Nonfiction | Spectacular Science

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The Origin of Species / Charles Darwin

The Origin of Species

Silent Spring / Rachel Carson

Silent Spring

The Selfish Gene / Richard Dawkins

The Selfish Gene

Cosmos / Carl Sagan

Cosmos

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat / Oliver Sacks

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

Making of the Atomic Bomb / Richard Rhodes

Making of the Atomic Bomb

A Brief History of Time / Stephen Hawking

A Brief History of Time

Six Easy Pieces / Richard P. Feynman

Six Easy Pieces

The Hot Zone / Richard Preston

The Hot Zone

Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History / Erik Larson

Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers / Mary Roach

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

A Short History of Nearly Everything / Bill Bryson

A Short History of Nearly Everything

The Fabric of the Cosmos / Brian Greene

The Fabric of the Cosmos

Longitude / Dava Sobel

Longitude

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks / Rebecca Skloot

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Mountains Beyond Mountains / Tracy Kidder

Mountains Beyond Mountains

Predictably Irrational / Dan Ariely

Predictably Irrational

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer / Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

The Disappearing Spoon / Sam Kean

The Disappearing Spoon

Thinking, Fast and Slow / Daniel Kahneman

Thinking, Fast and Slow

What If? / Randall Munroe

What If?

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry / Neil deGrasse Tyson

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

Rocket Men / Robert Kurson

Rocket Men

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup / John Carreyrou

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup