmare Obscura Summary
Nightmare Obscura
A Dream Engineer's Guide Through the Sleeping Mind
by Michelle Carr 2025 272 pages
3.84
135 ratings
Science
Psychology
Self Help
Take a Nap! Change Your Life. Summary
Take a Nap! Change Your Life.
by Mark Ehrman 2006 141 pages
3.74
418 ratings
Health
Self Help
Science
An Economist Walks into a Brothel Summary
An Economist Walks into a Brothel
And Other Unexpected Places to Understand Risk
by Allison Schrager 2019 240 pages
3.55
2.2K ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
On Looking Summary
On Looking
Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes
by Alexandra Horowitz 2013 308 pages
3.51
5.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Being There Summary
Being There
Putting Brain, Body, and World Together Again
by Andy Clark 1998 292 pages
4.15
217 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
Me, But Better Summary
Me, But Better
The Science and Promise of Personality Change
by Olga Khazan 2025 288 pages
3.67
1.0K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Memoir
The Social Paradox Summary
The Social Paradox
Autonomy, Connection, and Why We Need Both to Find Happiness – An Evolutionary Psychology Guide to Overcoming Loneliness
by William Von Hippel 2025 304 pages
3.82
157 ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Complexity Summary
Complexity
The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos
by M. Mitchell Waldrop 1992 384 pages
4.05
3.1K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Economics
Brain over Binge Summary
Brain over Binge
Why I Was Bulimic, Why Conventional Therapy Didn't Work, and How I Recovered for Good
by Kathryn Hansen 2011 328 pages
3.84
3.4K ratings
Self Help
Health
Psychology
The Adam & Eve Story Summary
The Adam & Eve Story
The History of Cataclysms
by Chan Thomas 1993 232 pages
3.81
597 ratings
History
Conspiracy Theories
Science
In a Flight of Starlings Summary
In a Flight of Starlings
The Wonder of Complex Systems
by Giorgio Parisi 2023 144 pages
3.41
1.6K ratings
Science
Physics
Nature
Deviate Summary
Deviate
The Science of Seeing Differently
by Beau Lotto 2017 352 pages
3.73
1.5K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos Summary
The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos
Humanity and the New Story
by Brian Swimme 1999 115 pages
4.26
221 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Spirituality
On Desire Summary
On Desire
Why We Want What We Want
by William B. Irvine 2005 336 pages
3.92
694 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
The Extended Mind Summary
The Extended Mind
by Richard Menary 2010 382 pages
3.76
41 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
No One Cares About Crazy People Summary
No One Cares About Crazy People
The Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Health in America
by Ron Powers 2017 360 pages
3.87
4.3K ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
History
Science of Coercion Summary
Science of Coercion
Communication Research and Psychological Warfare, 1945-1960
by Christopher Simpson 1994 224 pages
4.09
87 ratings
History
Psychology
Politics
The New Science of the Mind Summary
The New Science of the Mind
From Extended Mind to Embodied Phenomenology
by Mark Rowlands 2010 249 pages
3.7
44 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
The Systems View of Life Summary
The Systems View of Life
A Unifying Vision
by Fritjof Capra 2014 510 pages
4.3
777 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Biology
The Sense of Being Stared at Summary
The Sense of Being Stared at
And Other Aspects of the Extended Mind
by Rupert Sheldrake 2011 369 pages
3.79
506 ratings
Science
Psychology
Spirituality
Leonardo da Vinci Summary
Leonardo da Vinci
by Walter Isaacson 2017 600 pages
4.18
128.4K ratings
Biography
History
Art
The Double Helix Summary
The Double Helix
by James D. Watson 1969 143 pages
3.84
20.0K ratings
Science
Biology
History
The Birth of the Clinic Summary
The Birth of the Clinic
An Archaeology of Medical Perception
by Michel Foucault 1994 240 pages
3.95
2.5K ratings
Philosophy
History
Medicine
Happy Mind, Happy Life Summary
Happy Mind, Happy Life
The New Science of Mental Well-Being
by Rangan Chatterjee 2022 272 pages
4.23
2.5K ratings
