Science Book Summaries
Discover curated book summaries in the Science category.
Science (24 books)
Invisible Women
Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
SuperFreakonomics
Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
In Defense of Food
An Eater's Manifesto
Breath
The New Science of a Lost Art
At Home
A Short History of Private Life
The Body
A Guide for Occupants
The Hidden Life of Trees
What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
How to Change Your Mind
The New Science of Psychedelics
Stolen Focus
Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again
Bonk
The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
Why We Sleep
Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
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."