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American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early RepublicVictoria Johnson201916 pts0 wins4 listsLiverightBiographyNatural History & Animals+2
Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All LifeJason Roberts202014 pts2 wins2 listsRandom HouseScienceNatural History & Animals+2
Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest ExplorerTim Jeal200714 pts1 wins2 listsFaber & FaberBiographyAfrica & the African Diaspora+1
A Short History of Nearly EverythingBill Bryson200314 pts1 wins2 listsRandom HouseScienceLiterature & Writers+1
Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and LoveDava Sobel199914 pts1 wins2 listsFourth EstateBiographyScience & Discovery+2
NaturalistEdward O. Wilson199414 pts1 wins2 listsIsland PressMemoir & AutobiographyScientific Biography+1
How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDSDavid France201614 pts1 wins3 listsVintage BooksMedicine & Public HealthDisease, Epidemics & Drugs+1
Lab GirlHope Jahren201614 pts1 wins3 listsKnopf Doubleday Publishing GroupMemoir & AutobiographyScientific Biography+2
Black Apollo of Science: The Life of Ernest Everett JustKenneth R. Manning198312 pts1 wins3 listsOxford University PressBiographyScientific Biography
Genius: The Life and Science of Richard FeynmanJames Gleick199212 pts0 wins3 listsLittle, BrownBiographyScience & Discovery+1
Weapons and HopeFreeman Dyson198310 pts1 wins1 listsHarper & RowPolitics & GovernmentConstitutional History+2
The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology WatcherLewis Thomas197510 pts1 wins1 listsBantam BooksScienceScientific Biography
The Blue WhaleGeorge L. Small197110 pts1 wins1 listsColumbia University PressNature & EnvironmentScientific Biography
The Measure of ManJoseph Wood Krutch195310 pts1 wins1 listsBobbs-MerrillSociety & CultureScientific Biography
Wind, Sand and StarsAntoine de Saint-Exupéry193910 pts1 wins1 listsReynal & HitchcockMemoir & AutobiographyTravel, Exploration & Place+2
Life: The Unfinished ExperimentS. E. Luria197410 pts1 wins1 listsSouvenir PressScienceMemoir & Personal History+1
The Mismeasure of ManStephen Jay Gould198110 pts1 wins1 listsW. W. NortonScienceScientific Biography
Guilty Thing: A Life of Thomas De QuinceyFrances Wilson201610 pts0 wins3 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxBiographyMemoir & Personal History+2
Fall: The Mystery of Robert MaxwellJohn Preston20218 pts1 wins2 listsVikingBiographyIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+2
Birth Certificate: The Story of Danilo KišMark Thompson20138 pts1 wins2 listsCornell University PressBiographyScientific Biography
Darwin on Man: A Psychological Study of Scientific CreativityHoward E. Gruber, Paul H. Barrett19748 pts1 wins2 listsHarvard University PressScienceIntellectual History & Ideas+2
No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & JohnsonGardiner Harris20258 pts0 wins2 listsRandom HouseJournalism & ReportageScientific Biography
Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly VirusDavid Quammen20228 pts0 wins2 listsSimon & SchusterMedicine & Public HealthNatural History & Animals+2
Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them FreeHéctor Tobar20148 pts0 wins2 listsSceptreJournalism & ReportageTravel, Exploration & Place+1
Alex's Adventures in Numberland: Dispatches from the Wonderful World of MathematicsAlex Bellos20108 pts0 wins2 listsBloomsburyScienceTravel, Exploration & Place+2
Darkness in El Dorado: How Scientists and Journalists Devastated the AmazonPatrick Tierney20008 pts0 wins2 listsW. W. NortonJournalism & ReportageAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius RamanujanRobert Kanigel19928 pts0 wins2 listsUnknown imprintBiographyScientific Biography
Manual for Survival: A Chernobyl Guide to the FutureKate Brown20196 pts0 wins2 listsW. W. NortonNature & EnvironmentScientific Biography
When Breath Becomes AirPaul Kalanithi20166 pts0 wins2 listsRandom HouseMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
DarwinAdrian Desmond, James Moore19914 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyBiography & Public Lives+1
I Would Meet You Anywhere: A MemoirSusan Kiyo Ito20234 pts0 wins1 listsOhio State University PressMemoir & AutobiographyScientific Biography+2
Virology: Essays for the Living, the Dead, and the Small Things in BetweenJoseph Osmundson20224 pts0 wins1 listsW. W. NortonScienceNatural History & Animals+2
The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to MedicineJanice P. Nimura20214 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyScientific Biography
The Reason for the Darkness of the Night: Edgar Allan Poe and the Forging of American ScienceJohn Tresch20214 pts0 wins1 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxBiographyLiterature & Writers+2
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Human Story Retold Through Our GenesAdam Rutherford20174 pts0 wins1 listsW. W. NortonScienceNatural History & Animals+2
Admissions: Life as a Brain SurgeonHenry Marsh20174 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+2
The Seeds of Life: From Aristotle to da Vinci, from Sharks' Teeth to Frogs' Pants, the Long and Strange Quest to Discover Where Babies ComeEdward Dolnick20174 pts0 wins1 listsBasic BooksScienceScientific Biography
Jonas Salk: A LifeCharlotte DeCroes Jacobs20154 pts0 wins2 listsOxford University PressBiographyScientific Biography
A Sting in the Tale: My Adventures with BumblebeesDave Goulson20134 pts0 wins1 listsJonathan CapeNature & EnvironmentScientific Biography
Robert Duncan, The Ambassador from Venus: A BiographyLisa Jarnot20124 pts0 wins1 listsUniversity of California PressBiographyScientific Biography
Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual RenegadeJustin Spring20104 pts0 wins1 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxBiographyScientific Biography
Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of SpeciesSean B. Carroll20094 pts0 wins1 listsHoughton Mifflin HarcourtScienceNatural History & Animals+2
Quantum: Einstein, Bohr and the Great Debate about the Nature of RealityManjit Kumar20074 pts0 wins1 listsHarperCollinsScienceScientific Biography
A Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History’s Greatest TravelerJason Roberts20054 pts0 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterBiographyScientific Biography+2
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect ScienceAtul Gawande20024 pts0 wins1 listsMetropolitan BooksMedicine & Public HealthMedicine, Health & the Body+2
Edison’s Eve: A Magical History of the Quest for Mechanical LifeGaby Wood20024 pts0 wins1 listsKnopfScienceMemoir & Personal History+2
The Monk in the Garden: The Lost and Found Genius of Gregor Mendel, the Father of GeneticsRobin Marantz Henig20004 pts0 wins1 listsHoughton MifflinBiographyScientific Biography
At Home with the Marquis de Sade: A LifeFrancine du Plessix Gray19994 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyMemoir & Personal History+2
Charles Sanders Peirce: A LifeJoseph Brent19934 pts0 wins1 listsIndiana University PressBiographyScientific Biography
Timebends: A LifeArthur Miller19874 pts0 wins1 listsGrove PressMemoir & AutobiographyScientific Biography
Germany, 1866–1945Gordon A. Craig19784 pts0 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryEurope & Russia+2
A Species of EternityJoseph Kastner19774 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintNature & EnvironmentNatural History & Animals+1
MinamataW. Eugene Smith, Aileen M. Smith19754 pts0 wins1 listsChatto & WindusNature & EnvironmentMemoir & Personal History+1
Obedience to Authority: An Experimental ViewStanley Milgram19754 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintScienceScientific Biography
H. G. J. Moseley: The Life and Letters of an English Physicist, 1887–1915J. L. Heilbron19744 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
Bell: Alexander Graham Bell and The Conquest of SolitudeRobert V. Bruce19734 pts0 wins1 listsCornell University PressBiographyTravel, Exploration & Place+1
Deaths of ManEdwin S. Shneidman19734 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintMedicine & Public HealthDeath, Memory & Commemoration+1
Genetic Fix: The Next Technological RevolutionAmitai Etzioni19734 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintTechnologyTechnology, Computing & Ai+2
Technological ManVictor C. Ferkiss19694 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintTechnologyTechnology, Computing & Ai+1
A Portrait of Isaac NewtonFrank E. Manuel19684 pts0 wins1 listsHarvard University PressBiographyScientific Biography
Lawrence and OppenheimerNuel Pharr Davis19684 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyScientific Biography
The Biology of Ultimate ConcernTheodosius Dobzhansky19674 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintScienceNatural History & Animals+1
The Language of Life: An Introduction to the Science of GeneticsGeorge Beadle, Muriel Beadle,19664 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintScienceFamily, Childhood & Adoption+1
A Peril and a Hope: The Scientists' Movement in America, 1945–47Alice Kimball Smith19654 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryBlack History & Culture+1
The Last HorizonRaymond Fredric Dasmann19634 pts0 wins1 listsMacmillanNature & EnvironmentMemoir & Personal History+1
The Universe and Dr. EinsteinLincoln Barnett19484 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintScienceScientific Biography
The American Leonardo: The Life of Samuel F. B. MorseCarleton Mabee19434 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyLiterature & Writers+1
From Immigrant to InventorMichael I. Pupin19234 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyMemoir & Personal History+2
Are Quanta Real?: A Galilean DialogueJ. M. Jauch19744 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintScienceTravel, Exploration & Place+2
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's JourneysMichael Collins19754 pts0 wins1 listsBallantine BooksMemoir & AutobiographyScientific Biography
Genius in the Shadows: A Biography of Leo Szilard, the Man Behind the BombWilliam Lanouette, Bela Silard19934 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+1
In the Name of Eugenics: Genetics and the Use of Human HeredityDaniel J. Kevles19854 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintScienceFamily, Childhood & Adoption+1
Sir Harry Vane: His Life and Times (1613–1662)J. H. Adamson, H. F. Folland19744 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyScientific Biography
The Chasm: The Life and Death of a Great Experiment in Ghetto EducationRobert Jean Campbell, M.D.19754 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintSociety & CultureBlack History & Culture+1
The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNAJames D. Watson19694 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintScienceMemoir & Personal History+1
The Life of Sir William Osler, 2 vols.Harvey Cushing19264 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyLiterature & Writers+1
The Saturday Night Special and Other GunsRobert Sherrill19744 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentScientific Biography
The Solar Age Resource BookSolar Age magazine editors19804 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintNature & EnvironmentScientific Biography
The Unexpected UniverseLoren Eiseley19704 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintNature & EnvironmentNatural History & Animals+1
The Voyages of Apollo: The Exploration of the MoonRichard S. Lewis19754 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryTravel, Exploration & Place+1
The Will to be HumanSilvano Arieti, M.D.19734 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintMedicine & Public HealthMental Health & Psychology+2
Three Scientists and Their Gods: Looking for Meaning in an Age of InformationRobert Wright19884 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintScienceIntellectual History & Ideas+1
Wasp FarmHoward Ensign Evans19644 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintNature & EnvironmentReconstruction+2
We Are Not Alone: The Search for Intelligent Life on Other WorldsWalter S. Sullivan19654 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintScienceLiterature & Writers+1
Samuel Johnson: The StruggleJeffrey Meyers20084 pts0 wins2 listsBasic BooksBiographyScientific Biography
The Story of Alice: Lewis Carroll and the Secret History of WonderlandRobert Douglas-Fairhurst20152 pts0 wins1 listsVintage BooksBiographyFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
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All awards · Topic: Scientific Biography · Sorted by score · 94 books · filtered