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The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
  • James Gleick
4.12-
A Gentleman in Moscow
A Gentleman in Moscow
  • Amor Towles
4.22-
Relativity Simply Explained
Relativity Simply Explained
  • Martin Gardner
0-
The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design
The Blind Watchmaker
  • Richard Dawkins
4.01-
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don't
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don't
  • Nate Silver
3.94-
The Art of Being Unreasonable: Lessons in Unconventional Thinking
The Art of Being Unreasonable: Lessons in Unconventional Thinking
  • Eli Broad
0-
Stuff Matters
Stuff Matters
  • Mark Miodownik
3.99-
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
  • Allie Brosh
4.22-
George's Secret Key to the Universe
George's Secret Key to the Universe
  • Lucy Hawking
  • Stephen Hawking
3.41-
The Ancestor's Tale
The Ancestor's Tale
  • Yan Wong
  • Richard Dawkins
4.21-
The New Science of Strong Materials: Or Why You Don't Fall Through the Floor
The New Science of Strong Materials: Or Why You Don't Fall Through the Floor
  • J.E. Gordon
3-
The Magic of Reality
The Magic of Reality
  • Richard Dawkins
3.83-
Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy
Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy
  • Walter Willett
  • P.J. Skerrett
4.54.0
My best mathematical and logic puzzles
My best mathematical and logic puzzles
  • Martin Gardner
4-
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves
  • Matt Ridley
3.9-
Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School
Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School
  • John Medina
3.83-
Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
  • Martin Gardner
4-
Should We Eat Meat?
Should We Eat Meat?
  • Vaclav Smil
0-
Tomorrow's Table
Tomorrow's Table
  • Pamela C. Ronald
  • R.W. Adamchak
5-
The New Ambidextrous Universe: Symmetry and Asymmetry from Mirror Reflections to Superstrings
The New Ambidextrous Universe: Symmetry and Asymmetry from Mirror Reflections to Superstrings
  • Martin Gardner
0-
How to Lie with Statistics
How to Lie with Statistics
  • Darrell Huff
3.74-
The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
  • Nick Lane
4.27-
The End of Poverty
The End of Poverty
  • Jeffrey D. Sachs
3.22-
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
  • Matthew Walker
4.33-
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
  • Atul Gawande
3.87-
Where Good Ideas Come from: The Natural History of Innovation
Where Good Ideas Come from: The Natural History of Innovation
  • Steven Johnson
3.53-
Cover 4

Global Catastrophes and Trends

Global Catastrophes and Trends: The Next 50 Years
  • Vaclav Smil
0-
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2003
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2003
  • Edward O. Wilson
0-
The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene
The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene
  • Richard Dawkins
3.45-
Modernist Cuisine
Modernist Cuisine
  • Nathan Myhrvold
  • Chris Young
  • Maxime Bilet
4.67-
Tropical Infectious Diseases: Principles, Pathogens and Practice
Tropical Infectious Diseases: Principles, Pathogens and Practice
  • Richard L. Guerrant
  • David H. Walker
  • Peter F. Weller
0-
Did Adam and Eve Have Navels?
Did Adam and Eve Have Navels?
  • Martin Gardner
0-
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Aha! Insight

Aha! Insight
  • Martin Gardner
4-
Gene Machine
Gene Machine
  • Venki Ramakrishnan
2.75-
Blueprint
Blueprint
  • Nicholas A. Christakis
3.67-
The Friend
The Friend
  • Sigrid Nunez
3.79-
The End Of Science: Facing The Limits Of Knowledge In The Twilight Of The Scientific Age
The End Of Science: Facing The Limits Of Knowledge In The Twilight Of The Scientific Age
  • John Horgan
0-
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
  • Richard Dawkins
4.31-
xkcd
xkcd
  • Randall Munroe
4.42-
Encyclopedia of Impromptu Magic
Encyclopedia of Impromptu Magic
  • Martin Gardner
0-