For Science!

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Non-fiction books about science, suitable for the generalist.
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Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History
de Penny Le Couteur
1,191 membres
24 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
AnnaClaire, Alerticus
3
Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love
de Dava Sobel
6,473 membres
111 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
AnnaClaire
4
The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must
de Robert Zubrin
784 membres
15 ressenyes
4
Member
Bretzky1
5
The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light
de Paul Bogard
351 membres
16 ressenyes
4.2
Member
inge87
6
Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio
de Jeffrey Kluger
178 membres
5 ressenyes
3.8
Member
dara85
7
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
de Brian Christian
1,430 membres
45 ressenyes
4
Member
Alerticus
8
The Whole Shebang: A State-of-the-Universe(s) Report
de Timothy Ferris
1,110 membres
5 ressenyes
3.9
Member
AnnaClaire
9
Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe
de Peter D. Ward
506 membres
10 ressenyes
3.9
Member
Bretzky1
10
Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters
de Kate Brown
178 membres
10 ressenyes
4.1
Member
inge87
11
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
de Dava Sobel
9,200 membres
183 ressenyes
3.9
Member
AnnaClaire
12
The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease
de Daniel Lieberman
607 membres
20 ressenyes
4
Member
inge87
13
Miracle Cure: The Creation of Antibiotics and the Birth of Modern Medicine
de William Rosen
74 membres
2 ressenyes
4.1
Member
Bretzky1
14
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
de Elizabeth Kolbert
3,618 membres
163 ressenyes
4.1
Member
inge87
15
Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie
de Barbara Goldsmith
482 membres
11 ressenyes
3.8
Member
AnnaClaire
16
Simply Einstein: Relativity Demystified
de Richard Wolfson
163 membres
3 ressenyes
½ 4.3
Member
Bretzky1
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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
de Simon Winchester
4,138 membres
122 ressenyes
3.8
Member
AnnaClaire
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How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction
de Beth Shapiro
182 membres
9 ressenyes
3.9
Member
inge87
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Spacefaring: The Human Dimension
de Albert A. Harrison
71 membres
4
Member
Bretzky1
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Seeing in the dark
de Timothy Ferris
449 membres
11 ressenyes
4
Member
AnnaClaire
21
Entering Space: Creating a Spacefaring Civilization
de Robert Zubrin
355 membres
3 ressenyes
3.9
Member
Bretzky1
22
The Soil Will Save Us: How Scientists, Farmers, and Foodies Are Healing the Soil to Save the Planet
de Kristin Ohlson
151 membres
8 ressenyes
4.2
Member
inge87
23
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
de Brian Greene
5,379 membres
40 ressenyes
4.1
Member
AnnaClaire
24
The Neptune File: A Story of Astronomical Rivalry and the Pioneers of Planet Hunting
de Tom Standage
186 membres
3 ressenyes
4
Member
Bretzky1
25
The Attacking Ocean: The Past, Present, and Future of Rising Sea Levels
de Brian Fagan
82 membres
5 ressenyes
½ 3.3
Member
inge87
26
A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906
de Simon Winchester
2,276 membres
66 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
AnnaClaire
27
The Ghosts of Evolution: Nonsensical Fruit, Missing Partners, and Other Ecological Anachronisms
de Connie Barlow
152 membres
5 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
inge87
28
A Short History of Planet Earth: Mountains, Mammals, Fire, and Ice (Wiley Popular Scienc)
de Doug Macdougall
53 membres
1 ressenya
½ 3.7
Member
Bretzky1
29
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
de Brian Greene
9,105 membres
83 ressenyes
4
Member
AnnaClaire
30
Coming of Age in the Milky Way
de Timothy Ferris
1,542 membres
13 ressenyes
4.2
Member
AnnaClaire
32
Tambora. The Eruption that Changed the World
de Gillen D'Arcy Wood
153 membres
7 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
inge87
33
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
de Simon Winchester
3,821 membres
80 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
AnnaClaire
34
The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry
de Bryan Sykes
1,939 membres
34 ressenyes
3.9
Member
AnnaClaire
35
Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland
de Bryan Sykes
805 membres
14 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
AnnaClaire
36
The Planets
de Dava Sobel
1,944 membres
50 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
AnnaClaire
37
The Children's Blizzard
de David Laskin
1,687 membres
76 ressenyes
4
Member
AnnaClaire
38
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
de John M. Barry
4,302 membres
134 ressenyes
3.9
Member
AnnaClaire
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Miss Leavitt's Stars : The Untold Story of the Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe
de George Johnson
219 membres
7 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
AnnaClaire