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A Brief History of Time
A Brief History of Time

A Brief History of Time

Stephen Hawking

A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution

A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution

Jennifer A. Doudna and Samuel H. Sternberg

A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

A Universe from Nothing
A Universe from Nothing

A Universe from Nothing

Lawrence M. Krauss

A World Without Ice
A World Without Ice

A World Without Ice

Henry Pollack

Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

Frans de Waal

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Bad Science
Bad Science

Bad Science

Ben Goldacre

Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

Robert M. Sapolsky

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

Mary Roach

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

James Nestor

Chaos: Making a New Science
Chaos: Making a New Science

Chaos: Making a New Science

James Gleick

Climbing Mount Improbable

Climbing Mount Improbable

Richard Dawkins

Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

Charles Petzold

Cosmos
Cosmos

Cosmos

Carl Sagan

Death by Black Hole
Death by Black Hole

Death by Black Hole

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Deep Learning
Deep Learning

Deep Learning

Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, and Aaron Courville

Enlightenment Now
Enlightenment Now

Enlightenment Now

Steven Pinker

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures

Merlin Sheldrake

Fast Food Nation
Fast Food Nation

Fast Food Nation

Eric Schlosser

Fermat's Enigma

Fermat's Enigma

Simon Singh

Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

Suzanne Simard

Four Laws That Drive the Universe
Four Laws That Drive the Universe

Four Laws That Drive the Universe

Peter Atkins

Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal

Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal

Mary Roach

Guns, Germs, and Steel
Guns, Germs, and Steel

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Jared Diamond

Gut
Gut

Gut

Giulia Enders

Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution

Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution

Steven Levy

How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking
How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking

How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking

Jordan Ellenberg

How the Mind Works
How the Mind Works

How the Mind Works

Steven Pinker

How to Change Your Mind
How to Change Your Mind

How to Change Your Mind

Michael Pollan

How to Create a Mind
How to Create a Mind

How to Create a Mind

Ray Kurzweil

Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control
Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control

Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control

Stuart Russell

In Search of Schrödinger's Cat
In Search of Schrödinger's Cat

In Search of Schrödinger's Cat

John Gribbin

Is God a Mathematician?
Is God a Mathematician?

Is God a Mathematician?

Mario Livio

Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Max Tegmark

Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To
Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To

Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To

David A. Sinclair

Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain
Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain

Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain

David Eagleman

Make It Stick
Make It Stick

Make It Stick

Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger and Mark A. McDaniel

Moonwalking with Einstein
Moonwalking with Einstein

Moonwalking with Einstein

Joshua Foer

Nature via Nurture: Genes, Experience, and What Makes Us Human
Nature via Nurture: Genes, Experience, and What Makes Us Human

Nature via Nurture: Genes, Experience, and What Makes Us Human

Matt Ridley

On the Origin of Species
On the Origin of Species

On the Origin of Species

Charles Darwin

Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness
Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness

Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness

Peter Godfrey-Smith

Our Mathematical Universe
Our Mathematical Universe

Our Mathematical Universe

Max Tegmark

Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void

Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void

Mary Roach

Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

Carl Sagan

Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise

Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise

Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool

Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You

Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You

Marcus Chown

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

David Epstein

Reality Is Not What It Seems
Reality Is Not What It Seems

Reality Is Not What It Seems

Carlo Rovelli

Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less
Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less

Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less

Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

Salt Sugar Fat
Salt Sugar Fat

Salt Sugar Fat

Michael Moss

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

Carlo Rovelli

Silent Spring
Silent Spring

Silent Spring

Rachel Carson

Six Easy Pieces
Six Easy Pieces

Six Easy Pieces

Richard P. Feynman

Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime
Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime

Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime

Sean Carroll

Spillover
Spillover

Spillover

David Quammen

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Mary Roach

Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less
Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less

Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less

Leidy Klotz

Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

Nick Bostrom

The Ageless Generation: How Advances in Biomedicine Will Transform the Global Economy
The Ageless Generation: How Advances in Biomedicine Will Transform the Global Economy

The Ageless Generation: How Advances in Biomedicine Will Transform the Global Economy

Alex Zhavoronkov

The Alignment Problem
The Alignment Problem

The Alignment Problem

Brian Christian

The Ancestor's Tale
The Ancestor's Tale

The Ancestor's Tale

Richard Dawkins

The Art of Statistics: How to Learn from Data
The Art of Statistics: How to Learn from Data

