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50 Science and Nature Books

A collection of science, nature, biography, medicine and maths books that I have read and enjoyed. I can recommend them all.
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Nature via Nurture (Matt Ridley)
Nature via Nurture
1
Matt Ridley
The Ancestor's Tale
The Ancestor's Tale
2
Life (Richard Fortey)
Life
3
Richard Fortey
The Sixth Extinction (Richard Leakey & Roger Lewin)
The Sixth Extinction
4
Richard Leakey & Roger Lewin
Caesar's Last Breath (Sam Kean)
Caesar's Last Breath
5
Sam Kean
Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World Unabridged Edition (Rachel Ignotofsky)
Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World Unabridged Edition
6
Rachel Ignotofsky
The Ends of the World (Peter Brannen)
The Ends of the World
7
Peter Brannen
Humble Pi (Matt Parker)
Humble Pi
8
Matt Parker
Bad Science
Bad Science
9
Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology (Jim Al-Khalili and Johnjoe McFadden)
Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology
10
Jim Al-Khalili and Johnjoe McFadden
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics (Carlo Rovelli)
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
11
Carlo Rovelli
Reaching for the Moon (Katherine G. Johnson)
Reaching for the Moon
12
Katherine G. Johnson
When Life Nearly Died: The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time (Michael J. Benton)
When Life Nearly Died: The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time
13
Michael J. Benton
The Brain: The Story of You (David Eagleman)
The Brain: The Story of You
14
David Eagleman
Sapiens (Yuval Noah Harari)
Sapiens
15
Yuval Noah Harari
Zoo Quest Expeditions
Zoo Quest Expeditions
16
All That Remains (Professor Sue Black)
All That Remains
17
Professor Sue Black
Do No Harm (Henry Marsh)
Do No Harm
18
Henry Marsh
From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time (Sean Carroll)
From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time
19
Sean Carroll
The Wood (John Lewis-Stempel)
The Wood
20
John Lewis-Stempel
Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe (Serhii Plokhy)
Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe
21
Serhii Plokhy
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
22
Bill Bryson
This Is Going to Hurt (Adam Kay)
This Is Going to Hurt
23
Adam Kay
The Voyage of the Beagle
The Voyage of the Beagle
24
Why We Sleep (Matthew Walker)
Why We Sleep
25
Matthew Walker
Reality Is Not What It Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity (Carlo Rovelli)
Reality Is Not What It Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity
26
Carlo Rovelli
Unnatural Causes (Richard Shepherd)
Unnatural Causes
27
Richard Shepherd
Other Minds (Peter Godfrey-Smith)
Other Minds
28
Peter Godfrey-Smith
A Brief History of Mathematics (Marcus Du Sautoy)
A Brief History of Mathematics
29
Marcus Du Sautoy
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
30
Neil Degrasse Tyson
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded (Simon Winchester)
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded
31
Simon Winchester
Trilobite: Eyewitness to Evolution (Richard Fortey)
Trilobite: Eyewitness to Evolution
32
Richard Fortey
Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain (Sarah-Jayne Blakemore)
Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain
33
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
Oxygen the Molecule That Made the World
Oxygen the Molecule That Made the World
34
The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins)
The God Delusion
35
Richard Dawkins
Everest (Harriet Tuckey)
Everest
36
Harriet Tuckey
Tamed (Alice Roberts)
Tamed
37
Alice Roberts
The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
The Origin of Species
38
Charles Darwin
Why Does E=Mc2 (Brian Cox)
Why Does E=Mc2
39
Brian Cox
The Brain That Changes Itself (Norman Doidge, M.D.)
The Brain That Changes Itself
40
Norman Doidge, M.D.
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