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The Well-Tempered Nerd: Great Books About Science - Page 2

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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Life on Earth (David Attenborough)
Life on Earth
41
David Attenborough
Life on Other Worlds (H. Spencer Jones)
Life on Other Worlds
42
H. Spencer Jones
The Little Ice Age (Brian Fagan)
The Little Ice Age
43
Brian Fagan
The Lonely Crowd (David Riesman)
The Lonely Crowd
44
David Riesman
The Long Summer (Fagan)
The Long Summer
45
Fagan
Longitude (Dava Sobel)
Longitude
46
Dava Sobel
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Oliver Sacks)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
47
Oliver Sacks
Mapping the Heavens (Natarajan)
Mapping the Heavens
48
Natarajan
Mind Fixers (Anne Harrington)
Mind Fixers
49
Anne Harrington
Missing Links: In Search of Human Origins (John Reader)
Missing Links: In Search of Human Origins
50
John Reader
The Naked Ape (Desmond Morris)
The Naked Ape
51
Desmond Morris
Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes (Svante Pääbo)
Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes
52
Svante Pääbo
On the Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
On the Origin of Species
53
Charles Darwin
Packing for Mars (Mary Roach)
Packing for Mars
54
Mary Roach
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
55
The Pinball Effect (James Burke)
The Pinball Effect
56
James Burke
The Right Stuff (Tom Wolfe)
The Right Stuff
57
Tom Wolfe
Sapiens (Yuval Noah Harari)
Sapiens
58
Yuval Noah Harari
The Science of Everyday Life: Why Teapots Dribble, Toast Burns and Light Bulbs Shine (Marty Jopson)
The Science of Everyday Life: Why Teapots Dribble, Toast Burns and Light Bulbs Shine
59
Marty Jopson
The Selfish Gene (Richard Dawkins)
The Selfish Gene
60
Richard Dawkins
Shoot for the Moon (James Donovan)
Shoot for the Moon
61
James Donovan
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
62
Bill Bryson
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring
63
Rachel Carson
The Silent World (Jacque-Yves Cousteau)
The Silent World
64
Jacque-Yves Cousteau
The Sixth Extinction (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction
65
Elizabeth Kolbert
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Richard Feynman)
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
66
Richard Feynman
The Trouble With Physics (Lee Smolin)
The Trouble With Physics
67
Lee Smolin
Twin Tracks (James Burke)
Twin Tracks
68
James Burke
We Are Not Alone (Sullivan)
We Are Not Alone
69
Sullivan
Wonderful Life (Stephen Jay Gould)
Wonderful Life
70
Stephen Jay Gould
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