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Scientific and Educational Books That Aren't Boring

From Reddit: suggestions for scientific and educational books by authors who are entertaining and super enthusiastic about their field.
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Why We Sleep (Matthew Walker)
Why We Sleep
1
Matthew Walker
The Body (Bill Bryson)
The Body
2
Bill Bryson
A Man on the Moon: Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts (Andrew Chaikin)
A Man on the Moon: Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts
3
Andrew Chaikin
Braiding Sweetgrass (Robin Wall Kimmerer)
Braiding Sweetgrass
4
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Stiff: The Curious Life of Human Cadavers (Mary Roach)
Stiff: The Curious Life of Human Cadavers
5
Mary Roach
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex (Mary Roach)
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
6
Mary Roach
Packing for Mars (Mary Roach)
Packing for Mars
7
Mary Roach
Gulp. (Mary Roach)
Gulp.
8
Mary Roach
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons From the Crematory (Caitlin Doughty)
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons From the Crematory
9
Caitlin Doughty
From Here to Eternity (Caitlin Doughty)
From Here to Eternity
10
Caitlin Doughty
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? (Caitlin Doughty)
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?
11
Caitlin Doughty
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Oliver Sacks)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
12
Oliver Sacks
An Anthropologist on Mars (Oliver Sacks)
An Anthropologist on Mars
13
Oliver Sacks
The Mind's Eye (Oliver Sacks)
The Mind's Eye
14
Oliver Sacks
The River of Consciousness (Oliver Sacks)
The River of Consciousness
15
Oliver Sacks
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain (Oliver Sacks)
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
16
Oliver Sacks
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst (Robert Sapolsky)
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
17
Robert Sapolsky
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers (Robert M. Sapolsky)
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
18
Robert M. Sapolsky
A Primate's Memoir (Robert M. Sapolsky)
A Primate's Memoir
19
Robert M. Sapolsky
Monkeyluv (Robert M Sapolsky)
Monkeyluv
20
Robert M Sapolsky
Factfulness (Hans Rosling)
Factfulness
21
Hans Rosling
The Gene (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Gene
22
Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Emperor of All Maladies (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies
23
Siddhartha Mukherjee
A Cancer in the Family (Theodora Ross)
A Cancer in the Family
24
Theodora Ross
A Walk in the Woods (Bill Bryson)
A Walk in the Woods
25
Bill Bryson
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
26
Bill Bryson
Notes From a Small Island (Bill Bryson)
Notes From a Small Island
27
Bill Bryson
The Mother Tongue (Bill Bryson)
The Mother Tongue
28
Bill Bryson
At Home : A Short History of Private Life (Bill Bryson)
At Home : A Short History of Private Life
29
Bill Bryson
How the Post Office Created America (Winifred Gallagher)
How the Post Office Created America
30
Winifred Gallagher
The Wave (Susan Casey)
The Wave
31
Susan Casey
The Devil's Teeth (Susan Casey)
The Devil's Teeth
32
Susan Casey
Voices in the Ocean (Casey)
Voices in the Ocean
33
Casey
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History (Larson, Erik)
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
34
Larson, Erik
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
35
Stephen Hawking
Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation (Olivia Judson)
Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
36
Olivia Judson
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
37
Neil Degrasse Tyson
What If (Randall Munroe)
What If
38
Randall Munroe
How to (Randall Munroe)
How To
39
Randall Munroe
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter
40
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