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Tracey's Favorite Science Reads

These are my favorite non-fiction books related to science - the list does include a couple of biographies, but they're of scientists so they count! There's a lot of good info in here about how the universe works, and how science matters to humanity.
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Cosmos
Cosmos
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Packing for Mars
Packing for Mars
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The Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Carl Sagan)
The Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Carl Sagan)
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
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Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife (Mary Roach)
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife (Mary Roach)
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Death by Black Hole (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Death by Black Hole (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
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The World Without Us (Alan Weisman)
The World Without Us (Alan Weisman)
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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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The Family That Couldn't Sleep (D. T. Max)
The Family That Couldn't Sleep (D. T. Max)
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Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation (Bill Nye)
Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation (Bill Nye)
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The Sociopath Next Door (Martha Stout)
The Sociopath Next Door (Martha Stout)
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The Sixth Extinction
The Sixth Extinction
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Faith vs. Fact: Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible (Jerry A. Coyne)
Faith vs. Fact: Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible (Jerry A. Coyne)
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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everythi
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everythi
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The Demon in the Freezer (Richard Preston)
The Demon in the Freezer (Richard Preston)
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The Hot Zone, by Richard Preston
The Hot Zone, by Richard Preston
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A More Perfect Heaven (Dava Sobel)
A More Perfect Heaven (Dava Sobel)
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Galileo's Daughter (Dava Sobel)
Galileo's Daughter (Dava Sobel)
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Galileo's Middle Finger (Alice Dreger)
Galileo's Middle Finger (Alice Dreger)
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Denialism (Michael Specter)
Denialism (Michael Specter)
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The Panic Virus: The True Story Behind the Vaccine-Autism Controversy
The Panic Virus: The True Story Behind the Vaccine-Autism Controversy
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything
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Atomic Accidents (James Mahaffey)
Atomic Accidents (James Mahaffey)
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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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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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Beasts: What Animals Can Teach Us About the Origins of Good and Evil (Jeffrey Masson)
Beasts: What Animals Can Teach Us About the Origins of Good and Evil (Jeffrey Masson)
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How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming (Mike Brown)
How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming (Mike Brown)
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Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
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