25 Great Books By Legendary Scientists From Darwin and Einstein to Hawking and Sagan, here are twenty-five amazing books written by world-famous scientists. These are legendary texts, popular science explainers, personal memoirs, and controversial new theories, and they're all enduring monuments to the power of science. 1. The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin Darwin is obviously recognized as the father of evolution and one of the towering figures of 19th century science, but it's often forgotten that he was also a talented communicator of ideas. The Origin of Species remains surprisingly readable more than 150 years after its initial publication, and this is one of the few times where it's actually fun to read a book that completely altered the course of human history. 2. The Basic Writings of Sigmund Freud , translated by A.A. Brill Freud's popular fame long ago eclipsed his scholarly reputation, and it's all too easy to dismiss so...