Best Science Books for Non-Scientists

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The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
de Carl Sagan
7,105 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
11,659 membros
211 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
14,772 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
3,666 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
2,067 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
9,262 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
23,366 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
10,989 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
6,510 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
1,750 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
2,648 membros
29 resenhas
3.9
4 Members
Noisy, mkjones, smcwl, indigorising
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Basin and Range
de John McPhee
892 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
1,551 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
486 membros
11 resenhas
3.8
4 Members
smcwl, AnnaClaire, kevinmorrice, indigorising
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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
de Elizabeth Kolbert
3,669 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
3,143 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
1,955 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
4,793 membros
64 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
smcwl, Percevan, souloftherose,Noisy
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The Selfish Gene
de Richard Dawkins
10,879 membros
120 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
1,614 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
784 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
1,333 membros
8 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
sjmccreary, indigorising, GerrysBookshelf
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Why Evolution Is True
de Jerry A. Coyne
1,541 membros
31 resenhas
½ 4.3
3 Members
Noisy, Ravic, kootibkiteer
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Bully for Brontosaurus
de Stephen Jay Gould
1,665 membros
13 resenhas
4
3 Members
Ravic, smcwl, horacio.salazar
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The Planets
de Dava Sobel
1,952 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
1,040 membros
12 resenhas
3.8
3 Members
seabear, lahochstetler, sjmccreary
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Dinosaur in a Haystack
de Stephen Jay Gould
1,534 membros
10 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
Ravic, GerrysBookshelf, horacio.salazar
32
A Origem das Espécies
de Charles Darwin
14,454 membros
120 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
thorold, GerrysBookshelf
33
What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained
de Robert L. Wolke
1,142 membros
26 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
hipdeep, kevinmorrice
34
Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History
de Penny Le Couteur
1,206 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
259 membros
2 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
Noisy, kevinmorrice
36
The Character of Physical Law
de Richard Feynman
1,583 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
905 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
1,075 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
3,786 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
1,732 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
524 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
1,209 membros
11 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
sjmccreary, horacio.salazar
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb
de Richard Rhodes
3,565 membros
54 resenhas
½ 4.5
2 Members
seabear, kevinmorrice
47
The Flamingo's Smile: Reflections in Natural History
de Stephen Jay Gould
1,265 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
1,296 membros
41 resenhas
½ 4.3
2 Members
cindyst2000, GerrysBookshelf
49
The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life
de Richard Dawkins
4,363 membros
74 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
seabear, GerrysBookshelf
50
The Blind Watchmaker
de Richard Dawkins
6,367 membros
59 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
seabear, horacio.salazar
51
The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must
de Robert Zubrin
794 membros
15 resenhas
4
Member
Bretzky1
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NightWatch : A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe, 3rd ed.
