Science Through History

1.
The Principia : Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
The Principia : Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy 4.24 avg rating — 4,779 ratings
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The Origin of Species
The Origin of Species 4.01 avg rating — 120,196 ratings
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Relativity: The Special and the General Theory
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory 4.20 avg rating — 22,703 ratings
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On The Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres
On The Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres 4.09 avg rating — 981 ratings
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything 4.22 avg rating — 412,859 ratings
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Cosmos
Cosmos 4.40 avg rating — 155,631 ratings
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Harmonies of the World (On the Shoulders of Giants, Book 5)
Harmonies of the World (On the Shoulders of Giants, Book 5) 4.01 avg rating — 157 ratings
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Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems: Ptolemaic and Copernican
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems: Ptolemaic and Copernican 4.07 avg rating — 1,281 ratings
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Views of Nature
Views of Nature 3.80 avg rating — 158 ratings
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A Treatise of the System of the World
A Treatise of the System of the World 4.11 avg rating — 303 ratings
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Micrographia: Or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses With Observations and Inquiries Thereupon
Micrographia: Or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses With Observations and Inquiries Thereupon 3.83 avg rating — 103 ratings
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The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World 4.32 avg rating — 28,488 ratings
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Physics
Physics
by: Aristotle
3.98 avg rating — 4,370 ratings
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Atomic Physics And Human Knowledge
Atomic Physics And Human Knowledge 3.97 avg rating — 95 ratings
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On the Fabric of the Human Body: Book 1 : The Bones and Cartilages (NORMAN ANATOMY SERIES)
On the Fabric of the Human Body: Book 1 : The Bones and Cartilages (NORMAN ANATOMY SERIES) 4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Voyage of the Beagle
Voyage of the Beagle 4.02 avg rating — 8,291 ratings
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Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe
Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe 4.29 avg rating — 3,223 ratings
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'Nature and the Greeks' and 'Science and Humanism'
'Nature and the Greeks' and 'Science and Humanism' 4.16 avg rating — 201 ratings
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The Double Helix
The Double Helix 3.84 avg rating — 19,755 ratings
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On the Nature of the Universe
On the Nature of the Universe
by: Lucretius
3.97 avg rating — 14,247 ratings
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Principles of Geology
Principles of Geology 3.91 avg rating — 355 ratings
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Natural History: A Selection
Natural History: A Selection 3.99 avg rating — 582 ratings
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The Principles Of Quantum Mechanics (International Series Of Monographs On Physics)
The Principles Of Quantum Mechanics (International Series Of Monographs On Physics) 4.42 avg rating — 538 ratings
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The Descent of Man
The Descent of Man 4.04 avg rating — 4,411 ratings
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The Computer and the Brain
The Computer and the Brain 3.90 avg rating — 805 ratings
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Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent
Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent 4.01 avg rating — 274 ratings
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History of Animals
History of Animals
by: Aristotle
3.09 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Enquiry into Plants, Volume I: Books 1–5
Enquiry into Plants, Volume I: Books 1–5 3.64 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, Vol. 1
Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, Vol. 1 4.44 avg rating — 169 ratings
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Leonhart Fuchs. The New Herbal of 1543
Leonhart Fuchs. The New Herbal of 1543 3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Jaguars and Electric Eels
Jaguars and Electric Eels 3.50 avg rating — 172 ratings
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Essay on the Geography of Plants
Essay on the Geography of Plants 4.47 avg rating — 38 ratings
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COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1
COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 4.21 avg rating — 91 ratings
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Optics
Optics 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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My Inventions
My Inventions 3.91 avg rating — 12,442 ratings
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Valerius Terminus: Of the Interpretation of Nature
Valerius Terminus: Of the Interpretation of Nature 3.40 avg rating — 10 ratings
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The Geography
The Geography
by: Ptolemy
3.71 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Fundamentals of Ecology
Fundamentals of Ecology 4.14 avg rating — 497 ratings
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Discourse on Floating Bodies
Discourse on Floating Bodies 3.86 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire: And Other Papers on the Second Law of Thermodynamics (Dover Books on Physics)
Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire: And Other Papers on the Second Law of Thermodynamics (Dover Books on Physics) 4.23 avg rating — 35 ratings
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The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior
The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior 4.45 avg rating — 139 ratings
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Sidereus Nuncius, or The Sidereal Messenger
Sidereus Nuncius, or The Sidereal Messenger 3.95 avg rating — 697 ratings
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Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations Relating to Two New Sciences
Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations Relating to Two New Sciences 4.06 avg rating — 364 ratings
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Systema Naturae
Systema Naturae 4.05 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Linnaeus' Philosophia Botanica
Linnaeus' Philosophia Botanica 3.92 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Theory of the Earth
Theory of the Earth 3.91 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Elements of Chemistry (Dover Books on Chemistry)
Elements of Chemistry (Dover Books on Chemistry) 3.91 avg rating — 372 ratings
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The Philosopher's Plant: An Intellectual Herbarium
The Philosopher's Plant: An Intellectual Herbarium 3.78 avg rating — 32 ratings
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Collected Papers on Wave Mechanics
Collected Papers on Wave Mechanics 4.48 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures 3.96 avg rating — 112,023 ratings
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A Franz Boas Reader: The Shaping of American Anthropology, 1883-1911
A Franz Boas Reader: The Shaping of American Anthropology, 1883-1911 4.38 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Chaos: Making a New Science
Chaos: Making a New Science 4.03 avg rating — 40,243 ratings
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The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life
