New Scientist Top 25 Most Influential Popular Science Books

1.
The Selfish Gene
The Selfish Gene 4.16 avg rating — 189,066 ratings
2.
A Brief History of Time
A Brief History of Time 4.21 avg rating — 467,057 ratings
3.
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 4.04 avg rating — 445,073 ratings
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid 4.29 avg rating — 51,684 ratings
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The Origin of Species
The Origin of Species 4.01 avg rating — 120,196 ratings
6.
Cosmos
Cosmos 4.40 avg rating — 155,630 ratings
7.
The Double Helix
The Double Helix 3.84 avg rating — 19,755 ratings
8.
Silent Spring
Silent Spring 4.05 avg rating — 53,320 ratings
9.
A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything 4.22 avg rating — 412,858 ratings
10.
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 — 239,831 ratings
11.
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language 4.01 avg rating — 22,310 ratings
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The Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases : The Effort Theory of Evolution, Chronic Diseases and Extinction
The Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases : The Effort Theory of Evolution, Chronic Diseases and Extinction
by: Paul Ola
3.70 avg rating — 27 ratings
13.
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark 4.29 avg rating — 78,419 ratings
14.
Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History 4.14 avg rating — 10,151 ratings
15.
Chaos: Making a New Science
Chaos: Making a New Science 4.03 avg rating — 40,243 ratings
16.
The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe
The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe 4.10 avg rating — 13,117 ratings
17.
The Emperor's New Mind
The Emperor's New Mind 3.91 avg rating — 7,531 ratings
18.
What Is Life? with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches
What Is Life? with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches 4.13 avg rating — 7,501 ratings
19.
How to Lie with Statistics
How to Lie with Statistics 3.84 avg rating — 17,590 ratings
20.
The Ascent of Man
The Ascent of Man 4.21 avg rating — 6,285 ratings
21.
The Naked Ape
The Naked Ape 3.93 avg rating — 11,901 ratings
22.
FREEDOM: The End of the Human Condition
FREEDOM: The End of the Human Condition 3.66 avg rating — 388 ratings
23.
Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy
Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy 4.23 avg rating — 13,358 ratings
24.
An Essay on the Principle of Population
An Essay on the Principle of Population 3.42 avg rating — 1,844 ratings
24.
King Solomon's Ring
King Solomon's Ring 4.13 avg rating — 4,450 ratings
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The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology
The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology 3.93 avg rating — 12,333 ratings
27.
Disturbing the Universe
Disturbing the Universe 4.19 avg rating — 905 ratings
28.
The Story of Art
The Story of Art 3.96 avg rating — 448,957 ratings
28.
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed 3.93 avg rating — 73,875 ratings
30.
Brief Answers to the Big Questions
Brief Answers to the Big Questions 4.27 avg rating — 84,157 ratings
31.
Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind
Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind 4.27 avg rating — 20,283 ratings
32.
Cybernetics: or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine
Cybernetics: or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 746 ratings
32.
Istinto di morte e conoscenza
Istinto di morte e conoscenza 4.83 avg rating — 23 ratings
34.
Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth
Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth 3.81 avg rating — 2,284 ratings
34.
Math and Magic in Wonderland
Math and Magic in Wonderland 4.38 avg rating — 74 ratings
36.
The Axemaker's Gift A Double Edged History of Human Culture
The Axemaker's Gift A Double Edged History of Human Culture really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 308 ratings
37.
Geology Illustrated
Geology Illustrated 4.38 avg rating — 24 ratings
37.
Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World
Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World 4.07 avg rating — 1,658 ratings
39.
Brighter Than A Thousand Suns: A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists
Brighter Than A Thousand Suns: A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists 4.29 avg rating — 626 ratings
40.
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality 4.13 avg rating — 40,010 ratings
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Principles of Geology
Principles of Geology 3.91 avg rating — 355 ratings
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The Ambidextrous Universe
The Ambidextrous Universe 4.22 avg rating — 179 ratings
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The Mysterious Universe
The Mysterious Universe 3.93 avg rating — 81 ratings