Betrayers of the Truth: Fraud and Deceit in the Halls of Science
By: William J. Broad
3.81
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Examines instances of scientific fraud in research areas ranging from astronomy and physics to biol…
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By: Robert Graves , Michael Grant , Suetonius
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
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2. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
By: Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
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3. The God Delusion
By: Richard Dawkins
3.90
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
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"Pantheism is sexed-up atheism. Deism is watered-down theism."-Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion
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By: Garth Stein
3.99
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: a philosopher with a nearly human soul (and an obsessio… read more
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5. Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
By: Brian Christian , Tom Griffiths
3.95
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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6. Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
By: None , Keith Gessen
4.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award On April 2… read more
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7. The Abolition of Man
By: C.S. Lewis
3.97
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
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8. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2)
By: Randall Munroe
4.37
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of What If? and How To provides his best answers yet to th… read more
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9. Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir
By: Werner Herzog
4.25
Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition
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By: Sathnam Sanghera
4.10
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
In his brilliantly illuminating new book Sathnam Sanghera demonstrates how so much of what we consi… read more
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By: Richard P. Feynman
4.27
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
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"I learned from her that every woman is worried about her looks, no matter how beautiful she is."-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
"I couldn't claim that I was smarter than sixty-five other guys--but the average of sixty-five other guys, certainly!"-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
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12. Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America
By: Will Sommer
4.09
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
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13. Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment
By: Daniel Kahneman
3.66
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14. Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires
By: Douglas Rushkoff
3.86
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15. Science Fictions
By: Stuart Ritchie
4.37
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A major exposé that reveals the absurd and shocking problems that pervade and undermine contemporar… read more
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16. The Knowledge Machine: How Irrationality Created Modern Science
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3.74
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
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17. Betrayers of the Truth: Fraud and Deceit in the Halls of Science
By: William J. Broad
3.81
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
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18. The Rhetoric of Science
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3.83
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