Best General Science Books
202. 
The Science of Liberty: Democracy, Reason and the Laws of Nature
by:
Timothy Ferris
3.90 avg rating β 500 ratings 203. 
Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life
by:
Nick Lane
4.25 avg rating β 3,636 ratings 204. 
The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself 4.11 avg rating β 11,776 ratings
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Liquid Rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives
by:
Mark Miodownik
4.10 avg rating β 4,073 ratings 206. 
Philosophy in the Flesh: The Embodied Mind and its Challenge to Western Thought
by:
George Lakoff
4.08 avg rating β 1,281 ratings 
208. 
Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape the Universe
by:
Martin J. Rees
3.96 avg rating β 5,245 ratings 209. 
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
by:
Dava Sobel
3.99 avg rating β 75,033 ratings 209. 
The Emerald Planet: How Plants Changed Earth's History
by:
David Beerling
4.05 avg rating β 636 ratings 211. 
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The Epigenetics Revolution: How Modern Biology Is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics, Disease and Inheritance
by:
Nessa Carey
4.05 avg rating β 5,312 ratings 
214. 
A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters
by:
Henry Gee
4.05 avg rating β 2,896 ratings 
218. 
The Demon Under the Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor's Heroic Search for the World's First Miracle Drug
by:
Thomas Hager
4.09 avg rating β 5,801 ratings 
221. 
Genius At Play: The Curious Mind of John Horton Conway
by:
Siobhan Roberts
3.94 avg rating β 421 ratings 223. 
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The Principia : Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
by:
Isaac Newton
4.24 avg rating β 4,779 ratings 226. 
Don't Be Such a Scientist: Talking Substance in an Age of Style
by:
Randy Olson
3.72 avg rating β 747 ratings 227. 
Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes on the Cosmos
by:
Seth Lloyd
4.01 avg rating β 2,081 ratings 227. 
The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do 4.14 avg rating β 1,944 ratings
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The Effects of Childhood Trauma on Adult Perception and Worldview
by:
Asa Don Brown
4.36 avg rating β 55 ratings 230. 
The Cosmic Landscape: String Theory and the Illusion of Intelligent Design
by:
Leonard Susskind
4.15 avg rating β 2,828 ratings 
230. 
E=mcΒ²: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation
by:
David Bodanis
4.10 avg rating β 8,265 ratings 233. 
The Quantum Zoo: A Tourist's Guide to the Never-Ending Universe
by:
Marcus Chown
4.05 avg rating β 173 ratings 234. 
Three Steps to the Universe: From the Sun to Black Holes to the Mystery of Dark Matter
by:
David Garfinkle
3.79 avg rating β 52 ratings 
236. 
Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe
by:
George Dyson
3.60 avg rating β 4,673 ratings 237. 
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Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension
by:
Michio Kaku
4.15 avg rating β 23,942 ratings 
237. 
Snake Oil is Alive & Well "The Clash between Myths and Reality: Reflections of a Physcian"
by:
Morton E. Tavel
4.71 avg rating β 7 ratings 237. 
Illuminating Disease: An Introduction to Green Fluorescent Proteins
by:
Marc Zimmer
4.50 avg rating β 16 ratings 237. 
An Ocean of Air: Why the Wind Blows and Other Mysteries of the Atmosphere
by:
Gabrielle Walker
4.16 avg rating β 569 ratings 
237. 
The Chemistry Book: From Gunpowder to Graphene, 250 Milestones in the History of Chemistry
by:
Derek B. Lowe
4.06 avg rating β 212 ratings 237. 
Ecological Planet: An Introduction to Earth's Major Ecosystems
by:
John C. Kricher
4.16 avg rating β 76 ratings 237. 
Cancer Biology, A Study of Cancer Pathogenesis: How to Prevent Cancer and Diseases
by:
Migdalia Arnan
4.50 avg rating β 4 ratings 237. 
Watch out for Toxo!: The Secret Guide to Practical Science
by:
Jaroslav Flegr
4.07 avg rating β 30 ratings 
237. 
