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The Selfish Gene Summary
The Selfish Gene
by Richard Dawkins 1976 360 pages
4.16
100k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
Nature Via Nurture Summary
Nature Via Nurture
Genes, Experience and What Makes Us Human
by Matt Ridley 2003 352 pages
4.06
4k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Psychology
The Origins of Virtue Summary
The Origins of Virtue
Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation
by Matt Ridley 1997 265 pages
4.03
4k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
Why We Love Summary
Why We Love
The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love
by Helen Fisher 2004 320 pages
3.75
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Relationships
Darwin's Dangerous Idea Summary
Darwin's Dangerous Idea
Evolution and the Meanings of Life
by Daniel C. Dennett 1995 588 pages
4.07
16k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Evolution
The Origin of Species Summary
The Origin of Species
by Charles Darwin 1859 703 pages
4.01
100k+ ratings
Science
Classics
Biology
An Immense World Summary
An Immense World
How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
by Ed Yong 2022 464 pages
4.47
29k+ ratings
Science
Nature
Animals
The Brain Summary
The Brain
The Story of You
by David Eagleman 2015 224 pages
4.26
21k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Scale Summary
Scale
The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies
by Geoffrey B. West 2017 481 pages
4.12
5k+ ratings
Science
Economics
Business
The Fabric of Reality Summary
The Fabric of Reality
The Science of Parallel Universes — and Its Implications
by David Deutsch 1996 390 pages
4.14
5k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
The Telomere Effect Summary
The Telomere Effect
A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer
by Elizabeth Blackburn 2017 348 pages
3.77
5k+ ratings
Health
Science
Self Help
Life on the Edge Summary
Life on the Edge
The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology
by Johnjoe McFadden 2014 368 pages
4.11
3k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Physics
Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain Summary
Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain
by Lisa Feldman Barrett 2020 192 pages
4.04
7k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
The Code Breaker Summary
The Code Breaker
Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
by Walter Isaacson 2021 536 pages
4.28
38k+ ratings
Science
Biography
History
The Sixth Extinction Summary
The Sixth Extinction
An Unnatural History
by Elizabeth Kolbert 2014 336 pages
4.16
75k+ ratings
Science
History
Environment
The Rules of Contagion Summary
The Rules of Contagion
Why Things Spread - and Why They Stop
by Adam Kucharski 2020 352 pages
3.86
2k+ ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
The Making of You Summary
The Making of You
A Journey from Cell to Human
by Katharina Vestre 2018 141 pages
4.12
500+ ratings
Science
Parenting
Biology
The Genesis Machine Summary
The Genesis Machine
Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology
by Amy Webb 2022 368 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
Science
Biology
Technology
A Thousand Brains Summary
A Thousand Brains
A New Theory of Intelligence
by Jeff Hawkins 2021 288 pages
4.06
6k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Consilience Summary
Consilience
The Unity of Knowledge
by Edward O. Wilson 1998 368 pages
3.99
4k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Biology
The Laws of Medicine Summary
The Laws of Medicine
Field Notes from an Uncertain Science
by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2015 70 pages
4.06
4k+ ratings
Medicine
Science
Medical
The Ancestor's Tale Summary
The Ancestor's Tale
A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
by Richard Dawkins 2004 688 pages
4.14
28k+ ratings
Science
Biology
History
The Stress of Life Summary
The Stress of Life
by Hans Selye 1956 516 pages
4.10
100+ ratings
Psychology
Health
Science
The Song of the Cell Summary
The Song of the Cell
An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2022 473 pages
4.28
13k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Medicine
The User Illusion Summary
The User Illusion
Cutting Consciousness Down to Size
by Tor Nørretranders 1991 480 pages
4.32
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Chemistry Between Us Summary
The Chemistry Between Us
Love, Sex, and the Science of Attraction
