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Science books

Scientific discoveries and explanations

81 books in this category

Cover of Black Holes and Time Warps

Black Holes and Time Warps

Kip S Thorne

Cover of Your Inner Fish

Your Inner Fish

Neil Shubin

Cover of The Disappearing Spoon

The Disappearing Spoon

Sam Kean

Cover of The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

Brian Greene

Cover of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Cover of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

Carlo Rovelli

Cover of We Should All Be Feminists

We Should All Be Feminists

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Cover of Why Evolution Is True

Why Evolution Is True

Jerry A. Coyne

Cover of Chasing the Scream

Chasing the Scream

Johann Hari

Cover of The Beak of the Finch

The Beak of the Finch

Jonathan Weiner

Cover of Young Men and Fire

Young Men and Fire

Norman Maclean

Cover of The Black Hole War

The Black Hole War

Leonard Susskind

Cover of A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived

A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived

Adam Rutherford

Cover of The Order of Time

The Order of Time

Carlo Rovelli

Cover of The Demon-Haunted World

The Demon-Haunted World

Carl Sagan

Cover of The Undoing Project

The Undoing Project

Michael Lewis

Cover of Sex at Dawn

Sex at Dawn

Christopher Ryan, Cacilda Jethá

Cover of The Naked Ape

The Naked Ape

Desmond Morris

Cover of Darwin's finches

Darwin's finches

David Lambert Lack

Cover of The Making of the Fittest

The Making of the Fittest

Sean B. Carroll

Cover of Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Michael Frayn

Cover of American Prometheus

American Prometheus

Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

Cover of Lab Girl

Lab Girl

Hope Jahren

Cover of Evolution

Evolution

Carl Zimmer