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Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body by Neil Shubin

Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body

Neil Shubin

229 pages • hardcover • 2008

5.0oatila's review
nonfiction science adventurous informative slow-paced
The Ants by Edward O. Wilson, Bert Hölldobler

The Ants

Edward O. Wilson, Bert Hölldobler

732 pages • hardcover • 1990

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nonfiction science adventurous informative slow-paced
The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan

The Demon-Haunted World

Carl Sagan

480 pages • paperback • 1996

5.0oatila's review
nonfiction philosophy religion science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick

The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood

James Gleick

527 pages • hardcover • 2011

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nonfiction art history science technology challenging informative slow-paced
Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert

Stumbling on Happiness

Daniel Gilbert

310 pages • paperback • 2006

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nonfiction psychology science self help informative reflective slow-paced
The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan

The Botany of Desire

Michael Pollan

304 pages • paperback • 2001

5.0oatila's review
nonfiction history nature science informative reflective medium-paced
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot

369 pages • hardcover • 2010

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nonfiction biography history science emotional informative medium-paced
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P. Feynman

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

Richard P. Feynman

352 pages • paperback • 1985

5.0oatila's review
nonfiction memoir science informative lighthearted medium-paced
The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes

The Making of the Atomic Bomb

Richard Rhodes

886 pages • paperback • 1986

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nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett

Guards! Guards!

Discworld #8

Terry Pratchett

355 pages • paperback • 1989

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fiction fantasy adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced