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A List of Popular Science Books - Page 2

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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The Black Swan (Nassim Nicholas Taleb)
The Black Swan
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy From Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography (Simon Singh)
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy From Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
42
Simon Singh
The Dancing Wu Li Masters
The Dancing Wu Li Masters
43
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World From the (Sam Kean)
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World From The
44
Sam Kean
The Double Helix (James Watson)
The Double Helix
45
James Watson
The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence (Carl Sagan)
The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
46
Carl Sagan
The Emperor of All Maladies (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies
47
Siddhartha Mukherjee
The End of Everything (Katie MacK)
The End of Everything
48
Katie MacK
The Fabric of the Cosmos (Brian Greene)
The Fabric of the Cosmos
49
Brian Greene
The Gene: An Intimate History (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Gene: An Intimate History
50
Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate (Peter Wohlleben)
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate
51
Peter Wohlleben
The Hidden Reality (Brian Greene)
The Hidden Reality
52
Brian Greene
The Hot Zone (Richard Preston)
The Hot Zone
53
Richard Preston
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
54
Rebecca Skloot
The Invention of Nature (Andrea Wulf)
The Invention of Nature
55
Andrea Wulf
The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher (Lewis Thomas)
The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
56
Lewis Thomas
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Oliver Sacks)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
57
Oliver Sacks
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology (Simon Winchester)
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
58
Simon Winchester
The Moral Animal (Robert Wright)
The Moral Animal
59
Robert Wright
The Order of Time (Carlo Rovelli)
The Order of Time
60
Carlo Rovelli
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World (Stephen Brusatte)
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
61
Stephen Brusatte
The Science of Everyday Life: Why Teapots Dribble, Toast Burns and Light Bulbs Shine (Marty Jopson)
The Science of Everyday Life: Why Teapots Dribble, Toast Burns and Light Bulbs Shine
62
Marty Jopson
The Science of Harry Potter (Roger Highfield)
The Science of Harry Potter
63
Roger Highfield
The Science of Interstellar (Kip Thorne)
The Science of Interstellar
64
Kip Thorne
The Selfish Gene (Richard Dawkins)
The Selfish Gene
65
Richard Dawkins
The Silent World (Jacque-Yves Cousteau)
The Silent World
66
Jacque-Yves Cousteau
The Sixth Extinction (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction
67
Elizabeth Kolbert
The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World (Bjørn Lomborg)
The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World
68
Bjørn Lomborg
The Tao of Physics (Fritjof Capra)
The Tao of Physics
69
Fritjof Capra
The Way Things Work (Dave Macaulay)
The Way Things Work
70
Dave Macaulay
The World According to Physics (Jim Al-Khalili)
The World According to Physics
71
Jim Al-Khalili
The World Without Us (Alan Weisman)
The World Without Us
72
Alan Weisman
This Is Your Brain on Music (Daniel J. Levitin)
This Is Your Brain on Music
73
Daniel J. Levitin
Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World (Marcia Bjornerud)
Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World
74
Marcia Bjornerud
What If? (Randall Munroe)
What If?
75
Randall Munroe
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