Self Help
Health
Psychology
The Mass Psychology of Fascism Summary
The Mass Psychology of Fascism
by Wilhelm Reich 1980 395 pages
4.03
1.4K ratings
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
How to Sleep Like a Caveman Summary
How to Sleep Like a Caveman
Ancient Wisdom for a Better Night's Rest
by Merijn van de Laar 2025 304 pages
3.52
335 ratings
Health
Self Help
Science
Prime Obsession Summary
Prime Obsession
Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics
by John Derbyshire 2004 422 pages
4.15
3.8K ratings
Mathematics
Science
History
The Science of Free Will Summary
The Science of Free Will
How Determinism Affects Everything from the Future of AI to Traffic to God to Bees
by Samir Varma 2025 249 pages
3.54
13 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Limits to Medicine Summary
Limits to Medicine
Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health
by Ivan Illich 1976 320 pages
4.04
599 ratings
Philosophy
Medicine
Health
The Keys to Kindness Summary
The Keys to Kindness
How to be Kinder to Yourself, Others and the World
by Claudia Hammond 2022 289 pages
3.7
296 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Diversity and Complexity Summary
Diversity and Complexity
by Scott E. Page 2010 304 pages
4.12
207 ratings
Science
Economics
Business
Mad in America Summary
Mad in America
Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill
by Robert Whitaker 2003 334 pages
4.18
2.6K ratings
Psychology
History
Mental Health
Games People Play Summary
Games People Play
Game Theory in Life, Business, and Beyond
by Scott P. Stevens 2008 68 pages
3.99
180 ratings
Science
Business
Economics
Candace Pert Summary
Candace Pert
Genius, Greed, and Madness in the World of Science
by Pamela Ryckman 2023 304 pages
3.9
67 ratings
Science
History
Biography
A Slap in the Face Summary
A Slap in the Face
Why Insults Hurt--And Why They Shouldn't
by William B. Irvine 2013 264 pages
3.7
514 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Human Universe Summary
Human Universe
by Brian Cox 2014 288 pages
4.28
5.2K ratings
Science
Physics
Space
Future Babble Summary
Future Babble
Why Expert Predictions Fail - and Why We Believe Them Anyway
by Dan Gardner 2010 320 pages
3.8
737 ratings
Psychology
Science
History
The Fifth Domain Summary
The Fifth Domain
Defending Our Country, Our Companies, and Ourselves in the Age of Cyber Threats
by Richard A. Clarke 2019 352 pages
4.02
809 ratings
Technology
Politics
History
A Field Guide to Earthlings Summary
A Field Guide to Earthlings
An Autistic/Asperger View of Neurotypical Behavior
by Ian Ford 2010 220 pages
3.81
347 ratings
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Psychology
Self Help
Dissociation Made Simple Summary
Dissociation Made Simple
A Stigma-Free Guide to Embracing Your Dissociative Mind and Navigating Daily Life
by Jamie Marich 2023 288 pages
4.07
590 ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Self Help
Ma vie sans gravité Summary
Ma vie sans gravité
by Thomas Pesquet 2023 416 pages
4.57
951 ratings
Biography
France
Space
Destructive Trends in Mental Health Summary
Destructive Trends in Mental Health
The Well-Intentioned Path to Harm
by Rogers H. Wright 2005 384 pages
3.95
21 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
More Than Words Summary
More Than Words
How Talking Sharpens the Mind and Shapes Our World
by Maryellen MacDonald 2025 336 pages
4.24
75 ratings
Psychology
Science
Communication
Tinker Dabble Doodle Try Summary
Tinker Dabble Doodle Try
Unlock the Power of the Unfocused Mind
by Srini Pillay 2017
3.54
378 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Business
Tech Agnostic Summary
Tech Agnostic
How Technology Became the World's Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desperately Needs a Reformation
by Greg Epstein 2024 368 pages
3.51
137 ratings
Technology
Philosophy
Science
Symbolic Logic And The Game Of Logic Summary
Symbolic Logic And The Game Of Logic
by Lewis Carroll 2006 348 pages
3.94
176 ratings
Logic
Philosophy
Mathematics
What We Value Summary
What We Value
The Neuroscience of Choice and Change
by Emily Falk 2025 304 pages
3.68
323 ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
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