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A Brief History of Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 413 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.21 — 471,762 ratings — published 1988
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 335 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,224,543 ratings — published 2011
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 315 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.22 — 416,363 ratings — published 2003
The Selfish Gene (Paperback)
by (shelved 315 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.16 — 190,447 ratings — published 1976
Cosmos (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 204 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.40 — 156,935 ratings — published 1980
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 188 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.14 — 193,080 ratings — published 2014
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 172 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.17 — 573,794 ratings — published 2011
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 166 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.05 — 242,410 ratings — published 1985
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory (Paperback)
by (shelved 161 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.10 — 101,572 ratings — published 1999
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 157 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.04 — 449,767 ratings — published 1997
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 156 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.08 — 202,545 ratings — published 2017
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow (ebook)
by (shelved 153 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.19 — 282,455 ratings — published 2015
Bad Science (Paperback)
by (shelved 142 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.06 — 44,590 ratings — published 2008
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 138 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.37 — 219,840 ratings — published 2017
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 136 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.29 — 79,227 ratings — published 1995
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 135 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.27 — 215,180 ratings — published 1985
The God Delusion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 131 times as popular-science)
avg rating 3.90 — 280,874 ratings — published 2006
The Grand Design (Hardcover)
by (shelved 129 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.06 — 76,889 ratings — published 2010
The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design (Paperback)
by (shelved 123 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.09 — 41,390 ratings — published 1986
Chaos: Making a New Science (Paperback)
by (shelved 122 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.03 — 40,541 ratings — published 1987
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 119 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.16 — 55,748 ratings — published 2009
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 117 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.34 — 112,398 ratings — published 2010
The Gene: An Intimate History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 112 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.35 — 54,692 ratings — published 2016
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 109 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.01 — 890,280 ratings — published 2005
Brief Answers to the Big Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 108 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.26 — 85,507 ratings — published 2018
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 107 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.13 — 793,882 ratings — published 2010
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality (Paperback)
by (shelved 107 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.13 — 40,270 ratings — published 2004
Physics of the Impossible (Hardcover)
by (shelved 106 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.10 — 41,216 ratings — published 2008
Fermat's Enigma (Paperback)
by (shelved 103 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.30 — 33,040 ratings — published 1997
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Paperback)
by (shelved 101 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.29 — 51,996 ratings — published 1979
The Body: A Guide for Occupants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 90 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.31 — 96,899 ratings — published 2019
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography (Paperback)
by (shelved 90 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.30 — 28,684 ratings — published 1999
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters (Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.06 — 27,806 ratings — published 1999
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.06 — 236,588 ratings — published 2003
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as popular-science)
avg rating 3.96 — 617,620 ratings — published 2005
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 88 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.18 — 30,943 ratings — published 2016
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 87 times as popular-science)
avg rating 3.99 — 65,269 ratings — published 2014
Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 86 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.19 — 853,534 ratings — published 2008
The Origin of Species (Hardcover)
by (shelved 85 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.01 — 120,910 ratings — published 1859
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements (Hardcover)
by (shelved 84 times as popular-science)
avg rating 3.92 — 55,517 ratings — published 2010
The Universe in a Nutshell (Hardcover)
by (shelved 81 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.19 — 44,955 ratings — published 2001
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.01 — 848,281 ratings — published 2000
The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution (Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.15 — 28,545 ratings — published 2004
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think (Hardcover)
by (shelved 78 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.36 — 199,103 ratings — published 2018
Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.21 — 30,428 ratings — published 1994
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.34 — 38,999 ratings — published 1994
21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 73 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.16 — 174,846 ratings — published 2018
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 73 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.15 — 78,157 ratings — published 2014
The Order of Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 70 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.13 — 37,298 ratings — published 2017
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as popular-science)
avg rating 3.85 — 59,824 ratings — published 2008
“For reasons I have yet to understand, many people don’t like chemicals, which might explain the perennial movement to rid foods of them. <...> Personally, I am quite comfortable with chemicals, anywhere in the universe. My favorite stars, as well as my best friends, are all made of them.”
― Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
― Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
“...We are long overdue for an update to the empirical scientific evidence
that, despite our racial differences, demonstrates humankind’s overarching
shared foundations as biological, cultural, and social beings. Awareness
of the fascinating research unfolding in the arena of nature–nurture and the
human condition promises to be a step in that direction.”
― Science in Black and White: How Biology and Environment Shape Our Racial Divide
that, despite our racial differences, demonstrates humankind’s overarching
shared foundations as biological, cultural, and social beings. Awareness
of the fascinating research unfolding in the arena of nature–nurture and the
human condition promises to be a step in that direction.”
― Science in Black and White: How Biology and Environment Shape Our Racial Divide
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