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A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.21 — 437,706 ratings — published 2003
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.13 — 201,944 ratings — published 2014
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.28 — 83,581 ratings — published 1995
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.02 — 31,270 ratings — published 1962
The Selfish Gene (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.16 — 198,619 ratings — published 1976
A Brief History of Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.21 — 495,436 ratings — published 1988
Chaos: Making a New Science (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.03 — 42,433 ratings — published 1987
Bad Science (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.06 — 45,642 ratings — published 2008
Cosmos (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.40 — 164,408 ratings — published 1980
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 13 times as science-general)
avg rating 3.92 — 58,298 ratings — published 2010
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.14 — 832,672 ratings — published 2010
Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.11 — 21,806 ratings — published 2013
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.08 — 218,094 ratings — published 2017
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.15 — 82,588 ratings — published 2014
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.04 — 475,146 ratings — published 1997
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.09 — 104,437 ratings — published 1999
How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.17 — 23,947 ratings — published 2019
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.26 — 224,403 ratings — published 1985
Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.20 — 32,175 ratings — published 1994
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as science-general)
avg rating 3.99 — 78,390 ratings — published 1995
Brief Answers to the Big Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.25 — 91,914 ratings — published 2018
The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.09 — 42,607 ratings — published 1986
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow (ebook)
by (shelved 8 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.18 — 297,098 ratings — published 2015
The Origin of Species (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.01 — 124,983 ratings — published 1859
Einstein: His Life and Universe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.16 — 210,903 ratings — published 2007
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.28 — 54,176 ratings — published 1979
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.17 — 10,442 ratings — published 2011
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.04 — 255,709 ratings — published 1985
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.12 — 41,678 ratings — published 2004
The World Without Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as science-general)
avg rating 3.81 — 44,013 ratings — published 2007
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as science-general)
avg rating 3.97 — 53,192 ratings — published 2012
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.02 — 12,715 ratings — published 2016
The Gene: An Intimate History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.34 — 58,423 ratings — published 2016
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life ― A New York Times Bestselling Science Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.16 — 33,916 ratings — published 2016
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.30 — 29,685 ratings — published 1999
To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as science-general)
avg rating 3.79 — 2,261 ratings — published 2015
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.04 — 17,526 ratings — published 2011
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.16 — 620,742 ratings — published 2011
This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as science-general)
avg rating 3.79 — 7,178 ratings — published 2012
The God Delusion: A Study of Religious Belief and Skepticism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as science-general)
avg rating 3.90 — 288,906 ratings — published 2006
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.06 — 250,239 ratings — published 2003
The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as science-general)
avg rating 3.67 — 3,250 ratings — published 2007
The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as science-general)
avg rating 3.92 — 6,854 ratings — published 2018
Science Fictions (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,665 ratings — published 2020
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as science-general)
avg rating 3.97 — 10,272 ratings — published 2008
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.22 — 44,300 ratings — published 2018
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.19 — 33,124 ratings — published 2018
Energy: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides)
by (shelved 6 times as science-general)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,524 ratings — published 2006
Silent Spring (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as science-general)
avg rating 4.06 — 57,557 ratings — published 1962
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as science-general)
avg rating 3.88 — 95,728 ratings — published 2011