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#1
Cover 3

World in the Balance

World in the Balance: The Historic Quest for an Absolute System of Measurement
  • Robert P. Crease
35 reads
#1
The Psychopath Test
The Psychopath Test
  • Jon Ronson
3.74149 reads
#1
The Pluto Files
The Pluto Files
  • Neil deGrasse Tyson
3.6435 reads
#1
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
  • Caitlin Doughty
4.35114 reads
#1
Deep
Deep
  • James Nestor
3.911 reads
#1
Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities
Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities
  • Amy Stewart
3.5537 reads
#1
The fatal strain
The fatal strain
  • Alan Sipress
4.53 reads
#1
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
3.9490 reads
#1
The Viking in the Wheat Field: A Scientist's Struggle to Preserve the World's Harvest
The Viking in the Wheat Field: A Scientist's Struggle to Preserve the World's Harvest
  • Susan Dworkin
01 read
#1
Zoo story
Zoo story
  • French, Thomas
43 reads
#1
Defining the Wind
Defining the Wind
  • Scott Huler
42 reads
#1
The million death quake
The million death quake
  • Roger Musson
31 read
#1
Crashes, crises, and calamities
Crashes, crises, and calamities
  • Len Fisher
32 reads
#1
Martian summer
Martian summer
  • Andrew Kessler
22 reads
#1
Heat
Heat
  • Bill Streever
31 read
#1
What's eating you? People and Parasites
What's eating you? People and Parasites
  • Kaplan, Eugene H.
21 read
#1
Island on Fire
Island on Fire
  • Alexandra Witze
  • Jeff Kanipe
4.52 reads
#1
The Interstellar Age: Inside the Forty-Year Voyager Mission
The Interstellar Age: Inside the Forty-Year Voyager Mission
  • Jim Bell
4.337 reads
#1
Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
  • Rebecca Skloot
4.18414 reads
#1
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
  • Frans de Waal
3.935 reads
#1
The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why
The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why
  • Amanda Ripley
4.1318 reads
#1
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
4.2716 reads
#1
Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea
Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea
  • Charles Seife
3.7125 reads
#1
Cringeworthy: A Theory of Awkwardness
Cringeworthy: A Theory of Awkwardness
  • Melissa Dahl
4.26 reads
#1
Snowstruck: In the Grip of Avalanches
Snowstruck: In the Grip of Avalanches
  • Jill Fredston
41 read
#1
Obsessive Genius
Obsessive Genius
  • Barbara Goldsmith
43 reads
#1
Blink
Blink
  • Malcolm Gladwell
3.77485 reads
#1
Newton and the Counterfeiter
Newton and the Counterfeiter
  • Thomas Levenson
3.8810 reads
#1
Hydrofracked? One Man's Mystery Leads to a Backlash Against Natural Gas Drilling
Hydrofracked? One Man's Mystery Leads to a Backlash Against Natural Gas Drilling
  • Abrahm Lustgarten
32 reads
#1
Wicked Bugs
Wicked Bugs
  • Amy Stewart
  • Coleen Marlo
3.7318 reads
#1
The History of Science: 1700-1900
The History of Science: 1700-1900
  • Frederick Gregory
4.54 reads
#1
Through the Shadowlands: A Science Writer's Odyssey into an Illness Science Doesn't Understand
Through the Shadowlands: A Science Writer's Odyssey into an Illness Science Doesn't Understand
  • Julie Rehmeyer
01 read
#1
The Pioneer Detectives
The Pioneer Detectives
  • Konstantin Kakaes
4.673 reads
#1
A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything
  • Bill Bryson
4.23578 reads
#1
Garbage Land
Garbage Land
  • Elizabeth Royte
42 reads
#1
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
#1
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
4.0228 reads
#1
Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus
Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus
  • Bill Wasik
  • Monica Murphy
3.5427 reads
#1
Stuff Matters
Stuff Matters
  • Mark Miodownik
3.9954 reads
#1
The Story of Earth
The Story of Earth
  • Robert M. Hazen
3.55 reads
#1
The Botany of Desire
The Botany of Desire
  • Michael Pollan
3.9967 reads
#1
The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time
The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time
  • Jonathan Weiner
4.5415 reads
#1
The Ice Balloon
The Ice Balloon
  • Alec Wilkinson
3.754 reads
#1
Toxic Truth: A Scientist, a Doctor, and the Battle over Lead
Toxic Truth: A Scientist, a Doctor, and the Battle over Lead
  • Lydia Denworth
41 read
#1
Genes, Chromosomes, and Disease: From Simple Traits, to Complex Traits, to Personalized Medicine
Genes, Chromosomes, and Disease: From Simple Traits, to Complex Traits, to Personalized Medicine
  • Nicholas Wright Gillham
31 read
#1
Submerged: Adventures of America's Most Elite Underwater Archeology Team
Submerged: Adventures of America's Most Elite Underwater Archeology Team
  • Daniel Lenihan
41 read
#1
The Particle at the End of the Universe: How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World
The Particle at the End of the Universe: How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World
  • Sean Carroll
37 reads
#1
Mars Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiosity's Chief Engineer
Mars Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiosity's Chief Engineer
  • Rob Manning
  • William L. Simon
3.68 reads
#1
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
  • Simon Singh
4.2115 reads
#1
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
  • David Quammen
4.4233 reads
#1
Inflight Science: A Guide to the World From Your Airplane Window
Inflight Science: A Guide to the World From Your Airplane Window
  • Brian Clegg
01 read
#1
Cover 2

