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#2
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Squids Will be Squids

Squids Will be Squids: Fresh Morals, Beastly Fables
  • Jon Scieszka
  • Lane Smith
01 read
#3
What the Nose Knows: The Science of Scent in Everyday Life
What the Nose Knows: The Science of Scent in Everyday Life
  • Avery Gilbert
21 read
#4
The World Without Us
The World Without Us
  • Alan Weisman
3.5676 reads
#5
Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?: Bodies, Behavior, and Brains--the Science Behind Sex, Love, and Attraction
Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?: Bodies, Behavior, and Brains--the Science Behind Sex, Love, and Attraction
  • Jena Pincott
34 reads
#6
Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years
Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years
  • Jared Diamond
3.89399 reads
#7
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Naming nature

Naming nature : the clash between instinct and science
  • Carol Kaesuk Yoon
2.673 reads
#8
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The Big Questions

The Big Questions: Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics, and Physics
  • Steven E. Landsburg
22 reads
#9
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
  • Sam Kean
3.9683 reads
#10
The Mind's Eye
The Mind's Eye
  • Oliver Sacks
420 reads
#11
How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming
How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming
  • Mike Brown
  • Ryan Gesell
4.526 reads
#12
Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages
Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages
  • Guy Deutscher
3.7425 reads
#13
The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics: A Math-Free Exploration of the Science That Made Our World
The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics: A Math-Free Exploration of the Science That Made Our World
  • James Kakalios
3.85 reads
#14
The wonderful future that never was : flying cars, mail delivery by parachute, and other predictions from the past
The wonderful future that never was : flying cars, mail delivery by parachute, and other predictions from the past
  • Gregory Benford
43 reads
#15
The Most Human Human
The Most Human Human
  • Brian Christian
3.7319 reads
#16
Do Sparrows Like Bach?: The Strange and Wonderful Things that Are Discovered When Scientists Break Free
Do Sparrows Like Bach?: The Strange and Wonderful Things that Are Discovered When Scientists Break Free
    21 read
    #17
    A Short History of Nearly Everything
    A Short History of Nearly Everything
    • Bill Bryson
    4.22534 reads
    #18
    The Instant Physicist: An Illustrated Guide
    The Instant Physicist: An Illustrated Guide
    • Richard A. Muller
    00 reads
    #19
    The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
    The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
    • Carl Sagan
    4.22164 reads
    #20
    Science secrets
    Science secrets
    • Alberto A. Martinez
    00 reads
    #21
    Annoying
    Annoying
    • Joe Palca
    3.52 reads
    #22
    The Human Body
    The Human Body
    • Isaac Asimov
    00 reads
    #23
    The Human Brain: Its Capacities and Functions
    The Human Brain: Its Capacities and Functions
    • Isaac Asimov
    51 read
    #24
    The Geeks' Guide to World Domination: Be Afraid, Beautiful People
    The Geeks' Guide to World Domination: Be Afraid, Beautiful People
    • Garth Sundem
    2.53 reads
    #25
    How to Build a Time Machine: The Real Science of Time Travel
    How to Build a Time Machine: The Real Science of Time Travel
    • Brian Clegg
    21 read
    #27
    Denying Science: Conspiracy Theories, Media Distortions, and the War Against Reality
    Denying Science: Conspiracy Theories, Media Distortions, and the War Against Reality
    • John Grant
    41 read
    #28
    The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
    The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
    • James Gleick
    4.0712 reads
    #29
    Cover 3

    World in the Balance

    World in the Balance: The Historic Quest for an Absolute System of Measurement
    • Robert P. Crease
    35 reads
    #30
    Sex, Genes & Rock 'n' Roll: How Evolution Has Shaped the Modern World
    Sex, Genes & Rock 'n' Roll: How Evolution Has Shaped the Modern World
    • Rob Brooks
    31 read
    #31
    The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code
    The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code
    • Sam Kean
    3.9420 reads
    #32
    Stuff That Scares Your Pants Off!: The Science Scoop on More Than 30 Terrifying Phenomena!
    Stuff That Scares Your Pants Off!: The Science Scoop on More Than 30 Terrifying Phenomena!
    • Glenn Murphy
    41 read
    #33
    Cover 2

