Submitted by Matt N. on Tue, 2022-07-26 12:05

Ever wanted to know more about the universe, epidemiology, or geometry but couldn't wade through the jargon? Check out these popular science books that cover fascinating topics written for people without a Ph.D in the field!

List Assignment: 
Pop Science Books
List Creator: 
Matt N.
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Adults
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New and Notable Date: 
Wednesday, August 31, 2022 (all day)

Pop Science Books

  • A Portrait of the Scientist As a Young Woman


  • The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us


  • Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps


  • The Science of Can and Can't: a Physicist's Journey Through the Land of Counterfactuals


  • Atlas of the Invisible: Maps & Graphics That Will Change How You See the World


  • The Disordered Cosmos: a Journey Into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred


  • The Book of Minds: How to Understand Ourselves and Other Beings, from Animals to AI to Aliens


  • Virology: Essays for the Living, the Dead, and the Small Things in Between


  • The Joy of Sweat


  • Shape: the Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else


  • The Arbornaut: a Life Discovering the Eighth Continent in the Trees Above Us


  • Thriving: the Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society, and the Economy


  • Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law


  • The Desperate Hours: One Hospital's Fight to Save a City on the Pandemic's Front Lines


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