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Title Year Ratings Rating
The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
Biography , Nonfiction , Mathematics , Science , History , India , Biography Memoir
Robert Kanigel
1991 8.7K 4.03
Wrinkles in Time
Science , Physics , Nonfiction , Astronomy , History , Biography , Space
George Smoot
1994 1.3K 4.03
On the Move: A Life
Nonfiction , Memoir , Biography , Science , Psychology , Autobiography , Biography Memoir
Oliver Sacks
2015 21.1K 4.03
The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage
Graphic Novels , History , Science , Nonfiction , Biography , Steampunk , Historical
Sydney Padua
2015 4.9K 4.03
Radioactive: Marie and Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love and Fallout
Nonfiction , Science , Biography , Graphic Novels , History , Comics , Art
Lauren Redniss
2010 6.0K 4.03
Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
History , Nonfiction , American History , Adventure , Science , Biography , Travel
Nathaniel Philbrick
2001 6.7K 4.03
Gene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome
Science , Nonfiction , Biology , Biography , Genetics , Audiobook , Memoir
Venki Ramakrishnan
2018 1.9K 4.01
Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo
Nonfiction , Animals , Science , Memoir , Africa , Nature , Biography
Vanessa Woods
2010 2.0K 4.01
The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom
Biography , Science , Physics , Nonfiction , History , Biography Memoir , History Of Science
Graham Farmelo
2009 7.3K 4.01
How Music Works
Music , Nonfiction , History , Art , Audiobook , Biography , Science
David Byrne
2014 26.9K 4.01
Dr. Mütter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine
Nonfiction , History , Science , Biography , Medicine , Medical , Audiobook
Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz
2014 8.0K 4.01
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
History , Nonfiction , Language , Linguistics , Archaeology , Science , Biography
Margalit Fox
2013 3.6K 4.01
Uncle Tungsten
Science , Nonfiction , Memoir , Biography , Chemistry , History , Autobiography
Oliver Sacks
2001 6.9K 3.99
On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein (Illustrated Biographies by Chronicle Books)
Picture Books , Biography , Nonfiction , Science , Childrens , History , Biography Memoir
Jennifer Berne
2013 5.9K 3.99
The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
Nonfiction , Psychology , Biography , Science , Economics , Business , History
Michael Lewis
2016 62.2K 3.99
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
History , Nonfiction , Science , Biography , Historical , Geography , History Of Science
Dava Sobel
1995 74.2K 3.99
The Rhino with Glue-On Shoes: And Other Surprising True Stories of Zoo Vets and their Patients
Nonfiction , Animals , Science , Short Stories , Nature , Memoir , Biography
Lucy H. Spelman
2007 1.6K 3.98
Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History
Nonfiction , Feminism , History , Biography , Science , Womens , Historical
Sam Maggs
2016 2.1K 3.98
Lab Girl
Nonfiction , Science , Memoir , Biography , Audiobook , Nature , Biography Memoir , Book Club
Hope Jahren
2016 70.2K 3.98
The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution
Science , Biography , Nonfiction , History , Evolution , Biology , Biography Memoir
David Quammen
2006 2.7K 3.97
Crashing Through
Nonfiction , Biography , Memoir , Science , Psychology , Audiobook , Biography Memoir , Book Club
Robert Kurson
2006 4.0K 3.97
Crashing Through: The Extraordinary True Story of the Man Who Dared to See
Nonfiction , Biography , Memoir , Science , Psychology , Audiobook , Biography Memoir , Book Club
Robert Kurson
2006 4.0K 3.97
Tuva or Bust!: Richard Feynman's Last Journey
Biography , Nonfiction , Travel , Science , Memoir , History , Adventure
Ralph Leighton
1991 1.8K 3.97
Crashing Through: A True Story of Risk, Adventure, and the Man Who Dared to See
Nonfiction , Biography , Memoir , Science , Psychology , Audiobook , Biography Memoir , Book Club
Robert Kurson
2006 4.0K 3.97
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
History , Science , Nonfiction , Biography , History Of Science , Philosophy , Audiobook
Richard Holmes
2008 9.7K 3.97
Hidden Figures
