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The 70 Best Science Books You Need to Read in 2021

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The 70 Best Science Books You Need to Read in 2021

Well-researched, peer-reviewed discoveries fuel both Science and Science Fiction as this list rounds up the best science books you need to read in 2021.

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Cover of The Science of Can and Can't by Chiara Marletto

The Science of Can and Can't

Chiara Marletto, 2021

Cover of Foodology by Saliha Mahmood Ahmed

Foodology

Saliha Mahmood Ahmed, 2023

Cover of Always On by Rory Cellan-Jones

Always On

Rory Cellan-Jones, 2021

Cover of Handmade by Anna Ploszajski

Handmade

Anna Ploszajski, 2021

Cover of Be Who You Want : Unlocking the Science of Personality Change by Christian Jarrett

Be Who You Want : Unlocking the Science of Personality Change

Christian Jarrett, 2021

Cover of The Motherhood Complex: The story of our changing selves by Melissa Hogenboom

The Motherhood Complex: The story of our changing selves

Melissa Hogenboom, 2021

Cover of Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Absolutely Everything by Jordan Ellenberg

Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Absolutely Everything

Jordan Ellenberg, 2021

Cover of Swearing Is Good For You: The Amazing Science of Bad Language by Emma Byrne

Swearing Is Good For You: The Amazing Science of Bad Language

Emma Byrne, 2017

Mysteries of the Quantum Universe

THIBAULT DAMOUR, MATHIEU BURNIAT

Mysteries of the Quantum Universe

Thibault Damour, Mathieu Burniat, 2016

Cover of Only Connect by Jack Waley-Cohen

Only Connect

Jack Waley-Cohen, 2019

Cover of Animals among Us by John Bradshaw

Animals among Us

John Bradshaw, 2018

Cover of Beyond Infinity by Eugenia Cheng

Beyond Infinity

Eugenia Cheng, 2017

Cover of Graphic Science - Seven Journeys of Discovery by Darryl Cunningham

Graphic Science - Seven Journeys of Discovery

Darryl Cunningham, 2017

Cover of Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong—and the New Research That's Rewriting the Story by Angela Saini

Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong—and the New Research That's Rewriting the Story

Angela Saini, 2017

Cover of Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith

Other Minds

Peter Godfrey-Smith, 2016

Cover of Gastrophysics by Charles Spence

Gastrophysics

Charles Spence, 2017

Cover of Ask an Astronaut by Tim Peake

Ask an Astronaut

Tim Peake, 2017

Cover of Out of Nothing by David Blandy

Out of Nothing

David Blandy, 2017

Cover of To Be a Machine by Mark O'Connell

To Be a Machine

Mark O'Connell, 2017

Cover of Anatomy by Jean-Claude Druvert

Anatomy

Jean-Claude Druvert, 2017

Cover of Patient H69 by Vanessa Potter

Patient H69

Vanessa Potter, 2017

Cover of The Angry Chef by Anthony Warner

The Angry Chef

Anthony Warner, 2017

Cover of The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane

The Lost Words

Robert Macfarlane, 2017

Cover of Nodding Off by Alice Gregory

Nodding Off

Alice Gregory, 2018

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