The most popular scientists books of 2020

Books about scientists follow people driven to understand. Novels and biographies show the long hours, the rivalries, the breakthroughs and what the work costs in ordinary happiness. They make heroes of curious, stubborn people, and they are as much about character as about science. This list shows the ones first published in 2020.

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Promising Practices for Addressing the Underrepresentation of Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine Opening Doors
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Promising Practices for Addressing the Underrepresentation of Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine Opening Doors

Policy and Global Affairs, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine, Committee on Increasing the Number of Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine (STEMM)

Published 2020

234 pages

Theodor Boveri
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Theodor Boveri

Fritz Baltzer, Dorothea Rudnick

Published 2020

190 pages

Women of Science
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Women of Science

John S. Croucher

2020 · 2024 edition

352 pages

I was here!
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I was here!

Peter Dallos

Published 2020

371 pages

Len's Notes
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Len's Notes

Michael Ettinger

Published 2020

190 pages

Oregon Tears
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Oregon Tears

June A. Reynolds

Published 2020

90 pages

Lab Life
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Lab Life

Papeterie Bleu

Published 2020

104 pages