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The Well-Tempered Nerd: Great Books About Science

Our maverick English Teacher and self-professed science nerd lists 70 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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Alcohol in Space (Carberry)
Alcohol in Space
1
Carberry
Awakenings (Oliver Sacks)
Awakenings
2
Oliver Sacks
Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe (Simon Singh)
Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe
3
Simon Singh
The Black Hole War (Leonard Susskind)
The Black Hole War
4
Leonard Susskind
Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays (Stephen Hawking)
Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays
5
Stephen Hawking
Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Greatest Legacy (Kip S. Thorne)
Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Greatest Legacy
6
Kip S. Thorne
Brief Answers to Big Questions (Stephen Hawking)
Brief Answers to Big Questions
7
Stephen Hawking
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
8
Stephen Hawking
Carl Sagan's Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective by Car
Carl Sagan's Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective by Car
9
Circles (James Burke)
Circles
10
James Burke
Connections (Burke)
Connections
11
Burke
Cosmos (Carl Sagan)
Cosmos
12
Carl Sagan
The Day the Universe Changed (Burke)
The Day the Universe Changed
13
Burke
The Day We Found the Universe (Marcia Bartusiak)
The Day We Found the Universe
14
Marcia Bartusiak
The Demon-Haunted World
The Demon-Haunted World
15
The Dinosaur Heresies (Robert Bakker)
The Dinosaur Heresies
16
Robert Bakker
THE DOUBLE HELIX by James D. Watson
THE DOUBLE HELIX by James D. Watson
17
The Drunken Botanist (Amy Stewart)
The Drunken Botanist
18
Amy Stewart
The Emperor of All Maladies (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies
19
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Extraterrestrial (Avi Loeb)
Extraterrestrial
20
Avi Loeb
Factfulness (Hans Rosling)
Factfulness
21
Hans Rosling
The Five Ages of the Universe (Adams & Laughlin)
The Five Ages of the Universe
22
Adams & Laughlin
Footsteps (Bruce Norman)
Footsteps
23
Bruce Norman
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everythi
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everythi
24
The Gene (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Gene
25
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Douglas R. Hofstadter)
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
26
Douglas R. Hofstadter
Gods, Graves & Scholars: The Story of Archaeology (C.W. Ceram)
Gods, Graves & Scholars: The Story of Archaeology
27
C.W. Ceram
The Great Influenza (John M. Barry)
The Great Influenza
28
John M. Barry
The Great Warming (Brian Fagan)
The Great Warming
29
Brian Fagan
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped (Margot Lee Shetterly)
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped
30
Margot Lee Shetterly
The Hubble Wars (Eric J. Chaisson)
The Hubble Wars
31
Eric J. Chaisson
Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warp
Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warp
32
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
33
Rebecca Skloot
In Search of Schrödinger's Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality (John Gribbin)
In Search of Schrödinger's Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality
34
John Gribbin
Infinite Powers (Steven Strogatz)
Infinite Powers
35
Steven Strogatz
Is Anyone Out There? the Scientific Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Frank Drake)
Is Anyone Out There? the Scientific Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
36
Frank Drake
Issac's Storm (Erik Larson)
Issac's Storm
37
Erik Larson
The Knowledge Web (James Burke)
The Knowledge Web
38
James Burke
Kon-Tiki (Thor Heyerdahl)
Kon-Tiki
39
Thor Heyerdahl
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded (Simon Winchester)
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded
40
Simon Winchester
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