Science Book Summaries
Discover curated book summaries in the Science category.
Science (24 books)
Sapiens
A Brief History of Humankind
Freakonomics
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Thinking, Fast and Slow
"System 1 operates automatically and quickly, with little or no effort and no sense of voluntary control. System 2 allocates attention to the effortful mental activities that demand it, including complex computations."
A Short History of Nearly Everything
"If you imagine the 4,500-billion-odd years of Earth's history compressed into a normal earthly day, then life begins very early, about 4 A.M., with the rise of the first simple, single-celled organisms, but then advances no further for the next sixteen hours."
The God Delusion
The God Hypothesis is unnecessary.
Homo Deus
A History of Tomorrow
Why We Sleep
Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
The Omnivore's Dilemma
A Natural History of Four Meals
Being Mortal
Medicine and What Matters in the End
Factfulness
Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
"In a world deluged by irrelevant information, clarity is power."
The Psychopath Test
A Journey Through the Madness Industry