Automate this

Automate this : how algorithms came to rule our world
  • Christopher Steiner
3.6711 reads
#1
Atomic Accidents : A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima
Atomic Accidents : A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima
  • James Mahaffey
4.59 reads
#1
Thin Ice
Thin Ice
  • Mark Bowen
01 read
#1
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
  • Oliver Sacks
3.9298 reads
#1
Chasing New Horizons: Inside Humankind's First Mission to Pluto
Chasing New Horizons: Inside Humankind's First Mission to Pluto
  • Alan Stern
  • David Grinspoon
4.52 reads
#1
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
  • Jared Diamond
3.8593 reads
#1
Cover 2

The Earth Moved

The Earth Moved
  • Amy Stewart
44 reads
#1
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
  • Mary Roach
3.91338 reads
#1
Our Inner Ape
Our Inner Ape
  • Frans de Waal
44 reads
#1
What It's Like to Be a Dog: And Other Adventures in Animal Neuroscience
What It's Like to Be a Dog: And Other Adventures in Animal Neuroscience
  • Gregory Berns
3.53 reads
#1
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
  • Caitlin Doughty
4.19196 reads
#1
The Boiling River
The Boiling River
  • Andrés Ruzo
3.334 reads
#1
Dread: How Fear and Fantasy have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to the Avian Flu
Dread: How Fear and Fantasy have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to the Avian Flu
  • Philip Alcabes
21 read
#1
Germs, Genes, & Civilization: How Epidemics Shaped Who We Are Today
Germs, Genes, & Civilization: How Epidemics Shaped Who We Are Today
  • David P. Clark
43 reads
#1
The Hunt for Vulcan : . . . and How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet, Discovered Relativity, and Deciphered the Universe
The Hunt for Vulcan : . . . and How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet, Discovered Relativity, and Deciphered the Universe
  • Thomas Levenson
3.8911 reads
#1
Earthquake Storms
Earthquake Storms
  • John Dvorak
41 read
#1
The Science of Fear
The Science of Fear
  • Daniel Gardner
3.674 reads
#1
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time
  • Dava Sobel
4.05130 reads
#1
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
  • Siddhartha Mukherjee
4.25169 reads
#1
This book is overdue!
This book is overdue!
  • Marilyn Johnson
3.5513 reads
#1
Four fish : the future of the last wild food
Four fish : the future of the last wild food
  • Paul Greenberg
3.889 reads
#1
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
  • Deborah Blum
4.0655 reads
#1
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
  • Atul Gawande
3.89174 reads
#1
The Wave
The Wave
  • Susan Casey
3.6413 reads
#1
Moby-Duck
Moby-Duck
  • Donovan Hohn
3.255 reads
#1
Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America
Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America
  • Robert Whitaker
53 reads
#1
Nerve
Nerve
  • Taylor Clark
3.52 reads
#1
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
  • Jonathan Haidt
4.3258 reads
#1
The Power of the Sea: Tsunamis, Storm Surges, Rogue Waves, and Our Quest to Predict Disasters
The Power of the Sea: Tsunamis, Storm Surges, Rogue Waves, and Our Quest to Predict Disasters
  • Bruce Parker
41 read
#1
Chasing Venus
Chasing Venus
  • Andrea Wulf
3.54 reads
#1
The Beekeeper's Lament: How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America
The Beekeeper's Lament: How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America
  • Hannah Nordhaus
42 reads
#1
Breasts a natural and unnatural history
Breasts a natural and unnatural history
  • Florence Williams
3.674 reads
#1
What Einstein Kept Under His Hat: Secrets of Science in the Kitchen
What Einstein Kept Under His Hat: Secrets of Science in the Kitchen
  • Robert L. Wolke
  • Marlene Parrish
41 read
#1
Rust: The Longest War
Rust: The Longest War
  • Jonathan Waldman
3.56 reads
#1
Poisoned: The True Story of the Deadly E. Coli Outbreak That Changed the Way Americans Eat
Poisoned: The True Story of the Deadly E. Coli Outbreak That Changed the Way Americans Eat
  • Jeff Benedict
4.52 reads
#1
Proof: The Science of Booze
Proof: The Science of Booze
  • Adam Rogers
3.9215 reads
#1
Cover 4

The Viral Storm

The Viral Storm: The Dawn of a New Pandemic Age
  • Nathan Wolfe
03 reads
#1
Cover 6

Einstein's Refrigerator and Other Stories from the Flip Side of History

Einstein's Refrigerator and Other Stories from the Flip Side of History
  • Steve Silverman
32 reads
#1
Atomic Adventures : Secret Islands, Forgotten N-Rays, and Isotopic Murder: A Journey into the Wild World of Nuclear Science
Atomic Adventures : Secret Islands, Forgotten N-Rays, and Isotopic Murder: A Journey into the Wild World of Nuclear Science
  • James Mahaffey
4.55 reads
#1
Command and Control
Command and Control
  • Eric Schlosser
3.9633 reads
#1
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
#1
The Great Quake: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet
The Great Quake: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet
  • Henry Fountain
44 reads
#1
L'âge de l'empathie
L'âge de l'empathie
  • Frans de Waal
31 read
#1
Death's Acre
Death's Acre
  • William M. Bass
  • Jon Jefferson
417 reads
#1
Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things
Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things
  • Randy O. Frost
  • Gail Steketee
418 reads
#1
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue
  • John McWhorter
3.827 reads