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I looked up science here and all 250+ books were science fiction. These are a few good science popularizations I have read. Many others were not even in the database and I was too lazy to add them as custom books, but these are a start.
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Cosmos (Carl Sagan)
Cosmos
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Carl Sagan
Cosmos: Possible Worlds (Ann Druyan)
Cosmos: Possible Worlds
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Ann Druyan
The Fabric of the Cosmos
The Fabric of the Cosmos
3
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
4
The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure
The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure
5
Science and the Modern World (Alfred North Whitehead)
Science and the Modern World
6
Alfred North Whitehead
The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution (C.P. Snow)
The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution
7
C.P. Snow
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Randall Munroe)
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
8
Randall Munroe
The Lost World of James Smithson (Heather Ewing)
The Lost World of James Smithson
9
Heather Ewing
Origins (Neil Degrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith)
Origins
10
Neil Degrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith
Death by Black Hole (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Death by Black Hole
11
Neil Degrasse Tyson
Theories of the Universe (Milton K. Munitz)
Theories of the Universe
12
Milton K. Munitz
Hidden Figures (Shetterly)
Hidden Figures
13
Shetterly
The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars (Dava Sobel)
The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars
14
Dava Sobel
The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe B
The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe B
15
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
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Stephen Hawking
The Life of the Cosmos (Lee Smolin)
The Life of the Cosmos
17
Lee Smolin
Einstein's Telescope (Evalyn Gates)
Einstein's Telescope
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Evalyn Gates
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
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Sean Carroll
The Hidden Reality (Brian Greene)
The Hidden Reality
20
Brian Greene
A Universe From Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
A Universe From Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
21
Mapping the Heavens (Natarajan)
Mapping the Heavens
22
Natarajan
Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Greatest Legacy (Kip S. Thorne)
Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Greatest Legacy
23
Kip S. Thorne
Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays (Stephen Hawking)
Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays
24
Stephen Hawking
The Black Hole War (Leonard Susskind)
The Black Hole War
25
Leonard Susskind
The Pluto Files (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
The Pluto Files
26
Neil Degrasse Tyson
Ever Since Darwin
Ever Since Darwin
27
The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History (Stephen Jay Gould)
The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History
28
Stephen Jay Gould
Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes
Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes
29
The Ancestor's Tale
The Ancestor's Tale
30
Life Ascending; the Ten Great Inventions of Evolution (Nick Lane)
Life Ascending; the Ten Great Inventions of Evolution
31
Nick Lane
Darwin's Century: Evolution and the Men Who Discovered It (Loren Eiseley)
Darwin's Century: Evolution and the Men Who Discovered It
32
Loren Eiseley
The Growth of Biological Thought (Ernst Mayr)
The Growth of Biological Thought
33
Ernst Mayr
One River (Wade Davis)
One River
34
Wade Davis
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
35
Simon Winchester
Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle (Stephen Jay Gould)
Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle
36
Stephen Jay Gould
Love & Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality (Edward Frenkel)
Love & Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality
37
Edward Frenkel
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Douglas R. Hofstadter)
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
38
Douglas R. Hofstadter
Terrible Lizard: The First Dinosaur Hunters and the Birth of a New Science (Deborah Cadbury)
Terrible Lizard: The First Dinosaur Hunters and the Birth of a New Science
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Deborah Cadbury
The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times (Adrienne Mayor)
The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times
40
Adrienne Mayor
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