Readable books on the history of science

A Listmania! list by William Podmore (London United Kingdom)
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The Lunar Men: The Friends Who Made the Future 1730-1810
1.  The Lunar Men: The Friends Who Made the Future 1730-1810 by Jenny Uglow
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  "Brilliant book on the British enlightenment and the founders of the Industrial Revolution"
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Erasmus Darwin: A Life of Unequalled Achievement
2.  Erasmus Darwin: A Life of Unequalled Achievement by Desmond King-Hele
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  "Super biography of a great original thinker"
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The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity from Antiquity to the Present
3.  The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity from Antiquity to the Present by Roy Porter
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  "Just the best history of medicine ever written"
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Darwin
4.  Darwin by Adrian Desmond
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  "The best biography of the discoverer of evolution"
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Huxley: From Devil's Disciple to Evolution's High Priest
5.  Huxley: From Devil's Disciple to Evolution's High Priest by Adrian Desmond
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  "Superb biography of the scourge of the Victorian establishment"
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Why Freud Was Wrong: Sin, Science and Psychoanalysis
6.  Why Freud Was Wrong: Sin, Science and Psychoanalysis by Richard Webster
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  "Excellent demolition of the pretentious Dr Fraud"
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Medicine's 10 Greatest Discoveries (Yale Nota Bene)
7.  Medicine's 10 Greatest Discoveries (Yale Nota Bene) by Meyer Friedman
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  "Useful, readable account of some of the greatest medical discoveries"
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Soul Made Flesh
8.  Soul Made Flesh by Carl Zimmer
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  "Readable biography of the founder of neurology"
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The Jung Cult: Origins of a Charismatic Movement
9.  The Jung Cult: Origins of a Charismatic Movement by Richard Noll
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  "Good demolition of another pretentious fraud"
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The Burt Affair (General Psychology Series)
10.  The Burt Affair (General Psychology Series) by R.B. Joynson
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  "Exposure of yet another fraud in the field of psychology"
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