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A List of Popular Science Books

A basic list of science-y books for your consideration. It spans across disciplines and time, from classics to contemporary best-sellers. Happy reading!
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"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" (Richard P. Feynman)
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"
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Richard P. Feynman
A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature's Deep Design (Frank Wilczek)
A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature's Deep Design
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Frank Wilczek
A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters (Andrew H. Knoll)
A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
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Andrew H. Knoll
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
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Stephen Hawking
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
5
Bill Bryson
A Universe From Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
A Universe From Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
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Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions (Brian Christian)
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
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Brian Christian
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us (Ed Yong)
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
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Ed Yong
Annals of the Former World (John McPhee)
Annals of the Former World
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John McPhee
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
10
Neil Degrasse Tyson
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst (Robert Sapolsky)
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
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Robert Sapolsky
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art (James Nestor)
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
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James Nestor
Brief Answers to Big Questions (Stephen Hawking)
Brief Answers to Big Questions
13
Stephen Hawking
Chaos: Making a New Science (James Gleiek)
Chaos: Making a New Science
14
James Gleiek
Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution (Michael J. Behe)
Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution
15
Michael J. Behe
Entangled Life (Merlin Sheldrake)
Entangled Life
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Merlin Sheldrake
Factfulness (Hans Rosling)
Factfulness
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Hans Rosling
Gulp : Adventures on the Alimentary Canal (Mary Roach)
Gulp : Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
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Mary Roach
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Jared Diamond)
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
19
Jared Diamond
Hidden Valley Road (Robert Kolker)
Hidden Valley Road
20
Robert Kolker
How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming (Mike Brown)
How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming
21
Mike Brown
How the Mind Works (Steven Pinker)
How the Mind Works
22
Steven Pinker
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life (Ed Yong)
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
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Ed Yong
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded (Simon Winchester)
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded
24
Simon Winchester
Lab Girl (Hope Jahren)
Lab Girl
25
Hope Jahren
Longitude (Dava Sobel)
Longitude
26
Dava Sobel
Microbe Hunters (Paul De Kruif)
Microbe Hunters
27
Paul De Kruif
Origin of Species; Voyage of the Beagle (Charles Darwin)
Origin of Species; Voyage of the Beagle
28
Charles Darwin
Parasite Rex : Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures (Carl Zimmer)
Parasite Rex : Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures
29
Carl Zimmer
Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets (Luke Dittrich)
Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets
30
Luke Dittrich
Pull: How Gravity Shapes Your... (Brennan Spiegel)
Pull: How Gravity Shapes Your...
31
Brennan Spiegel
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory (Albert Einstein)
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory
32
Albert Einstein
Sapiens (Yuval Noah Harari)
Sapiens
33
Yuval Noah Harari
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics (Rovelli, Carlo)
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
34
Rovelli, Carlo
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring
35
Rachel Carson
Stiff (Mary Roach)
Stiff
36
Mary Roach
Stuff Matters (Mark Miodownik)
Stuff Matters
37
Mark Miodownik
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies (Nick Boström)
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
38
Nick Boström
The Beginning of Infinity (David Deutsch)
The Beginning of Infinity
39
David Deutsch
The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself (Sean Carroll)
The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
40
Sean Carroll
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