Best General Science Books

Non-fiction books about neuroscience, genetics, biology, physiology, ecology, etc, etc.
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4.16 avg rating — 55,640 ratings
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3.93 avg rating — 74,090 ratings
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4.19 avg rating — 44,848 ratings
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4.29 avg rating — 51,884 ratings
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4.14 avg rating — 28,498 ratings
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4.06 avg rating — 27,752 ratings
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4.13 avg rating — 40,176 ratings
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4.06 avg rating — 235,865 ratings
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4.03 avg rating — 29,349 ratings
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4.30 avg rating — 28,630 ratings
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4.06 avg rating — 53,762 ratings
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4.13 avg rating — 4,502 ratings
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3.84 avg rating — 19,831 ratings
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4.13 avg rating — 791,769 ratings
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4.09 avg rating — 25,139 ratings
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4.30 avg rating — 32,953 ratings
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3.92 avg rating — 55,334 ratings
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4.14 avg rating — 10,181 ratings
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4.14 avg rating — 192,493 ratings
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4.09 avg rating — 41,306 ratings
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4.05 avg rating — 17,242 ratings
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4.15 avg rating — 23,451 ratings
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4.14 avg rating — 3,580 ratings
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4.15 avg rating — 77,868 ratings
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4.21 avg rating — 10,700 ratings
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4.04 avg rating — 28,300 ratings
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3.46 avg rating — 720 ratings
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4.16 avg rating — 120,053 ratings
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4.34 avg rating — 38,886 ratings
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4.20 avg rating — 22,809 ratings
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4.20 avg rating — 39,738 ratings
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3.84 avg rating — 17,691 ratings
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4.18 avg rating — 30,745 ratings
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4.14 avg rating — 4,386 ratings
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4.22 avg rating — 216 ratings
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4.22 avg rating — 892 ratings
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4.28 avg rating — 373 ratings
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4.42 avg rating — 20,159 ratings
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4.03 avg rating — 2,517 ratings
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4.11 avg rating — 2,386 ratings
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4.29 avg rating — 8,591 ratings
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4.31 avg rating — 2,506 ratings
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3.87 avg rating — 7,158 ratings
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4.10 avg rating — 101,389 ratings
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4.19 avg rating — 21,261 ratings
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3.70 avg rating — 7,220 ratings
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4.34 avg rating — 74 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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