21 Best Science Books

Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.

"[One of] the 10 best nonfiction books of all-time." - James Clear

Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.

"The story of my other hero, Carl Sagan. The other guy who inspired me to do what I do now." - Bill Nye

Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.

List of books Bill Gates read in 2012.

Ray Dalio mentioned this book in his book, "Principles."

One of the books on Scott Adams' "Persuasion Reading List."

"Fine book but it didn’t need to be an entire book. A blog post would have gotten the point across." - Naval Ravikant

"I love surprising scientific findings, as well as information about how our brains work. [This book] is a treasure trove of both." - Ev Williams

"Captivating dive into human decision making, marred by inclusion of several/many? psychology studies that fail to replicate. Will stand as a cautionary tale?" - Marc Andreessen

"I had to read [this book] twice before I fully understood it." - Charlie Munger

"Turned evolutionary biology on its head and was written like a great detective story." - Matt Ridley

"Famous book about how our bodies are vehicles to replicate our genes (even though we occasionally defy them)." - Brian Armstrong

On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.

"Explains more about life (including human behavior and myself) than anything else I’ve read. " - Nick Szabo

"Had a profound influence on me pretty early on." - Phil Libin

"It’s very impressive [to] read about people pondering how to figure out the weight of the Earth or something in the 18th century." - Warren Buffett

"I do a read [this book] often." - Shah Rukh Khan

Stewart Brand recommended this book on his "Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization" blog post.

Amanda Palmer mentioned this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.

On Jamie Dimon's list of favorite books.

"Information-dense and manages to be humorous and super entertaining." - Dominic D'Agostino

One of Peter Attia's answers to "any books you feel would make your reading list?"

"I loved [this] brilliant book about cancer." - Bill Gates

"For friends who have faced or are facing cancer, I often give them [this book]." - Laura R Walker

"Fantastic book...a must read!" - Cathie Wood

"Mukherjee once again shows his gift for making hard science easily accessible." - Bill Gates

"So interesting and well written." - John Legend

"A great book." - Bryan Johnson

Reid Hoffman told McKinsey he was reading this book.

"To learn of our kinship with all other life on Earth." - Neil deGrasse Tyson

Paul Graham used this book as an example that one scientist's "take" can be very convincing.

Darren Aronofsky mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"[Changed] science and [reached] the public." - Matt Ridley

"I love newer books like [this book]." - Daymond John

James Altucher mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.

"I minored in theoretical physics [...] Yet I learned more physics from [this book] than I did in my courses." - Lewis Cantley

"Truly epic story, showing humanity at both its best and worst." - Chris Dixon

"As good as it gets in describing the development of the nuclear industry." - Trung Phan

Naval Ravikant tweeted about this book.

"Great writer." - A.J. Jacobs