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The Well-Educated Mind Updated: The Cosmic Story

A bit of science literacy can't hurt. These are books discussed in Chapter 10 of "The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had (Updated and Expanded)" by Susan Wise Bauer. Chapter 10 is titled "The Cosmic Story: Understanding the Earth, the Skies, and Ourselves."
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"On Airs, Waters, and Places" in "Hippocratic Writings" (Hippocrates)
"On Airs, Waters, and Places" in "Hippocratic Writings"
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Hippocrates
Physics (Aristotle)
Physics
2
Aristotle
On the Nature of the Universe (Lucretius)
On the Nature of the Universe
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Lucretius
"Commentariolus" in "Three Treatises on Copernican Theory" (Nicolaus Copernicus)
"Commentariolus" in "Three Treatises on Copernican Theory"
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Nicolaus Copernicus
On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres (Nicolaus Copernicus, Ed. Stephen Hawking)
On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
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Nicolaus Copernicus, Ed. Stephen Hawking
"Novum Organum" in "The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon" (Francis Bacon, Tr. James Spedding & Robert Ellis)
"Novum Organum" in "The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon"
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Francis Bacon, Tr. James Spedding & Robert Ellis
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Galileo Galilei, Tr. Stillman Drake)
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
7
Galileo Galilei, Tr. Stillman Drake
Micrographia or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies (Robert Hooke)
Micrographia or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies
8
Robert Hooke
Micrographia (Robert Hooke, Octavo CD-ROM)
Micrographia
9
Robert Hooke, Octavo CD-ROM
"Rules" and "General Scholium" in "Newton: Texts, Backgrounds, Commentaries" (Isaac Newton)
"Rules" and "General Scholium" in "Newton: Texts, Backgrounds, Commentaries"
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Isaac Newton
The Principia: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (Isaac Newton, Tr. Cohen & Whitman)
The Principia: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
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Isaac Newton, Tr. Cohen & Whitman
"Preliminary Discourse" in "Georges Cuvier, Fossil Bones, and Geological Catastrophes" (Georges Cuvier, Martin J.S. Rudwick)
"Preliminary Discourse" in "Georges Cuvier, Fossil Bones, and Geological Catastrophes"
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Georges Cuvier, Martin J.S. Rudwick
Principles of Geology (Charles Lyell)
Principles of Geology
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Charles Lyell
The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
The Origin of Species
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Charles Darwin
Experiments in Plant Hybridization (Gregor Mendel)
Experiments in Plant Hybridization
15
Gregor Mendel
The Origin of Continents and Oceans (Alfred Wegener, Tr. John Biram)
The Origin of Continents and Oceans
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Alfred Wegener, Tr. John Biram
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory (Albert Einstein)
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory
17
Albert Einstein
"The Origin and Development of the Quantum Theory" (Max Planck)
"The Origin and Development of the Quantum Theory"
18
Max Planck
Evolution: The Modern Synthethis (Julian Huxley)
Evolution: The Modern Synthethis
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Julian Huxley
What Is Life? (Erwin Schrödinger)
What Is Life?
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Erwin Schrödinger
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring
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Rachel Carson
The Naked Ape (Desmond Morris)
The Naked Ape
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Desmond Morris
The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix (James Watson)
The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix
23
James Watson
The Selfish Gene (Richard Dawkins)
The Selfish Gene
24
Richard Dawkins
The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe (Steven Weinberg)
The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe
25
Steven Weinberg
On Human Nature (Edward O. Wilson)
On Human Nature
26
Edward O. Wilson
Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth (James Lovelock)
Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth
27
James Lovelock
The Mismeasure of Man (Stephen Jay Gould)
The Mismeasure of Man
28
Stephen Jay Gould
Chaos - Making a New Science (James Gleick)
Chaos - Making a New Science
29
James Gleick
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
30
Stephen Hawking
T. Rex and the Crater of Doom (Walter Álvarez)
T. Rex and the Crater of Doom
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Walter Álvarez
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