The Art of Statistics: How to Learn from Data

David Spiegelhalter

The Better Angels of Our Nature
The Better Angels of Our Nature

The Better Angels of Our Nature

Steven Pinker

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

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

Sean Carroll

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature

The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature

Steven Pinker

The Blind Watchmaker
The Blind Watchmaker

The Blind Watchmaker

Richard Dawkins

The Body: A Guide for Occupants
The Body: A Guide for Occupants

The Body: A Guide for Occupants

Bill Bryson

The Brain's Way of Healing
The Brain's Way of Healing

The Brain's Way of Healing

Norman Doidge

The Cathedral and the Bazaar
The Cathedral and the Bazaar

The Cathedral and the Bazaar

Eric S. Raymond

The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

Simon Singh

The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

Walter Isaacson

The Coming Plague
The Coming Plague

The Coming Plague

Laurie Garrett

The Demon-Haunted World
The Demon-Haunted World

The Demon-Haunted World

Carl Sagan

The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table

The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table

Sam Kean

The Distracted Mind
The Distracted Mind

The Distracted Mind

Adam Gazzaley and Larry D. Rosen

The Double Helix
The Double Helix

The Double Helix

James D. Watson

The Dragons of Eden
The Dragons of Eden

The Dragons of Eden

Carl Sagan

The Elegant Universe
The Elegant Universe

The Elegant Universe

Brian Greene

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Emperor's New Mind
The Emperor's New Mind

The Emperor's New Mind

Roger Penrose

The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)
The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)

The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)

Katie Mack

The End of Overeating

The End of Overeating

David A. Kessler

The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions
The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions

The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions

Peter Brannen

The Extended Mind

The Extended Mind

Annie Murphy Paul

The Extended Phenotype
The Extended Phenotype

The Extended Phenotype

Richard Dawkins

The Fabric of Reality
The Fabric of Reality

The Fabric of Reality

David Deutsch

The Fabric of the Cosmos
The Fabric of the Cosmos

The Fabric of the Cosmos

Brian Greene

The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World
The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World

The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World

Amanda Little

The Gene: An Intimate History
The Gene: An Intimate History

The Gene: An Intimate History

Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Grand Design
The Grand Design

The Grand Design

Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow

The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

Richard Dawkins

The Hidden Life of Trees
The Hidden Life of Trees

The Hidden Life of Trees

Peter Wohlleben

The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos
The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos

The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos

Brian Greene

The Hot Zone
The Hot Zone

The Hot Zone

Richard Preston

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot

The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood

The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood

James Gleick

The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

Walter Isaacson

The Language Instinct
The Language Instinct

The Language Instinct

Steven Pinker

The Master Algorithm
The Master Algorithm

The Master Algorithm

Pedro Domingos

The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist
The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist

The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist

Richard P. Feynman

The Order of Time
The Order of Time

The Order of Time

Carlo Rovelli

The Organized Mind
The Organized Mind

The Organized Mind

Daniel J. Levitin

The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation
The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation

The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation

Matt Ridley

The Physics of Everyday Things
The Physics of Everyday Things

The Physics of Everyday Things

James Kakalios

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

Richard P. Feynman

The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature

The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature

Matt Ridley

The Selfish Gene
The Selfish Gene

The Selfish Gene

Richard Dawkins

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

Nicholas Carr

The Signal and the Noise
The Signal and the Noise

The Signal and the Noise

Nate Silver

The Singularity Is Near
The Singularity Is Near

The Singularity Is Near

Ray Kurzweil

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

Elizabeth Kolbert

The Song of the Cell
The Song of the Cell

The Song of the Cell

Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction
The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction

The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction

David Quammen

The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness

The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness

Sy Montgomery

The Sports Gene
The Sports Gene

The Sports Gene

David Epstein

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

Thomas S. Kuhn

The Talent Code
The Talent Code

The Talent Code

Daniel Coyle

The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life
The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life

The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life

David Quammen

The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human
The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human

The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human

V. S. Ramachandran

The Telomere Effect

The Telomere Effect

Elizabeth Blackburn

The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming

The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming

David Wallace-Wells

The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World
The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World

The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World

Jeff Goodell

The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast
The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast

The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast

Andrew Blum

The Whole Shebang
The Whole Shebang

The Whole Shebang

Timothy Ferris

Thinking in Systems
Thinking in Systems

Thinking in Systems

Donella H. Meadows

This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession

This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession

Daniel J. Levitin

This Is Your Mind on Plants
This Is Your Mind on Plants

This Is Your Mind on Plants

Michael Pollan

Weapons of Math Destruction
Weapons of Math Destruction

Weapons of Math Destruction

Cathy O'Neil

Welcome to the Universe
Welcome to the Universe

Welcome to the Universe

Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott

When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing

When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing

Daniel H. Pink

Why Evolution Is True
Why Evolution Is True

Why Evolution Is True

Jerry A. Coyne

Why We Sleep
Why We Sleep

Why We Sleep

Matthew Walker

Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body

Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body

Neil Shubin

Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea
Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea

Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea

Charles Seife

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