Best Science Books for Non-Scientists

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The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
de Carl Sagan
7,066 membres
106 ressenyes
½ 4.3
11 Members
lorax, seabear, lilithcat, ABVR, daschaich, stretch, prosfilaes, Percevan, dwacker, horacio.salazar, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicacions
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.
3
L'home que va confondre la seva dona amb un barret
de Oliver Sacks
11,564 membres
208 ressenyes
3.9
7 Members
Edward, smcwl, proserpinarex, cindyst2000, martensgirl, cej1027, horacio.salazar
4
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
de Rebecca Skloot
14,628 membres
740 ressenyes
4.2
7 Members
raidergirl3, norabelle414, SylviaC, souloftherose, cej1027, GerrysBookshelf, horacio.salazar
Explicacions
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
3,652 membres
48 ressenyes
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
2,057 membres
20 ressenyes
4
6 Members
jjwilson61, ABVR, stretch, prosfilaes, proserpinarex, horacio.salazar
Explicacions
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
9,216 membres
183 ressenyes
3.9
8 Members
amarie, KimarieBee, AnnaClaire, raidergirl3, Percevan, electrice, horacio.salazar, mspixieears,ABVR ,Noisy ,thorold
Explicacions
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
23,233 membres
398 ressenyes
4.2
9 Members
stretch, lahochstetler, raidergirl3, sjmccreary, SylviaC, Percevan, souloftherose, martensgirl, horacio.salazar,lorax ,ABVR ,daschaich ,Noisy ,Ravic
Explicacions
lorax: An error-ridden mess complete with random gratuitous homophobia.
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
de Mary Roach
10,905 membres
454 ressenyes
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
6,477 membres
111 ressenyes
½ 3.7
7 Members
KimarieBee, AnnaClaire, raidergirl3, reconditereader, EmScape, Percevan, horacio.salazar,lorax ,ABVR ,Noisy
Explicacions
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
1,742 membres
27 ressenyes
4.1
5 Members
ABVR, smcwl, SylviaC, cindyst2000, dwacker
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Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
de Edward O. Wilson
2,636 membres
28 ressenyes
3.9
4 Members
Noisy, mkjones, smcwl, indigorising
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Basin and Range
de John McPhee
889 membres
16 ressenyes
4
4 Members
lorax, ABVR, stretch, indigorising
Explicacions
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
1,684 membres
45 ressenyes
½ 3.6
5 Members
ABVR, daschaich, smcwl, indigorising, horacio.salazar
Explicacions
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
1,544 membres
13 ressenyes
4.2
4 Members
ABVR, SilentInAWay, AnnaClaire, indigorising
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Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie
de Barbara Goldsmith
482 membres
11 ressenyes
3.8
4 Members
smcwl, AnnaClaire, kevinmorrice, indigorising
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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
de Elizabeth Kolbert
3,629 membres
163 ressenyes
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
3,118 membres
77 ressenyes
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
1,942 membres
34 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
AnnaClaire, sjmccreary, GerrysBookshelf
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The Selfish Gene
de Richard Dawkins
10,836 membres
119 ressenyes
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
1,604 membres
19 ressenyes
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
781 membres
36 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
kootibkiteer, GerrysBookshelf, ManWithAnAgenda
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Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search for Who We Are
de Carl Sagan
1,324 membres
8 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
sjmccreary, indigorising, GerrysBookshelf
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Why Evolution Is True
de Jerry A. Coyne
1,533 membres
31 ressenyes
½ 4.3
3 Members
Noisy, Ravic, kootibkiteer
27
Bully for Brontosaurus
de Stephen Jay Gould
1,659 membres
13 ressenyes
4
3 Members
Ravic, smcwl, horacio.salazar
28
The Planets
de Dava Sobel
1,944 membres
50 ressenyes
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
702 membres
18 ressenyes
4
3 Members
lorax, ABVR, cindyst2000
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Earth: An Intimate History
de Richard Fortey
