16 of the Best Science Books of All Time

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Science nonfiction is a vast and diverse field with countless classics that have completely altered the way we perceive the world today. With much difficulty, I’ve chosen 16 of the best science books for nonfiction fans that are some of the best reads of all time. Hope you enjoy!

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The Gene

An Intimate History

Siddhartha Mukherjee, 2016

Being Mortal

Medicine and What Matters in the End

Atul Gawande, 2014

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot, 2017

A Brief History of Time

Stephen Hawking, 2011

Sapiens

A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari, 2015

Silent Spring

Rachel Carson, 2002

Factfulness

Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund, Ola Rosling, 2018

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson, 2012

On the Origin of Species

Charles Darwin, 2018

Freakonomics

A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, 2020

The Emperor of All Maladies

A Biography of Cancer

Siddhartha Mukherjee, 2011

Bad Blood

Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

John Carreyrou, 2020

Brief Answers to the Big Questions

Stephen Hawking, 2018

Homo Deus

A Brief History of Tomorrow

Yuval Noah Harari, 2017

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman, 2011

Cosmos

Carl Sagan, 2013