STEM Books to Read Before You Die

1.
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions 3.81 avg rating — 75,632 ratings
2.
The Poetics of Space
The Poetics of Space 4.18 avg rating — 10,888 ratings
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The Voyage of the Beagle
The Voyage of the Beagle 4.02 avg rating — 8,291 ratings
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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
by: Kai Bird
4.31 avg rating — 55,184 ratings
5.
Study Is Hard Work
Study Is Hard Work 3.86 avg rating — 223 ratings
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QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter 4.27 avg rating — 19,187 ratings
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Alan Turing: The Enigma
Alan Turing: The Enigma 3.75 avg rating — 11,795 ratings
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid 4.29 avg rating — 51,681 ratings
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Critical Path
Critical Path 4.22 avg rating — 1,129 ratings
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The Great Crash 1929
The Great Crash 1929 3.92 avg rating — 6,103 ratings
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions 4.03 avg rating — 29,126 ratings
12.
Arctic Dreams
Arctic Dreams 4.23 avg rating — 8,799 ratings
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The Cosmic Code: Quantum Physics as the Language of Nature
The Cosmic Code: Quantum Physics as the Language of Nature 4.28 avg rating — 446 ratings
14.
Heisenberg's War: The Secret History of the German Bomb
Heisenberg's War: The Secret History of the German Bomb really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 205 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 — 75,027 ratings
16.
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster - Full Edition
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster - Full Edition 4.40 avg rating — 62,921 ratings
17.
Microbe Hunters
Microbe Hunters 4.14 avg rating — 4,355 ratings
18.
Silent Spring
Silent Spring 4.05 avg rating — 53,317 ratings
19.
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey 4.49 avg rating — 6,497 ratings
20.
The Selfish Gene
The Selfish Gene 4.16 avg rating — 189,061 ratings
21.
Darwin Among the Machines: The Evolution of Global Intelligence (Helix Books)
Darwin Among the Machines: The Evolution of Global Intelligence (Helix Books) 3.86 avg rating — 402 ratings
22.
Bright Air, Brilliant Fire: On The Matter Of The Mind
Bright Air, Brilliant Fire: On The Matter Of The Mind 3.92 avg rating — 158 ratings
23.
The Immense Journey
The Immense Journey 4.31 avg rating — 2,499 ratings
24.
Coming of Age in the Milky Way
Coming of Age in the Milky Way 4.16 avg rating — 3,100 ratings
25.
Darwin's Dreampond: Drama in Lake Victoria
Darwin's Dreampond: Drama in Lake Victoria 3.71 avg rating — 167 ratings
26.
The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History
The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History 4.13 avg rating — 6,871 ratings
27.
A Beautiful Mind
A Beautiful Mind 4.13 avg rating — 134,374 ratings
28.
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales 4.05 avg rating — 239,811 ratings
29.
The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence 4.19 avg rating — 21,187 ratings
30.
River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West
River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West 4.15 avg rating — 1,578 ratings
31.
The Double Helix
The Double Helix 3.84 avg rating — 19,753 ratings
32.
Naturalist
Naturalist 4.33 avg rating — 1,782 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