Science Book Recommendations
For the inquisitive layperson or diehard rock hound, I decided to compile a list of some of my favorite science books. (Note: the only reason geology does not appear as a separate category is due to its encompassing nature, spanning across virtually every field mentioned. Also, I would have included biology but the recommended titles fit better under the subset zoology.)
An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield.
How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown.
If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens … Where Is Everybody? by Stephen Webb.
Packing for Mars by Mary Roach.
Periodic Tales by Hugh Aldersey-Williams.
The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean.
Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner.
The Rocks Don’t Lie by David R. Montgomery.
Born to Run by Christopher McDougall.
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins.
Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin.
Algorithms to Live By by Brian Christian.
How to Not Be Wrong by Jordan Ellenberg.
Our Mathematical Universe by Max Tegmark.
Paradox by Jim Al-Khalili.
Dinosaurs: The Grand Tour by Keiron Pim.
Dinosaurs Without Bones by Anthony J. Martin.
The Dinosaur Heresies by Robert T. Bakker.
The Tyrannosaur Chronicles by David Hone.
Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs by Lisa Randall.
Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku.
The Hidden Reality by Brian Greene.
The Perfect Theory by Pedro G. Ferreira.
Warped Passages by Lisa Randall.
Superforecasting by Phillip E. Tetlock.
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman.
Naked Statistics by Charles Wheelan.
Struck by Lightning by Jeffrey S. Rosenthal.
The Drunkard’s Walk by Leonard Mlodinow.
Beyond Words by Carl Safina.
Zoobiquity by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz.