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Reader Ratings

Every book page in the ScienceBookGuide has buttons that let you rate the book on a 1-5 scale (5 is 'Superb', 1 is 'Poor'). Here's a summary of which books are apparently loved, hated, or at least noticed by ScienceBookGuide readers.

Books with the best ratings*

BookNumberAverage
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman and Ralph Leighton 88 4.3
Dead Men Do Tell Tales by William R. Maples and Michael Browning 56 4.2
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking 97 4.1
Microbe Hunters by Paul de Kruif 107 4.0
The Medical Detectives by Berton Roueché 24 3.9
* Must have at least 2 votes

Books with the worst ratings*

BookNumberAverage
The Periodic Kingdom by P. W. Atkins 38 2.1
Life's Other Secret by Ian Stewart 11 2.1
A Short History of Planet Earth by J. D. Macdougall 16 2.2
A Scientist in the City by James Trefil 10 2.2
Illustrious Immigrants by Laura Fermi 10 2.3
* Must have at least 2 votes

Books with the most ratings

BookNumberAverage
My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell 243 3.8
The Double Helix by James D. Watson 173 2.6
The Lives of a Cell by Lewis Thomas 148 3.4
Microbe Hunters by Paul de Kruif 107 4.0
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking 97 4.1

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