Best Science Books for Non-Scientists

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The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
de Carl Sagan
7,066 membres
106 critiques
½ 4.3
11 Members
lorax, seabear, lilithcat, ABVR, daschaich, stretch, prosfilaes, Percevan, dwacker, horacio.salazar, ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
ABVR: The best explanation of what science is (and why it matters) that I've ever read.
horacio.salazar: Almost poetic. In this book Ssagan is like the Ray Bradbury of science.
4
La Vie immortelle d'Henrietta Lacks
de Rebecca Skloot
14,611 membres
739 critiques
4.2
7 Members
raidergirl3, norabelle414, SylviaC, souloftherose, cej1027, GerrysBookshelf, horacio.salazar
Explications
horacio.salazar: A book that redefines the way science stories can be told.
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Le Pouce du Panda : Les grandes énigmes de l'évolution
de Stephen Jay Gould
2,055 membres
20 critiques
4
6 Members
jjwilson61, ABVR, stretch, prosfilaes, proserpinarex, horacio.salazar
Explications
ABVR: Gould's second and best collection of essays: Uniformly good, with 5-6 among the best popular-science essays ever written.
7
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
de Dava Sobel
9,206 membres
183 critiques
3.9
8 Members
amarie, KimarieBee, AnnaClaire, raidergirl3, Percevan, electrice, horacio.salazar, mspixieears,ABVR ,Noisy ,thorold
Explications
ABVR : A fascinating book, but one about technology . . . and technology rooted in the craft tradition, rather than science, at that.
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Une histoire de tout, ou presque
de Bill Bryson
23,225 membres
398 critiques
4.2
9 Members
stretch, lahochstetler, raidergirl3, sjmccreary, SylviaC, Percevan, souloftherose, martensgirl, horacio.salazar,lorax ,ABVR ,daschaich ,Noisy ,Ravic
Explications
lorax: An error-ridden mess complete with random gratuitous homophobia.
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Macchabées : La vie mystérieuse des cadavres
de Mary Roach
10,898 membres
454 critiques
4.1
6 Members
ijustgetbored, lahochstetler, raidergirl3, norabelle414, martensgirl, horacio.salazar
10
Galileos Daughter a Historical Memoir Of
de Dava Sobel
6,475 membres
111 critiques
½ 3.7
7 Members
KimarieBee, AnnaClaire, raidergirl3, reconditereader, EmScape, Percevan, horacio.salazar,lorax ,ABVR ,Noisy
Explications
lorax: A very interesting book, but it's a biography, not a book about science.
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The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance
de Laurie Garrett
1,740 membres
27 critiques
4.1
5 Members
ABVR, smcwl, SylviaC, cindyst2000, dwacker
12
L'unicité du savoir
de Edward O. Wilson
2,634 membres
28 critiques
3.9
4 Members
Noisy, mkjones, smcwl, indigorising
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Basin and Range
de John McPhee
889 membres
16 critiques
4
4 Members
lorax, ABVR, stretch, indigorising
Explications
ABVR: A masterpiece of geological explanation, in prose with the beautiful simplicity of Shaker cabinetry.
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The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science
de Natalie Angier
1,685 membres
45 critiques
½ 3.6
5 Members
ABVR, daschaich, smcwl, indigorising, horacio.salazar
Explications
horacio.salazar: A wonderful tour, told in a marvelous style. Great book!
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Quand les atomes racontent l'histoire du monde
de Sam Kean
3,925 membres
137 critiques
3.9
4 Members
ijustgetbored, norabelle414, kevinmorrice, Percevan
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Coming of Age in the Milky Way
de Timothy Ferris
1,544 membres
13 critiques
4.2
4 Members
ABVR, SilentInAWay, AnnaClaire, indigorising
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Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie
de Barbara Goldsmith
482 membres
11 critiques
3.8
4 Members
smcwl, AnnaClaire, kevinmorrice, indigorising
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La 6e extinction
de Elizabeth Kolbert
3,627 membres
163 critiques
4.1
4 Members
lorax, inge87, indigorising, GerrysBookshelf
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Sept Filles D'Eve (Les) (Sciences - Sciences Humaines)
de Bryan Sykes
1,941 membres
34 critiques
3.9
3 Members
AnnaClaire, sjmccreary, GerrysBookshelf
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Le dernier théorème de Fermat
de Simon Singh
4,776 membres
64 critiques
4.1
3 Members
smcwl, Percevan, souloftherose,Noisy
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Le Gène égoïste
de Richard Dawkins
10,831 membres
119 critiques
½ 4.3
5 Members
daschaich, Noisy, Percevan, jeffza, horacio.salazar,indigorising , ,raperper
