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Science and Development of Muscle Hypertrophy Summary
Science and Development of Muscle Hypertrophy
by Brad Schoenfeld 2016 224 pages
4.43
100+ ratings
Fitness
Health
Sports
The Ascent of Man Summary
The Ascent of Man
by Jacob Bronowski 1973 448 pages
4.20
6k+ ratings
Science
History
Philosophy
Human Evolution Summary
Human Evolution
A Very Short Introduction
by Bernard Wood 2005 144 pages
3.62
500+ ratings
Science
Evolution
Anthropology
The Hidden Life of Trees Summary
The Hidden Life of Trees
What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
by Peter Wohlleben 2015 272 pages
4.07
81k+ ratings
Science
Nature
Environment
The Singularity is Near Summary
The Singularity is Near
When Humans Transcend Biology
by Ray Kurzweil 2005 652 pages
3.93
12k+ ratings
Science
Technology
Philosophy
Exercised Summary
Exercised
Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
by Daniel E. Lieberman 2021 464 pages
4.18
9k+ ratings
Health
Science
Anthropology
The Story of the Human Body Summary
The Story of the Human Body
Evolution, Health, and Disease
by Daniel E. Lieberman 2013 480 pages
4.27
8k+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
The Brain Summary
The Brain
A User's Manual: A simple guide to the world's most complex machine
by Marco Magrini 2017 285 pages
4.12
500+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Animal Wise Summary
Animal Wise
The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures
by Virginia Morell 2013 291 pages
4.12
2k+ ratings
Animals
Science
Nature
Listening to Whales Summary
Listening to Whales
What the Orcas Have Taught Us
by Alexandra Morton 2002 336 pages
4.51
500+ ratings
Animals
Science
Nature
Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them Summary
Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them
by Mark Jerome Walters 2003 224 pages
3.71
100+ ratings
Health
Science
Medical
Mathematics of Life Summary
Mathematics of Life
by Ian Stewart 2011 368 pages
3.63
500+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Biology
What Evolution Is Summary
What Evolution Is
by Ernst W. Mayr 2001 318 pages
4.02
3k+ ratings
Science
Evolution
Biology
Black-and-White Thinking Summary
Black-and-White Thinking
The Burden of a Binary Brain in a Complex World
by Kevin Dutton 2021 400 pages
3.59
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
How Emotions Are Made Summary
How Emotions Are Made
The Secret Life of the Brain
by Lisa Feldman Barrett 2017 425 pages
4.10
11k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
When Men Behave Badly Summary
When Men Behave Badly
The Hidden Roots of Sexual Deception, Harassment, and Assault
by David M. Buss 2021 336 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Relationships
The Vital Question Summary
The Vital Question
Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
by Nick Lane 2015 368 pages
4.18
5k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
Unf*ck Your Anxiety Summary
Unf*ck Your Anxiety
Using Science to Rewire Your Anxious Brain
by Faith G. Harper 2021 127 pages
3.54
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Mental Health
The Neuroscience of Intelligence Summary
The Neuroscience of Intelligence
by Richard J. Haier 2015 266 pages
4.23
100+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
The Genetic Lottery Summary
The Genetic Lottery
Why DNA Matters for Social Equality
by Kathryn Paige Harden 2021 312 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Politics
Being You Summary
Being You
A New Science of Consciousness
by Anil Seth 2020 352 pages
4.10
4k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
Ageless Summary
Ageless
The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old
by Andrew Steele 2020 304 pages
3.83
1k+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth Summary
A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth
4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters
by Henry Gee 2021 280 pages
4.05
2k+ ratings
Science
History
Biology
How Your Brain Works Summary
How Your Brain Works
Inside the most complicated object in the known universe
by New Scientist 2017 202 pages
3.92
100+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Blueprint Summary
Blueprint
How DNA Makes Us Who We Are
by Robert Plomin 2018 288 pages
3.96
2k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Biology
The Book of Minds Summary
The Book of Minds
How to Understand Ourselves and Other Beings, from Animals to AI to Aliens
