Best Science Books for Non-Scientists

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The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
de Carl Sagan
7,092 membros
106 resenhas
½ 4.3
11 Members
lorax, seabear, lilithcat, ABVR, daschaich, stretch, prosfilaes, Percevan, dwacker, horacio.salazar, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicações
ABVR: The best explanation of what science is (and why it matters) that I've ever read.
horacio.salazar: Almost poetic. In this book Ssagan is like the Ray Bradbury of science.
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
de Oliver Sacks
11,632 membros
210 resenhas
3.9
7 Members
Edward, smcwl, proserpinarex, cindyst2000, martensgirl, cej1027, horacio.salazar
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
de Rebecca Skloot
14,719 membros
743 resenhas
4.2
7 Members
raidergirl3, norabelle414, SylviaC, souloftherose, cej1027, GerrysBookshelf, horacio.salazar
Explicações
horacio.salazar: A book that redefines the way science stories can be told.
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Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
de Matt Ridley
3,659 membros
48 resenhas
4.1
7 Members
ABVR, Noisy, SilentInAWay, norabelle414, martensgirl, horacio.salazar, wiseup,
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The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History
de Stephen Jay Gould
2,063 membros
21 resenhas
4
6 Members
jjwilson61, ABVR, stretch, prosfilaes, proserpinarex, horacio.salazar
Explicações
ABVR: Gould's second and best collection of essays: Uniformly good, with 5-6 among the best popular-science essays ever written.
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
de Dava Sobel
9,238 membros
183 resenhas
3.9
8 Members
amarie, KimarieBee, AnnaClaire, raidergirl3, Percevan, electrice, horacio.salazar, mspixieears,ABVR ,Noisy ,thorold
Explicações
ABVR : A fascinating book, but one about technology . . . and technology rooted in the craft tradition, rather than science, at that.
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
de Bill Bryson
23,335 membros
399 resenhas
4.2
9 Members
stretch, lahochstetler, raidergirl3, sjmccreary, SylviaC, Percevan, souloftherose, martensgirl, horacio.salazar,lorax ,ABVR ,daschaich ,Noisy ,Ravic
Explicações
lorax: An error-ridden mess complete with random gratuitous homophobia.
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
de Mary Roach
10,969 membros
457 resenhas
4.1
6 Members
ijustgetbored, lahochstetler, raidergirl3, norabelle414, martensgirl, horacio.salazar
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Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love
de Dava Sobel
6,495 membros
112 resenhas
½ 3.7
7 Members
KimarieBee, AnnaClaire, raidergirl3, reconditereader, EmScape, Percevan, horacio.salazar,lorax ,ABVR ,Noisy
Explicações
lorax: A very interesting book, but it's a biography, not a book about science.
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The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance
de Laurie Garrett
1,749 membros
27 resenhas
4.1
5 Members
ABVR, smcwl, SylviaC, cindyst2000, dwacker
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Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
de Edward O. Wilson
2,644 membros
29 resenhas
3.9
4 Members
Noisy, mkjones, smcwl, indigorising
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Basin and Range
de John McPhee
891 membros
16 resenhas
4
4 Members
lorax, ABVR, stretch, indigorising
Explicações
ABVR: A masterpiece of geological explanation, in prose with the beautiful simplicity of Shaker cabinetry.
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The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science
de Natalie Angier
1,690 membros
45 resenhas
½ 3.6
5 Members
ABVR, daschaich, smcwl, indigorising, horacio.salazar
Explicações
horacio.salazar: A wonderful tour, told in a marvelous style. Great book!
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Coming of Age in the Milky Way
de Timothy Ferris
1,548 membros
13 resenhas
4.2
4 Members
ABVR, SilentInAWay, AnnaClaire, indigorising
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Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie
de Barbara Goldsmith
485 membros
11 resenhas
3.8
4 Members
smcwl, AnnaClaire, kevinmorrice, indigorising
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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
de Elizabeth Kolbert
3,654 membros
163 resenhas
4.1
4 Members
lorax, inge87, indigorising, GerrysBookshelf
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The Brain That Changes Itself : Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
de Norman Doidge
3,137 membros
77 resenhas
4.2
4 Members
seabear, smcwl, SylviaC, cindyst2000
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The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry
de Bryan Sykes
1,951 membros
34 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
AnnaClaire, sjmccreary, GerrysBookshelf
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Fermat's Last Theorem: The Story of a Riddle That Confounded the World's Greatest Minds for 358 Years
de Simon Singh
4,787 membros
64 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
smcwl, Percevan, souloftherose,Noisy
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The Selfish Gene
de Richard Dawkins
10,878 membros
119 resenhas
½ 4.3
5 Members
daschaich, Noisy, Percevan, jeffza, horacio.salazar,indigorising , ,raperper
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Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin
de Stephen Jay Gould
1,611 membros
19 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
ABVR, LolaWalser, horacio.salazar
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How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming
de Mike Brown
783 membros
36 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
kootibkiteer, GerrysBookshelf, ManWithAnAgenda
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Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search for Who We Are
de Carl Sagan
1,331 membros
8 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
sjmccreary, indigorising, GerrysBookshelf
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Why Evolution Is True
de Jerry A. Coyne
1,536 membros
31 resenhas
½ 4.3
3 Members
Noisy, Ravic, kootibkiteer
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Bully for Brontosaurus
de Stephen Jay Gould
1,663 membros
13 resenhas
4
3 Members
Ravic, smcwl, horacio.salazar
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The Planets
de Dava Sobel
1,948 membros
51 resenhas
½ 3.5
4 Members
smcwl, raidergirl3, indigorising, Percevan,Noisy
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Bad Astronomy : Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax"
de Philip Plait
704 membros
18 resenhas
4
3 Members
lorax, ABVR, cindyst2000
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Earth: An Intimate History
de Richard Fortey
1,039 membros
12 resenhas
3.8
3 Members
seabear, lahochstetler, sjmccreary
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Dinosaur in a Haystack
de Stephen Jay Gould
1,533 membros
10 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
Ravic, GerrysBookshelf, horacio.salazar
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A Origem das Espécies
de Charles Darwin
14,423 membros
120 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
thorold, GerrysBookshelf
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What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained
de Robert L. Wolke
1,139 membros
26 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
hipdeep, kevinmorrice
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Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History
de Penny Le Couteur
1,199 membros
24 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
AnnaClaire, norabelle414
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Almost Everyone's Guide to Science: The Universe, Life and Everything
de John Gribbin
258 membros
2 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
Noisy, kevinmorrice
36
The Character of Physical Law
de Richard Feynman
1,578 membros
15 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
Edward, smcwl
37
The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human
de V. S. Ramachandran
903 membros
18 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
hipdeep, cindyst2000
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The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation
de Matt Ridley
1,073 membros
14 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
Noisy, norabelle414
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Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
de Mary Roach
3,781 membros
265 resenhas
4
3 Members
ijustgetbored, norabelle414, souloftherose,lorax ,
Explicações
lorax : Pop-science books that base their humor on mocking actual scientists don't cut it in my book.
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The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time
de Jonathan Weiner
1,729 membros
36 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
lorax, GerrysBookshelf
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The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments
de George Johnson
554 membros
17 resenhas
½ 3.4
2 Members
lorax, kevinmorrice
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T. Rex and the Crater of Doom
de Walter Alvarez
522 membros
16 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
seabear, horacio.salazar
Explicações
horacio.salazar: A classic. When the event at the end of the Cretaceous was news.
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Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
de Stephen Jay Gould
2,730 membros
32 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
Ravic, horacio.salazar
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Eight Little Piggies: Reflections in Natural History
de Stephen Jay Gould
1,208 membros
11 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
sjmccreary, horacio.salazar
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb
de Richard Rhodes
3,548 membros
54 resenhas
½ 4.5
2 Members
seabear, kevinmorrice
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The Flamingo's Smile: Reflections in Natural History
de Stephen Jay Gould
1,264 membros
13 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
Ravic, horacio.salazar
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Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
de David Quammen
1,292 membros
41 resenhas
½ 4.3
2 Members
cindyst2000, GerrysBookshelf
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The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life
de Richard Dawkins
4,355 membros
74 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
seabear, GerrysBookshelf
50
The Blind Watchmaker
de Richard Dawkins
6,361 membros
59 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
seabear, horacio.salazar
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Human Action: A Treatise on Economics
de Ludwig Von Mises
1,017 membros
9 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
raperper
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The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must
de Robert Zubrin
790 membros
15 resenhas
4
Member
Bretzky1
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NightWatch : A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe, 3rd ed.
