Best books in Science
Physics, biology, evolution and cosmology — without unnecessary simplification. The books in this category were recommended by people who read science for pleasure and understand the difference between honest popularization and scientific sensationalism. Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker and Bill Gates are a constant presence.
Letters to a Young Scientist
Edward O. Wilson
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Global Catastrophes and Trends
Vaclav Smil
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Almost Everyone's Guide to Science
John Gribbin
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Science and Method
Henri Poincaré
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Science Fictions
Stuart Ritchie
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Coyote America
Dan Flores
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Harvesting the Biosphere: What We Have Taken from Nature
Vaclav Smil
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How to Tame a Fox
Lee Alan Dugatkin
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How the World Really Works
Vaclav Smil
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Complexity
M. Mitchell Waldrop
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Complexity: A Guided Tour
Melanie Mitchell
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Quantum Computing since Democritus
Scott Aaronson
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The Body
Bill Bryson
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Growth
Vaclav Smil
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Dancing Naked in the Mind Field
Kary Mullis
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From Bacteria to Bach and Back
Daniel C. Dennett
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From Galileo to Newton
A. Rupert Hall
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Should We Eat Meat?
Vaclav Smil
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Essentials of Tropical Infectious Disease
Richard L. Guerrant
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Of Wolves and Men
Barry Holstun Lopez
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What If?
Randall Munroe
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Poor Economics
Abhijit V. Banerjee
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She Has Her Mother’s Laugh
Carl Zimmer
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Elements of Information Theory
Thomas M. Cover
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