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The Tide: The Science and Stories Behind the Greatest Force on Earth
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3.65 avg rating — 492 ratings
"Just read it and still don't understand the science behind tides!"
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
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3.91 avg rating — 144,387 ratings
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Young Goodman Brown and Other Short Stories
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3.86 avg rating — 9,655 ratings
"Several of the stories deal with science gone bad"
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
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3.91 avg rating — 1,870,920 ratings
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Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of the El Faro
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4.22 avg rating — 5,050 ratings
"meteorology"
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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
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4.05 avg rating — 72,072 ratings
"meteorology"
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The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
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4.12 avg rating — 118,850 ratings
"meteorology"
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Defining the Wind: The Beaufort Scale and How a 19th-Century Admiral Turned Science into Poetry
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3.94 avg rating — 232 ratings
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The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
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3.97 avg rating — 9,977 ratings
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Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
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3.95 avg rating — 60,212 ratings
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The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
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3.89 avg rating — 56,124 ratings
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
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4.51 avg rating — 171,043 ratings
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