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When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life
The Seven Ages of Death
Quo vAIdis
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?
Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon—The Untold Story
Χωράει όλη η αρχαιότητα στο ασανσέρ;
Black Holes: The Key to Understanding the Universe
Quantum Supremacy
Cosmic Queries: StarTalk's Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going
A Brief History of Black Holes: And Why Nearly Everything You Know About Them is Wrong
Jellyfish Age Backwards: Nature's Secrets to Longevity
The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything
Poison: The History of Potions, Powders and Murderous Practitioners
Love Triangle: How Trigonometry Shapes the World
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
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
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
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 Martian by Andy WeirThe Lost City of Z by David GrannThe Invention of Nature by Andrea WulfThe Gene by Siddhartha MukherjeeOn the Move by Oliver Sacks
Science Friday Radio Show/Podcast
106 books — 44 voters
Phantoms in the Brain by V.S. RamachandranStuff Matters by Mark MiodownikCollapse by Jared DiamondThe Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanLiquid Rules by Mark Miodownik
Armchair Science Books
28 books — 7 voters



Mary Roach
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Mary Roach, Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal

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