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.
At Home in the Universe
Stuart Kauffman
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On the Move
Oliver Sacks
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Energy and Civilization: A History
Vaclav Smil
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Energy at the Crossroads
Vaclav Smil
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Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air
David JC MacKay
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Powering the future
Robert B. Laughlin
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Enriching the Earth
Vaclav Smil
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Biased; Uncovering the hidden prejudices that shape our lives
Jennifer L. Eberhardt PhD
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Erinnerungen an die Zukunft
Erich von Däniken
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Eradication
Nancy Leys Stepan
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Weeds
Richard Mabey
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Spacetime and geometry
Sean Carroll
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Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics
Gerald Jay Sussman
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I Contain Multitudes
Ed Yong
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Eugene Braunwald And The Rise Of Modern Medicine
Thomas H. Lee
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The Garden of the Gods
Gerald Durrell
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Phantoms in the Brain
V. S. Ramachandran
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Filters against folly
Garrett Hardin
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Physics of the impossible
Michio Kaku
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Francis Crick
Matt Ridley
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Fundamentals of Plasma Physics
Paul M. Bellan
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Game Changer
Matthew Sadler
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Feynman
James Gleick
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Broken Genius
Joel N. Shurkin
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