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L'éventail du vivant. Le mythe du progrès
de Stephen Jay Gould
1,602 membres
19 critiques
3.9
3 Members
ABVR, LolaWalser, horacio.salazar
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How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming
de Mike Brown
780 membres
36 critiques
4.1
3 Members
kootibkiteer, GerrysBookshelf, ManWithAnAgenda
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Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search for Who We Are
de Carl Sagan
1,321 membres
8 critiques
4.1
3 Members
sjmccreary, indigorising, GerrysBookshelf
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Why Evolution Is True
de Jerry A. Coyne
1,531 membres
31 critiques
½ 4.3
3 Members
Noisy, Ravic, kootibkiteer
27
La foire aux dinosaures
de Stephen Jay Gould
1,660 membres
13 critiques
4
3 Members
Ravic, smcwl, horacio.salazar
28
The Planets
de Dava Sobel
1,945 membres
50 critiques
½ 3.5
4 Members
smcwl, raidergirl3, indigorising, Percevan,Noisy
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Earth: An Intimate History
de Richard Fortey
1,038 membres
12 critiques
3.8
3 Members
seabear, lahochstetler, sjmccreary
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Dinosaur in a Haystack
de Stephen Jay Gould
1,530 membres
10 critiques
3.9
3 Members
Ravic, GerrysBookshelf, horacio.salazar
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L'Origine des espèces
de Charles Darwin
14,344 membres
121 critiques
4.1
2 Members
thorold, GerrysBookshelf
33
What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained
de Robert L. Wolke
1,135 membres
26 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
hipdeep, kevinmorrice
34
Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History
de Penny Le Couteur
1,192 membres
24 critiques
3.8
2 Members
AnnaClaire, norabelle414
35
Almost Everyone's Guide to Science: The Universe, Life and Everything
de John Gribbin
257 membres
2 critiques
3.8
2 Members
Noisy, kevinmorrice
36
La nature de la physique
de Richard Feynman
1,570 membres
15 critiques
4.1
2 Members
Edward, smcwl
37
Le cerveau fait de l'esprit : Enquête sur les neurones miroirs
de V. S. Ramachandran
898 membres
18 critiques
3.8
2 Members
hipdeep, cindyst2000
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The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation
de Matt Ridley
1,066 membres
14 critiques
3.9
2 Members
Noisy, norabelle414
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Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
de Mary Roach
3,768 membres
263 critiques
4
3 Members
ijustgetbored, norabelle414, souloftherose,lorax ,
Explications
lorax : Pop-science books that base their humor on mocking actual scientists don't cut it in my book.
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The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time
de Jonathan Weiner
1,721 membres
36 critiques
4.2
2 Members
lorax, GerrysBookshelf
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The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments
de George Johnson
552 membres
17 critiques
½ 3.4
2 Members
lorax, kevinmorrice
42
La Fin tragique des dinosaures
de Walter Alvarez
520 membres
15 critiques
4
2 Members
seabear, horacio.salazar
Explications
horacio.salazar: A classic. When the event at the end of the Cretaceous was news.
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La vie est belle : Les surprises de l'évolution
de Stephen Jay Gould
2,713 membres
32 critiques
4.1
2 Members
Ravic, horacio.salazar
45
Comme les huit doigts de la main
de Stephen Jay Gould
1,206 membres
11 critiques
3.9
2 Members
sjmccreary, horacio.salazar
46
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
de Richard Rhodes
3,518 membres
53 critiques
½ 4.5
2 Members
seabear, kevinmorrice
47
Le sourire du flamant rose
de Stephen Jay Gould
1,263 membres
13 critiques
3.9
2 Members
Ravic, horacio.salazar
48
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
de David Quammen
1,282 membres
41 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
cindyst2000, GerrysBookshelf
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Il était une fois nos ancêtres : Une histoire de l'évolution
de Richard Dawkins
4,345 membres
74 critiques
4.2
2 Members
seabear, GerrysBookshelf
50
L'Horloger aveugle
de Richard Dawkins
6,332 membres
58 critiques
4.1
2 Members
seabear, horacio.salazar
51
Abrégé de L'action humaine, traité d'économie
de Ludwig Von Mises
1,010 membres
9 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
raperper
52
The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must
de Robert Zubrin
785 membres
15 critiques
4
Member
Bretzky1
53
NightWatch : A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe, 3rd ed.