The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life 3.98 avg rating — 4,475 ratings
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Avicenna Canon of Medicine Volume 1
Avicenna Canon of Medicine Volume 1
by: Avicenna
4.30 avg rating — 262 ratings
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Traces Of The Past: Unraveling The Secrets Of Archaeology Through Chemistry (Contemporary Issues in Museum Cultures
Traces Of The Past: Unraveling The Secrets Of Archaeology Through Chemistry (Contemporary Issues in Museum Cultures 3.91 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Silent Spring
Silent Spring 4.05 avg rating — 53,321 ratings
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Archaeology from Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past
Archaeology from Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past 3.73 avg rating — 992 ratings
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On Generation and Corruption
On Generation and Corruption
by: Aristotle
3.53 avg rating — 285 ratings
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Selected Philosophical and Scientific Writings
Selected Philosophical and Scientific Writings really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe
Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe 4.29 avg rating — 7,030 ratings
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Sediments of Time
Sediments of Time 4.14 avg rating — 433 ratings
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The Essays
The Essays 3.81 avg rating — 4,475 ratings
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The Great Physicists from Galileo to Einstein
The Great Physicists from Galileo to Einstein 4.13 avg rating — 241 ratings
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Origins Reconsidered: In Search of What Makes Us Human
Origins Reconsidered: In Search of What Makes Us Human 4.03 avg rating — 577 ratings
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Generation of Animals
Generation of Animals
by: Aristotle
3.59 avg rating — 98 ratings
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The Theory of Electrons: and Its Applications to the Phenomena of Light and Radiant Heat (Dover Books on Physics)
The Theory of Electrons: and Its Applications to the Phenomena of Light and Radiant Heat (Dover Books on Physics) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The Sixth Extinction: Patterns of Life and the Future of Humankind
The Sixth Extinction: Patterns of Life and the Future of Humankind really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 438 ratings
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Parts of Animals/Movement of Animals/Progression of Animals
Parts of Animals/Movement of Animals/Progression of Animals
by: Aristotle
3.75 avg rating — 64 ratings
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time 3.99 avg rating — 75,032 ratings
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The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment
The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment 3.57 avg rating — 141 ratings
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De Anima
De Anima
by: Aristotle
4.03 avg rating — 6,551 ratings
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Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love
Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love 3.75 avg rating — 30,047 ratings
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The Evolution of Physics: From Early Concepts to Relativity and Quanta
The Evolution of Physics: From Early Concepts to Relativity and Quanta 4.25 avg rating — 1,799 ratings
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E=mc²: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation
E=mc²: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation 4.10 avg rating — 8,265 ratings
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The Mind Of Primitive Man
The Mind Of Primitive Man 3.82 avg rating — 105 ratings
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Ecological Vignettes
Ecological Vignettes 3.61 avg rating — 33 ratings
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A Chemical History of a Candle
A Chemical History of a Candle 3.94 avg rating — 628 ratings
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Race, Language, and Culture
Race, Language, and Culture 3.95 avg rating — 133 ratings
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A Stillness in the Pines: The Ecology of the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker (The Commonwealth Fund Book Program)
A Stillness in the Pines: The Ecology of the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker (The Commonwealth Fund Book Program) 3.85 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Their Blood Runs Cold: Adventures with Reptiles and Amphibians
Their Blood Runs Cold: Adventures with Reptiles and Amphibians 4.05 avg rating — 44 ratings
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A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes
A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes 2.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The Malay Archipelago
The Malay Archipelago 4.18 avg rating — 959 ratings
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Snakes of the Eastern United States (Wormsloe Foundation Nature Books)
Snakes of the Eastern United States (Wormsloe Foundation Nature Books) 4.75 avg rating — 16 ratings
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De Re Metallica
De Re Metallica 4.24 avg rating — 88 ratings
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Matter and Light: The New Physics
Matter and Light: The New Physics 3.31 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Ecoviews: Snakes, Snails, and Environmental Tales
Ecoviews: Snakes, Snails, and Environmental Tales 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
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About infinity, universe and worlds.: Philosophy of Giordano Bruno
About infinity, universe and worlds.: Philosophy of Giordano Bruno 4.16 avg rating — 123 ratings
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The Physical Geography of the Sea, and Its Meteorology
The Physical Geography of the Sea, and Its Meteorology 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Physics and Philosophy: The Revolution in Modern Science
Physics and Philosophy: The Revolution in Modern Science 4.03 avg rating — 3,053 ratings
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De Magnete
De Magnete 3.96 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder from the World of Plants
Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder from the World of Plants really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,580 ratings
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Conditioned Reflexes
Conditioned Reflexes 4.14 avg rating — 169 ratings
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Johannes Kepler New Astronomy
Johannes Kepler New Astronomy 4.39 avg rating — 46 ratings
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Ways to Spaceflight
Ways to Spaceflight it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine
I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine 3.86 avg rating — 1,191 ratings
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The Realm of the Nebulae (The Silliman Memorial Lectures Series)
The Realm of the Nebulae (The Silliman Memorial Lectures Series) 4.32 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Becoming a Doctor: A Journey of Initiation in Medical School
Becoming a Doctor: A Journey of Initiation in Medical School 3.83 avg rating — 697 ratings
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Somnium: The Dream, or Posthumous Work on Lunar Astronomy
Somnium: The Dream, or Posthumous Work on Lunar Astronomy 3.49 avg rating — 405 ratings
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The Plant Hunter: A Scientist's Quest for Nature's Next Medicines
The Plant Hunter: A Scientist's Quest for Nature's Next Medicines 4.13 avg rating — 643 ratings
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The Secret of the Universe (Janus Series)
The Secret of the Universe (Janus Series) 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
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