Books most popular in the United States●Essays

Check out the latest list of books that people in the United States are enjoying the most right now. The list is ordered by popularity and the genre of the list is Science & Nature > Essays.

1. Letters from an Astrophysicist - Neil de Grasse Tyson

Release date: 2019-10-08 $15.99
Comments

1. Belief and Science - I appreciate that Neil DeGrasse Tyson would be candid enough to share some revealing exchanges from over the many years of his correspondence with his audience. Most of the interactions echo a debate between belief and science even though Dr. Tyson categorizes them into four general themes. For some, reading this book will challenge and even offend. Tyson is direct in these communications and delivers truth bombs wrapped in reason, logic, and hope. It is remarkable that he even confronts so many doubters of science; as if the more he shows how science has answered bigger questions the more he rouses the ire of those looking to a higher power for all their answers. It is refreshing that his responses are principled and reasoned while avoiding ad hominem attacks. In a way he leaves room for belief but one grounded in the limitless possibilities of a scientific society. The metaphysical in his worldview is reflected in the awe of the cosmos and how understanding it makes it easier to understand and deal with everyday life.
2022-10-05
2. The Skeptics' Guide to the Future - Dr. Steven Novella, Bob Novella & Jay Novella. What Yesterday's Science and Science Fiction Tell Us About the World of Tomorrow

Release date: 2022-09-27 Genre:Science & Nature $14.99
3. What Have You Changed Your Mind About? - John Brockman. Today's Leading Minds Rethink Everything

Release date: 2009-10-06 $8.99
4. This Explains Everything - John Brockman. 150 Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works

Release date: 2013-01-22 Genre:Science & Nature $14.99
Comments

1. Not so elegant egg heads - I thought this book would give some amazing insight into incredibly complex and confusing mysteries, but I was wrong. It felt more like the authors were writing to each other, each failing to find simplicity in explanation. I'm very sympathetic, as so few have the ability of Einstein to paint a picture that gives so much understanding. This crowd, while undoubtedly all brilliant, just aren't in that class.
2013-03-11
5. Probable Impossibilities - Alan Lightman. Musings on Beginnings and Endings

Release date: 2021-02-09 $12.99
6. How Far the Light Reaches - Sabrina Imbler. A Life in Ten Sea Creatures

Release date: 2022-12-06 $14.99
7. All the Colors of Quantum Entanglement. From the Myth of Plato's Cave, to the Synchronicity of Carl Jung, to the Holographic Universe - Bruno Del Medico

Release date: 2022-05-29 $8.99
8. When Einstein Walked with Gödel - Jim Holt. Excursions to the Edge of Thought

Release date: 2018-05-15 $11.99
9. Bad Science - Ben Goldacre. Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks

Release date: 2010-10-12 $11.99
10. Out of My Later Years - Albert Einstein. The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words

Release date: 2011-09-27 $2.99
11. Letters to a Young Scientist - Edward O. Wilson

Release date: 2013-04-15 $9.99
12. The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe - Dr. Steven Novella, Bob Novella, Cara Santa Maria, Jay Novella & Evan Bernstein. How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake

Release date: 2018-10-02 $11.99
Comments

1. A how to guide on thinking skeptical - We don’t think enough about how we think. About how we evaluate information that we come across. This books give you tools that will help you understand scientific skepticism, and it teaches how to use those skills in every day life. It truly is a guide for this universe. Peace! Meatleg
2018-10-05
13. Science in the Soul - Richard Dawkins. Selected Writings of a Passionate Rationalist

Release date: 2017-08-08 $12.99
14. Ideas And Opinions - Albert Einstein

Release date: 1988-12-12 $11.99
15. What Should We Be Worried About? - John Brockman. Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night

Release date: 2014-02-11 Genre:Science & Nature $11.99
16. 13 Things That Don't Make Sense - Michael Brooks. The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time

Release date: 2008-08-12 $6.99
17. What Einstein Told His Barber - Robert Wolke. More Scientific Answers to Everyday Questions

Release date: 2000-03-07 $15.99
18. This Idea Is Brilliant - John Brockman. Lost, Overlooked, and Underappreciated Scientific Concepts Everyone Should Know

Release date: 2018-01-16 Genre:Science & Nature $14.99
19. The Pleasure of Finding Things Out - Richard P. Feynman & Freeman Dyson. The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman

Release date: 2005-04-06 Genre:Science & Nature $11.99
20. The Grand Biocentric Design - Robert Lanza, Matej Pavšič & Bob Berman. How Life Creates Reality

Release date: 2020-11-17 $9.99
21. Zoom - Bob Berman. From Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees: How Everything Moves