by Philip Ball 2022 512 pages
4.01
100+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
The Human Story Summary
The Human Story
by Robin I.M. Dunbar 2004 224 pages
3.86
100+ ratings
Science
Evolution
Anthropology
Descartes' Baby Summary
Descartes' Baby
How the Science of Child Development Explains What Makes Us Human
by Paul Bloom 2004 288 pages
3.89
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Age Later Summary
Age Later
Secrets of the Healthiest, Sharpest Centenarians
by Nir Barzilai 2020 320 pages
3.68
100+ ratings
Health
Science
Self Help
The Songs of Trees Summary
The Songs of Trees
Stories from Nature's Great Connectors
by David George Haskell 2017 304 pages
4.07
1k+ ratings
Nature
Science
Environment
Planta Sapiens Summary
Planta Sapiens
The New Science of Plant Intelligence
by Paco Calvo 2022 304 pages
3.41
500+ ratings
Science
Nature
Biology
Immune Summary
Immune
A Journey into the Mysterious System that Keeps You Alive
by Philipp Dettmer 2021 341 pages
4.59
11k+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
Feeling & Knowing Summary
Feeling & Knowing
Making Minds Conscious
by António Damásio 2021 256 pages
3.59
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Lifespan Summary
Lifespan
Why We Age―and Why We Don't Have To
by David A. Sinclair 2019 432 pages
4.14
24k+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
The Moral Animal Summary
The Moral Animal
Why We Are the Way We Are - The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology
by Robert Wright 1994 496 pages
4.08
11k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Richard Dawkins Summary
Richard Dawkins
How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think
by Alan Grafen 2006 283 pages
3.76
100+ ratings
Science
Biography
Biology
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers Summary
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
by Robert M. Sapolsky 1993 560 pages
4.18
15k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Health
The Biology Of Belief Summary
The Biology Of Belief
Unleashing The Power Of Consciousness, Matter And Miracles
by Bruce H. Lipton 2005 205 pages
4.15
16k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Spirituality
The Light Eaters Summary
The Light Eaters
How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
by Zoë Schlanger 2024 304 pages
4.32
3k+ ratings
Science
Nature
Biology
Why We Die Summary
Why We Die
The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality
by Venki Ramakrishnan 2024 320 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
Consciousness Summary
Consciousness
A Very Short Introduction
by Susan Blackmore 2003 160 pages
3.88
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
The Secret Wisdom of Nature Summary
The Secret Wisdom of Nature
Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things ― Stories from Science and Observation
by Peter Wohlleben 2017 272 pages
4.06
6k+ ratings
Nature
Science
Environment
The Secret Wisdom of Nature Summary
The Secret Wisdom of Nature
Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things ― Stories from Science and Observation
by Peter Wohlleben 2017 272 pages
4.06
6k+ ratings
Nature
Science
Environment
Determined Summary
Determined
A Science of Life without Free Will
by Robert M. Sapolsky 2023 528 pages
4.25
5k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
The Blind Watchmaker Summary
The Blind Watchmaker
Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
by Richard Dawkins 1986 466 pages
4.09
40k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Philosophy
Deep Simplicity Summary
Deep Simplicity
Bringing Order to Chaos and Complexity
by John Gribbin 2004 279 pages
3.97
1k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
The Body Summary
The Body
A Guide for Occupants
by Bill Bryson 2019 450 pages
4.32
91k+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
Caesar's Last Breath Summary
Caesar's Last Breath
Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us
by Sam Kean 2017 384 pages
4.25
4k+ ratings
Science
History
Chemistry
Quantum Body Summary
Quantum Body
The New Science of Living a Longer, Healthier, More Vital Life
by Deepak Chopra 2023 336 pages
3.67
500+ ratings
Health
Science
Self Help
The Emperor of All Maladies Summary
The Emperor of All Maladies
A Biography of Cancer
by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010 571 pages
4.34
100k+ ratings
Science
History
Medicine
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