Lukas Dufka's votes on the list Best Science Books

Listopia > Lukas Dufka's votes on the list Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only (58 Books)

1	Cosmos by Carl Sagan 4.40 avg rating — 162,965 ratings Lukas rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan 4.28 avg rating — 82,739 ratings Lukas rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P. Feynman 4.26 avg rating — 222,503 ratings Lukas rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space by Carl Sagan 4.33 avg rating — 40,705 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Silent Spring by Rachel Carson 4.06 avg rating — 56,949 ratings Lukas rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes 4.41 avg rating — 25,125 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Einsteinian Revolution: The Historical Roots of His Breakthroughs by Jürgen Renn 4.36 avg rating — 22 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Wonder Paradox: Embracing the Weirdness of Existence and the Poetry of Our Lives by Jennifer Michael Hecht 3.95 avg rating — 211 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Starborn: How the Stars Made Us by Roberto Trotta 3.98 avg rating — 191 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology by Philip Ball 4.21 avg rating — 759 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution by Jonathan B. Losos 4.07 avg rating — 1,426 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet by Ben Goldfarb (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 4,237 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe by Philip Plait (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 1,577 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Worlds Without End: Exoplanets, Habitability, and the Future of Humanity by Chris Impey (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 106 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will by Robert M. Sapolsky 4.23 avg rating — 8,973 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Einstein's Unfinished Dream: Practical Progress Towards a Theory of Everything by Don Lincoln 4.32 avg rating — 44 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds by Thomas Halliday (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 7,415 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	On the Origin of Time: Stephen Hawking's Final Theory by Thomas Hertog 4.06 avg rating — 2,694 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence by James Bridle 4.16 avg rating — 2,483 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization by Neil deGrasse Tyson (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 16,464 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human by Siddhartha Mukherjee 4.28 avg rating — 16,353 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Being You: A New Science of Consciousness by Anil Seth 4.10 avg rating — 5,371 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	I Am a Strange Loop by Douglas R. Hofstadter 3.95 avg rating — 8,910 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Immune: a Journey into the Mysterious System that Keeps You Alive by Philipp Dettmer 4.58 avg rating — 14,070 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Vaxxers by Sarah Gilbert 4.33 avg rating — 2,366 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut 4.09 avg rating — 69,894 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Human Cosmos: Civilization and the Stars by Jo Marchant 4.09 avg rating — 1,311 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The World According to Physics by Jim Al-Khalili 4.13 avg rating — 2,536 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Social Instinct: How Cooperation Shaped the World by Nichola Raihani (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 685 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves by Frans de Waal 4.21 avg rating — 5,844 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive by Carl Zimmer (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 2,371 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Models of the Mind: How Physics, Engineering and Mathematics Have Shaped Our Understanding of the Brain by Grace Lindsay (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 727 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution by Jennifer A. Doudna 4.13 avg rating — 6,681 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 4.09 avg rating — 4,324 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Carl Sagan: A Life in the Cosmos by William Poundstone 4.22 avg rating — 638 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers by Emily M. Levesque (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 1,494 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Demon in the Machine: How Hidden Webs of Information Are Solving the Mystery of Life by Paul C.W. Davies 4.05 avg rating — 974 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee 4.34 avg rating — 57,789 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong 4.17 avg rating — 33,388 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity by Steve Silberman 4.28 avg rating — 18,444 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	A Planet of Viruses by Carl Zimmer (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 5,260 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past by David Reich 4.14 avg rating — 6,325 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Between Hope and Fear: A History of Vaccines and Human Immunity by Michael Kinch (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 380 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Universe: And Our Place Within It by Andrew Newsam 4.24 avg rating — 58 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 21,058 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs by Michael T. Osterholm 4.32 avg rating — 3,499 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Sometimes Brilliant: The Impossible Adventure of a Spiritual Seeker and Visionary Physician Who Helped Conquer the Worst Disease in History by Larry Brilliant 4.42 avg rating — 671 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner 4.03 avg rating — 1,891 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson 4.31 avg rating — 104,065 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	The Ape that Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve by Steve Stewart-Williams 4.23 avg rating — 1,768 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself by Sean Carroll (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 10,536 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	The Brain: The Story of You by David Eagleman (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 23,575 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	The Spark of Life: Electricity in the Human Body by Frances Ashcroft 3.95 avg rating — 770 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are by Frans de Waal 4.20 avg rating — 4,464 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Conversations with Carl Sagan by Carl Sagan 4.22 avg rating — 512 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	The Life of the Cosmos by Lee Smolin 4.20 avg rating — 953 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy by Kip S. Thorne 4.23 avg rating — 13,787 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors by Carl Sagan 4.26 avg rating — 6,290 ratings Lukas added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars