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The Smithsonian's Annual Top Ten Science Books (2016-2018)

The top 10 science books each year for 2016, 2017 amd 2018 as chosen by writers for The Smithsonian Magazine.
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Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto (Alan Stern and David Grinspoon)
Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto
1
Alan Stern and David Grinspoon
The Poison Squad (Deborah Blum)
The Poison Squad
2
Deborah Blum
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs (Steve Brusatte)
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
3
Steve Brusatte
Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray (Sabine Hossenfelder)
Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray
4
Sabine Hossenfelder
The Dinosaur Artist (Paige Williams)
The Dinosaur Artist
5
Paige Williams
First in Fly: Drosophila Research and Biological Discovery (Stephanie Elizabeth Mohr)
First in Fly: Drosophila Research and Biological Discovery
6
Stephanie Elizabeth Mohr
She Has Her Mother's Laugh (Carl Zimmer)
She Has Her Mother's Laugh
7
Carl Zimmer
Close Encounters With Humankind (Sang-Hee Lee)
Close Encounters With Humankind
8
Sang-Hee Lee
Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm (Isabella Tree)
Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm
9
Isabella Tree
What the Future Looks Like (Jim Al-Khalili)
What the Future Looks Like
10
Jim Al-Khalili
Big Chicken (Maryn McKenna)
Big Chicken
11
Maryn McKenna
Magnitude: The Scale of the Universe (Megan Watzke and Kimberly Arcand)
Magnitude: The Scale of the Universe
12
Megan Watzke and Kimberly Arcand
Numbers and the Making of Us (Caleb Everett)
Numbers and the Making of Us
13
Caleb Everett
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War I (Liza Mundy)
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War I
14
Liza Mundy
Why Time Flies: A Mostly Scientific Investigation (Alan Burdick)
Why Time Flies: A Mostly Scientific Investigation
15
Alan Burdick
Gravity's Kiss: The Detection of Gravitational Waves (Harry Collins)
Gravity's Kiss: The Detection of Gravitational Waves
16
Harry Collins
Paleoart: Visions of the Prehistoric Past (Zoë Lescaze)
Paleoart: Visions of the Prehistoric Past
17
Zoë Lescaze
The Evolution of Beauty (Richard O. Prum)
The Evolution of Beauty
18
Richard O. Prum
What It's Like to Be a Dog (Gregory Berns)
What It's Like to Be a Dog
19
Gregory Berns
What Future: The Year's Best Ideas to Reclaim, Reanimate & Reinvent Our Future (Torie Bosch)
What Future: The Year's Best Ideas to Reclaim, Reanimate & Reinvent Our Future
20
Torie Bosch
The Unnatural World: The Race to Remake Civilization in Earth's Newest Age (David Biello)
The Unnatural World: The Race to Remake Civilization in Earth's Newest Age
21
David Biello
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life (Ed Yong)
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
22
Ed Yong
Hidden Figures (Margot Lee Shetterly)
Hidden Figures
23
Margot Lee 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
24
Dava Sobel
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War (Mary Roach)
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
25
Mary Roach
Venomous: How Earth's Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry (Christie Wilcox)
Venomous: How Earth's Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry
26
Christie Wilcox
The Gene: An Intimate History (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Gene: An Intimate History
27
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Lab Girl (Hope Jahren)
Lab Girl
28
Hope Jahren
The Lion in the Living Room (Abigail Tucker)
The Lion in the Living Room
29
Abigail Tucker
Strange Glow: The Story of Radiation (Timothy J. Jorgensen)
Strange Glow: The Story of Radiation
30
Timothy J. Jorgensen
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