10 of the Best Popular Science Books as Chosen by Authors and Writers
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NewScientist , 10 Books
NewScientist has polled various authors and writers about their favorite science books. here's who they polled: George Monbiot, Colin Tudge, Pragya Agarwal, Jonathan Drori, Emily Shuckburgh, Cassandra Coburn, Jojo Mehta, Jim Down, Camilla Pang and Richard Walker
This list was originally published in 2021 and was added to this site over 2 years ago.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 162 | Silent Spring | Rachel Carson | 1962 | American | English | |
| 1974 | The Emperor of All Maladies | Siddhartha Mukherjee | 2010 | American | English | |
| 1474 | Chaos | James Gleick | 1987 | American | English | |
| 8395 | Junk Food Monkeys | Robert Sapolsky | 1997 | American | Unknown | |
| 180 | On the Origin of Species | Charles Darwin | 1859 | British | English | |
| 8320 | A Brief History Of Everything | Ken Wilber | 1996 | American | English | |
| 5382 | Longitude | Dava Sobel | 1995 | American | English | |
| 7751 | Critical Mass | Philip Ball | 2004 | British | English | |
| 9568 | The Unnatural History Of The Sea | Callum Roberts | 2007 | British | English | |
| 11505 | The Nature Of Nature | Enric Sala | 2020 | Spanish | English |