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A "classic" science book
This one's a bit vague, but you know the kinds of books that show up on "100 books to read before you die" lists or are written by world-famous scientists and continue to be cited for decades
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A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen Hawking

A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes

Stephen Hawking

272 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative slow-paced
The Ants by Wilhelm Goetsch
The Ants
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Wilhelm Goetsch

The Ants

Wilhelm Goetsch

169 pages • first pub 1957 (editions) user-added

nonfiction science
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot

369 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science emotional informative medium-paced
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales

Oliver Sacks

331 pages • first pub 1985 (editions) user-added

nonfiction psychology science informative reflective slow-paced
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

544 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
Cosmos by Carl Sagan

Cosmos

Carl Sagan

14 hours, 31 minutes • first pub 1980 (editions)

nonfiction science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin

On the Origin of Species

Charles Darwin

432 pages • first pub 1859 (editions)

nonfiction classics science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo Leopold

A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There

Aldo Leopold

269 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

nonfiction nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Awakenings by Oliver Sacks

Awakenings

Oliver Sacks

464 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science challenging informative slow-paced
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

Edwin A. Abbott

146 pages • first pub 1884 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy mathematics philosophy science fiction adventurous lighthearted slow-paced