Books about Science

Science books aim to explain, explore, and advance our understanding of the natural world and the universe through empirical research, observation, and experimentation. These books cover a wide range of scientific disciplines, genres and target groups.

A New Kind of Science
Stephen Wolfram
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Ancestors: Identity and DNA in the Levant
Pierre Zalloua
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Applied Antifragility in Natural Systems: From Principles to Applications
Cristian Axenie, Roman Bauer, et al.
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Beginnings of Cellular Life: Metabolism Recapitulates Biogenesis
Harold J. Morowitz
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Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge
Karl Popper
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COVID-19: A Complex Systems Approach
STEM Academic Press
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Defending Science-Within Reason: Between Scientism And Cynicism
Susan Haack
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Explaining Social Behavior: More Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences
Jon Elster
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Douglas Hofstadter
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Happy Accidents: Serendipity in Major Medical Breakthroughs in the Twentieth Century
Morton A. Meyers
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How to Write a Thesis
Umberto Eco
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Mean Genes: From Sex to Money to Food: Taming Our Primal Instincts
Terry Burnham & Jay Phelan
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On Growth and Form
D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
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Science and Hypothesis
Henri Poincaré
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Science in a Free Society
Paul Feyerabend
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The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
David Deutsch
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The Cancer Code: A Revolutionary New Understanding of a Medical Mystery
Jason Fung
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The Economic Laws of Scientific Research
Terence Kealey
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The Fabric of Reality
David Deutsch
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The Origin of Species
Charles Darwin
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The Second Law: Resolving the Mystery of the Second Law of Thermodynamics
Stephen Wolfram
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The Social Construction of What?
Ian Hacking
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The Status Syndrome: How Social Standing Affects Our Health and Longevity
Michael Marmot
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What is Life?
Erwin Schrödinger
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Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
David Reich
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Books about Science

A New Kind of Science

Ancestors: Identity and DNA in the Levant

Applied Antifragility in Natural Systems: From Principles to Applications

Beginnings of Cellular Life: Metabolism Recapitulates Biogenesis

Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge

COVID-19: A Complex Systems Approach

Defending Science-Within Reason: Between Scientism And Cynicism

Explaining Social Behavior: More Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences

Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

Happy Accidents: Serendipity in Major Medical Breakthroughs in the Twentieth Century

How to Write a Thesis

Mean Genes: From Sex to Money to Food: Taming Our Primal Instincts

On Growth and Form

Science and Hypothesis

Science in a Free Society

The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World

The Cancer Code: A Revolutionary New Understanding of a Medical Mystery

The Economic Laws of Scientific Research

The Fabric of Reality

The Origin of Species

The Second Law: Resolving the Mystery of the Second Law of Thermodynamics

The Social Construction of What?

The Status Syndrome: How Social Standing Affects Our Health and Longevity

What is Life?

Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past