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The Greatest Science Books Ever Written

There are many excellent books about science out there, but some are the creme de la creme. These 20 are the highest-rated science books on Goodreads and Amazon.
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The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
The Origin of Species
1
Charles Darwin
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
2
Stephen Hawking
Cosmos (Carl Sagan)
Cosmos
3
Carl Sagan
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
4
Rebecca Skloot
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
5
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Douglas R. Hofstadter)
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
6
Douglas R. Hofstadter
Voyage of the Beagle (Charles Darwin)
Voyage of the Beagle
7
Charles Darwin
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
8
Sapiens (Yuval Noah Harari)
Sapiens
9
Yuval Noah Harari
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
10
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
11
Neil Degrasse Tyson
The Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Carl Sagan)
The Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
12
Carl Sagan
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
13
Bill Bryson
The Greatest Show on Earth
The Greatest Show on Earth
14
The Universe in a Nutshell
The Universe in a Nutshell
15
The Selfish Gene (Richard Dawkins)
The Selfish Gene
16
Richard Dawkins
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)
Thinking, Fast and Slow
17
Daniel Kahneman
The Hot Zone (Richard Preston)
The Hot Zone
18
Richard Preston
The Blind Watchmaker
The Blind Watchmaker
19
The Elegant Universe
The Elegant Universe
20
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Oliver Sacks)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
21
Oliver Sacks
Guns, Germs, and Steel (Jared Diamond)
Guns, Germs, and Steel
22
Jared Diamond
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring
23
Rachel Carson
The Sixth Extinction (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction
24
Elizabeth Kolbert
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Randall Munroe)
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
25
Randall Munroe
Death by Black Hole (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Death by Black Hole
26
Neil Degrasse Tyson
Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation (Bill Nye)
Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation
27
Bill Nye
The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind (Michio Kaku)
The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind
28
Michio Kaku
Origins (Neil Degrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith)
Origins
29
Neil Degrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith
Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World Unabridged Edition (Rachel Ignotofsky)
Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World Unabridged Edition
30
Rachel Ignotofsky
Freakonomics (Steven D. Levitt)
Freakonomics
31
Steven D. Levitt
Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind (DAVID BUSS)
Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind
32
DAVID BUSS
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution & Future of the Human Animal (Jared Diamond)
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution & Future of the Human Animal
33
Jared Diamond
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
34
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Stiff (Mary Roach)
Stiff
35
Mary Roach
Thing Explainer (Randall Munroe)
Thing Explainer
36
Randall Munroe
The Making of the Atomic Bomb (Richard Rhodes)
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
37
Richard Rhodes
Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
38
Rosalind Franklin (Brenda Maddox)
Rosalind Franklin
39
Brenda Maddox
The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure
The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure
40
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