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Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only (Feb 2022) - Page 2

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Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
Popular or even technical science books that you thought were really well done.
Note: Please keep it to actual science - no politics or nutrition, unless the focus is very definitely on science. No science fiction, politics, history, religion, or self-help. Any book that doesn't meet the criteria will be removed.
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Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring
41
Rachel Carson
The Dragons of Eden (Carl Sagan)
The Dragons of Eden
42
Carl Sagan
The Grand Design (Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow)
The Grand Design
43
Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
The World Without Us (Alan Weisman)
The World Without Us
44
Alan Weisman
Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History (Stephen Jay Gould)
Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
45
Stephen Jay Gould
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (Stephen Pinker)
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
46
Stephen Pinker
How the Mind Works (Steven Pinker)
How the Mind Works
47
Steven Pinker
Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warp
Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warp
48
The Double Helix (James Watson)
The Double Helix
49
James Watson
The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance (Laurie Garrett)
The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance
50
Laurie Garrett
Death by Black Hole (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Death by Black Hole
51
Neil Degrasse Tyson
Bad Science (Ben Goldacre)
Bad Science
52
Ben Goldacre
The Tipping Point (Malcom Gladwell)
The Tipping Point
53
Malcom Gladwell
A Universe From Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
A Universe From Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
54
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature (Steven Pinker)
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
55
Steven Pinker
Physics of the Impossible (Kaku)
Physics of the Impossible
56
Kaku
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Susan Cain)
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
57
Susan Cain
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution & Future of the Human Animal (Jared Diamond)
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution & Future of the Human Animal
58
Jared Diamond
The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History (John M. Barry)
The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History
59
John M. Barry
The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher (Lewis Thomas)
The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
60
Lewis Thomas
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic (Steven Johnson)
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic
61
Steven Johnson
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory by Albert Einstein
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory by Albert Einstein
62
The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives (Leonard Mlodinow)
The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
63
Leonard Mlodinow
"What Do You Care What Other People Think?" (Richard P. Feynman)
"What Do You Care What Other People Think?"
64
Richard P. Feynman
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter (Richard Feynman)
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
65
Richard Feynman
Why Evolution Is True (Jerry a Coyne)
Why Evolution Is True
66
Jerry a Coyne
The Botany of Desire (Michael Pollan)
The Botany of Desire
67
Michael Pollan
The Tao of Physics (Fritjof Capra)
The Tao of Physics
68
Fritjof Capra
Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe (Simon Singh)
Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe
69
Simon Singh
The Illustrated "A Brief History of Time" and "The Universe in a Nutshell" (Stephen Hawking)
The Illustrated "A Brief History of Time" and "The Universe in a Nutshell"
70
Stephen Hawking
Man and His Symbols (C.G. Jung)
Man and His Symbols
71
C.G. Jung
PREDICTABLY IRRATIONAL (Dan Ariely)
PREDICTABLY IRRATIONAL
72
Dan Ariely
Zero: the Biography of a Dangerous Idea (Charles Seife)
Zero: the Biography of a Dangerous Idea
73
Charles Seife
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York (Deborah Blum)
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
74
Deborah Blum
The Ascent of Man by Jacob Bronowski
The Ascent of Man by Jacob Bronowski
75
Parallel Worlds (Michio Kaku)
Parallel Worlds
76
Michio Kaku
Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution
77
Neil Degrasse Tyson
The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time by Jonathan We
The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time by Jonathan We
78
How to Lie With Statistics (Darrell Huff)
How to Lie With Statistics
79
Darrell Huff
The Mismeasure of Man (Stephen Jay Gould)
The Mismeasure of Man
80
Stephen Jay Gould
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