Books Scientists Should Read Before The Age of 20
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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character 4.27 avg rating — 213,212 ratings
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A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age: Scientific Habits of Mind
by:
David J. Helfand
3.73 avg rating — 216 ratings 
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The Mathematics of the Heavens and the Earth: The Early History of Trigonometry 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
by:
Robert M. Pirsig
3.78 avg rating — 241,453 ratings 11. 
J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
by:
J.R.R. Tolkien
4.61 avg rating — 141,528 ratings 12. 
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
by:
Carl Sagan
4.29 avg rating — 78,415 ratings 
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Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
by:
Charles Petzold
4.40 avg rating — 10,330 ratings 17. 
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
by:
Jared Diamond
4.04 avg rating — 445,037 ratings 18. 
The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
by:
Richard Dawkins
4.09 avg rating — 41,141 ratings 
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The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
by:
Steven Pinker
4.01 avg rating — 22,310 ratings 
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The Illustrated Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
by:
Dava Sobel
3.99 avg rating — 75,024 ratings 
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Four Parts
by:
Douglas Adams
4.50 avg rating — 36,498 ratings 30. 
The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True
by:
Richard Dawkins
4.05 avg rating — 27,033 ratings 
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Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution
by:
Michael J. Behe
3.79 avg rating — 4,017 ratings 36. 
The Explorer's Mindset: Unlock Health Happiness and Success the Fun Way 4.10 avg rating — 60 ratings
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants 4.52 avg rating — 158,444 ratings
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Men of Mathematics by E. T. Bell (2008) Hardcover
by:
Eric Temple Bell
4.09 avg rating — 2,068 ratings 
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The Illustrated A Brief History of Time/The Universe in a Nutshell
by:
Stephen Hawking
4.31 avg rating — 10,052 ratings 50. 
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
by:
Andrea Wulf
4.32 avg rating — 28,488 ratings 
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Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe
by:
Jane Goodall
4.29 avg rating — 3,223 ratings 57. 
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The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman 4.23 avg rating — 13,314 ratings
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The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World
by:
Pedro Domingos
3.74 avg rating — 6,368 ratings 
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A Life of Discovery: Michael Faraday, Giant of the Scientific Revolution
by:
James Hamilton
3.69 avg rating — 39 ratings 
72. 
Great Mambo Chicken And The Transhuman Condition: Science Slightly Over The Edge
by:
Ed Regis
3.99 avg rating — 361 ratings 73. 
Saving Darwin: How to Be a Christian and Believe in Evolution
by:
Karl W. Giberson
3.58 avg rating — 209 ratings 
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Text Structure: A Window into Discourse, Context and Mind
by:
Nelly Tincheva
4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings 
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DNA Nation: How the Internet of Genes is Changing Your Life
by:
Sergio Pistoi
4.09 avg rating — 46 ratings 73. 
Learn Linux Quickly: A Friendly Guide to Easily Master the World's Most Powerful Operating System.
by:
Ahmed Alkabary
4.24 avg rating — 21 ratings 
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Life in the Treetops: Adventures of a Woman in Field Biology (Yale Nota Bene S)
by:
Margaret Lowman
3.97 avg rating — 116 ratings 73. 
The Return of the God Hypothesis: Three Scientific Discoveries Revealing the Mind Behind the Universe
by:
Stephen C. Meyer
4.42 avg rating — 1,443 ratings 
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"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character 4.27 avg rating — 213,212 ratings
84. 
The Value of Science: Essential Writings of Henri Poincare
by:
Henri Poincaré
4.23 avg rating — 227 ratings 84. 
The Designed World of Information: Unveiling the Incredible Realm Beyond it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The Tapir's Morning Bath: Mysteries of the Tropical Rain Forest and the Scientists Who Are Trying to Solve Them
by:
Elizabeth Royte
3.94 avg rating — 264 ratings 
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A Vineyard Odyssey: The Organic Fight to Save Wine from the Ravages of Nature
by:
John Kiger
4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings 94. 
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
by:
Brad Stone
4.14 avg rating — 76,316 ratings 
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On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It
by:
Seneca
4.17 avg rating — 43,004 ratings 
