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Science Non-Fiction for the Non-Specialist

Science is exciting. Science is fun. Science is necessary. Science is true whether you believe in it or not. Here are 70 books geared to the general reader that demonstrate, without dumbing down the material, why the preceding statements are all correct.
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Accessory to War (Neil Degrasse Tyson and Avis Lang)
Accessory to War (Neil Degrasse Tyson and Avis Lang)
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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
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The Beginnings of Western Science (David C. Lindberg)
The Beginnings of Western Science (David C. Lindberg)
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Blood and Guts: A Short History of Medicine (Roy Porter)
Blood and Guts: A Short History of Medicine (Roy Porter)
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Brief Answers to Big Questions (Stephen Hawking)
Brief Answers to Big Questions (Stephen Hawking)
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A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
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Chaos (James Gleick)
Chaos (James Gleick)
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Circles (James Burke)
Circles (James Burke)
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Connections (Burke)
Connections (Burke)
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The Cosmic Code (Heinz Pagels)
The Cosmic Code (Heinz Pagels)
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The Cosmic Connection (Carl Sagan)
The Cosmic Connection (Carl Sagan)
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Cosmic Queries (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Cosmic Queries (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
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Cosmos (Carl Sagan)
Cosmos (Carl Sagan)
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Dark Matter and Dark Energy (Clegg)
Dark Matter and Dark Energy (Clegg)
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Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction From the African Diaspora (Sheree Renee Thomas)
Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction From the African Diaspora (Sheree Renee Thomas)
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The Day the Universe Changed (Burke)
The Day the Universe Changed (Burke)
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The Dinosaur Heresies (Robert Bakker)
The Dinosaur Heresies (Robert Bakker)
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The Double Helix (James Watson)
The Double Helix (James Watson)
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The Elegant Universe (Brian Greene)
The Elegant Universe (Brian Greene)
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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukhe
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukhe
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Evolution (Barton)
Evolution (Barton)
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Factfulness (Hans Rosling)
Factfulness (Hans Rosling)
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Footsteps (Bruce Norman)
Footsteps (Bruce Norman)
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Freakonomics (Steven D. Levitt)
Freakonomics (Steven D. Levitt)
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Future Shock (Toffler Alvin)
Future Shock (Toffler Alvin)
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Galileo's Daughter (Dava Sobel)
Galileo's Daughter (Dava Sobel)
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The Gene (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Gene (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
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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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Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
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Gods, Graves, & Scholars (Ceram)
Gods, Graves, & Scholars (Ceram)
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The Great Mortality (John Kelly)
The Great Mortality (John Kelly)
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The Great Warming (Brian Fagan)
The Great Warming (Brian Fagan)
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Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Yuval Noah Harari)
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Yuval Noah Harari)
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Hubble in Space (Amherst Media)
Hubble in Space (Amherst Media)
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The Hubble Wars (Eric J. Chaisson)
The Hubble Wars (Eric J. Chaisson)
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Ideas and Opinions
Ideas and Opinions
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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In the Shadow of the Bomb (Schweber)
In the Shadow of the Bomb (Schweber)
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Influenza (Jeremy Brown)
Influenza (Jeremy Brown)
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Is Anyone Out There? the Scientific Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Frank Drake)
Is Anyone Out There? the Scientific Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Frank Drake)
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