de Terence Dickinson
373 membros
4 resenhas
4.1
Member
hipdeep
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The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light
de Paul Bogard
354 membros
16 resenhas
4.2
Member
inge87
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Where the Wild Things Were: Life, Death, and Ecological Wreckage in a Land of Vanishing Predators
de William Stolzenburg
281 membros
30 resenhas
½ 4.4
Member
lorax
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Civilized Man's Eight Deadly Sins
de Konrad Lorenz
266 membros
5 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
Ravic
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Black Bodies and Quantum Cats: Tales from the Annals of Physics
de Jennifer Ouellette
204 membros
6 resenhas
½ 3.4
Member
EmScape
59
Fractured Minds: A Case-Study Approach to Clinical Neuropsychology
de Jenni A. Ogden
44 membros
½ 3.4
Member
bluepiano
60
The Fascinating Universe: The Modern Aspects of Astronomy
de Werner Büdeler
6 membros
1 resenha
5
Member
seabear
61
The Physics of Star Trek
de Lawrence M. Krauss
1,959 membros
17 resenhas
½ 3.6
2 Members
ABVR, DaynaRT,daschaich
62
Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
de Neil deGrasse Tyson
2,100 membros
48 resenhas
4
Member
hipdeep
63
Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud
de Robert L. Park
502 membros
11 resenhas
3.9
Member
daschaich
64
Six Easy Pieces and Six Not-So-Easy Pieces
de Richard Feynman
396 membros
2 resenhas
4
Member
rbott
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Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters
de Kate Brown
181 membros
10 resenhas
4.1
Member
inge87
66
The Century of the Surgeon
de Jürgen Thorwald
103 membros
4 resenhas
4.2
Member
seabear
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Miracle Cure: The Creation of Antibiotics and the Birth of Modern Medicine
de William Rosen
74 membros
2 resenhas
4.1
Member
Bretzky1
68
The Poison Paradox: Chemicals As Friends and Foes
de John Timbrell
34 membros
1 resenha
½ 3.5
Member
bluepiano
69
On Aggression
de Konrad Lorenz
934 membros
11 resenhas
3.8
Member
Ravic
70
Time Detectives: How Archaeologists Use Technology to Recapture the Past
de Brian Fagan
341 membros
2 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
sjmccreary
71
Simply Einstein: Relativity Demystified
de Richard Wolfson
164 membros
3 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
Bretzky1
72
The Second Creation: Makers of the Revolution in Twentieth-Century Physics
de Robert P. Crease
189 membros
2 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
daschaich
73
How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction
de Beth Shapiro
183 membros
9 resenhas
3.9
Member
inge87
74
Dignifying Science: Stories About Women Scientists
de Jim Ottaviani
134 membros
1 resenha
½ 3.7
Member
hipdeep
75
Volcano Cowboys: The Rocky Evolution of a Dangerous Science
de Dick Thompson
72 membros
4 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
seabear
76
The Revenge of Gaia: Earth's Climate Crisis and the Fate of Humanity
de James E. Lovelock
793 membros
20 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
seabear
77
The Quantum Quark
de Andrew Watson
26 membros
1 resenha
4
Member
daschaich
78
Cookwise: The Secrets of Cooking Revealed
de Shirley O. Corriher
1,025 membros
10 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
hipdeep
79
Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo
de Galileo Galilei
696 membros
4 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
daschaich
80
On the Map: Why the World Looks the Way it Does
de Simon Garfield
1,486 membros
63 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
kevinmorrice
81
Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down
de J. E. Gordon
863 membros
6 resenhas
3.9
Member
seabear
83
Das Rätsel der Menschwerdung
de Josef H. Reichholf
41 membros
3.9
Member
Ravic
84
The Obesity Epidemic: Science, Morality and Ideology
de Michael Gard
23 membros
2 resenhas
½ 4.5
Member
hipdeep
85
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal
de Jared M. Diamond
3,743 membros
36 resenhas
3.9
Member
seabear
86
Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything
de Kelly Weinersmith
716 membros
27 resenhas
3.9
Member
hipdeep
87
The Theory of Almost Everything: The Standard Model, the Unsung Triumph of Modern Physics
de Robert Oerter
286 membros
4 resenhas
4.1
Member
daschaich
88
The Enigma of Loch Ness: Making Sense of a Mystery
de Henry H. Bauer
29 membros
1 resenha
5
Member
ABVR
Explicações
ABVR: A good book about the beastie that may or may not inhabit Loch Ness. A great book about science as a way of thinking.
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L'émancipation de la vie
de Josef H. Reichholf
7 membros
4
Member
Ravic
90
The Wild Trees
de Richard Preston
1,206 membros
57 resenhas
4
Member
seabear
91
The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History since 1900
de David Edgerton
361 membros
11 resenhas
½ 3.4
Member
hipdeep
92
Shrinking the Cat
de Sue Hubbell
112 membros
5 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
GerrysBookshelf
93
Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
de Olivia Judson
927 membros
34 resenhas
4
Member
ABVR
94
The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning
de James E. Lovelock
317 membros
7 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
seabear
95
The New Science of Learning: How to Learn in Harmony with Your Brain
de Terry Doyle
109 membros
1 resenha
½ 3.3
Member
hipdeep
96
Im Anfang war der Wasserstoff
de Hoimar von Ditfurth
85 membros
2 resenhas
½ 4.6
Member
Ravic
97
Mirror Earth: The Search for Our Planet's Twin
de Michael D. Lemonick
58 membros
1 resenha
3.9
Member
GerrysBookshelf
98
Feynman
de Jim Ottaviani
801 membros
48 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
hipdeep
99
The Periodic Kingdom : A Journey into the Land of the Chemical Elements
de P. W. Atkins
768 membros
12 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
ABVR
100
Children of the Universe: The Tale of Our Existence
de Hoimar von Ditfurth
65 membros
4
Member
Ravic