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Ultimate Best Books

Genre: Science (6 books)

The best classic books from the Science genre.

On the Origin of Species

On the Origin of Species

Charles Darwin

3.25 (4)

When on board HMS <i>Beagle</i>, as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of that continent.

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A Brief History of Time

A Brief History of Time

Stephen Hawking

4.0 (3)

A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on astronomy.

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Silent Spring

Silent Spring

Rachel Carson

5.0 (2)

In a letter written in January 1958, Olga Owens Huckins told me of her own bitter experience of a small world made lifeless, and so brought my attention sharply back to a problem with which I had long been concerned. (Acknowledgments)There was once a town in the heart of America where all life seemed to be in harmony with its surroundings. (1. A Fable for Tomorrow)

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The Interpretation of Dreams

The Interpretation of Dreams

Sigmund Freud

3.67 (3)

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The Selfish Gene

The Selfish Gene

Richard Dawkins

5.0 (1)

Intelligent life on a planet comes of age when it first works out the reason for its own existence.

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The Periodic Table

The Periodic Table

Primo Levi

4.33 (3)

There are the so-called inert gases in the air we breathe.

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