1,039 membres
12 ressenyes
3.8
3 Members
seabear, lahochstetler, sjmccreary
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Dinosaur in a Haystack
de Stephen Jay Gould
1,531 membres
10 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
Ravic, GerrysBookshelf, horacio.salazar
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L'origen de les espècies
de Charles Darwin
14,353 membres
121 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
thorold, GerrysBookshelf
33
What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained
de Robert L. Wolke
1,136 membres
26 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
hipdeep, kevinmorrice
34
Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History
de Penny Le Couteur
1,191 membres
24 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
AnnaClaire, norabelle414
35
Almost Everyone's Guide to Science: The Universe, Life and Everything
de John Gribbin
257 membres
2 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
Noisy, kevinmorrice
36
The Character of Physical Law
de Richard Feynman
1,572 membres
15 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
Edward, smcwl
37
The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human
de V. S. Ramachandran
899 membres
18 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
hipdeep, cindyst2000
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The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation
de Matt Ridley
1,066 membres
14 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
Noisy, norabelle414
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Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
de Mary Roach
3,771 membres
263 ressenyes
4
3 Members
ijustgetbored, norabelle414, souloftherose,lorax ,
Explicacions
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
1,722 membres
36 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
lorax, GerrysBookshelf
41
The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments
de George Johnson
552 membres
17 ressenyes
½ 3.4
2 Members
lorax, kevinmorrice
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T. Rex and the Crater of Doom
de Walter Alvarez
521 membres
15 ressenyes
4
2 Members
seabear, horacio.salazar
Explicacions
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
2,715 membres
32 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
Ravic, horacio.salazar
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Eight Little Piggies: Reflections in Natural History
de Stephen Jay Gould
1,206 membres
11 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
sjmccreary, horacio.salazar
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb
de Richard Rhodes
3,520 membres
53 ressenyes
½ 4.5
2 Members
seabear, kevinmorrice
47
The Flamingo's Smile: Reflections in Natural History
de Stephen Jay Gould
1,263 membres
13 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
Ravic, horacio.salazar
48
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
de David Quammen
1,284 membres
41 ressenyes
½ 4.3
2 Members
cindyst2000, GerrysBookshelf
49
The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life
de Richard Dawkins
4,346 membres
74 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
seabear, GerrysBookshelf
50
The Blind Watchmaker
de Richard Dawkins
6,337 membres
59 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
seabear, horacio.salazar
51
Human Action: A Treatise on Economics
de Ludwig Von Mises
1,011 membres
9 ressenyes
½ 4.3
Member
raperper
52
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
53
NightWatch : A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe, 3rd ed.
de Terence Dickinson
369 membres
4 ressenyes
4.1
Member
hipdeep
54
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
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Civilized Man's Eight Deadly Sins
de Konrad Lorenz
267 membres
5 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
Ravic
57
Black Bodies and Quantum Cats: Tales from the Annals of Physics
de Jennifer Ouellette
203 membres
6 ressenyes
½ 3.4
Member
EmScape
59
Fractured Minds: A Case-Study Approach to Clinical Neuropsychology
de Jenni A. Ogden
44 membres
½ 3.4
Member
bluepiano
60
The Fascinating Universe: The Modern Aspects of Astronomy
de Werner Büdeler
6 membres
1 ressenya
5
Member
seabear
61
The Physics of Star Trek
de Lawrence M. Krauss
1,954 membres
17 ressenyes
½ 3.5
2 Members
ABVR, DaynaRT,daschaich
62
Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
de Neil deGrasse Tyson
2,090 membres
47 ressenyes
4
Member
hipdeep
63
Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud
de Robert L. Park
501 membres
11 ressenyes
3.9
Member
daschaich
64
Six Easy Pieces and Six Not-So-Easy Pieces
de Richard Feynman
394 membres
2 ressenyes
4
Member
rbott
65
Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters
de Kate Brown
180 membres
10 ressenyes
4.1
Member
inge87
66
The Century of the Surgeon
de Jürgen Thorwald
103 membres
4 ressenyes
4.2
Member
seabear
67
Miracle Cure: The Creation of Antibiotics and the Birth of Modern Medicine
de William Rosen
74 membres
2 ressenyes
4.1
Member
Bretzky1
68
The Poison Paradox: Chemicals As Friends and Foes
de John Timbrell
34 membres
1 ressenya
½ 3.5
Member
bluepiano
69
On Aggression
de Konrad Lorenz
930 membres
11 ressenyes
3.8
Member
Ravic
70
Time Detectives: How Archaeologists Use Technology to Recapture the Past
de Brian Fagan
342 membres
2 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
sjmccreary
71
Simply Einstein: Relativity Demystified
de Richard Wolfson
163 membres
3 ressenyes
½ 4.3
Member
Bretzky1
72
The Second Creation: Makers of the Revolution in Twentieth-Century Physics
de Robert P. Crease
188 membres
2 ressenyes
½ 4.3
Member
daschaich
73
How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction
de Beth Shapiro
182 membres
9 ressenyes
3.9
Member
inge87
74
Dignifying Science: Stories About Women Scientists
de Jim Ottaviani
134 membres
1 ressenya
½ 3.7
Member
hipdeep
75
Volcano Cowboys: The Rocky Evolution of a Dangerous Science
de Dick Thompson
72 membres
4 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
seabear
76
La Venjança de la terra : per què es revolta la terra i com encara podem salvar la humanitat
de James E. Lovelock
789 membres
20 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
seabear
77
The Quantum Quark
de Andrew Watson
26 membres
1 ressenya
4
Member
daschaich
78
Cookwise: The Secrets of Cooking Revealed
de Shirley O. Corriher
1,020 membres
10 ressenyes
½ 4.3
Member
hipdeep
79
Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo
de Galileo Galilei
694 membres
4 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
daschaich
80
On the Map: Why the World Looks the Way it Does
de Simon Garfield
1,480 membres
63 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
kevinmorrice
81
Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down
de J. E. Gordon
860 membres
6 ressenyes
3.9
Member
seabear
83
Das Rätsel der Menschwerdung
de Josef H. Reichholf
41 membres
3.9
Member
Ravic
84
The Obesity Epidemic: Science, Morality and Ideology
de Michael Gard
23 membres
2 ressenyes
½ 4.5
Member
hipdeep
85
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal
de Jared M. Diamond
3,727 membres
36 ressenyes
3.9
Member
seabear
86
Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything
de Kelly Weinersmith
713 membres
26 ressenyes
3.9
Member
hipdeep
87
The Theory of Almost Everything: The Standard Model, the Unsung Triumph of Modern Physics
de Robert Oerter
286 membres
4 ressenyes
4.1
Member
daschaich
88
The Enigma of Loch Ness: Making Sense of a Mystery
de Henry H. Bauer
28 membres
1 ressenya
5
Member
ABVR
Explicacions
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.
89
L'émancipation de la vie
de Josef H. Reichholf
7 membres
4
Member
Ravic
90
The Wild Trees
de Richard Preston
1,198 membres
57 ressenyes
4
Member
seabear
91
The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History since 1900
de David Edgerton
358 membres
11 ressenyes
½ 3.4
Member
hipdeep
92
Shrinking the Cat
de Sue Hubbell
112 membres
5 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
GerrysBookshelf
93
Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
de Olivia Judson
924 membres
34 ressenyes
4
Member
ABVR
94
The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning
de James E. Lovelock
317 membres
7 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
seabear
95
The New Science of Learning: How to Learn in Harmony with Your Brain
de Terry Doyle
109 membres
1 ressenya
½ 3.3
Member
hipdeep
96
Im Anfang war der Wasserstoff
de Hoimar von Ditfurth
85 membres
2 ressenyes
½ 4.6
Member
Ravic
97
Mirror Earth: The Search for Our Planet's Twin
de Michael D. Lemonick
58 membres
1 ressenya
3.9
Member
GerrysBookshelf
98
Feynman
de Jim Ottaviani
799 membres
48 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
hipdeep
99
The Periodic Kingdom : A Journey into the Land of the Chemical Elements
de P. W. Atkins
769 membres
12 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
ABVR
100
Children of the Universe: The Tale of Our Existence
de Hoimar von Ditfurth
65 membres
4
Member
Ravic