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The Best Popular Science Books of All Time

"...we looked at 22 different "Best Popular Science Book" listicles and aggregated them together so we could see what the top books really are. [...] We took the top 54 books, all appearing on 3 or more lists, and ranked them below (depending on how many articles they appeared on) "
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A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
1
Stephen Hawking
Cosmos (Carl Sagan)
Cosmos
2
Carl Sagan
The Elegant Universe
The Elegant Universe
3
The Selfish Gene (Richard Dawkins)
The Selfish Gene
4
Richard Dawkins
Wonderful Life
Wonderful Life
5
The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
The Origin of Species
6
Charles Darwin
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Douglas R. Hofstadter)
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
7
Douglas R. Hofstadter
Bad Science
Bad Science
8
The Mismeasure of Man (Stephen Jay Gould)
The Mismeasure of Man
9
Stephen Jay Gould
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
10
The Blind Watchmaker
The Blind Watchmaker
11
Physics of the Impossible
Physics of the Impossible
12
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
13
Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warp
Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warp
14
Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Greatest Legacy (Kip S. Thorne)
Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Greatest Legacy
15
Kip S. Thorne
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Randall Munroe)
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
16
Randall Munroe
The Making of the Atomic Bomb (Richard Rhodes)
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
17
Richard Rhodes
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (Stephen Pinker)
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
18
Stephen Pinker
The Double Helix
The Double Helix
19
The Demon-Haunted World
The Demon-Haunted World
20
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Richard Feynman)
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
21
Richard Feynman
Stuff Matters
Stuff Matters
22
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring
23
Rachel Carson
One Two Three…Infinity (George Gamow)
One Two Three…Infinity
24
George Gamow
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Dava Sobel)
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
25
Dava Sobel
A Universe From Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
A Universe From Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
26
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
27
Bill Bryson
What Is Life? (Erwin Schrödinger)
What Is Life?
28
Erwin Schrödinger
Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century (Michio Kaku)
Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century
29
Michio Kaku
Unweaving the Rainbow (Richard Dawkins)
Unweaving the Rainbow
30
Richard Dawkins
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)
Thinking, Fast and Slow
31
Daniel Kahneman
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
32
The Science Book: 250 Milestones in the History of Science (Edited by Peter Tallack)
The Science Book: 250 Milestones in the History of Science
33
Edited by Peter Tallack
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Oliver Sacks)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
34
Oliver Sacks
The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus (Richard Preston)
The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
35
Richard Preston
The Grand Design (Stephen Hawking)
The Grand Design
36
Stephen Hawking
The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins)
The God Delusion
37
Richard Dawkins
The Fabric of the Cosmos
The Fabric of the Cosmos
38
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
39
Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Ancestor's Tale
The Ancestor's Tale
40
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