Fermat’s Last Theorem: The Story Of A Riddle That Confounded The World’s Greatest Minds For 358 Years – Simon Singh
Behave – Robert Sapolsky.
The ten types of human – Dexter Dias
Shrinks: The Untold Story of Psychiatry – Jeffrey Liberman
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An Immense World by Ed Yong! Super readable but with great science. So interesting.
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The end of everything.
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nightmare fuel by Nina Nesseth
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Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs is popular these days.
Surely You’re Joking Mr Feynman is a regular favorite. Anything by Richard Feynman – his Six Easy Pieces is a crown favorite!
Invisible Women is an EXCELLENT book about how science is made and how women are excluded to their great danger and detriment.
I found the Social Animal to be fascinating as was The Better Angels of Our Nature if you are interested in the science of who we are and how we interact with each other. The latter is VERY dense so be careful.
Based on your interests, I think you would like a Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking.
I’ve heard nothing but extraordinary things about the Emperor of All Maladies, a book about the history and study of cancer. Siddhartha Mukherjee has also written Song of the Cell and The Gene, and pretty much anything he writes is amazing to lay and science people alike!
An Immense World by Ed Yong is an exploration of the world through senses of animals…high on my own list.
Despite my love of their work as science communicators, I am not a giant fan of Bill Nye or Neil Degrasse Tyson’s written work, though you may enjoy them! FWIW, I think they shine best in an auditory/tv medium.
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Fermat’s Last Theorem: The Story Of A Riddle That Confounded The World’s Greatest Minds For 358 Years – Simon Singh
Behave – Robert Sapolsky.
The ten types of human – Dexter Dias
Shrinks: The Untold Story of Psychiatry – Jeffrey Liberman
An Immense World by Ed Yong! Super readable but with great science. So interesting.
The end of everything.
nightmare fuel by Nina Nesseth
Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs is popular these days.
Surely You’re Joking Mr Feynman is a regular favorite. Anything by Richard Feynman – his Six Easy Pieces is a crown favorite!
Invisible Women is an EXCELLENT book about how science is made and how women are excluded to their great danger and detriment.
I found the Social Animal to be fascinating as was The Better Angels of Our Nature if you are interested in the science of who we are and how we interact with each other. The latter is VERY dense so be careful.
Based on your interests, I think you would like a Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking.
I’ve heard nothing but extraordinary things about the Emperor of All Maladies, a book about the history and study of cancer. Siddhartha Mukherjee has also written Song of the Cell and The Gene, and pretty much anything he writes is amazing to lay and science people alike!
An Immense World by Ed Yong is an exploration of the world through senses of animals…high on my own list.
Despite my love of their work as science communicators, I am not a giant fan of Bill Nye or Neil Degrasse Tyson’s written work, though you may enjoy them! FWIW, I think they shine best in an auditory/tv medium.