by Larry Young 2012 320 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Relationships
Darwin's Doubt Summary
Darwin's Doubt
The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design
by Stephen C. Meyer 2013 512 pages
4.18
1k+ ratings
Science
Evolution
Religion
Being Human Summary
Being Human
Life Lessons from the Frontiers of Science
by Robert M. Sapolsky 2012
4.35
500+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Biology
The Body Electric Summary
The Body Electric
Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life
by Robert O. Becker 1985 368 pages
4.23
500+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
The Clot Thickens Summary
The Clot Thickens
by Malcolm Kendrick 2021 334 pages
4.67
500+ ratings
Health
Science
Nutrition
Mama's Last Hug Summary
Mama's Last Hug
Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
by Frans de Waal 2019 336 pages
4.21
5k+ ratings
Science
Animals
Psychology
Physical Intelligence Summary
Physical Intelligence
The Science of How the Body and the Mind Guide Each Other Through Life
by Scott Grafton 2020 288 pages
3.64
100+ ratings
Science
Neuroscience
Health
Climbing Mount Improbable Summary
Climbing Mount Improbable
by Richard Dawkins 1996 308 pages
4.11
9k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
Mind-Body Medicine Summary
Mind-Body Medicine
The New Science of Optimal Health
by Jason M. Satterfield 2013 19 pages
4.40
100+ ratings
Health
Science
Psychology
Molecular Biology of the Cell Summary
Molecular Biology of the Cell
by Bruce Alberts 1983 1616 pages
4.36
2k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Textbooks
Textbook of Medical Physiology Summary
Textbook of Medical Physiology
by Arthur C. Guyton 1969 1104 pages
4.25
2k+ ratings
Medicine
Medical
Science
The Trouble with Testosterone and Other Essays on the Biology of the Human Predicament Summary
The Trouble with Testosterone and Other Essays on the Biology of the Human Predicament
by Robert M. Sapolsky 1997 288 pages
4.19
2k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Biology
Monkeyluv Summary
Monkeyluv
And Other Essays on Our Lives as Animals
by Robert M. Sapolsky 2005 209 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Biology
Hacking Darwin Summary
Hacking Darwin
Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity
by Jamie Metzl 2019 327 pages
3.99
3k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Genetics
Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion Summary
Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion
An Informative, Easy-to-Use Guide to Understanding Magic Mushrooms—From Tips and Trips to Microdosing and Psychedelic Therapy
by Michelle Janikian 2019 224 pages
4.34
100+ ratings
Science
Self Help
Psychology
Why We Lie Summary
Why We Lie
The Evolutionary Roots of Deception and the Unconscious Mind
by David Livingstone Smith 2004 256 pages
3.63
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Your Inner Fish Summary
Your Inner Fish
A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
by Neil Shubin 2008 229 pages
4.04
27k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
The Epigenetics Revolution Summary
The Epigenetics Revolution
by Nessa Carey 2011 320 pages
4.06
5k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Genetics
The Lives of a Cell Summary
The Lives of a Cell
Notes of a Biology Watcher
by Lewis Thomas 1974 160 pages
4.14
10k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Essays
The Emotional Brain Summary
The Emotional Brain
The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life
by Joseph E. LeDoux 1996 384 pages
4.07
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
Science
Livewired Summary
Livewired
The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain
by David Eagleman 2014 352 pages
4.17
4k+ ratings
Science
Neuroscience
Psychology
Evolution Summary
Evolution
The Triumph of an Idea
by Carl Zimmer 2001 528 pages
4.11
5k+ ratings
Science
Evolution
Biology
Wider Than the Sky Summary
Wider Than the Sky
The Phenomenal Gift of Consciousness
by Gerald M. Edelman 2004 224 pages
3.67
100+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
The Demon in the Machine Summary
The Demon in the Machine
How Hidden Webs of Information Are Solving the Mystery of Life
by Paul C.W. Davies 2020 320 pages
4.04
500+ ratings
Science
Biology
Physics
The Music of Life Summary
The Music of Life
Biology Beyond Genes
by Denis Noble 2006 153 pages
3.83
100+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
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