Peter Veen's votes on the list Best General Science Books

Listopia > Peter Veen's votes on the list Best General Science Books (20 Books)

1	A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson 4.21 avg rating — 437,360 ratings Peter 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	Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond 4.04 avg rating — 474,765 ratings Peter 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
3	The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 198,495 ratings Peter 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
4	The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin 4.01 avg rating — 124,906 ratings Peter 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
5	In Search of Schrödinger's Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality by John Gribbin 4.07 avg rating — 22,114 ratings Peter 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 Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution by Richard Dawkins (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 29,070 ratings Peter 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
7	Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters by Matt Ridley 4.06 avg rating — 28,666 ratings Peter 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
8	The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality by Brian Greene 4.12 avg rating — 41,664 ratings Peter 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
9	Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History by Stephen Jay Gould 4.14 avg rating — 10,427 ratings Peter 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
10	The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature by Steven Pinker (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 25,727 ratings Peter 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
11	An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks 4.15 avg rating — 24,367 ratings Peter 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
12	The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley 4.05 avg rating — 17,484 ratings Peter 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
13	The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene by Richard Dawkins (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 9,742 ratings Peter 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
14	The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene 4.09 avg rating — 104,384 ratings Peter 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
15	The Social Conquest of Earth by Edward O. Wilson 4.02 avg rating — 4,378 ratings Peter 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
16	The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction by David Quammen (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 8,785 ratings Peter 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
17	Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe by Peter D. Ward 4.11 avg rating — 1,099 ratings Peter 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
18	Bad Science by Ben Goldacre 4.06 avg rating — 45,549 ratings Peter 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
19	Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution by Nick Lane 4.13 avg rating — 5,474 ratings Peter 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
20	Spillover: Emerging Diseases, Animal Hosts, and the Future of Human Health by David Quammen (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 21,225 ratings Peter 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