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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 (Stephen Hawking)
2
Cosmos
Cosmos
3
The Elegant Universe
The Elegant Universe
4
The Selfish Gene
The Selfish Gene
5
Wonderful Life
Wonderful Life
6
The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
7
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
8
Bad Science
Bad Science
9
The Mismeasure of Man (Stephen Jay Gould)
The Mismeasure of Man (Stephen Jay Gould)
10
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
11
The Blind Watchmaker
The Blind Watchmaker
12
Physics of the Impossible
Physics of the Impossible
13
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
14
Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warp
Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warp
15
Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Greatest Legacy (Kip S. Thorne)
Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Greatest Legacy (Kip S. Thorne)
16
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Randall Munroe)
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Randall Munroe)
17
The Making of the Atomic Bomb (Richard Rhodes)
The Making of the Atomic Bomb (Richard Rhodes)
18
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (Stephen Pinker)
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (Stephen Pinker)
19
The Double Helix
The Double Helix
20
The Demon-Haunted World
The Demon-Haunted World
21
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Richard Feynman)
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Richard Feynman)
22
Stuff Matters
Stuff Matters
23
Silent Spring
Silent Spring
24
One Two Three…Infinity (George Gamow)
One Two Three…Infinity (George Gamow)
25
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 (Dava Sobel)
26
A Universe From Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
A Universe From Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
27
A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything
28
What Is Life? (Erwin Schrödinger)
What Is Life? (Erwin Schrödinger)
29
Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century (Michio Kaku)
Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century (Michio Kaku)
30
Unweaving the Rainbow (Richard Dawkins)
Unweaving the Rainbow (Richard Dawkins)
31
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)
32
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
33
The Science Book: 250 Milestones in the History of Science (Edited by Peter Tallack)
The Science Book: 250 Milestones in the History of Science (Edited by Peter Tallack)
34
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
35
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 (Richard Preston)
36
The Grand Design (Stephen Hawking)
The Grand Design (Stephen Hawking)
37
The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins)
The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins)
38
The Fabric of the Cosmos
The Fabric of the Cosmos
39
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukhe
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukhe
40
The Ancestor's Tale
The Ancestor's Tale
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