Best General Science Books

Non-fiction books about neuroscience, genetics, biology, physiology, ecology, etc, etc.
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4.34 avg rating — 159,935 ratings
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4.11 avg rating — 2,812 ratings
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4.09 avg rating — 34,119 ratings
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4.19 avg rating — 30,392 ratings
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4.06 avg rating — 44,538 ratings
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4.39 avg rating — 811 ratings
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108

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4.14 avg rating — 879 ratings
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4.11 avg rating — 20,645 ratings
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3.62 avg rating — 2,173 ratings
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4.11 avg rating — 9,987 ratings
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4.41 avg rating — 492 ratings
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4.01 avg rating — 11,450 ratings
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3.73 avg rating — 22 ratings
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3.95 avg rating — 24,177 ratings
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118

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4.38 avg rating — 654 ratings
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119

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4.25 avg rating — 2,481 ratings
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120

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4.11 avg rating — 4,565 ratings
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4.21 avg rating — 6,196 ratings
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122

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4.07 avg rating — 3,267 ratings
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125

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4.05 avg rating — 20,438 ratings
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126

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127

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3.71 avg rating — 403 ratings
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127

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4.21 avg rating — 76 ratings
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4.22 avg rating — 1,805 ratings
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127

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4.11 avg rating — 2,984 ratings
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133

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4.32 avg rating — 28,838 ratings
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135

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137

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4.04 avg rating — 714 ratings
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138

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139

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4.37 avg rating — 436 ratings
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4.33 avg rating — 374 ratings
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141

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4.13 avg rating — 112 ratings
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143

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4.38 avg rating — 321 ratings
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4.01 avg rating — 107 ratings
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3.76 avg rating — 1,071 ratings
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3.88 avg rating — 1,938 ratings
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3.91 avg rating — 7,628 ratings
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4.13 avg rating — 34,326 ratings
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153

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4.06 avg rating — 4,235 ratings
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153

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3.99 avg rating — 20,930 ratings
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156

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3.97 avg rating — 9,856 ratings
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157

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4.14 avg rating — 5,822 ratings
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158

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3.79 avg rating — 6,963 ratings
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158

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3.88 avg rating — 21,594 ratings
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4.45 avg rating — 6,026 ratings
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163

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4.08 avg rating — 201,711 ratings
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164

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165

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165

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3.85 avg rating — 221 ratings
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4.57 avg rating — 35 ratings
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4.39 avg rating — 18,198 ratings
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4.05 avg rating — 740 ratings
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4.23 avg rating — 443 ratings
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180

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4.35 avg rating — 9,249 ratings
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4.14 avg rating — 6,135 ratings
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4.32 avg rating — 1,766 ratings
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3.95 avg rating — 59,681 ratings
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3.87 avg rating — 13,464 ratings
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4.19 avg rating — 25,821 ratings
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4.14 avg rating — 13,666 ratings
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4.50 avg rating — 33,460 ratings
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4.20 avg rating — 2,974 ratings
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4.12 avg rating — 504 ratings
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4.22 avg rating — 714 ratings
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4.12 avg rating — 5,303 ratings
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3.80 avg rating — 1,896 ratings
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4.34 avg rating — 1,897 ratings
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3.60 avg rating — 40,291 ratings
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3.90 avg rating — 2,868 ratings
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580 books · 483 voters · list created June 27th, 2009 by Robin (votes) .
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Comments Showing 1-13 of 13 (13 new)

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message 1: by Thom (new)

Thom Dunn Cellular Biology. Animals Without Backbones. The Dinosaur Heresies. A Brief History of Time.

I'M ASKING FRIENDS WHO KNOW HOW TO ADD THESE TITLES TO THIS LIST.


message 2: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited Feb 28, 2010 08:36AM) (new)

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Dinosaur Heresies (Asuming it's the one by Bakker) popped up as the only hit when I searched for it under find/add books to list.

Brief History of Time is in the top 5.

Cellular Biology - uh, which author? That's a pretty general title.


message 3: by Thom (new)

Thom Dunn Susanna wrote: "Dinosaur Heresies (Asuming it's the one by Bakker) popped up as the only hit when I searched for it under find/add books to list.

Brief History of Time is in the top 5.

Cellular Biology - uh, whi..."


Any major text will do, be nice to find one that is more narrative than schematic.


message 4: by Yohannes (new)

Yohannes very goood


message 5: by Lobstergirl (new)

Lobstergirl Removed an obvious work of fiction.


message 6: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited Jun 10, 2013 09:33AM) (new)

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Isn't Contact (#103) a novel?


message 7: by Joel (new)

Joel Too much focus on Biology.


message 8: by Elentarri (new)

Elentarri The Martian is a work of fiction.


message 9: by Robin (new)

Robin I deleted several works of fiction as well as several religious texts. For those voters interested in the intersection of science and religion, I would suggest finding or starting a new list for that purpose. This list is geared towards nonfiction science books rather than religious interpretations or debates with science.


message 10: by Hannah (new)

Hannah I'm rather disturbed about the amount of novels that appear on this purported list of "scientific novels" that are taking the stance of intelligent design. Intelligent design is not scientific by its very definition, it is not something that can be tested or disproven and therefore should not be on a list about scientific (keyword here) books.


message 11: by Joel (new)

Joel Hannah wrote: "I'm rather disturbed about the amount of novels that appear on this purported list of "scientific novels" that are taking the stance of intelligent design. Intelligent design is not scientific by i..."

So what. I personally believe in evolution, not intelligent design, but I think they have a place on this list.


message 12: by Dan (new)

Dan Hines Here is another fantastic list of science books, complete with commentary and analysis

http://www.missingtheforest.com/library/


message 13: by David (new)

David Yohalem Joel wrote: "Hannah wrote: "I'm rather disturbed about the amount of novels that appear on this purported list of "scientific novels" that are taking the stance of intelligent design. Intelligent design is not ..."

I, too, am offended by inclusion of books about ID. It's a thoroughly discredited concept and has used pseudo-scientific reasoning to persist as long as it has. Only in America, land of anti-intellectualism!


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