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A Brief History of Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 116 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.21 — 470,193 ratings — published 1988
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,217,254 ratings — published 2011
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.22 — 415,208 ratings — published 2003
The Origin of Species (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.01 — 120,648 ratings — published 1859
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.37 — 218,450 ratings — published 2017
The Selfish Gene (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.16 — 189,965 ratings — published 1976
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.14 — 192,493 ratings — published 2014
Cosmos (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.40 — 156,486 ratings — published 1980
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.08 — 201,700 ratings — published 2017
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.17 — 570,745 ratings — published 2011
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.13 — 791,759 ratings — published 2010
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.10 — 101,389 ratings — published 1999
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.04 — 448,132 ratings — published 1997
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow (ebook)
by (shelved 27 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.19 — 281,336 ratings — published 2015
The Gene: An Intimate History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.35 — 54,474 ratings — published 2016
The Universe in a Nutshell (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.19 — 44,847 ratings — published 2001
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.29 — 78,946 ratings — published 1995
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.06 — 27,752 ratings — published 1999
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.06 — 235,861 ratings — published 2003
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.34 — 111,980 ratings — published 2010
The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,251,521 ratings — published 2011
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.27 — 214,557 ratings — published 1985
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.51 — 162,170 ratings — published 2013
The God Delusion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as scientific)
avg rating 3.90 — 280,398 ratings — published 2006
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.05 — 241,626 ratings — published 1985
Brief Answers to the Big Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.27 — 85,095 ratings — published 2018
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.50 — 937,062 ratings — published 2021
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.15 — 77,867 ratings — published 2014
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.16 — 55,640 ratings — published 2009
The Grand Design (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.06 — 76,770 ratings — published 2010
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.20 — 22,809 ratings — published 1916
The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 16 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.18 — 27,659 ratings — published 2002
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.13 — 40,176 ratings — published 2004
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as scientific)
avg rating 3.99 — 64,957 ratings — published 2014
Lab Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as scientific)
avg rating 3.98 — 71,207 ratings — published 2016
Physics of the Impossible (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.09 — 41,127 ratings — published 2008
Chaos: Making a New Science (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.03 — 40,435 ratings — published 1987
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as scientific)
avg rating 3.99 — 75,441 ratings — published 1995
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.03 — 29,349 ratings — published 1962
Bad Science (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.06 — 44,538 ratings — published 2008
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.36 — 261,464 ratings — published 2014
The Body: A Guide for Occupants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.31 — 96,318 ratings — published 2019
Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.00 — 17,965 ratings — published 2011
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as scientific)
avg rating 3.88 — 93,383 ratings — published 2011
Parallel Worlds: A Journey through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.21 — 22,464 ratings — published 2004
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.29 — 51,884 ratings — published 1979
The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.09 — 41,303 ratings — published 1986
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.21 — 38,929 ratings — published 2018
21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.16 — 174,255 ratings — published 2018
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.18 — 30,745 ratings — published 2016
“My religious convictions and scientific views cannot at present be more specifically defined than as those of a believer in creative evolution. I desire that no public monument or work of art or inscription or sermon or ritual service commemorating me shall suggest that I accepted the tenets peculiar to any established church or denomination nor take the form of a cross or any other instrument of torture or symbol of blood sacrifice.
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“Climate change is the most fascinating scientific, political, and social puzzle in history.”
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