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Anthropology
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann (also under Archaeology)

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Anthropology
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann (also under Anthropology)

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Astronomy
The 4 Percent Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality by Richard Panek (also under Physics)

Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries by Neil deGrasse Tyson (also under Cosmology)

Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End... by Philip Plait (also under Cosmology)

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Biology

Adventures in Human Being: A Grand Tour from the Cranium to the Calcaneum by Gavin Francis

The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan (also under Botany)

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Botany

The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan (also under Biology)

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Chemistry
Absolutely Small: How Quantum Theory Explains Our Everyday World by Michael D. Fayer (also under Physics)

The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean (also under Science History)

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Cosmology

The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself by Sean Carroll

Cosmos by Carl Sagan

Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe by Lisa Randall

Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries by Neil deGrasse Tyson (also under Astronomy)

Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End... by Philip Plait (also under Astronomy)


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Complex Systems

Chaos: Making a New Science by James Gleick

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Evolution

The Epigenetics Revolution by Nessa Carey (also under Genetics)


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Genetics

The Epigenetics Revolution by Nessa Carey (also under Evolution)

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Geology

Earth: An Intimate History by Richard Fortey (also under Science History)

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Mathematics

The Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe: The Mathematical Archetypes of Nature, Art, and Science by Michael S. Schneider

The Calculus Diaries: How Math Can Help You Lose Weight, Win in Vegas, and Survive a Zombie Apocalypse by Jennifer Ouellette

The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow
(also under Psychology)


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Medicine

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande

Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution by Holly Tucker (also under Science History)

Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee


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Physics
The 4 Percent Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality by Richard Panek (also under Astronomy)

Absolutely Small: How Quantum Theory Explains Our Everyday World by Michael D. Fayer (also under Chemistry)


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Psychology

The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker (also under Sociology)

The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow
(also under Mathematics)

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Science History
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes

Bad Science by Ben Goldacre (also under Science Policy )

Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution by Holly Tucker (also under Medicine)

The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean (also under Chemistry)

Earth: An Intimate History by Richard Fortey (also under Geology)


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Science Policy

Bad Science by Ben Goldacre (also under Science History)

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Space Science

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield

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Sociology

The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker (also under Psychology)

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