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A Brief History of Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 423 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.21 — 494,211 ratings — published 1988
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 340 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,331,768 ratings — published 2011
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 330 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.21 — 436,365 ratings — published 2003
The Selfish Gene (Paperback)
by (shelved 329 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.16 — 198,116 ratings — published 1976
Cosmos (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 209 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.40 — 163,890 ratings — published 1980
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 193 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.13 — 201,401 ratings — published 2014
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 178 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.16 — 618,005 ratings — published 2011
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 171 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.08 — 217,208 ratings — published 2017
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 168 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.04 — 254,796 ratings — published 1985
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 162 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.04 — 473,616 ratings — published 1997
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory (Paperback)
by (shelved 160 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.09 — 104,237 ratings — published 1999
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow (ebook)
by (shelved 153 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.18 — 296,282 ratings — published 2015
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 145 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.36 — 239,024 ratings — published 2017
Bad Science (Paperback)
by (shelved 145 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.06 — 45,423 ratings — published 2008
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 140 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.28 — 83,298 ratings — published 1995
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 135 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.26 — 223,764 ratings — published 1985
The God Delusion: A Study of Religious Belief and Skepticism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 133 times as popular-science)
avg rating 3.90 — 288,463 ratings — published 2006
The Grand Design (Hardcover)
by (shelved 128 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.06 — 78,704 ratings — published 2010
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 122 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.16 — 57,108 ratings — published 2009
The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design (Paperback)
by (shelved 121 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.09 — 42,540 ratings — published 1986
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 121 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.34 — 118,659 ratings — published 2010
Chaos: Making a New Science (Paperback)
by (shelved 120 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.03 — 42,211 ratings — published 1987
Brief Answers to the Big Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 115 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.25 — 91,585 ratings — published 2018
The Gene: An Intimate History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 115 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.34 — 58,231 ratings — published 2016
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 110 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.01 — 912,004 ratings — published 2005
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 109 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.13 — 829,720 ratings — published 2010
Physics of the Impossible (Hardcover)
by (shelved 108 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.09 — 42,185 ratings — published 2008
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Paperback)
by (shelved 106 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.28 — 54,056 ratings — published 1979
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality (Paperback)
by (shelved 106 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.12 — 41,627 ratings — published 2004
Fermat's Enigma (Paperback)
by (shelved 102 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.30 — 34,249 ratings — published 1997
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 91 times as popular-science)
avg rating 3.98 — 70,441 ratings — published 2014
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography (Paperback)
by (shelved 91 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.30 — 29,613 ratings — published 1999
The Body: A Guide for Occupants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 90 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.31 — 105,093 ratings — published 2019
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life ― A New York Times Bestselling Science Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 90 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.16 — 33,730 ratings — published 2016
Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 88 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.19 — 891,577 ratings — published 2008
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 88 times as popular-science)
avg rating 3.96 — 631,418 ratings — published 2005
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 87 times as popular-science)
avg rating 3.92 — 58,081 ratings — published 2010
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.06 — 28,591 ratings — published 1999
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.06 — 249,257 ratings — published 2003
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think (Hardcover)
by (shelved 85 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.35 — 207,105 ratings — published 2018
The Origin of Species (Hardcover)
by (shelved 83 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.01 — 124,704 ratings — published 1859
The Universe in a Nutshell (Hardcover)
by (shelved 82 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.18 — 46,270 ratings — published 2001
Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.20 — 32,036 ratings — published 1994
The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.15 — 29,044 ratings — published 2004
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.01 — 868,457 ratings — published 2000
The Order of Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 76 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.12 — 41,568 ratings — published 2017
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 76 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.15 — 82,246 ratings — published 2014
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.33 — 40,926 ratings — published 1994
21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 74 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.15 — 182,607 ratings — published 2018
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 71 times as popular-science)
avg rating 4.31 — 55,709 ratings — published 2020
“Data is the fuel of AI. And just like any engine, the quality of what you put in determines how far and how smoothly it can go."
Artificial Intelligence Explained: The Complete Beginner’s Guide – 50 Essential Answers by AI, Clarified for Humans”
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Artificial Intelligence Explained: The Complete Beginner’s Guide – 50 Essential Answers by AI, Clarified for Humans”
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“If you can't understand a study, the problem is with the study, not with you.”
― Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are
― Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are
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