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Thinking Big Summary
Thinking Big
How the Evolution of Social Life Shaped the Human Mind
by Clive Gamble 2014 266 pages
3.67
100+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Evolution
The Case Against Reality Summary
The Case Against Reality
Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes
by Donald D. Hoffman 2019 272 pages
3.87
3k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
Minds Make Societies Summary
Minds Make Societies
How Cognition Explains the World Humans Create
by Pascal Boyer 2018 359 pages
3.90
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Anthropology
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 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
Pandora's Seed Summary
Pandora's Seed
The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization
by Spencer Wells 2010 256 pages
3.77
1k+ ratings
Science
History
Anthropology
What Evolution Is Summary
What Evolution Is
by Ernst W. Mayr 2001 318 pages
4.02
3k+ ratings
Science
Evolution
Biology
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
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
Blueprint Summary
Blueprint
How DNA Makes Us Who We Are
by Robert Plomin 2018 288 pages
3.96
2k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Biology
The Human Story Summary
The Human Story
by Robin I.M. Dunbar 2004 224 pages
3.86
100+ ratings
Science
Evolution
Anthropology
Spent Summary
Spent
Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior
by Geoffrey Miller 2009 384 pages
3.85
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Economics
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
Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language Summary
Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language
by Robin I.M. Dunbar 1996 240 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
Science
Anthropology
Evolution
The Expanding Circle Summary
The Expanding Circle
Ethics and Sociobiology
by Peter Singer 1981 190 pages
4.05
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
The Selfish Gene Summary
The Selfish Gene
by Richard Dawkins 1976 360 pages
4.16
100k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
Nonzero Summary
Nonzero
The Logic of Human Destiny
by Robert Wright 2001 448 pages
3.98
2k+ ratings
History
Science
Philosophy
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
Human Instinct Summary
Human Instinct
How our primeval impulses shape our modern lives
by Robert Winston 2002 352 pages
4.00
100+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Evolution
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
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
Sapiens and Homo Deus Summary
Sapiens and Homo Deus
The E-book Collection: A Brief History of Humankind and A Brief History of Tomorrow
by Yuval Noah Harari 2017 816 pages
4.42
1k+ ratings
History
Science
Philosophy
Consilience Summary
Consilience
The Unity of Knowledge
by Edward O. Wilson 1998 368 pages
3.99
4k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Biology
The Darwin Economy Summary
The Darwin Economy
Liberty, Competition, and the Common Good
by Robert H. Frank 2011 240 pages
3.77
500+ ratings
Economics
Psychology
Politics
The Secret of Our Success Summary
The Secret of Our Success
How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter
by Joseph Henrich 2015 456 pages
4.38
1k+ ratings
Science
History
Psychology
The Human Animal Summary
The Human Animal
A Personal View of the Human Species
by Desmond Morris 1994 224 pages
3.91
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Evolution
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
Breaking the Spell Summary
Breaking the Spell
Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
by Daniel C. Dennett 2006 464 pages
3.89
12k+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Atheism
Climbing Mount Improbable Summary
Climbing Mount Improbable
by Richard Dawkins 1996 308 pages
4.11
9k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
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
Evolutionary Ideas Summary
Evolutionary Ideas
Unlocking ancient innovation to solve tomorrow’s challenges
by Sam Tatam 2022 326 pages
4.06
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Business
The Upright Thinkers Summary
The Upright Thinkers
The Human Journey from Living in Trees to Understanding the Cosmos
by Leonard Mlodinow 2015 352 pages
4.13
2k+ ratings
Science
History
Evolution
Evolution Summary
Evolution
The Triumph of an Idea
by Carl Zimmer 2001 528 pages
4.11
5k+ ratings
Science
Evolution
Biology
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
Big History Summary
Big History
The Big Bang, Life On Earth, And The Rise Of Humanity
by David Christian 2008
4.42
500+ ratings
History
Science
Evolution
On Human Nature Summary
On Human Nature
by Edward O. Wilson 1978 288 pages
4.14
3k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
The Human Zoo Summary
The Human Zoo
A Zoologist's Study of the Urban Animal
by Desmond Morris 1969 320 pages
4.00
2k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Anthropology
What Is Life? Summary
What Is Life?
Five Great Ideas in Biology
by Paul Nurse 2020 160 pages
3.95
2k+ ratings
Science
Biology
History
Humans are not from Earth Summary
Humans are not from Earth
A scientific evaluation of the evidence
by Ellis Silver 2013 57 pages
3.74
500+ ratings
Science
Evolution
History
A Crack in Creation Summary
A Crack in Creation
Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
by Jennifer A. Doudna 2017 304 pages
4.13
6k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Genetics
The Case of the Female Orgasm Summary
The Case of the Female Orgasm
Bias in the Science of Evolution
by Elisabeth A. Lloyd 2005 320 pages
3.96
100+ ratings
Science
Sexuality
Feminism
The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology Summary
The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology
by David M. Buss 2005 1028 pages
4.23
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Evolution
Human Devolution Summary
Human Devolution
A Vedic Alternative to Darwin's Theory
by Michael A. Cremo 2003 554 pages
4.12
100+ ratings
History
Biology
Science
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