Release date: 2014-06-24 $11.99
22. Ágilmente - Estanislao Bachrach. Aprendé cómo funciona tu cerebro para potenciar tu creatividad y vivir mejor

Release date: 2012-09-01 $8.99
23. What to Think About Machines That Think - John Brockman. Today's Leading Thinkers on the Age of Machine Intelligence

Release date: 2015-10-06 Genre:Science & Nature $12.99
24. Nothing - Jeremy Webb, NewScientist, Marcus Chown, Douglas Fox, Jo Marchant, Paul Davies, Michael Brooks, Laura Spinney, Linda Geddes, Per Eklund, Jonathan Knight, Nigel Henbest, Ian Stewart, David Harris, Michael de Podesta, Valerie Jamieson, David Fisher, Rick A. Lovett, Andy Coghlan & Stephen Battersby. Surprising Insights Everywhere from Zero to Oblivion

Release date: 2014-03-25 $9.99
25. The World as I See It - Albert Einstein

Release date: 2018-12-18 $2.99
26. Everything All at Once - Bill Nye & Corey S. Powell. How to Think Like a Science Guy, Solve Any Problem, and Make a Better World

Release date: 2017-07-11 $14.99
27. Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand - Marcus Chown. Fifty Wonders That Reveal an Extraordinary Universe

Release date: 2019-04-23 $7.99
28. The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2021 - Ed Yong & Jaime Green

Release date: 2021-10-12 $9.99
29. Science Is Culture - Adam Bly. Conversations at the New Intersection of Science + Society

Release date: 2010-10-12 $7.99
30. Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History - Stephen Jay Gould

Release date: 2010-11-29 $14.99
31. Monkeys, Myths, and Molecules - Dr. Joe Schwarcz. Separating Fact from Fiction in the Science of Everyday Life

Release date: 2015-05-01 $11.99
32. Unweaving the Rainbow - Richard Dawkins. Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder

Release date: 2000-04-05 $2.99
33. Know This - John Brockman. Today's Most Interesting and Important Scientific Ideas, Discoveries, and Developments

Release date: 2017-02-07 Genre:Science & Nature $13.99
34. A Devil's Chaplain - Richard Dawkins. Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love

Release date: 2004-10-27 $14.99
35. Skeptic - Michael Shermer. Viewing the World with a Rational Eye

Release date: 2016-01-12 $11.99
36. The Creating Brain - Nancy C. Andreasen. The Neuroscience of Genius

Release date: 2005-11-30 $9.99
37. Is That a Fact? - Dr. Joe Schwarcz. Frauds, Quacks, and the Real Science of Everyday Life

Release date: 2014-05-01 $11.99
38. Weird Earth - Donald R. Prothero. Debunking Strange Ideas About Our Planet

Release date: 2020-07-14 $11.99
39. Dreams of Earth and Sky - Freeman Dyson

Release date: 2015-04-21 $13.99
40. The Last Unknowns - John Brockman. Deep, Elegant, Profound Unanswered Questions About the Universe, the Mind, the Future of Civilization, and the Meaning of Life

Release date: 2019-06-04 $13.99
41. The Science of Harry Potter - Mark Brake & Jon Chase. The Spellbinding Science Behind the Magic, Gadgets, Potions, and More!

Release date: 2017-11-14 Genre:Science & Nature $10.99
42. The Gecko’s Foot - Peter Forbes. How Scientists are Taking a Leaf from Nature's Book

Release date: 2010-10-07 $0.99
43. What the Future Looks Like - Jim Al-Khalili. Scientists Predict the Next Great Discoveries and Reveal How Today's Breakthroughs Are Already Shaping Our World

Release date: 2018-04-17 $9.99
44. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2013 - Siddhartha Mukherjee & Tim Folger

Release date: 2013-10-08 $2.99
45. The Voyage of the Beagle - Charles Darwin & Steve Jones. Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the World

Release date: 2001-03-13 $10.99
46. An Outsider's Guide to Humans - Camilla Pang PhD. What Science Taught Me About What We Do and Who We Are

Release date: 2020-12-01 $12.99
47. From Here to Infinity: A Vision for the Future of Science - Martin Rees

Release date: 2012-06-18 $13.99
48. The Best Science Writing Online 2012 - Bora Zivkovic & Jennifer Ouellette

Release date: 2012-09-18 $11.99
49. Essays in Science - Albert Einstein

Release date: 2011-09-27 $11.99
50. Future Science - Max Brockman. Essays from the Leading Edge

Release date: 2011-08-09 Genre:Science & Nature $12.99