Popular Science

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The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything
The Seven Ages of Death
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life
Black Holes: The Key to Understanding the Universe
Χωράει όλη η αρχαιότητα στο ασανσέρ;
Jellyfish Age Backwards: Nature's Secrets to Longevity
Just One Thing: How simple changes can transform your life
Vanedyr - Videnskabens manipulation af vores instinkter
Everything Is Predictable: How Bayesian Statistics Explain Our World
Quo vAIdis
The Universe
Maskiner som tenker
Traumaland. Polacy w cieniu przeszłości
Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality
Depphjärnan: varför mår vi så dåligt när vi har det så bra?
A Brief History of Time
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
The Selfish Gene
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Cosmos
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
Bad Science
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
How to Clone a Mammoth by Beth ShapiroResurrection Science by M.R.  O'ConnorRise of the Necrofauna by Britt WrayWoolly by Ben MezrichFrankenstein's Cat by Emily Anthes
De-Extinction Science
14 books — 11 voters
The Hidden Lives of Taxi Drivers by Ruth H FinneganA Walk in the Woods by Bill  BrysonSmoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin DoughtyThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksFuzz by Mary Roach
If you like Mary Roach...
59 books — 20 voters

Stuff Matters by Mark MiodownikThe New Science of Strong Materials by J.E. GordonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondLiquid by Mark MiodownikSalt by Mark Kurlansky
The Wonder of Stuff
85 books — 12 voters
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. FeynmanMy Brief History by Stephen W. HawkingTesla by Margaret CheneyGenius  by James GleickThe Queen's Conjurer by Benjamin Woolley
Science Biographies
50 books — 12 voters

The Power Broker by Robert A. CaroA Pattern Language by Christopher W. AlexanderThe Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane JacobsPalaces for the People by Eric KlinenbergThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Urban Planning/Social Ecology
115 books — 13 voters
Atom by Isaac AsimovMolecules by Philip BallBeyond the Zonules of Zinn by David BainbridgeThe Body by Bill  BrysonThe Universal History of Numbers by Georges Ifrah
Science Books All Disciplines
9 books — 1 voter


Alondra Oubré
...We are long overdue for an update to the empirical scientific evidence that, despite our racial differences, demonstrates humankind’s overarching shared foundations as biological, cultural, and social beings. Awareness of the fascinating research unfolding in the arena of nature–nurture and the human condition promises to be a step in that direction.
Alondra Oubré, Science in Black and White: How Biology and Environment Shape Our Racial Divide

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