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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 (Carl Sagan)
Cosmos
1
Carl Sagan
Packing for Mars (Mary Roach)
Packing for Mars
2
Mary Roach
The Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Carl Sagan)
The Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
3
Carl Sagan
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Mary Roach)
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
4
Mary Roach
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife (Mary Roach)
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife
5
Mary Roach
Death by Black Hole (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Death by Black Hole
6
Neil Degrasse Tyson
The World Without Us (Alan Weisman)
The World Without Us
7
Alan Weisman
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
8
Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Family That Couldn't Sleep (D. T. Max)
The Family That Couldn't Sleep
9
D. T. Max
Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation (Bill Nye)
Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation
10
Bill Nye
The Sociopath Next Door (Martha Stout)
The Sociopath Next Door
11
Martha Stout
The Sixth Extinction (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction
12
Elizabeth Kolbert
Faith vs. Fact: Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible (Jerry A. Coyne)
Faith vs. Fact: Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible
13
Jerry A. Coyne
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everythi
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everythi
14
The Demon in the Freezer (Richard Preston)
The Demon in the Freezer
15
Richard Preston
The Hot Zone (Richard Preston)
The Hot Zone
16
Richard Preston
A More Perfect Heaven (Dava Sobel)
A More Perfect Heaven
17
Dava Sobel
Galileo's Daughter (Dava Sobel)
Galileo's Daughter
18
Dava Sobel
Galileo's Middle Finger (Alice Dreger)
Galileo's Middle Finger
19
Alice Dreger
Denialism (Michael Specter)
Denialism
20
Michael Specter
The Panic Virus: The True Story Behind the Vaccine-Autism Controversy
The Panic Virus: The True Story Behind the Vaccine-Autism Controversy
21
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
22
Bill Bryson
Atomic Accidents (James Mahaffey)
Atomic Accidents
23
James Mahaffey
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Randall Munroe)
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
24
Randall Munroe
A Universe From Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
A Universe From Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
25
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
26
Jeffrey Masson
How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming (Mike Brown)
How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming
27
Mike Brown
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Jared Diamond)
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
28
Jared Diamond
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