The 13 Best Science Books for the General Reader
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About this list
The Guardian, 13 Books
Steven Weinberg, The Nobel laureate, lists his 13 best science books for the general reader
This list was originally published in 2015 and was added to this site over 2 years ago.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4169 | Letters On England | Voltaire | 1734 | French | French | |
| 180 | On the Origin of Species | Charles Darwin | 1859 | British | English | |
| 15921 | On A Piece Of Chalk | Thomas Henry Huxley | 1868 | British | English | |
| 6729 | The Mysterious Universe | James Jeans | 1930 | British | English | |
| 15921 | The Birth And Death Of The Sun | George Gamow | 1940 | American | English | |
| 10548 | The Character Of Physical Law | Richard P. Feynman | 1965 | American | English | |
| 3452 | The Elegant Universe | Brian Greene | 1999 | American | English | |
| 2308 | The Selfish Gene | Richard Dawkins | 1976 | British | English | |
| 1750 | The Making of the Atomic Bomb | Richard Rhodes | 1986 | American | English | |
| 17173 | The Inflationary Universe | Alan Guth | 1997 | American | English | |
| 9897 | The Whole Shebang | Timothy Ferris | 1997 | American | English | |
| 17173 | Hiding In The Mirror | Lawrence M. Krauss | 2005 | American | English | |
| 17173 | Warped Passages | Lisa Randall | 2005 | American | English |