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The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
by:
Sam Kean
3.93 avg rating β 54,827 ratings 2. 
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 5,802 ratings 3. 
The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code
by:
Sam Kean
4.01 avg rating β 10,632 ratings 4. 
Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History
by:
Penny Le Couteur
3.97 avg rating β 7,042 ratings 
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The Emperor of Scent: A True Story of Perfume and Obsession
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Chandler Burr
4.16 avg rating β 2,111 ratings 8. 
The Alchemy of Air: A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World but Fueled the Rise of Hitler
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Thomas Hager
4.35 avg rating β 4,451 ratings 
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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character 4.27 avg rating β 213,220 ratings
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The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
by:
Deborah Blum
4.01 avg rating β 36,515 ratings 
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Boltzmanns Atom: The Great Debate That Launched A Revolution In Physics
by:
David Lindley
4.07 avg rating β 180 ratings 
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The Billion Dollar Molecule: One Company's Quest for the Perfect Drug
by:
Barry Werth
3.92 avg rating β 1,044 ratings 
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The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom
by:
Graham Farmelo
4.01 avg rating β 7,384 ratings 21. 
Mauve: How One Man Invented a Colour That Changed the World
by:
Simon Garfield
3.67 avg rating β 1,876 ratings 22. 
The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe
by:
Theodore Gray
4.43 avg rating β 5,370 ratings 22. 
The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
by:
Robert Kanigel
4.03 avg rating β 8,789 ratings 24. 
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Cathedrals of Science: The Personalities and Rivalries That Made Modern Chemistry
by:
Patrick Coffey
4.07 avg rating β 145 ratings 
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What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
by:
Randall Munroe
4.14 avg rating β 191,218 ratings 28. 
Molecules: The Elements and the Architecture of Everything, Book 2 of 3
by:
Theodore Gray
4.45 avg rating β 1,055 ratings 
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Wonderful Life With the Elements: The Periodic Table Personified
by:
Bunpei Yorifuji
4.19 avg rating β 351 ratings 32. 
The 13th Element: The Sordid Tale of Murder, Fire, and Phosphorus
by:
John Emsley
3.80 avg rating β 537 ratings 33. 
Molecules at an Exhibition: Portraits of Intriguing Materials in Everyday Life
by:
John Emsley
3.97 avg rating β 211 ratings 
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On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
by:
Harold McGee
4.46 avg rating β 16,092 ratings 38. 
That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles: 62 All-New Commentaries on the Fascinating Chemistry of Everyday Life
by:
joe-schwarcz
3.77 avg rating β 417 ratings 
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The Radioactive Boy Scout: The Frightening True Story of a Whiz Kid and His Homemade Nuclear Reactor
by:
Ken Silverstein
3.73 avg rating β 2,040 ratings 
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E=mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation.
by:
David Bodanis
4.10 avg rating β 8,264 ratings 49. 
Thirty Years that Shook Physics: The Story of Quantum Theory
by:
George Gamow
4.19 avg rating β 1,250 ratings 50. 
Great Scientific Experiments: Twenty Experiments that Changed our View of the World
by:
Rom HarrΓ©
3.47 avg rating β 85 ratings 
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Creations Of Fire: Chemistry's Lively History From Alchemy To The Atomic Age
by:
Cathy Cobb
3.93 avg rating β 162 ratings 
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Linus Pauling in His Own Words: Selections From his Writings, Speeches and Interviews
by:
Linus Pauling
3.29 avg rating β 14 ratings 
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The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul ErdΕs and the Search for Mathematical Truth
by:
Paul Hoffman
4.05 avg rating β 9,905 ratings 
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Creation The Origin of Life & The Future of Life
by:
Adam Rutherford
3.98 avg rating β 751 ratings 64. 
LSD: My Problem Child β Reflections on Sacred Drugs, Mysticism and Science
by:
Albert Hofmann
4.20 avg rating β 4,261 ratings 65. 
Mystic Chemist: The Life of Albert Hofmann and His Discovery of LSD
by:
Dieter Hagenback
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 29 ratings 66. 
Eurekas and Euphorias: The Oxford Book of Scientific Anecdotes
by:
Walter Gratzer
3.94 avg rating β 125 ratings 67. 
The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
by:
Denise Kiernan
3.73 avg rating β 31,441 ratings 68. 
What Is Life? with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches 4.13 avg rating β 7,501 ratings
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A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing 3.94 avg rating β 30,330 ratings
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The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics: A Math-Free Exploration of the Science that Made Our World
by:
James Kakalios
3.76 avg rating β 770 ratings 
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Elegant Solutions: Ten Beautiful Experiments in Chemistry
by:
Philip Ball
4.27 avg rating β 30 ratings 