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• Existential Physics

  a Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions

  Hossenfelder, Sabine, 1976-

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  Explore the profound questions of existence with physicist Sabine Hossenfelder as she skilfully navigates topics such as the origin of the universe, free will vs determinism and the nature of consciousness. Distinguishing science from pseudoscience…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Impossible Monsters

  Dinosaurs, Darwin and the Battle Between Science and Religion

  Taylor, Michael (Michael Hugh), 1988-

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  Science laid siege to religion's supremacy of thought in 1811 when a 12-year-old girl found a strange, ancient set of bones on the coast of southern Britain. The discovery of more dinosaur remains challenged the Old Testament's depiction of Creation…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Horizons

  the Global Origins of Modern Science

  Poskett, James

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  Horizons is the history of science, historian James Poskett broadens our understanding of the origins of science within a global context. Extensive research clearly presented reveals the most important scientific breakthrougs have come from the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Short History of Nearly Everything

  Bryson, Bill, 1951-

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  Bill Bryson in his own inimitable way makes science easy to understand and gives us a good laugh as well as a good read in this New York Times Bestseller title. Questioning experts of all sorts, he noses out how our understanding of the universe was…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Importance of Being Interested

  Adventures in Scientific Curiosity

  Ince, Robin

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  Podcaster and comedian Robin Ince takes us on an adventurous delve into science to perk our curiosity as he buoyantly lauds the importance of being inquisitive. He shares what he has learned from interviews with scientists to reveal the essence of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Life's Edge

  the Search for What It Means to Be Alive

  Zimmer, Carl, 1966-

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  A master communicator Carl tackles a question thought unanswerable, using journalistic approach to explore the science of what makes life. Bringing us insights from centuries of scientific research, Carl brings us amazing revelations on where life…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rutherford & Fry's Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything

  Abridged

  Fry, Hannah

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  A wide ranging trip through the big questions that beset science told with gusto in an attempt to make sense of it all. Using tongue in cheek questions to illustrate important scientific issues enlightening us as we are entertained such as: Are we…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Joy of Science

  Al-Khalili, Jim, 1962-

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  Bestselling author and presenter and physicist Jim Al-Khaili shares how scientific methodology gives us the skills to look at the evidence and logically assess the facts and negoiate discrepancy. Jim engages with us to give us the skills us to draw…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Richness of Life

  the Essential Stephen Jay Gould

  Gould, Stephen Jay, 1941-2002

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  No list of science books would be complete without the inclusion of palaeontologist and evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould. This collection samples the best of his superbly entertaining works.

• The Order of Time

  Rovelli, Carlo, 1956-

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  Somehow Rovelli tackles the tricky subject of space/time in an accessible way. This Inspiring and exciting little book by a bestselling author and world-renowned physicist will hook you from the first page.

• On the Origin of Species

  Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882

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  A unique chance to read a legendary scientific theorist in the original. This may be one of the great works of science but it is surprisingly readable. The beautiful illustrated edition also includes enlightening excerpts from his diary from the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Basis of Everything

  Rutherford, Oliphant and the Coming of the Atomic Bomb

  Ramsey, Andrew

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  A compelling historical narrative about the struggles of two antipodean scientists who eventually land up at the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University. Here the two friends pursued their quest to understand the nature of the atom, with the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Disappearing Spoon

  and Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World From the Periodic Table of the Elements

  Kean, Sam

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  Science journalist Sam Kean takes you on what one critic called “an idiosyncratic romp through the history of science”. Along the way you will learn a lot about the periodic table. This is the “spoonful of sugar” method of learning and if you last…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Science

  a History in 100 Experiments

  Gribbin, John, 1946-

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  This astrophysicist and renowned British science writer has hit on a fascinating way to explore the history of science. Experiments are at the core of science, so this is a great way to write its history, including the quirky bits.

• Life Is Simple

  How Occam's Razor Set Science Free and Unlocked the Universe

  McFadden, Johnjoe

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  Science is simple or at least "the simplest explanation that correctly describes the phenomenon is likely the best one" this is the Franciscan friar William of Occam's underlying idea. Jonjoe takes you through the friar's many revolutionary ideas…Read moreRead more of this annotation