The Greatest Books of All Time on Experiments

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
711 Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes 1959 American English
1052 Treatise on Radioactivity Marie Curie 1910 French French
1486 Locus Solus Raymond Roussel 1914 French French
1713 The Great God Pan Arthur Machen 1894 British English
5375 Packing For Mars Mary Roach 2010 American English
6767 Experiments And Observations On Electricity Benjamin Franklin 1751 American English
10308 The Dancing Bees Karl von Frisch 1953 German German
10308 Curious Naturalists Niko Tinbergen 1958 British English
14324 How To Randall Munroe 2019 American English
14554 For The Love Of Physics Walter Lewin 2011 American English
14788 The Chemical History Of A Candle Michael Faraday 1861 British English
14985 Gulp Mary Roach 2013 American English
15914 Physics For Entertainment Yakov Perelman 1913 Russian Russian
15914 Elements Of Chemistry Antoine Lavoisier 1789 French French
15914 The Theory Of The Gene Thomas Hunt Morgan 1926 American English
17162 The Launching of Modern American Science, 1846-1876 Robert V. Bruce 1987 American English
17162 The Particle At The End Of The Universe Sean Carroll 2012 American English
17162 Doctor Rat William Kotzwinkle 1976 American English
17162 The Embedding Ian Watson 1973 British English
17162 Bathtub Science Shar Levine 2001 British English
17162 The Berenstain Bears' Big Book Of Science And Nature Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain 1997 American English
17162 Candy Experiments Loralee Leavitt 2013 Unknown English
17162 Mythbusters Science Fair Book Samantha Margles 2011 American English
17162 The Age Of Entanglement Louisa Gilder 2009 American English
17162 Most Wanted Particle Jon Butterworth 2015 British English
17162 Qed Richard P. Feynman 1985 American English
17162 How To Dunk A Doughnut Len Fisher 2002 British English
17162 Tiny Experiments Anne-Laure Le Cunff Unknown Unknown