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Science Non-Fiction for the Non-Specialist - Page 2

Science is exciting. Science is fun. Science is necessary. Science is true whether you believe in it or not. Here are 70 books geared to the general reader that demonstrate, without dumbing down the material, why the preceding statements are all correct.
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The Knowledge Web (James Burke)
The Knowledge Web
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James Burke
The Little Ice Age (Brian Fagan)
The Little Ice Age
42
Brian Fagan
The Long Summer (Fagan)
The Long Summer
43
Fagan
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Dava Sobel)
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
44
Dava Sobel
Making Modern Science (Bowler)
Making Modern Science
45
Bowler
The Making of the Atomic Bomb (Richard Rhodes)
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
46
Richard Rhodes
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Oliver Sacks)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
47
Oliver Sacks
Microbe Hunters (Paul De Kruif)
Microbe Hunters
48
Paul De Kruif
A More Perfect Heaven (Dava Sobel)
A More Perfect Heaven
49
Dava Sobel
On the Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
On the Origin of Species
50
Charles Darwin
One Two Three…Infinity (George Gamow)
One Two Three…Infinity
51
George Gamow
The Penguin Book of Outer Space Exploration (Various)
The Penguin Book of Outer Space Exploration
52
Various
The Pinball Effect (James Burke)
The Pinball Effect
53
James Burke
The Practical Archaeologist (McIntosh)
The Practical Archaeologist
54
McIntosh
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter (Richard Feynman)
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
55
Richard Feynman
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
56
Stephen Brusatte
Sapiens (Yuval Noah Harari)
Sapiens
57
Yuval Noah Harari
The Selfish Gene (Richard Dawkins)
The Selfish Gene
58
Richard Dawkins
A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson
A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson
59
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
60
Stonehenge Decoded (Hawkins)
Stonehenge Decoded
61
Hawkins
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
62
Tesla (Richard Munson)
Tesla
63
Richard Munson
Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age (B. Carlson)
Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age
64
B. Carlson
Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension (Matt Parker)
Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension
65
Matt Parker
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)
Thinking, Fast and Slow
66
Daniel Kahneman
To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science (Steven Weinberg)
To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science
67
Steven Weinberg
Twin Tracks (James Burke)
Twin Tracks
68
James Burke
We Are Not Alone (Sullivan)
We Are Not Alone
69
Sullivan
Welcome to the Universe: An Astrophysical Tour (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Welcome to the Universe: An Astrophysical Tour
70
Neil Degrasse Tyson
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