Best Pop Science Books
81. 
Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
by:
Malcolm Gladwell
4.04 avg rating โ 45,713 ratings 102. 
The Secret Life of Dust: From the Cosmos to the Kitchen Counter, the Big Consequences of Little Things
by:
Hannah Holmes
3.68 avg rating โ 432 ratings 102. 
Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution
by:
Nick Lane
4.12 avg rating โ 5,281 ratings 102. 
102. 
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
by:
Malcolm Gladwell
3.97 avg rating โ 189,410 ratings 
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When Least Is Best: How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Ways to Make Things as Small (or as Large) as Possible
by:
Paul J. Nahin
4.01 avg rating โ 67 ratings 113. 
The Vision Revolution: How the Latest Research Overturns Everything We Thought We Knew About Human Vision
by:
Mark Changizi
3.81 avg rating โ 221 ratings 113. 
113. 
The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
by:
Steven Pinker
3.91 avg rating โ 11,146 ratings 113. 
The Rules of Contagion: Why Things Spread - and Why They Stop
by:
Adam Kucharski
3.86 avg rating โ 2,254 ratings 113. 
A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters
by:
Henry Gee
4.05 avg rating โ 2,896 ratings 113. 
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Encounters: Experiences with Nonhuman Intelligences
by:
D.W. Pasulka
3.94 avg rating โ 1,261 ratings 
123. 
Identity Economics: How Our Identities Shape Our Work, Wages, and Well-Being 3.53 avg rating โ 611 ratings
123. 
E=mc^2: The Most Famous Equation in History... and its Folklore (Relativity free of Folklore #1)
by:
Felix Alba-Juez
4.12 avg rating โ 8 ratings 123. 
The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth
by:
Tim Flannery
3.92 avg rating โ 3,336 ratings 123. 
Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception
by:
Charles Seife
3.68 avg rating โ 1,569 ratings 
123. 
The Particle at the End of the Universe: How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World
by:
Sean Carroll
4.05 avg rating โ 4,398 ratings 123. 
The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction
by:
David Quammen
4.29 avg rating โ 8,561 ratings 123. 
The Axemaker's Gift A Double Edged History of Human Culture
by:
James Burke
really liked it 4.00 avg rating โ 308 ratings 
123. 
The Genius Bat: The Secret Life of the Only Flying Mammal
by:
Yossi Yovel
4.15 avg rating โ 20 ratings 133. 
Neurogastronomy: How the Brain Creates Flavor and Why It Matters 3.87 avg rating โ 282 ratings
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Digital Madness: How Social Media Is Driving Our Mental Health Crisis--and How to Restore Our Sanity 3.56 avg rating โ 400 ratings
137. 
The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
by:
Norman Doidge
4.20 avg rating โ 39,549 ratings 137. 
The Wild Life of Our Bodies: Predators, Parasites, and Partners That Shape Who We Are Today
by:
Rob Dunn
3.91 avg rating โ 1,259 ratings 139. 
The Shape of Inner Space: String Theory and the Geometry of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions
by:
Shing-Tung Yau
3.99 avg rating โ 836 ratings 
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Overpowered: The Dangers of Electromagnetic Radiation (EMF) and What You Can Do about It
by:
Martin Blank
4.09 avg rating โ 68 ratings 144. 
The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health 4.28 avg rating โ 946 ratings
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The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic History
by:
Bryan Sykes
really liked it 4.00 avg rating โ 7,556 ratings 146. 
Parasite Rex : Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures
by:
Carl Zimmer
4.20 avg rating โ 5,906 ratings 148. 
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
by:
Brian Greene
4.13 avg rating โ 40,011 ratings 148. 
The Emerald Planet: How Plants Changed Earth's History
by:
David Beerling
4.05 avg rating โ 636 ratings 148. 
Liquid: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives
by:
Mark Miodownik
4.10 avg rating โ 4,072 ratings 151. 
Feral Cities: Adventures with Animals in the Urban Jungle
by:
Tristan Donovan
4.05 avg rating โ 118 ratings 151. 
Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World
by:
Jane McGonigal
3.79 avg rating โ 8,270 ratings 
153. 
Napoleon's Buttons: 17 Molecules That Changed History
by:
Penny Le Couteur
3.97 avg rating โ 7,042 ratings 155. 
Our Stolen Future: Are We Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence and Survival? A Scientific Detective Story
by:
Theo Colborn
4.11 avg rating โ 861 ratings 155. 
This Explains Everything: 150 Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works
by:
John Brockman
3.66 avg rating โ 2,818 ratings 
157. 
Your Brain On Nature: The Science of Nature's Influence on Your Health, Happiness and Vitality
by:
Eva M. Selhub
3.96 avg rating โ 422 ratings 157. 
Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and EverythingElse
by:
Jordan Ellenberg
3.73 avg rating โ 2,026 ratings 
160. 
Germs, Genes, & Civilization: How Epidemics Shaped Who We Are Today (Ft Press Science Series)
by:
David P. Clark
3.73 avg rating โ 1,028 ratings 160. 
The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged): Adventures in Math and Science
by:
Adam Rutherford
4.11 avg rating โ 1,721 ratings 
163. 
THE MOLECULE HUNT: Archaeology and the Search for Ancient DNA
by:
Martin Jones
3.58 avg rating โ 50 ratings 
166. 
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ๅคงๆ ๅๅธ
4.33 avg rating โ 3 ratings 166. 
Out of Thin Air: Dinosaurs, Birds, and Earth's Ancient Atmosphere
by:
Peter D. Ward
3.90 avg rating โ 147 ratings 168. 
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ๅคงๆ ๅๅธ
4.67 avg rating โ 3 ratings 168. 
Scars of Evolution: What Our Bodies Tell Us About Human Origins
by:
Elaine Morgan
4.13 avg rating โ 245 ratings 170. 
Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes on the Cosmos
by:
Seth Lloyd
4.01 avg rating โ 2,081 ratings 170. 
Goldilocks and the Water Bears: The Search for Life in the Universe
by:
Louisa Preston
3.68 avg rating โ 185 ratings