Science Book Summaries - Page 4

Pandemic

Sonia Shah

Pandemic

Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond

The Big Picture

Sean M. Carroll

The Big Picture

On the Origins of Life, Meaning and the Universe Itself

The Female Brain

Louann Brizendine

The Female Brain

A Comprehensive New Look at What Makes Us Women

Through the Language Glass

Guy Deutscher

Through the Language Glass

Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages

The God Equation

Michio Kaku

The God Equation

The Quest for a Theory of Everything

Superior

Angela Saini

Superior

The Return of Race Science

The Science and Technology of Growing Young

Sergey Young

The Science and Technology of Growing Young

An Insider's Guide to the Breakthroughs That Will Dramatically Extend Our Lifespan . . . and What You Can Do Right Now

A Crack in Creation

Jennifer A. Doudna and Samuel H. Sternberg

A Crack in Creation

Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution

Scale

Geoffrey West

Scale

The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies and Companies

Transcendence

Gaia Vince

Transcendence

How Humans Evolved Through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time

Saving Time

Jenny Odell

Saving Time

Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock

The Extended Phenotype

Richard Dawkins

The Extended Phenotype

The Long Reach of the Gene

Reality Is Not What It Seems

Carlo Rovelli

Reality Is Not What It Seems

The Journey to Quantum Gravity

How Luck Happens

Janice Kaplan and Barnaby Marsh

How Luck Happens

Using the Science of Luck to Transform Work, Love and Life

Smarter Tomorrow

Elizabeth R. Ricker

Smarter Tomorrow

How 15 Minutes of Neurohacking a Day Can Help You Work Better, Think Faster, and Get More Done

A Mind for Numbers

Barbara Oakley

A Mind for Numbers

How to Excel at Math and Science (Even if You Flunked Algebra)

Altered Traits

Daniel Goleman and Richard J. Davidson

Altered Traits

Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body

The Art of Statistics

David Spiegelhalter

The Art of Statistics

Learning from Data

The Third Chimpanzee

Jared Diamond

The Third Chimpanzee

The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal

Quantum Supremacy

Michio Kaku

Quantum Supremacy

How the Quantum Computer Revolution Will Change Everything

Remember

Lisa Genova

Remember

The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting

Rewire Your Ocd Brain

Catherine M. Pittman, William H. Youngs

Rewire Your Ocd Brain

Powerful Neuroscience-Based Skills to Break Free from Obsessive Thoughts and Fears

The Disordered Mind

Eric R. Kandel

The Disordered Mind

What Unusual Brains Tell Us About Ourselves

Until the End of Time

Brian Greene

Until the End of Time

Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe

I Contain Multitudes

Ed Yong

I Contain Multitudes

The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

A Thousand Brains

Jeff Hawkins

A Thousand Brains

A New Theory of Intelligence

Skin in the Game

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Skin in the Game

Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

The Language Instinct

Steven Pinker

The Language Instinct

How the Mind Creates Language