    Homo Mysterious

    Homo Mysterious: Evolutionary Puzzles of Human Nature
    • David Philip Barash
    41 read
    #34
    Medusa's Gaze and Vampire's Bite: The Science of Monsters
    Medusa's Gaze and Vampire's Bite: The Science of Monsters
    • Matt Kaplan
    2.833 reads
    #35
    Before Galileo: The Birth of Modern Science in the Middle Ages
    Before Galileo: The Birth of Modern Science in the Middle Ages
    • John Freely
    01 read
    #36
    Shakespeare's tremor and Orwell's cough
    Shakespeare's tremor and Orwell's cough
    • John J. Ross
    31 read
    #37
    Mad science
    Mad science
    • Randy Alfred
    00 reads
    #38
    The Universe Within: Discovering the Common History of Rocks, Planets, and People
    The Universe Within: Discovering the Common History of Rocks, Planets, and People
    • Neil Shubin
    3.755 reads
    #39
    Bogus Science: Or, Some People Really Believe These Things
    Bogus Science: Or, Some People Really Believe These Things
    • John Grant
    21 read
    #40
    Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live
    Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live
    • Marlene Zuk
    3.439 reads
    #41
    My Beloved Brontosaurus: On the Road with Old Bones, New Science, and Our Favorite Dinosaurs
    My Beloved Brontosaurus: On the Road with Old Bones, New Science, and Our Favorite Dinosaurs
    • Brian Switek
    4.333 reads
    #42
    Extra Sensory: The Science and Pseudoscience of Telepathy and Other Powers of the Mind
    Extra Sensory: The Science and Pseudoscience of Telepathy and Other Powers of the Mind
    • Brian Clegg
    31 read
    #43
    Abominable Science!  Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids
    Abominable Science! Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids
    • Daniel Loxton
    • Donald R. Prothero
    3.752 reads
    #44
    The Neanderthals Rediscovered: How Modern Science is Rewriting Their Story
    The Neanderthals Rediscovered: How Modern Science is Rewriting Their Story
    • Dimitra Papagianni
    • Michael A. Morse
    3.55 reads
    #45
    Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind
    Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind
    • Donald C. Johanson
    41 read
    #46
    Broken Elements
    Broken Elements
    • Mia Marshall
    3.519 reads
    #47
    The Mismeasure of Man
    The Mismeasure of Man
    • Stephen Jay Gould
    4.1829 reads
    #48
    THE PANDA'S THUMB: More Refelctions in Natural History
    THE PANDA'S THUMB: More Refelctions in Natural History
    • Stephen Jay Gould
    41 read
    #49
    Ever Since Darwin: Reflections on Natural History
    Ever Since Darwin: Reflections on Natural History
    • Stephen Jay Gould
    41 read
    #50
    Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
    Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
    • Mary Roach
    3.93109 reads
    #51
    The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
    The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
    • Sam Kean
    4.0527 reads
    #52
    Is That a Fact?: Frauds, Quacks, and the Real Science of Everyday Life
    Is That a Fact?: Frauds, Quacks, and the Real Science of Everyday Life
    • Joe Schwarcz
    31 read
    #53
    The Serpent's Promise
    The Serpent's Promise
    • Steve Jones
    43 reads
    #54
    Ha!: The Science of When We Laugh and Why
    Ha!: The Science of When We Laugh and Why
    • Scott Weems
    00 reads
    #55
    The Chemistry of Alchemy
    The Chemistry of Alchemy
    • Cathy Cobb
    • Monty L. Fetterolf
    • Harold Goldwhite
    00 reads
    #56
    This is Improbable Too - Synchronized Cows, Speedy Brain Extractors and More WTF Research
    This is Improbable Too - Synchronized Cows, Speedy Brain Extractors and More WTF Research
    • Marc Abrahams
    00 reads
    #57
    Riveted
    Riveted
    • Jim Davies
    2.52 reads
    #58
    What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
    What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
    • Randall Munroe
    4.19588 reads
    #59
    How We Got to Now
    How We Got to Now
    • Steven Johnson
    3.9126 reads
    #60
    Zoom
    Zoom
    • Bob Berman
    00 reads
    #61
    Your Atomic Self
    Your Atomic Self
    • Curt Stager
    41 read
    #62
    Dinosaurs - The Grand Tour: Everything Worth Knowing About Dinosaurs from Aardonyx to Zuniceratops
    Dinosaurs - The Grand Tour: Everything Worth Knowing About Dinosaurs from Aardonyx to Zuniceratops
    • Keiron Pim
    3.252 reads
    #63
    A Crack in the Edge of the World
    A Crack in the Edge of the World
    • Simon Winchester
    3.313 reads
    #64
    Incognito
    Incognito
    • David Eagleman
    • Catarina F. Almeida (Translator)
    3.8939 reads
    #65
    Hallucinations
    Hallucinations
    • Oliver Sacks
    3.5549 reads
    #66
    Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
    Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
    • Mark Miodownik
    4.2514 reads
    #67
    Why There's Antifreeze in Your Toothpaste: The Chemistry of Household Ingredients
    Why There's Antifreeze in Your Toothpaste: The Chemistry of Household Ingredients
    • Simon Quellen Field
    41 read
    #68
    Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society
    Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society
      21 read
      #69
      Atoms Under the Floorboards
      Atoms Under the Floorboards
      • Chris Woodford
      00 reads
      #70
      Cover 4

