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Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only (Feb 2022) - Page 3

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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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Broca's Brain (Carl Sagan)
Broca's Brain
81
Carl Sagan
Galileo's Daughter (Dava Sobel)
Galileo's Daughter
82
Dava Sobel
The Pluto Files (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
The Pluto Files
83
Neil Degrasse Tyson
An Inconvenient Truth
An Inconvenient Truth
84
The Hidden Reality (Brian Greene)
The Hidden Reality
85
Brian Greene
Packing for Mars (Mary Roach)
Packing for Mars
86
Mary Roach
Woman: An Intimate Geography (Natalie Angier)
Woman: An Intimate Geography
87
Natalie Angier
Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (Sir Isaac Newton)
Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
88
Sir Isaac Newton
The Design of Everyday Things (Donald Norman)
The Design of Everyday Things
89
Donald Norman
Ever Since Darwin (Stephen Jay Gould)
Ever Since Darwin
90
Stephen Jay Gould
The Tell-Tale Brain (V.S. Ramachandran)
The Tell-Tale Brain
91
V.S. Ramachandran
The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History (Stephen Jay Gould)
The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History
92
Stephen Jay Gould
The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God
The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God
93
The Map That Changed the World
The Map That Changed the World
94
Unweaving the Rainbow (Richard Dawkins)
Unweaving the Rainbow
95
Richard Dawkins
Super Freakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life I (Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner)
Super Freakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life I
96
Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
The Naked Ape (Desmond Morris)
The Naked Ape
97
Desmond Morris
The Diversity of Life (Edward O. Wilson)
The Diversity of Life
98
Edward O. Wilson
Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Greatest Legacy (Kip S. Thorne)
Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Greatest Legacy
99
Kip S. Thorne
The Gene: An Intimate History (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Gene: An Intimate History
100
Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Sixth Extinction (E Kobert)
The Sixth Extinction
101
E Kobert
The Moral Animal (Robert Wright)
The Moral Animal
102
Robert Wright
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus (Charles C. Mann)
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
103
Charles C. Mann
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
104
Neil Degrasse Tyson
The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature (Matt Ridley)
The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
105
Matt Ridley
Death From the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End... (Philip Plait)
Death From the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End...
106
Philip Plait
Genius: The Life and Science of Richard P. Feynman (James Gleick)
Genius: The Life and Science of Richard P. Feynman
107
James Gleick
A Briefer History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Briefer History of Time
108
Stephen Hawking
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex (Mary Roach)
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
109
Mary Roach
The Brain That Changes Itself (Norman Doidge, M.D.)
The Brain That Changes Itself
110
Norman Doidge, M.D.
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Yuval Noah Harari)
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
111
Yuval Noah Harari
The Dancing Wu Li Masters
The Dancing Wu Li Masters
112
Six Not So Easy Pieces (Richard P. Feynman)
Six Not So Easy Pieces
113
Richard P. Feynman
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood (James Gleick)
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
114
James Gleick
The Trouble With Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next (Lee Smolin)
The Trouble With Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next
115
Lee Smolin
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (Steven Pinker)
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
116
Steven Pinker
Coming of Age in the Milky Way (Timothy Ferris)
Coming of Age in the Milky Way
117
Timothy Ferris
A Sand County Almanac (Aldo Leopold)
A Sand County Almanac
118
Aldo Leopold
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
119
Viktor Frankl
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science (Richard Holmes)
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
120
Richard Holmes
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