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I looked up science here and all 250+ books were science fiction. These are a few good science popularizations I have read. Many others were not even in the database and I was too lazy to add them as custom books, but these are a start.
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Cosmos
Cosmos
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Cosmos: Possible Worlds (Ann Druyan)
Cosmos: Possible Worlds
Ann Druyan
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The Fabric of the Cosmos
The Fabric of the Cosmos
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
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The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure
The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure
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Science and the Modern World (Alfred North Whitehead)
Science and the Modern World
Alfred North Whitehead
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The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution (C.P. Snow)
The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution
C.P. Snow
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What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Randall Munroe)
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Randall Munroe
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The Lost World of James Smithson (Heather Ewing)
The Lost World of James Smithson
Heather Ewing
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Origins (Neil Degrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith)
Origins
Neil Degrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith
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Death by Black Hole (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Death by Black Hole
Neil Degrasse Tyson
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Theories of the Universe (Milton K. Munitz)
Theories of the Universe
Milton K. Munitz
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Hidden Figures (Shetterly)
Hidden Figures
Shetterly
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The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars (Dava Sobel)
The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars
Dava Sobel
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The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe B
The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe B
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Brief History of Time
Brief History of Time
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The Life of the Cosmos (Lee Smolin)
The Life of the Cosmos
Lee Smolin
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Einstein's Telescope (Evalyn Gates)
Einstein's Telescope
Evalyn Gates
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From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time (Sean Carroll)
From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time
Sean Carroll
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The Hidden Reality (Brian Greene)
The Hidden Reality
Brian Greene
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A Universe From Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
A Universe From Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
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Mapping the Heavens (Natarajan)
Mapping the Heavens
Natarajan
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Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Greatest Legacy (Kip S. Thorne)
Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Greatest Legacy
Kip S. Thorne
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Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays (Stephen Hawking)
Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays
Stephen Hawking
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The Black Hole War (Leonard Susskind)
The Black Hole War
Leonard Susskind
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The Pluto Files (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
The Pluto Files
Neil Degrasse Tyson
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Ever Since Darwin
Ever Since Darwin
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The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History (Stephen Jay Gould)
The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History
Stephen Jay Gould
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Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes
Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes
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The Ancestor's Tale
The Ancestor's Tale
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Life Ascending; the Ten Great Inventions of Evolution (Nick Lane)
Life Ascending; the Ten Great Inventions of Evolution
Nick Lane
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Darwin's Century: Evolution and the Men Who Discovered It (Loren Eiseley)
Darwin's Century: Evolution and the Men Who Discovered It
Loren Eiseley
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The Growth of Biological Thought (Ernst Mayr)
The Growth of Biological Thought
Ernst Mayr
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One River (Wade Davis)
One River
Wade Davis
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The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology (Simon Winchester)
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
Simon Winchester
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Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle (Stephen Jay Gould)
Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle
Stephen Jay Gould
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Love & Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality (Edward Frenkel)
Love & Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality
Edward Frenkel
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Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
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Terrible Lizard: The First Dinosaur Hunters and the Birth of a New Science (Deborah Cadbury)
Terrible Lizard: The First Dinosaur Hunters and the Birth of a New Science
Deborah Cadbury
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The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times (Adrienne Mayor)
The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times
Adrienne Mayor
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