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A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.22 — 428,138 ratings — published 2003
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.29 — 81,484 ratings — published 1995
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.14 — 198,031 ratings — published 2014
A Brief History of Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.21 — 485,207 ratings — published 1988
Cosmos (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.40 — 160,927 ratings — published 1980
Chaos: Making a New Science (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.03 — 41,447 ratings — published 1987
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.02 — 30,429 ratings — published 1962
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,289,725 ratings — published 2011
The Selfish Gene (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.16 — 194,926 ratings — published 1976
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.26 — 220,092 ratings — published 1985
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.13 — 815,192 ratings — published 2010
The Gene: An Intimate History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.35 — 56,768 ratings — published 2016
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.37 — 231,980 ratings — published 2017
The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.09 — 42,066 ratings — published 1986
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as general-science)
avg rating 3.92 — 56,989 ratings — published 2010
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.06 — 243,735 ratings — published 2003
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.29 — 53,119 ratings — published 1979
The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.05 — 27,548 ratings — published 2011
The Origin of Species (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.01 — 123,136 ratings — published 1859
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.33 — 40,039 ratings — published 1994
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.04 — 463,952 ratings — published 1997
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.15 — 80,541 ratings — published 2014
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as general-science)
avg rating 3.97 — 52,708 ratings — published 2012
Bad Science (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.06 — 45,087 ratings — published 2008
The World Without Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as general-science)
avg rating 3.81 — 43,602 ratings — published 2007
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow (ebook)
by (shelved 13 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.18 — 291,299 ratings — published 2015
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.34 — 116,097 ratings — published 2010
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as general-science)
avg rating 3.95 — 60,820 ratings — published 2010
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as general-science)
avg rating 3.99 — 77,047 ratings — published 1995
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.10 — 103,025 ratings — published 1999
Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.30 — 17,898 ratings — published 1997
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.08 — 211,161 ratings — published 2017
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.37 — 32,919 ratings — published 2017
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.17 — 10,016 ratings — published 2011
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.06 — 90,435 ratings — published 2015
The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.18 — 6,057 ratings — published 2015
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.17 — 600,262 ratings — published 2011
The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.19 — 21,637 ratings — published 1977
The Body: A Guide for Occupants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.31 — 101,799 ratings — published 2019
Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.11 — 5,636 ratings — published 2017
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.16 — 56,516 ratings — published 2009
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.06 — 28,244 ratings — published 1999
The Grand Design (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.06 — 77,955 ratings — published 2010
The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as general-science)
avg rating 3.95 — 24,681 ratings — published 2008
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as general-science)
avg rating 3.60 — 41,050 ratings — published 2005
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.09 — 28,803 ratings — published 1991
The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.29 — 10,783 ratings — published 2006
Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.01 — 11,535 ratings — published 2000
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.20 — 23,178 ratings — published 1916
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.17 — 32,519 ratings — published 2016





