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A Brief History of Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 116 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.21 — 488,290 ratings — published 1988
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,303,608 ratings — published 2011
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.22 — 431,027 ratings — published 2003
The Origin of Species (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.01 — 123,759 ratings — published 1859
The Selfish Gene (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.16 — 195,999 ratings — published 1976
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.37 — 234,514 ratings — published 2017
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.14 — 199,196 ratings — published 2014
Cosmos (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.40 — 161,974 ratings — published 1980
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.08 — 213,257 ratings — published 2017
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.17 — 606,251 ratings — published 2011
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,685,833 ratings — published 2021
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.13 — 820,292 ratings — published 2010
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.09 — 103,505 ratings — published 1999
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.04 — 467,255 ratings — published 1997
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow (ebook)
by (shelved 28 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.18 — 293,046 ratings — published 2015
The Gene: An Intimate History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.34 — 57,301 ratings — published 2016
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.29 — 82,126 ratings — published 1995
The Universe in a Nutshell (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.18 — 45,916 ratings — published 2001
The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,346,110 ratings — published 2011
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.06 — 245,663 ratings — published 2003
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.06 — 28,388 ratings — published 1999
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.34 — 117,036 ratings — published 2010
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.05 — 251,383 ratings — published 1985
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.50 — 183,684 ratings — published 2013
The God Delusion: A Study of Religious Belief and Skepticism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as scientific)
avg rating 3.90 — 286,508 ratings — published 2006
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.26 — 221,389 ratings — published 1985
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.15 — 81,163 ratings — published 2014
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.16 — 56,767 ratings — published 2009
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.20 — 23,251 ratings — published 1916
Brief Answers to the Big Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.25 — 90,039 ratings — published 2018
The Grand Design (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.06 — 78,273 ratings — published 2010
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.34 — 299,502 ratings — published 2014
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.12 — 41,261 ratings — published 2004
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as scientific)
avg rating 3.98 — 68,920 ratings — published 2014
Chaos: Making a New Science (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.03 — 41,770 ratings — published 1987
Lab Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as scientific)
avg rating 3.98 — 72,793 ratings — published 2016
The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 15 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.18 — 28,869 ratings — published 2002
Physics of the Impossible (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.09 — 41,942 ratings — published 2008
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 — 77,474 ratings — published 1995
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.02 — 30,711 ratings — published 1962
Bad Science (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.06 — 45,194 ratings — published 2008
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.29 — 53,470 ratings — published 1979
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.33 — 177,591 ratings — published 2019
Parallel Worlds: A Journey through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.21 — 22,938 ratings — published 2004
The Order of Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.12 — 40,300 ratings — published 2017
The Body: A Guide for Occupants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.31 — 103,006 ratings — published 2019
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.17 — 33,002 ratings — published 2016
The Feynman Lectures on Physics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as scientific)
avg rating 4.61 — 8,148 ratings — published 1964
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 — 18,203 ratings — published 2011
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as scientific)
avg rating 3.88 — 95,084 ratings — published 2011
“It is now generally admitted, at any rate by philosophers, that the existence of a being having the attributes which define the god of any non-animistic religion cannot be demonstratively proved... [A]ll utterances about the nature of God are nonsensical.”
― Language, Truth and Logic
― Language, Truth and Logic
“Superstition is not divinity,
Phrenology is not brain science.
Astrology is not astrophysics,
Conspiracy is not enlightenment.”
― World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets
Phrenology is not brain science.
Astrology is not astrophysics,
Conspiracy is not enlightenment.”
― World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets
