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The Most Read Books of the 2025 Reading Challenge So Far
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Trinity by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb Fetter-Vorm, Jonathan *
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 to-read, physics, science-history     Betsy 2020/05/19 view activity »
Energy by Richard Rhodes Energy: A Human History Rhodes, Richard
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 to-read, energy, science-history     Betsy 2020/05/19 view activity »
Exactly by Simon Winchester Exactly Winchester, Simon
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 to-read, science-history, technology     Betsy 2020/05/19 view activity »
Flu by Gina Kolata Flu: The Story Of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It Kolata, Gina
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 read, book-club, medicine, public-health, science-history 2020/05/01 2020/05/31 Betsy 2020/03/20 view activity »
Plague's Progress by Arno Karlen Plague's Progress: A Social History of Man and Disease Karlen, Arno
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 to-read, epidemiology, medicine, science-history, sociology     Betsy 2020/03/20 view activity »
Miracle Cure by William Rosen Miracle Cure: The Creation of Antibiotics and the Birth of Modern Medicine Rosen, William
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 to-read, medicine, public-health, science-history     Betsy 2020/02/20 view activity »
Not a Scientist by Dave Levitan Not a Scientist: How Politicians Mistake, Misrepresent, and Utterly Mangle Science Levitan, Dave *
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 read, book-club, science-history, science-policy 2020/04/01 2020/04/30 Betsy 2020/02/20 view activity »
The Demon Under the Microscope by Thomas Hager The Demon Under the Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor's Heroic Search for the World's First Miracle Drug Hager, Thomas *
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 read, biology, book-club, medicine, science-history 2020/03/01 2020/03/31 Betsy 2019/11/20 view activity »
The Mosquito by Timothy C. Winegard The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator Winegard, Timothy C. *
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 to-read, public-health, science-history, zoology     Betsy 2019/11/19 view activity »
Chrysalis by Kim Todd Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian And the Secrets of Metamorphosis Todd, Kim *
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 to-read, biography, ecology, nature, science-history     Betsy 2019/10/18 view activity »
Great Physicists by William H. Cropper Great Physicists: The Life and Times of Leading Physicists from Galileo to Hawking Cropper, William H.
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 to-read, biography, physics, science-history     Betsy 2019/10/18 view activity »
Gene Machine by Venki Ramakrishnan Gene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome Ramakrishnan, Venki
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 read, biography, biology, book-club, genetics, science-history 2021/06/01 2021/06/30 Betsy 2019/10/18 view activity »
Against Method by Paul Karl Feyerabend Against Method Feyerabend, Paul Karl
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 to-read, science-history, science-policy     Betsy 2019/08/18 view activity »
Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress Pinker, Steven *
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 read, book-club, philosophy, science-history, science-policy 2019/07/01 2019/07/31 Betsy 2019/05/23 view activity »
Seeing Further by Bill Bryson Seeing Further: Ideas, Endeavours, Discoveries and Disputes � The Story of Science Through 350 Years of the Royal Society Bryson, Bill
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 to-read, science-history     Betsy 2019/03/16 view activity »
Randomistas by Andrew Leigh Randomistas: How Radical Researchers Are Changing Our World Leigh, Andrew
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 to-read, science-history, science-policy     Betsy 2019/02/18 view activity »
Rigor Mortis by Richard F. Harris Rigor Mortis: How Sloppy Science Creates Worthless Cures, Crushes Hope, and Wastes Billions Harris, Richard F. *
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 read, biology, book-club, science-history, science-policy 2019/01/01 2019/01/31 Betsy 2018/11/19 view activity »
Heart by Sandeep Jauhar Heart: A History Jauhar, Sandeep *
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 to-read, biology, medicine, science-history     Betsy 2018/11/19 view activity »
Curiosity by Philip Ball Curiosity: How Science Became Interested in Everything Ball, Philip
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 to-read, psychology, science-history     Betsy 2018/08/16 view activity »
Journey to the Ants by Bert Hölldobler Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Exploration Hölldobler, Bert
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 to-read, science-history     Betsy 2018/08/16 view activity »
A Lab of One's Own by Patricia Fara A Lab of One's Own: Science and Suffrage in the First World War Fara, Patricia
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 to-read, biography, science-history     Betsy 2018/05/16 view activity »
The Wizard and the Prophet by Charles C. Mann The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow's World Mann, Charles C.
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 to-read, climate, science-history     Betsy 2018/05/16 view activity »
The War on Science by Shawn Lawrence Otto The War on Science: Who's Waging It, Why It Matters, What We Can Do About It Otto, Shawn Lawrence *
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 to-read, science-history, science-policy     Betsy 2018/04/16 view activity »
The Radium Girls by Kate Moore The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women Moore, Kate *
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 read, biography, book-club, science-history 2018/03/01 2018/03/31 Betsy 2018/01/19 view activity »
Inferior by Angela Saini Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong—and the New Research That's Rewriting the Story Saini, Angela *
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 read, book-club, science-history, sociology 2018/07/01 2018/07/31 Betsy 2017/12/20 view activity »
The Vaccine Race by Meredith Wadman The Vaccine Race: Science, Politics, and the Human Costs of Defeating Disease Wadman, Meredith
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 to-read, medicine, science-history     Betsy 2017/10/24 view activity »
The Canon by Natalie Angier The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science Angier, Natalie
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 to-read, science-history     Betsy 2017/09/23 view activity »
The House of Wisdom by Jim Al-Khalili The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance Al-Khalili, Jim
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 read, book-club, science-history 2017/10/01 2017/10/31 Betsy 2017/08/20 view activity »
To Explain the World by Steven Weinberg To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science Weinberg, Steven
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 to-read, science-history     Betsy 2017/08/20 view activity »
The Upright Thinkers by Leonard Mlodinow The Upright Thinkers: The Human Journey from Living in Trees to Understanding the Cosmos Mlodinow, Leonard
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 to-read, science-history     Betsy 2017/06/18 view activity »


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