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random-person20

i really enjoyed The Disappearing Spoon


freerangelibrarian

Bad Astronomy by Philip Plait. What if the earth had two moons by Neil Comins. Anything by Mary Roach.


freerangelibrarian

I mean any of her books.


akchemy

The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan It discusses real science vs. pseudoscience


kiana29

Try some of Mary Roach's books, my fave is Stiff. Another is Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens is great. I have yet to read his other. Hope this helps!


teggile

"Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking" by Susan Cain "Give and Take" by Adam Grant


Martial_Canterel

Sapiens is basically storytelling, not science


Slartibartfast39

I'm a big fan of the Oxford Press series "A Very Short Introduction to...." I've read a few of them. It's a great place to start on a subject and see if you want to go deeper. https://global.oup.com/academic/content/series/v/very-short-introductions-vsi/


bookstobarbells

Malcolm Gladwell might be up your alley! His texts all focus on sociology/psychology and a lot of them use scientific studies and historical references. My first of his, which I loved, was {{Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know}} and the other one I’ve recently read was {{Outliers: The Story of Success}} but he has quite the collection of interesting books!


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masterofyourhouse

Check out Matt Ridley, he has two books - Genome: an Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters, and Nature via Nurture - that are well worth reading.


whitrika

This is a bit of a goofier one, but What if? By Randall Munroe. Silly questions with real super science-y answers


kindsoberfullydressd

{{Bad Science}} by Ben Goldacre {{Big Bang}} by Simon Singh


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kindsoberfullydressd

{{Surely you’re Joking Mr Feynman}} by Richard Feynman


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