Steven Weinberg: Science books for the general reader ↗

The books people recommended

2015-04-04 · 115 points · 32 comments · 12 books named by at least one person here and at least 3 people overall. The number on the left is how many people named it in this thread.

3The Elegant Universe
The Elegant Universe
Brian Greene
3 here · 9 all-time · #723 overall
2
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
Richard Rhodes
2 here · 42 all-time · #114 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 4,174 ratings on Amazon
2
Chaos
James Gleick
2 here · 31 all-time · #181 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 3,339 ratings on Amazon
2
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
2 here · 30 all-time · #187 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 19,783 ratings on Amazon
2
A Brief History of Time
Stephen Hawking
2 here · 23 all-time · #259 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 11,605 ratings on Amazon
2Matter and Motion
Matter and Motion
James Clerk Maxwell
2 here · 3 all-time · #2622 overall
1
The Selfish Gene
Richard Dawkins
1 here · 178 all-time · #7 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 8,966 ratings on Amazon
1
The Demon-Haunted World
Carl Sagan
1 here · 45 all-time · #99 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 7,776 ratings on Amazon
1The Red Queen
The Red Queen
Matt Ridley
1 here · 9 all-time · #752 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 1,116 ratings on Amazon
1The Character of Physical Law
The Character of Physical Law
Richard Feynman
1 here · 3 all-time · #2145 overall
1Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution
Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution
Neil deGrasse Tyson
1 here · 3 all-time · #2169 overall
1The Science of Discworld
The Science of Discworld
Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen
1 here · 3 all-time · #2256 overall