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The Well-Tempered Nerd 2023 Edition: Great Books on Science, Nature, and Technology

Our retired maverick English Teacher and self-professed science nerd gives an updated list of 103 books on science that are geared toward the general reading public and are marked by clarity, elegance, and a refusal to write "down" to their audience.
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Accessory to War (Neil Degrasse Tyson and Avis Lang)
Accessory to War
1
Neil Degrasse Tyson and Avis Lang
Alcohol in Space (Carberry)
Alcohol in Space
2
Carberry
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
3
Neil Degrasse Tyson
Awakenings (Oliver Sacks)
Awakenings
4
Oliver Sacks
The Axemaker's Gift (James Burke and Robert Ornstein)
The Axemaker's Gift
5
James Burke and Robert Ornstein
Beyond the Blue Horizon (Brian Fagan)
Beyond the Blue Horizon
6
Brian Fagan
Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe (Simon Singh)
Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe
7
Simon Singh
The Black Hole War (Leonard Susskind)
The Black Hole War
8
Leonard Susskind
Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays (Stephen Hawking)
Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays
9
Stephen Hawking
Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Greatest Legacy (Kip S. Thorne)
Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Greatest Legacy
10
Kip S. Thorne
Brief Answers to Big Questions (Stephen Hawking)
Brief Answers to Big Questions
11
Stephen Hawking
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
12
Stephen Hawking
Carl Sagan's Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective by Car
Carl Sagan's Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective by Car
13
Circles (James Burke)
Circles
14
James Burke
The Coming Plague (Laurie Garrett)
The Coming Plague
15
Laurie Garrett
Connections (Burke)
Connections
16
Burke
Cosmic Queries (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Cosmic Queries
17
Neil Degrasse Tyson
Cosmos (Carl Sagan)
Cosmos
18
Carl Sagan
The Day the Universe Changed (Burke)
The Day the Universe Changed
19
Burke
The Day We Found the Universe (Marcia Bartusiak)
The Day We Found the Universe
20
Marcia Bartusiak
Death by Black Hole (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Death by Black Hole
21
Neil Degrasse Tyson
The Demon-Haunted World
The Demon-Haunted World
22
The Dinosaur Heresies (Robert Bakker)
The Dinosaur Heresies
23
Robert Bakker
THE DOUBLE HELIX by James D. Watson
THE DOUBLE HELIX by James D. Watson
24
The Drunken Botanist (Amy Stewart)
The Drunken Botanist
25
Amy Stewart
The Emperor of All Maladies (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies
26
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Extraterrestrial (Avi Loeb)
Extraterrestrial
27
Avi Loeb
Factfulness (Hans Rosling)
Factfulness
28
Hans Rosling
Fish on Friday (Fagan)
Fish on Friday
29
Fagan
The Five Ages of the Universe (Adams & Laughlin)
The Five Ages of the Universe
30
Adams & Laughlin
Five Billion Years of Solitude (Lee Billings)
Five Billion Years of Solitude
31
Lee Billings
Floods, Famines and Emperors (Fagan)
Floods, Famines and Emperors
32
Fagan
Footsteps (Bruce Norman)
Footsteps
33
Bruce Norman
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everythi
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everythi
34
Future Shock (Toffler Alvin)
Future Shock
35
Toffler Alvin
Galileo's Daughter (Dava Sobel)
Galileo's Daughter
36
Dava Sobel
The Gene (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Gene
37
Siddhartha Mukherjee
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
38
Dava Sobel
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Douglas R. Hofstadter)
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
39
Douglas R. Hofstadter
Gods, Graves, & Scholars (Ceram)
Gods, Graves, & Scholars
40
Ceram
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