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Books that broaden your horizons on life, space, science and more
Our friends at Popular Science have returned with another amazing collection of reads that will really get your wheels turning. Focusing on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), these nonfiction books take often lofty topics and break them down into fascinating, slightly less technical lessons that are digestible for everyone. Whether you want to learn more about the vast universe or the smallest seeds, you’ll find it here!
Science
Unthinkable by Helen Thomson
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
The World in a Grain by Vince Beiser
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil DeGrasse Tyson
She Has Her Mother’s Laugh by Carl Zimmer
The Big Ones by Lucy Jones
The Book of Seeds Edited by: Paul Smith
Gross Anatomy by Mara Altman
The Tangled Tree by David Quammen
Technology and Engineering
Valley of Genius by Adam Fisher
What the Future Looks Like Edited by: Jim Al-Khalil
The Imagineers of War by Sharon Weinberger
The Perfectionists by Simon Winchester
A Big Bang in a Little Room By Zeeya Merali
Math
Beyond Infinity By Eugenia Cheng
Eugenia Cheng’s new book, The Art of Logic in an Illogical World, will also be available beginning September 11)
Lost in Math by Sabine Hossenfelder
Atom Land by Jon Butterworth
Magnitude by Kimberley Arcand and Meghan Watzkhe
