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Readable books on the history of science
Lunar Men: The Friends Who Made the FutureLunar Men: The Friends Who Made the Future by Jenny Uglow
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Brilliant book on the British enlightenment and the founders of the Industrial Revolution
Erasmus Darwin: A Life of Unequalled AchievementErasmus Darwin: A Life of Unequalled Achievement by Desmond King-Hele
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Super biography of a great original thinker
The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: Medical History of HumanityThe Greatest Benefit to Mankind: Medical History of Humanity by Roy Porter
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Just the best history of medicine ever written
DarwinDarwin by Adrian Desmond
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The best biography of the discoverer of evolution
Huxley: From Devil's Disciple to Evolution's High PriestHuxley: 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
Why Freud Was Wrong: Sin, Science and PsychoanalysisWhy Freud Was Wrong: Sin, Science and Psychoanalysis by Richard Webster
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Excellent demolition of the pretentious Dr Fraud
Medicine's 10 Greatest Discoveries (Yale Nota Bene)Medicine's 10 Greatest Discoveries (Yale Nota Bene) by M Friedman
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Useful, readable account of some of the greatest medical discoveries
Soul Made FleshSoul Made Flesh by Carl Zimmer
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Readable biography of the founder of neurology
The Jung Cult: Origins of a Charismatic MovementThe Jung Cult: Origins of a Charismatic Movement by Richard Noll
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Good demolition of another pretentious fraud
The Burt Affair (General Psychology Series)The Burt Affair (General Psychology Series) by R.B. Joynson
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Exposure of yet another fraud in the field of psychology