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Amazing Rare Things: The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery (Hardcover)
by David Attenborough (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 3.89 — 75 ratings — published 2007
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The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2008 (Paperback)
by Jerome Groopman (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 3.97 — 141 ratings — published 2008
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The Tao of Physics (Paperback)
by Fritjof Capra (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,422 ratings — published 1975
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How to Build a Dinosaur: Extinction Doesn't Have to Be Forever (Hardcover)
by Jack Horner (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 3.82 — 106 ratings — published 2009
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The Genome War: How Craig Venter Tried to Capture the Code of Life and Save the World (Paperback)
by James Shreeve (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 3.50 — 46 ratings — published 2004
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Wildlife in the Garden: How to Live in Harmony With Deer, Raccoons, Rabbits, Crows, and Other Pesky Creatures (Paperback)
by Gene Logsdon (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 3.22 — 14 ratings — published 1993
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Summer World: A Season of Bounty (Hardcover)
by Bernd Heinrich (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 3.86 — 125 ratings — published 2009
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The Way Things Work (Hardcover)
by David Macaulay (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 4.37 — 508 ratings — published 1988
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Woman: An Intimate Geography (Paperback)
by Natalie Angier (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,527 ratings — published 1999
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Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum (Hardcover)
by Richard Fortey (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 3.42 — 335 ratings — published 2008
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Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex (Hardcover)
by Mary Roach (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 3.74 — 6,289 ratings — published 2008
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Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife (Paperback)
by Mary Roach (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 3.37 — 5,078 ratings — published 2005
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A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by Bill Bryson (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 4.11 — 19,360 ratings — published 2003
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The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science (Hardcover)
by Natalie Angier (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 3.61 — 1,112 ratings — published 2007
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The Universe in a Nutshell (Hardcover)
by Stephen W. Hawking (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,489 ratings — published 2001
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Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body (Hardcover)
by Neil Shubin (Goodreads author) (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,365 ratings — published 2008
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Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things (Paperback)
by Michael Braungart (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 4.21 — 3,057 ratings — published 2002
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Aquagenesis: The Origin and Evolution of Life in the Sea (Paperback)
by Richard Ellis (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 3.87 — 44 ratings — published 2001
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The Pleasure Of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman (Helix Books)
by Richard P. Feynman (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 4.13 — 647 ratings — published 1999
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
by Mary Roach (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 4.04 — 17,293 ratings — published 2003
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Life: A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earth (Paperback)
by Richard Fortey (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 4.15 — 142 ratings — published 1997
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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory (Paperback)
by Brian Greene (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 4.04 — 5,309 ratings — published 1999
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales (Paperback)
by Oliver W. Sacks (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 4.01 — 9,630 ratings — published 1985
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Paperback)
by Douglas R. Hofstadter (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 4.32 — 5,113 ratings — published 1979
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Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher (Paperback)
by Richard P. Feynman (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,039 ratings — published 1962
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Evolution in Four Dimensions: Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life (Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology)
by Eva Jablonka (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 4.14 — 51 ratings — published 2005
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What Evolution Is (Paperback)
by Ernst Mayr (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 3.55 — 157 ratings — published 2001
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The World Treasury of Physics, Astronomy, and Mathematics: From Albert Einstein to Stephen W. Hawking and From Annie Dillard to John Updike - an Eloquent ... Collection From More Than 90 of This Centu (Paperback)
by Timothy Ferris (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 4.26 — 84 ratings — published 1991
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Seeing and Visualizing: It's Not What You Think (Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology)
by Zenon W. Pylyshyn (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 2.50 — 6 ratings — published 2003
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Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi (Paperback)
by David Arora (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 4.69 — 123 ratings — published 1979
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The Life of Mammals (Life of Mammals)
by David Attenborough (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 4.64 — 40 ratings — published 2002
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Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability (Paperback)
by David Holmgren (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 4.11 — 137 ratings — published 2002
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The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Paperback)
by Carl Sagan (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 4.33 — 3,094 ratings — published 1995
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The Beauty of the Beastly (Paperback)
by Natalie Angier (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 3.86 — 123 ratings — published 1995
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The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History (Paperback)
by Stephen Jay Gould (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 4.06 — 591 ratings — published 1981
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The Lying Stones of Marrakech: Penultimate Reflections in Natural History (Paperback)
by Stephen Jay Gould (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 3.97 — 143 ratings — published 2000
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The Emperor of Scent: A True Story of Perfume and Obsession (Paperback)
by Chandler Burr (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 4.09 — 487 ratings — published 2003
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The Weather Makers : How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth (Hardcover)
by Tim Flannery (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 3.94 — 497 ratings — published 2001
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The Fabric of the Cosmos (Space, time, and the texture of reality)
by Brian Greene (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 4.07 — 2,237 ratings — published 2004
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The Biogas Handbook (Paperback)
by David House (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 2006
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Mother Earth News Handbook of Homemade Power (Paperback)
by Mother Earth News Staff (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 4.50 — 6 ratings — published 1981
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Practical Photovoltaics: Electricity from Solar Cells (Paperback)
by Richard J. Komp (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 4.00 — 10 ratings — published 1995
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Solar Water Heating: A Comprehensive Guide to Solar Water and Space Heating Systems (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series)
by Bob Ramlow (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 3.75 — 14 ratings — published 2006
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Using Sunlight For Your Own Solar Electricity : Build Your Own System, Become Independent of The Grid, Domestic Photovoltaics (Alternative Energy (Richie Unlimited))
by Ralph W. Ritchie (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 4.00 — 3 ratings — published 1999
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Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World: An Identification Guide (Paperback)
by Paul Stamets (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 4.12 — 31 ratings — published 1996
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Carbon-Free And Nuclear-Free: A Roadmap for U.S. Energy Policy (Paperback)
by Arjun Makhijani (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 4.00 — 15 ratings — published 2007
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Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School (Hardcover)
by John Medina (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 3.93 — 926 ratings — published 2008
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The Richness of Life: The Essential Stephen Jay Gould (Hardcover)
by Stephen Jay Gould (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 4.31 — 130 ratings — published 2006
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Rock, Paper, Scissors: Game Theory in Everyday Life (Paperback)
by Len Fisher (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 3.15 — 216 ratings — published 2008
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What Are You Optimistic About?: Today's Leading Thinkers on Why Things Are Good and Getting Better (Paperback)
by John Brockman (shelved 1 time as science-nerd)
avg rating 3.39 — 111 ratings — published 2007
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