de Terence Dickinson
370 membres
4 critiques
4.1
Member
hipdeep
54
The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light
de Paul Bogard
351 membres
16 critiques
4.2
Member
inge87
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Les huit peches capitaux de notre civilisation
de Konrad Lorenz
267 membres
5 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
Ravic
57
Black Bodies and Quantum Cats: Tales from the Annals of Physics
de Jennifer Ouellette
203 membres
6 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
EmScape
59
Fractured Minds: A Case-Study Approach to Clinical Neuropsychology
de Jenni A. Ogden
44 membres
½ 3.4
Member
bluepiano
60
The Fascinating Universe: The Modern Aspects of Astronomy
de Werner Büdeler
6 membres
1 critique
5
Member
seabear
61
The Physics of Star Trek
de Lawrence M. Krauss
1,952 membres
17 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
ABVR, DaynaRT,daschaich
62
Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
de Neil deGrasse Tyson
2,089 membres
47 critiques
4
Member
hipdeep
63
Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud
de Robert L. Park
501 membres
11 critiques
3.9
Member
daschaich
64
Leçons sur la physique
de Richard Feynman
395 membres
2 critiques
4
Member
rbott
65
Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters
de Kate Brown
180 membres
10 critiques
4.1
Member
inge87
66
The Century of the Surgeon
de Jürgen Thorwald
103 membres
4 critiques
4.2
Member
seabear
67
Miracle Cure: The Creation of Antibiotics and the Birth of Modern Medicine
de William Rosen
74 membres
2 critiques
4.1
Member
Bretzky1
68
The Poison Paradox: Chemicals As Friends and Foes
de John Timbrell
34 membres
1 critique
½ 3.5
Member
bluepiano
69
L'agression : une histoire naturelle du mal
de Konrad Lorenz
929 membres
11 critiques
3.8
Member
Ravic
70
Time Detectives: How Archaeologists Use Technology to Recapture the Past
de Brian Fagan
342 membres
2 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
sjmccreary
71
Simply Einstein: Relativity Demystified
de Richard Wolfson
163 membres
3 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
Bretzky1
72
The Second Creation: Makers of the Revolution in Twentieth-Century Physics
de Robert P. Crease
188 membres
2 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
daschaich
73
How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction
de Beth Shapiro
182 membres
9 critiques
3.9
Member
inge87
74
Dignifying Science: Stories About Women Scientists
de Jim Ottaviani
134 membres
1 critique
½ 3.7
Member
hipdeep
75
Volcano Cowboys: The Rocky Evolution of a Dangerous Science
de Dick Thompson
72 membres
4 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
seabear
76
La revanche de Gaïa : Préserver la planète avant qu'elle ne nous détruise
de James E. Lovelock
788 membres
20 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
seabear
77
The Quantum Quark
de Andrew Watson
26 membres
1 critique
4
Member
daschaich
78
Cookwise: The Secrets of Cooking Revealed
de Shirley O. Corriher
1,019 membres
10 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
hipdeep
80
On the Map: Why the World Looks the Way it Does
de Simon Garfield
1,479 membres
63 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
kevinmorrice
81
Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down
de J. E. Gordon
860 membres
6 critiques
3.9
Member
seabear
83
L'émergence de l'homme
de Josef H. Reichholf
41 membres
3.9
Member
Ravic
84
The Obesity Epidemic: Science, Morality and Ideology
de Michael Gard
23 membres
2 critiques
½ 4.5
Member
hipdeep
85
Le troisième chimpanzé: Essai sur l'évolution et l'avenir de l'animal humain
de Jared M. Diamond
3,724 membres
36 critiques
3.9
Member
seabear
86
Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything
de Kelly Weinersmith
714 membres
26 critiques
3.9
Member
hipdeep
87
The Theory of Almost Everything: The Standard Model, the Unsung Triumph of Modern Physics
de Robert Oerter
285 membres
4 critiques
4.1
Member
daschaich
88
The Enigma of Loch Ness: Making Sense of a Mystery
de Henry H. Bauer
28 membres
1 critique
5
Member
ABVR
Explications
ABVR: A good book about the beastie that may or may not inhabit Loch Ness. A great book about science as a way of thinking.
89
L'émancipation de la vie
de Josef H. Reichholf
7 membres
4
Member
Ravic
90
The Wild Trees
de Richard Preston
1,198 membres
57 critiques
4
Member
seabear
91
Quoi de neuf ? Du rôle des techniques dans l'histoire globale
de David Edgerton
357 membres
11 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
hipdeep
92
Shrinking the Cat
de Sue Hubbell
112 membres
5 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
GerrysBookshelf
93
Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
de Olivia Judson
924 membres
34 critiques
4
Member
ABVR
94
The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning
de James E. Lovelock
315 membres
7 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
seabear
95
The New Science of Learning: How to Learn in Harmony with Your Brain
de Terry Doyle
109 membres
1 critique
½ 3.3
Member
hipdeep
96
Im Anfang war der Wasserstoff
de Hoimar von Ditfurth
85 membres
2 critiques
½ 4.6
Member
Ravic
97
Mirror Earth: The Search for Our Planet's Twin
de Michael D. Lemonick
58 membres
1 critique
3.9
Member
GerrysBookshelf
98
Feynman
de Jim Ottaviani
799 membres
48 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
hipdeep
99
The Periodic Kingdom : A Journey into the Land of the Chemical Elements
de P. W. Atkins
769 membres
12 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
ABVR
100
Children of the Universe: The Tale of Our Existence
de Hoimar von Ditfurth
65 membres
4
Member
Ravic