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The Well-Tempered Nerd 2023 Edition: Great Books on Science, Nature, and Technology

Our retired maverick English Teacher and self-professed science nerd gives an updated list of 103 books on science that are geared toward the general reading public and are marked by clarity, elegance, and a refusal to write "down" to their audience.
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Accessory to War (Neil Degrasse Tyson and Avis Lang)
Accessory to War (Neil Degrasse Tyson and Avis Lang)
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Alcohol in Space (Carberry)
Alcohol in Space (Carberry)
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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
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Awakenings (Oliver Sacks)
Awakenings (Oliver Sacks)
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The Axemaker's Gift (James Burke and Robert Ornstein)
The Axemaker's Gift (James Burke and Robert Ornstein)
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Beyond the Blue Horizon (Brian Fagan)
Beyond the Blue Horizon (Brian Fagan)
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Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe (Simon Singh)
Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe (Simon Singh)
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The Black Hole War (Leonard Susskind)
The Black Hole War (Leonard Susskind)
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Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays (Stephen Hawking)
Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays (Stephen Hawking)
10
Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Greatest Legacy (Kip S. Thorne)
Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Greatest Legacy (Kip S. Thorne)
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Brief Answers to Big Questions (Stephen Hawking)
Brief Answers to Big Questions (Stephen Hawking)
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A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
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Carl Sagan'S Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective by Car
Carl Sagan'S Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective by Car
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Circles (James Burke)
Circles (James Burke)
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The Coming Plague (Laurie Garrett)
The Coming Plague (Laurie Garrett)
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Connections (Burke)
Connections (Burke)
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Cosmic Queries (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Cosmic Queries (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
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Cosmos (Carl Sagan)
Cosmos (Carl Sagan)
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The Day the Universe Changed (Burke)
The Day the Universe Changed (Burke)
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The Day We Found the Universe (Marcia Bartusiak)
The Day We Found the Universe (Marcia Bartusiak)
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Death by Black Hole (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Death by Black Hole (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
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The Demon-Haunted World
The Demon-Haunted World
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The Dinosaur Heresies (Robert Bakker)
The Dinosaur Heresies (Robert Bakker)
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THE DOUBLE HELIX by James D. Watson
THE DOUBLE HELIX by James D. Watson
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The Drunken Botanist (Amy Stewart)
The Drunken Botanist (Amy Stewart)
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The Emperor of All Maladies (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
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Extraterrestrial (Avi Loeb)
Extraterrestrial (Avi Loeb)
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Factfulness (Hans Rosling)
Factfulness (Hans Rosling)
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Fish on Friday (Fagan)
Fish on Friday (Fagan)
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The Five Ages of the Universe (Adams & Laughlin)
The Five Ages of the Universe (Adams & Laughlin)
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Five Billion Years of Solitude (Lee Billings)
Five Billion Years of Solitude (Lee Billings)
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Floods, Famines and Emperors (Fagan)
Floods, Famines and Emperors (Fagan)
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Footsteps (Bruce Norman)
Footsteps (Bruce Norman)
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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everythi
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everythi
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Future Shock (Toffler Alvin)
Future Shock (Toffler Alvin)
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Galileo's Daughter (Dava Sobel)
Galileo's Daughter (Dava Sobel)
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The Gene (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Gene (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
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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 (Dava Sobel)
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
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Gods, Graves, & Scholars (Ceram)
Gods, Graves, & Scholars (Ceram)
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