A Brief History of Time
Hawking walks from ancient spheres to big bang, black holes, and time arrows without equations.
2,210-word summary · 10 min read
nonfiction + science
4 books tagged both “nonfiction” and “science”.
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Diamond argues geography and crops explain why some societies expanded faster than others.
3,432-word summary · 15 min read
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The cells of a poor Black tobacco farmer revolutionized medicine, taken without her knowledge in 1951.
2,139-word summary · 10 min read
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Harari's Sapiens from cover to cover: the cognitive revolution, the agricultural bargain, shared fictions like money and nations, and the scientific centuries…
2,145-word summary · 10 min read