Both the ideas and the writing are engaging in these recent science books, written by some of the best popular science writers around.
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A short history of nearly everything /
Bryson, Bill.
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The shallows : what the Internet is doing to our brains /
Carr, Nicholas G., 1959-
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The wave : in pursuit of the rogues, freaks and giants of the ocean /
Casey, Susan, 1962-
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Why evolution is true /
Coyne, Jerry A., 1949-
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Moonwalking with Einstein : the art and science of remembering everything /
Foer, Joshua.
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Four fish : the future of the last wild food /
Greenberg, Paul, 1967-
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Moby-duck : an accidental odyssey : the true story of 28,800 bath toys lost at sea and of the beachc
Hohn, Donovan.
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The disappearing spoon and other true tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the
Kean, Sam.
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Sleights of mind : what the neuroscience of magic reveals about our everyday deceptions /
Macknik, Stephen.
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The emperor of all maladies : a biography of cancer /
Mukherjee, Siddhartha.
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Bonk : the curious coupling of science and sex /
Roach, Mary.
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The mind's eye /
Sacks, Oliver W.
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The demon-haunted world : science as a candle in the dark /
Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996.
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Proofiness : the dark arts of mathematical deception /
Seife, Charles.
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The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks /
Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-
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Wicked bugs : the louse that conquered Napoleon's army & other diabolical insects /
Stewart, Amy.
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