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The Science Masters Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of The Science Masters books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the The Science Masters series? Start with "The Last Three Minutes (By: Paul Davies)" (1995) and follow publication order through all 20 books.
The complete The Science Masters reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Last Three Minutes (By: Paul Davies)
1995
River Out of Eden
1996
One Renegade Cell (By: Robert A. Weinberg)
1998
Symbiotic Planet (By: Lynn Margulis)
1998
Words and Rules (By: Steven Pinker)
1999
Three Roads To Quantum Gravity (By: Lee Smolin)
2000
What Evolution Is (By: Ernst W. Mayr)
2008
Kinds Of Minds (By: Daniel C. Dennett)
2008
The Human Brain (By: Susan A. Greenfield)
2008
The Periodic Kingdom (By: PeterAtkins)
2008
The Origin Of Humankind (By: Richard E. Leakey)
2008
Laboratory Earth (By: Stephen H. Schneider)
2014
The Origin Of The Universe (By: John D. Barrow)
2014
The Pattern on the Stone (By: William Daniel Hillis)
2014
Talking Science
2004
Not One More Death
2006
This Explains Everything
2013
Citing Atheists: Quotes of Agnosticism, Non-Theism, Skepticism, Irreligion, Free Thought, and Philosophy
2015
The Harm Done by Religion
2015
The Oxford Tutorial: Thanks, You Taught Me How to Think
2019
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