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A Beautiful Mind: A Biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr.
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9.8
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    • 2

    Rocket Boys
    (aka October Sky)
    Current rating
    9.8
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    • 3

    My Brain Is Open:     The Mathematical Journeys of Paul Erdos
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    9.6
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    • 4

    October Sky:     A Memoir
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    9.5
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    The Man Who Loved Only Numbers:     The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth
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    9.5
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    • 6

    Strange Brains and Genius:     The Secret Lives of Eccentric Scientists and Madmen
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    9.3
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    • 7

    Great Feuds in Science:     Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever
    Current rating
    9.2
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    • 8

    Geons, Black Holes, and Quantum Foam:     A Life in Physics
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    9.1
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    • 9

    'Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!':     Adventures of a Curious Character
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    8.9
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    • 10

    Dancing Naked in the Mind Field
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    8.8
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    • 11 The Arcanum: The Extraordinary True Story
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    8.6
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    • 12 Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman
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    8.6
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    • 13 The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod
    Current rating
    8.6
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    • 14 The Camel's Nose: Memoirs of a Curious Scientist
    Current rating
    8.4
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    • 15 Deke!: U.S. Manned Space: From Mercury to the Shuttle
    Current rating
    8.4
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    • 16 The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
    (Dover Thrift Editions)
    Current rating
    8.4
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    • 17 Joseph Banks: A Life
    Current rating
    8.0
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    • 18 Men of Mathematics
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    8.0
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    • 19 The Supermen: The Story of Seymour Cray and the Technical Wizards Behind the Supercomputer
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    7.9
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    • 20 Ideas and Opinions
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    7.9
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