25 Greatest Science Books of All-Time
1. & 2. The Voyage of the Beagle (1845) & The Origin of Species (1859) by Charles Darwin [tie]
3. Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy) by Isaac Newton (1687)
4. Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems by Galileo Galilei (1632)
5. De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres) by Nicolaus Copernicus (1543)
6. Physica (Physics) by Aristotle (circa 330 B.C.)
7. De Humani Corporis Fabrica (On the Fabric of the Human Body) by Andreas Vesalius (1543)
8. Relativity: The Special and General Theory by Albert Einstein (1916)
9. The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins (1976)
10. One Two Three... Infinity by George Gamow (1947)
11. The Double Helix by James D. Watson (1968)
12. What Is Life? by Erwin Schrödinger (1944)
13. The Cosmic Connection by Carl Sagan (1973)
14. The Insect Societies by Edward O. Wilson (1971)
15. The First Three Minutes by Steven Weinberg (1977)
16. Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (1962)
17. The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould (1981)
18. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks (1985)
19. The Journals of Lewis and Clark by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark (1814)
20. The Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard P. Feynman (1963)
21. Sexual Behavior in the Human Male by Alfred C. Kinsey et al. (1948)
22. Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey (1983)
23. Under a Lucky Star by Roy Chapman Andrews (1943)
24. Micrographia by Robert Hooke (1665)
25. Gaia by James Lovelock (1979)
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales (1985), Oliver Sacks
Gorillas in the Mist (1983), Dian Fossey
The Mismeasure of Man (1981), Stephen Jay Gould
Gaia (1979), James Lovelock
The First Three Minutes (1977), Steven Weinberg
The Selfish Gene (1976), Richard Dawkins
The Cosmic Connection (1973), Carl Sagan
The Insect Societies (1971), Edward O. Wilson
The Double Helix (1968), James D. Watson
The Feynman Lectures on Physics (1963), Richard P. Feynman
Silent Spring (1962), Rachel Carson
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948), Alfred C. Kinsey et al.
One Two Three... Infinity (1947), George Gamow
What Is Life? (1944), Erwin Schrödinger
Under a Lucky Star (1943), Roy Chapman Andrews
Relativity: The Special and General Theory (1916), Albert Einstein
The Origin of Species (1859), Charles Darwin
The Voyage of the Beagle (1845), Charles Darwin
The Journals of Lewis and Clark (1814), Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (1687), Isaac Newton
Micrographia (1665), Robert Hooke
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (1632), Galileo Galilei
De Humani Corporis Fabrica (1543), Andreas Vesalius
De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (1543), Nicolaus Copernicus
Physica (circa 330 B.C.), Aristotle
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