      The Story of Western Science

      The Story of Western Science
      • Susan Wise Bauer
      00 reads
      #71
      The Drunken Botanist: The Plants that Create the World's Great Drinks
      The Drunken Botanist: The Plants that Create the World's Great Drinks
      • Amy Stewart
      3.8336 reads
      #72
      Kraken: The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing Science of Squid
      Kraken: The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing Science of Squid
      • Wendy Williams
      22 reads
      #73
      Packing for Mars
      Packing for Mars
      • Mary Roach
      4.02133 reads
      #74
      The Science of Shakespeare: A New Look at the Playwright's Universe
      The Science of Shakespeare: A New Look at the Playwright's Universe
      • Dan Falk
      31 read
      #75
      The Planets
      The Planets
      • Dava Sobel
      3.2518 reads
      #76
      A is for Arsenic
      A is for Arsenic
      • Kathryn Harkup
      4.0512 reads
      #77
      The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack: And Other Cautionary Tales from Human Evolution
      The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack: And Other Cautionary Tales from Human Evolution
      • Ian Tattersall
      21 read
      #78
      Newton's Apple and Other Myths about Science
      Newton's Apple and Other Myths about Science
        00 reads
        #79
        Science of the Magical: From the Holy Grail to Love Potions to Superpowers
        Science of the Magical: From the Holy Grail to Love Potions to Superpowers
        • Matt Kaplan
        3.45 reads
        #80
        Suspicious Minds
        Suspicious Minds
        • Rob Brotherton
        31 read
        #81
        Ten Billion Tomorrows: How Science Fiction Technology Became Reality and Shapes the Future
        Ten Billion Tomorrows: How Science Fiction Technology Became Reality and Shapes the Future
        • Brian Clegg
        00 reads
        #82
        A Brief History of Creation: Science and the Search for the Origin of Life
        A Brief History of Creation: Science and the Search for the Origin of Life
        • Bill Mesler
        • H. James Cleaves II
        4.52 reads
        #83
        Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
        Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
        • Mary Roach
        3.9319 reads
        #84
        Hair: A Human History
        Hair: A Human History
        • Kurt Stenn
        00 reads
        #85
        Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife
        Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife
        • Mary Roach
        3.4962 reads
        #86
        The human side of science
        The human side of science
        • Arthur W. Wiggins
        00 reads
        #87
        Strange Glow
        Strange Glow
        • Timothy J. Jorgensen
        00 reads
        #88
        Idiot Brain
        Idiot Brain
        • Dean Burnett
        3.58 reads
        #89
        Seven Skeletons
        Seven Skeletons
        • Lydia Pyne
        00 reads
        #90
        Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
        Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
        • Brian Christian
        • Tom Griffiths
        4.01143 reads
        #91
        A Space Traveler's Guide to the Solar System
        A Space Traveler's Guide to the Solar System
        • Mark Thompson
        00 reads
        #92
        Are Numbers Real?: The Uncanny Relationship of Mathematics and the Physical World
        Are Numbers Real?: The Uncanny Relationship of Mathematics and the Physical World
        • Brian Clegg
        00 reads
        #93
        Words on the Move: Why English Won't—and Can't—Sit Still
        Words on the Move: Why English Won't—and Can't—Sit Still
        • John McWhorter
        4.2115 reads
        #94
        Why Does Asparagus Make Your Wee Smell?: And 57 other curious food and drink questions
        Why Does Asparagus Make Your Wee Smell?: And 57 other curious food and drink questions
        • Andy Brunning
        41 read
        #95
        A History of Medicine in 50 Objects
        A History of Medicine in 50 Objects
        • Gill Paul
        3.333 reads
        #96
        Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History
        Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History
        • Bill Schutt
        52 reads
        #97
        The Cosmic Machine: The Science That Runs Our Universe and the Story Behind It
        The Cosmic Machine: The Science That Runs Our Universe and the Story Behind It
        • Scott Bembenek
        43 reads
        #98
        And Then You're Dead: What Really Happens If You Get Swallowed by a Whale, Are Shot from a Cannon, or Go Barreling Over Niagara
        And Then You're Dead: What Really Happens If You Get Swallowed by a Whale, Are Shot from a Cannon, or Go Barreling Over Niagara
        • Cody Cassidy
        • Paul Doherty
        3.715 reads
        #99
        Fun Science
        Fun Science
        • Charlie McDonnell
        52 reads
        #100
        Mask of the sun
        Mask of the sun
        • John Dvorak
        00 reads
        #101
        Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us
        Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us
        • Sam Kean
        4.1814 reads
        #102
        A Brief History of Everyone who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes
        A Brief History of Everyone who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes
        • Adam Rutherford
        3.8336 reads