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The Well-Tempered Nerd: Great Books About Science - Page 2

Our maverick English Teacher and self-professed science nerd lists 70 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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Life on Earth (David Attenborough)
Life on Earth (David Attenborough)
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Life on Other Worlds (H. Spencer Jones)
Life on Other Worlds (H. Spencer Jones)
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The Little Ice Age (Brian Fagan)
The Little Ice Age (Brian Fagan)
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The Lonely Crowd (David Riesman)
The Lonely Crowd (David Riesman)
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The Long Summer (Fagan)
The Long Summer (Fagan)
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Longitude (Dava Sobel)
Longitude (Dava Sobel)
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
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Mapping the Heavens (Natarajan)
Mapping the Heavens (Natarajan)
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Mind Fixers (Anne Harrington)
Mind Fixers (Anne Harrington)
50
Missing Links: In Search of Human Origins (John Reader)
Missing Links: In Search of Human Origins (John Reader)
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The Naked Ape (Desmond Morris)
The Naked Ape (Desmond Morris)
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Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes (Svante Pääbo)
Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes (Svante Pääbo)
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On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
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Packing for Mars (Mary Roach)
Packing for Mars (Mary Roach)
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Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
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The Pinball Effect (James Burke)
The Pinball Effect (James Burke)
57
The Right Stuff (Tom Wolfe)
The Right Stuff (Tom Wolfe)
58
Sapiens (Yuval Noah Harari)
Sapiens (Yuval Noah Harari)
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The Science of Everyday Life: Why Teapots Dribble, Toast Burns and Light Bulbs Shine (Marty Jopson)
The Science of Everyday Life: Why Teapots Dribble, Toast Burns and Light Bulbs Shine (Marty Jopson)
60
The Selfish Gene (Richard Dawkins)
The Selfish Gene (Richard Dawkins)
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Shoot for the Moon (James Donovan)
Shoot for the Moon (James Donovan)
62
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
63
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
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The Silent World (Jacque-Yves Cousteau)
The Silent World (Jacque-Yves Cousteau)
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The Sixth Extinction
The Sixth Extinction
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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Richard Feynman)
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Richard Feynman)
67
The Trouble With Physics (Lee Smolin)
The Trouble With Physics (Lee Smolin)
68
Twin Tracks (James Burke)
Twin Tracks (James Burke)
69
We Are Not Alone (Sullivan)
We Are Not Alone (Sullivan)
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Wonderful Life (Stephen Jay Gould)
Wonderful Life (Stephen Jay Gould)
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