de Terence Dickinson
374 membros
4 resenhas
4.1
Member
hipdeep
53
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
267 membros
5 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
Ravic
56
Black Bodies and Quantum Cats: Tales from the Annals of Physics
de Jennifer Ouellette
204 membros
6 resenhas
½ 3.4
Member
EmScape
58
Fractured Minds: A Case-Study Approach to Clinical Neuropsychology
de Jenni A. Ogden
44 membros
½ 3.4
Member
bluepiano
59
The Fascinating Universe: The Modern Aspects of Astronomy
de Werner Büdeler
6 membros
1 resenha
5
Member
seabear
60
The Physics of Star Trek
de Lawrence M. Krauss
1,966 membros
17 resenhas
½ 3.6
2 Members
ABVR, DaynaRT,daschaich
61
Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
de Neil deGrasse Tyson
2,102 membros
48 resenhas
4
Member
hipdeep
62
Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud
de Robert L. Park
503 membros
11 resenhas
3.9
Member
daschaich
63
Six Easy Pieces and Six Not-So-Easy Pieces
de Richard Feynman
396 membros
2 resenhas
4
Member
rbott
64
Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters
de Kate Brown
182 membros
10 resenhas
4.1
Member
inge87
65
The Century of the Surgeon
de Jürgen Thorwald
103 membros
4 resenhas
4.2
Member
seabear
66
Miracle Cure: The Creation of Antibiotics and the Birth of Modern Medicine
de William Rosen
74 membros
2 resenhas
4.1
Member
Bretzky1
67
The Poison Paradox: Chemicals As Friends and Foes
de John Timbrell
34 membros
1 resenha
½ 3.5
Member
bluepiano
68
On Aggression
de Konrad Lorenz
935 membros
11 resenhas
3.8
Member
Ravic
69
Time Detectives: How Archaeologists Use Technology to Recapture the Past
de Brian Fagan
342 membros
2 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
sjmccreary
70
Simply Einstein: Relativity Demystified
de Richard Wolfson
164 membros
3 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
Bretzky1
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The Second Creation: Makers of the Revolution in Twentieth-Century Physics
de Robert P. Crease
190 membros
2 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
daschaich
72
How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction
de Beth Shapiro
183 membros
9 resenhas
3.9
Member
inge87
73
Dignifying Science: Stories About Women Scientists
de Jim Ottaviani
135 membros
1 resenha
½ 3.7
Member
hipdeep
74
Volcano Cowboys: The Rocky Evolution of a Dangerous Science
de Dick Thompson
72 membros
4 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
seabear
75
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
76
The Quantum Quark
de Andrew Watson
26 membros
1 resenha
4
Member
daschaich
77
Cookwise: The Secrets of Cooking Revealed
de Shirley O. Corriher
1,027 membros
10 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
hipdeep
78
Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo
de Galileo Galilei
696 membros
4 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
daschaich
79
On the Map: Why the World Looks the Way it Does
de Simon Garfield
1,488 membros
63 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
kevinmorrice
80
Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down
de J. E. Gordon
865 membros
6 resenhas
3.9
Member
seabear
82
Das Rätsel der Menschwerdung
de Josef H. Reichholf
41 membros
3.9
Member
Ravic
83
The Obesity Epidemic: Science, Morality and Ideology
de Michael Gard
23 membros
2 resenhas
½ 4.5
Member
hipdeep
84
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal
de Jared M. Diamond
3,748 membros
36 resenhas
3.9
Member
seabear
85
Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything
de Kelly Weinersmith
718 membros
27 resenhas
3.9
Member
hipdeep
86
The Theory of Almost Everything: The Standard Model, the Unsung Triumph of Modern Physics
de Robert Oerter
289 membros
4 resenhas
4.1
Member
daschaich
87
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.
88
L'émancipation de la vie
de Josef H. Reichholf
7 membros
4
Member
Ravic
89
The Wild Trees
de Richard Preston
1,207 membros
57 resenhas
4
Member
seabear
90
The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History since 1900
de David Edgerton
361 membros
11 resenhas
½ 3.4
Member
hipdeep
91
Shrinking the Cat
de Sue Hubbell
112 membros
5 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
GerrysBookshelf
92
Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
de Olivia Judson
928 membros
34 resenhas
4
Member
ABVR
93
The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning
de James E. Lovelock
318 membros
7 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
seabear
94
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
95
Im Anfang war der Wasserstoff
de Hoimar von Ditfurth
85 membros
2 resenhas
½ 4.6
Member
Ravic
96
Mirror Earth: The Search for Our Planet's Twin
de Michael D. Lemonick
58 membros
1 resenha
3.9
Member
GerrysBookshelf
97
Feynman
de Jim Ottaviani
802 membros
48 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
hipdeep
98
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
99
Children of the Universe: The Tale of Our Existence
de Hoimar von Ditfurth
66 membros
4
Member
Ravic
100
Sapiens: Uma Breve Historia da Humanidade
de Yuval Noah Harari
12,582 membros
383 resenhas
4.2
Member
GerrysBookshelf