Science Analysis

Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Steven Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined includes: a summary of the book; a review; analysis and key takeaways; and a detailed "About the Author" section.

Peggy Orenstein’s Boys and Sex provides an open and incisive look into the sexual experiences of boys and the challenges that come with being a sexually active teen. She goes deep into the teenage psyche to uncover what they think about rape, consent, porn, homosexuality, hookups, and much more. A must-listen for every teen and their parents!

In Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope, Pulitzer Prize winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn take a personal and harrowing look at the pervasive problems of poverty, drug abuse, and rising death rate in America through the stories of the people in America's forgotten towns. What they discover is a problem that goes far beyond unemployment or personal choice: they discover America's great social depression.

Start Publishing Notes’ Summary, Analysis, and Review of Kathryn Miles’ Quakeland includes a summary of the book, a review, analysis and key takeaways, and a detailed "about the author" section. Kathryn Miles' Quakeland: On the Road to America’s Next Devastating Earthquake is a popular science book about earthquake science. It focuses on earthquake dangers in the United States and how to prepare for and reduce harm from quakes.

In Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz cleverly manipulates Big Data to explore the dark underside of American consciousness. Using powerful new methodologies, the author analyzes anonymous Google searches across a wide range of subjects about which people tend to be secretive.

Have you ever wondered if you could trade Bitcoin? If the answer is yes, this audiobook is the one for you. The world of Bitcoin is ever-changing, and trading has become ever more profitable with an even more promising future. Trading Bitcoin is a great way to get involved in the exciting world of cryptocurrency and a way to make insane profits. This audiobook will teach you all you need to know about getting started.

Spreadsheets and the programs that create them are as common in the business world as cubicles, and yet many people still don't know how to take full advantage of the software they use to create these ever-present files; despite the fact that it could ultimately save them time, headaches, even money in the long run. If you want to ensure you are getting the most out of your spreadsheet software, then Excel: Strategic Use of the Calc Spreadsheet in Business Environments, Data Analysis and Business Modeling is the book you have been waiting for.

Stephen Hawking’s final book is a brilliant yet succinct look into some of the biggest questions that face humanity, such as "Where did it all begin?" and "Is time travel possible?" While the first six questions look towards issues science may already be able to answer (at least to some degree), the last four questions focus on Hawking’s outlook for the future of humanity, Earth, and our civilization.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report investigating Russian interference in the U.S. general elections was released to the public in April of 2019. At 448 pages long, eight percent of the report was redacted in the version seen by the public. Comprised of two volumes, this summary will help you understand the major findings of the Special Counsel.

Don't miss this summary of Thomas L. Friedman's eye-opening look at the current state of the world, Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations. In his book, Friedman explores the accelerating changes affecting our world and offers concrete advice for how we need to adapt. This SUMOREADS summary provides key takeaways and analysis from the original book to help you quickly absorb his profound wisdom.

Please note: This is a summary, analysis and review of the book and not the original book. In his controversial book, Tripping Over the Truth, Travis Christofferson provides detailed and significant evidence that we have been looking at cancer all wrong for a very long time. This Sumoreads summary and analysis offers supplementary material to Tripping Over the Truth to help you distill the key takeaways, review the book's content, and further understand the writing style and overall themes from an editorial perspective.

This book brings together many different writings that Tolkien wrote of these two great lovers in the First Age. Through a very long story poem, called the "Lay of Leithian", and many different First Age books Tolkien's writings are now put together to help the average reader learn about the legend of Beren and Luthien.

Uncanny Valley is a captivating account of Anna Wiener’s struggle to find meaning and fulfilment in an industry that was brimming with optimism but felt ever so selfish, insidious, and hostile. This is a summary, analysis, and review of the book and not the original book.

Start Publishing Notes’ Summary, Analysis, and Review of Meik Wiking’s The Little Book of Hygge includes a summary of the book, review, analysis and key takeaways, and detailed "about the author" section. The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living by Meik Wiking is a book-length articulation of the essence of Danish culture, geared towards non-natives. The concept under discussion is hygge.

Born in Sag Harbor, Long Island, Prentice Mulford sailed to San Francisco on a clipper in 1856 and remained for 16 years. He left for a long tour of Europe in 1872 and then settled in New York City where he became known as a lecturer, author of poems and essays, and a columnist for the New York Daily Graphic (a serial). He's credited with building the body of knowledge of the philosophy known as New Thought.

AudioLearn's Philosophy Classics is proud to present Plato's dialog The Protagoras.

The Tangled Tree is David Quammen's detailed, fascinating, and artful look into the history of evolutionary biology and the brilliant minds behind it, as well as the answers to those eternal questions: who are we and where did we come from? The Tangled Tree is so much more than a book about evolution. Quammen covers every facet of this incredible story from the personal history of Charles Darwin to the technological hurdles facing scientists today.

In his thought-provoking and deeply moving book, Matthew Desmond tackles the issue of poverty in America through the lens of eviction. Desmond's Pulitzer Prize winning book follows the personal lives of several families and individuals struggling to survive in Milwaukee during the Great Recession. (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you’re looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.)

This is an audio summary and analysis of Hans Rosling's groundbreaking book, Factfulness. Intended as a companion to the original book, this summary includes a synopsis of the original book, Rosling's original quiz, an editorial review, background on the author, and more.

Sonia Shah, in her wonderful book Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond, goes into some depth as to how we need to prepare for a future pandemic. In this review, we will analyze, discuss, and summarize the key points in Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond. Enjoy!