Machine Learning with Neural Networks: An In-depth Visual Introduction with Python: Make Your Own Neural Network in Python: A Simple Guide on Machine Learning with Neural Networks.
by:
Michael Taylor
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 172 ratings 237. 
Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, from Pointless Bones to Broken Genes
by:
Nathan H. Lents
3.96 avg rating β 4,870 ratings 
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Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the Science of Affection
by:
Deborah Blum
4.25 avg rating β 926 ratings 
237. 
13 Things That Don't Make Sense: The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time
by:
Michael Brooks
3.75 avg rating β 6,124 ratings 237. 
DNA Nation: How the Internet of Genes is Changing Your Life
by:
Sergio Pistoi
4.09 avg rating β 46 ratings 237. 
The Mutant Project: Inside the Global Race to Genetically Modify Humans
by:
Eben Kirksey
3.83 avg rating β 318 ratings 237. 
Stephen Hawking On Trial: Confronting the Big Bang
by:
Pierre St. Clair
3.46 avg rating β 41 ratings 
237. 
Deep Time Reckoning: How Future Thinking Can Help Earth Now
by:
Vincent Ialenti
3.60 avg rating β 63 ratings 237. 
The Science of Love and Attraction: The long-hidden neurobiological secrets to improve your social and romantic life 3.57 avg rating β 14 ratings
237. 
Science in Black and White: How Biology and Environment Shape Our Racial Divide
by:
Alondra OubrΓ©
4.26 avg rating β 19 ratings 237. 
From Molecule To Modern Human: The 4.4-Billion-Year Evolution of Homo sapiens
by:
Frank Dunne
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β 2 ratings 237. 
THE BOOK THAT HAPPENED - Is Reality but Sheer Coincidence?
by:
Attila Pergel
4.18 avg rating β 22 ratings 
237. 
Fantastic Fungi: How Mushrooms Can Heal, Shift Consciousness, and Save the Planet
by:
Paul Stamets
4.40 avg rating β 1,036 ratings 
237. 
African-American Inventions That Changed The World: Influential Inventors and Their Revolutionary Creations 4.47 avg rating β 15 ratings
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The Designed World of Information: Unveiling the Incredible Realm Beyond it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β 8 ratings
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The Scientist in the Crib: What Early Learning Tells Us About the Mind
by:
Alison Gopnik
3.85 avg rating β 1,631 ratings 276. 
Relics of Eden: The Powerful Evidence of Evolution in Human DNA 4.18 avg rating β 195 ratings
276. 
Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA, and More Tell Us about Crime
by:
Val McDermid
4.10 avg rating β 12,183 ratings 
276. 
The Alchemy of Air: A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World but Fueled the Rise of Hitler
by:
Thomas Hager
4.35 avg rating β 4,452 ratings 
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Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World
by:
Laura Spinney
3.91 avg rating β 7,932 ratings 
276. 
Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World
by:
Paul Stamets
4.41 avg rating β 3,298 ratings 276. 
The Vaccine: Inside the Race to Conquer the COVID-19 Pandemic
by:
Joe Miller
4.24 avg rating β 864 ratings 276. 
The Source of All Things: A Heart Surgeon's Quest to Understand Our Most Mysterious Organ
by:
Reinhard Friedl
3.71 avg rating β 91 ratings 
294. 
Foresight and Understanding: An Inquiry into the Aims of Science
by:
Stephen Toulmin
4.20 avg rating β 20 ratings 294. 
Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness Are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe
by:
Robert Lanza
3.94 avg rating β 4,720 ratings 294. 
Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit
by:
Barry Estabrook
3.96 avg rating β 4,507 ratings 294. 
Physics of the Zero Point Field and its Applications to Advanced Technology (Physics Research and Technology)
by:
Takaaki Musha
4.33 avg rating β 3 ratings 294. 
The Quantum Universe: Everything That Can Happen Does Happen
by:
Brian Cox
3.76 avg rating β 4,575 ratings 294. 
Neutrino Hunters: The Thrilling Chase for a Ghostly Particle to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
by:
Ray Jayawardhana
4.03 avg rating β 682 ratings 