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Cover of The Soul of a New Machine

The Soul of a New Machine

260 recommend · 538

Cover of A short history of nearly everything

A short history of nearly everything

102 recommend · 138

Cover of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

96 recommend · 283

Cover of The Demon-Haunted World

The Demon-Haunted World

93 recommend · 227

Cover of The Beginning of Infinity

The Beginning of Infinity

77 recommend · 145

Cover of The better angels of our nature

The better angels of our nature

72 recommend · 195

Cover of Cosmos

Cosmos

58 recommend · 148

Cover of The art of doing science and engineering

The art of doing science and engineering

Richard Hamming

56 recommend · 112

Cover of Enlightenment now

Enlightenment now

51 recommend · 123

Cover of Chaos

Chaos

45 recommend · 71

Cover of Quiet

Quiet

43 recommend · 66

Cover of Breath

Breath

41 recommend · 83

Cover of The Technological Society

The Technological Society

36 recommend · 96

Cover of Bad Science

Bad Science

35 recommend · 57

Cover of Merchants of Doubt

Merchants of Doubt

32 recommend · 71

Cover of The Wizard and the Prophet

The Wizard and the Prophet

Charles C. Mann

28 recommend · 41

Cover of Who we are and how we got here

Who we are and how we got here

26 recommend · 45

Cover of Pale Blue Dot

Pale Blue Dot

24 recommend · 90

Cover of What technology wants

What technology wants

24 recommend · 63

Cover of The Knowledge

The Knowledge

24 recommend · 34

Cover of Nonlinear dynamics and Chaos

Nonlinear dynamics and Chaos

Steven H. Strogatz

24 recommend · 35

As We May ThinkVannevar Bush

As We May Think

23 recommend · 113

Chaos making a new sciencejames gleick

Chaos making a new science

22 recommend · 39

Cover of So You've Been Publicly Shamed

So You've Been Publicly Shamed

21 recommend · 47

Cover of Brain Rules

Brain Rules

20 recommend · 37

Cover of Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

20 recommend · 35

Cover of Thing Explainer

Thing Explainer

19 recommend · 59

Cover of Phantoms in the brain

Phantoms in the brain

V. S. Ramachandran (neurology)

19 recommend · 36

Cover of The ascent of man

The ascent of man

Jacob Bronowski

19 recommend · 31

Cover of Curve of Binding Energy

Curve of Binding Energy

19 recommend · 30

Cover of How the World Really Works

How the World Really Works

16 recommend · 32

Cover of The Psychopath Test

The Psychopath Test

15 recommend · 28

Cover of Innumeracy

Innumeracy

John Allen Paulos

15 recommend · 22

Cover of Summa technologiae

Summa technologiae

14 recommend · 32

Cover of The control of nature

The control of nature

14 recommend · 20

Cover of Apocalypse Never

Apocalypse Never

Michael Shellenberger

13 recommend · 30

Cover of Parasite Rex

Parasite Rex

13 recommend · 18

Cover of Basic Laws of Human Stupidity

Basic Laws of Human Stupidity

Carlo M. Cipolla

12 recommend · 35

Cover of Technics and civilization

Technics and civilization

12 recommend · 24

Cover of Annals of the former world

Annals of the former world

12 recommend · 22

Cover of The Invention of Nature

The Invention of Nature

12 recommend · 14

Cover of The Uninhabitable Earth

The Uninhabitable Earth

David Wallace-Wells

11 recommend · 28

Cover of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

11 recommend · 17

Cover of The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

Richard Phillips Feynman

10 recommend · 36

Cover of The coming plague

The coming plague

10 recommend · 32

Cover of Material World

Material World

10 recommend · 17

Cover of It's not carpal tunnel syndrome!

It's not carpal tunnel syndrome!

10 recommend · 12

Cover of Disturbing the universe

Disturbing the universe

Freeman J. Dyson

9 recommend · 20

Cover of Information Doesn't Want to Be Free

Information Doesn't Want to Be Free

9 recommend · 12

Cover of Hope and help for your nerves

Hope and help for your nerves

9 recommend · 9

Cover of The Precipice

The Precipice

8 recommend · 20

$Cover of The fractal geometry of nature$

The fractal geometry of nature

Benoît B. Mandelbrot

8 recommend · 16

Cover of The promise of sleep

The promise of sleep

William C. Dement

8 recommend · 22

Cover of Your inner fish

Your inner fish

8 recommend · 11

Cover of Eat, drink, and be healthy :b the Harvard Medical School guide to healthy eating

Eat, drink, and be healthy :b the Harvard Medical School guide to healthy eating

8 recommend · 11

Cover of The spell of the sensuous

The spell of the sensuous

8 recommend · 11

Cover of Stuff Matters

Stuff Matters

8 recommend · 10

Cover of Dawn of the new everything

Dawn of the new everything

8 recommend · 9

Cover of The chemical history of a candle

The chemical history of a candle

Michael Faraday

8 recommend · 10

Cover of Regenesis

Regenesis

George M. Church

8 recommend · 10