Nonfiction , History , Science , Biography , Audiobook , Feminism , Historical , Book Club
Margot Lee Shetterly
2016 110.2K 3.97
On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer's
Nonfiction , Memoir , Psychology , Health , Science , Mental Health , Biography
Greg O'Brien
2014 1.1K 3.96
The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World
Science , History , Nonfiction , Biography , History Of Science , Audiobook , Physics
Edward Dolnick
2011 5.9K 3.95
Fermat's Last Theorem
Science , Mathematics , Nonfiction , History , Biography , Popular Science , Academic
Amir D. Aczel
1996 1.8K 3.94
Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet
Nonfiction , History , Science , Feminism , Technology , Audiobook , Biography
Claire L. Evans
2018 2.4K 3.93
The Harvard Psychedelic Club: How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America
History , Nonfiction , Psychology , Biography , Science , Spirituality , Philosophy
Don Lattin
2010 2.0K 3.92
A Mathematician's Apology
Mathematics , Nonfiction , Science , Philosophy , Biography , Memoir , History
G.H. Hardy
1940 7.4K 3.92
First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
Biography , Nonfiction , Space , History , Science , Audiobook , Biography Memoir
James R. Hansen
2005 6.4K 3.92
Prisoner's Dilemma: John von Neumann, Game Theory, and the Puzzle of the Bomb
Nonfiction , Science , History , Economics , Mathematics , Psychology , Biography
William Poundstone
1992 2.1K 3.92
My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla
Biography , Science , Nonfiction , History , Autobiography , Physics , Memoir
Nikola Tesla
1935 12.3K 3.91
My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
Nonfiction , Science , Memoir , Psychology , Biography , Neuroscience , Health
Jill Bolte Taylor
2006 31.4K 3.91
My Stroke of Insight
Nonfiction , Science , Memoir , Psychology , Biography , Neuroscience , Health
Jill Bolte Taylor
2006 31.4K 3.91
My Inventions
Biography , Science , Nonfiction , History , Autobiography , Physics , Memoir
Nikola Tesla
1935 12.3K 3.91
Dawn of the New Everything: A Journey Through Virtual Reality [Paperback] [Nov 15, 2017] Lanier, Jaron
Nonfiction , Technology , Science , Philosophy , Biography , Memoir , Audiobook
Jaron Lanier
2017 1.1K 3.90
Eating Dirt
Nonfiction , Memoir , Canada , Nature , Environment , Science , Biography
Charlotte Gill
2011 1.5K 3.90
The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: My Tale of Madness and Recovery
Nonfiction , Memoir , Science , Psychology , Medical , Mental Health , Biography
Barbara K. Lipska
2018 7.2K 3.89
The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved: How Mathematical Genius Discovered the Language of Symmetry
Mathematics , Science , Nonfiction , History , Physics , Popular Science , Biography
Mario Livio
2005 1.5K 3.89
Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars
Nonfiction , History , Science , Biography , Feminism , Space , Audiobook
Nathalia Holt
2016 9.1K 3.88
Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century
Biography , Nonfiction , History , Science , Self Help , Biography Memoir , Historical
Sean Patrick
2013 29.9K 3.88
The Remedy: Robert Koch, Arthur Conan Doyle, and the Quest to Cure Tuberculosis
Nonfiction , History , Science , Medicine , Medical , Biography , Audiobook
Thomas Goetz
2014 1.5K 3.87
Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age
Biography , Science , Nonfiction , History , Technology , Physics , Biography Memoir
W. Bernard Carlson
2013 2.3K 3.87
Everything All at Once: How to Unleash Your Inner Nerd, Tap Into Radical Curiosity, and Solve Any Problem
Science , Nonfiction , Audiobook , Memoir , Biography , Self Help , Psychology
Bill Nye
2017 2.4K 3.85
Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets
Nonfiction , Science , Psychology , History , Medicine , Biography , Medical
Luke Dittrich
2016 5.6K 3.85
The Men Who United the States: America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics and Mavericks, and the Creation of One Nation, Indivisible
History , Nonfiction , American History , Biography , Audiobook , Science , Historical
Simon Winchester
2013 4.2K 3.85
Down Among the Dead Men: A Year in the Life of a Mortuary Technician
Nonfiction , Memoir , Death , Biography , Medical , Science , Autobiography
Michelle Williams
2010 2.4K 3.84