13 must-read science books like The Universe: by Andrew Cohen

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The Universe:

By: Andrew Cohen

4.24

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Every night, above our heads, a drama of epic proportions is playing out. Diamond planets, zombie s…

If you liked the science plot in The Universe: by Andrew Cohen , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology

By: Ray Kurzweil

3.93

Format: 652 pages, Paperback

“Startling in scope and bravado.” —Janet Maslin,  The New York Times “Artfully envisions a breatht… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
"Play is just another version of work"

-Ray Kurzweil, The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology

"Hoewel we de illusie hebben dat we beelden met hoge resolutie ontvangen van onze ogen, stuurt de oogzenuw slechts contouren en aanwijzingen over interessante punten in ons blikveld naar het brein. We…"

-Ray Kurzweil, The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology

"We cannot rely on trial-and-error approaches to deal with existential risks… We need to vastly increase our investment in developing specific defensive technologies… We are at the critical stage toda…"

-Ray Kurzweil, The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology

"Fredkin [...] praat over een interessant kenmerk van computerprogramma's, waaronder cellulaire automaten: er is geen kortere route mogelijk naar wat de uitkomst wordt. Dit is het wezenlijke verschil …"

-Ray Kurzweil, The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology

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2. Batavia

By: Peter FitzSimons

4.25

Format: 490 pages, Hardcover

The Shipwreck of the Batavia combines in just the one tale the birth of the world's first corporati… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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3. Forces of Nature

By: Brian Cox , Andrew Cohen

4.09

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A breathtaking and beautiful exploration of our planet, this groundbreaking book accompanies the ne… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • popular science
  • astronomy
  • space
  • physics
  • audiobook
"You have to get old because of the geometry of spacetime."

-Brian Cox, Forces of Nature

"[All good research scientists understand that] no position is unassailable. There are no absolute truth in science. Authority counts for nothing when contradicted by nature."

-Brian Cox, Forces of Nature

"[Real scientist are delighted when they find out they are wrong. And to me that is one of the greatest gifts that a scientific education can bring.] There are too many people in this world who want t…"

-Brian Cox, Forces of Nature

"There are three known planets in the PSR B1257 system, which have been named Draugr, Poltergeist and Phobetor. Poltergeist was the first to be discovered. I know, I was curious about their names as w…"

-Brian Cox, Forces of Nature

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4. Human Universe

By: Brian Cox , Andrew Cohen

3.63

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Human life is a staggeringly strange thing. On the surface of a ball of rock falling around a nucle… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • popular science
  • space
  • physics
  • audiobook

5. Wonders of the Solar System

By: Brian Cox , Andrew Cohen

4.24

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

In Wonders of the Solar System- the book of the acclaimed BBC TV series - Professor Brian Cox will … read more

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6. Angels of Caliban

By: Gav Thorpe

4.36

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

With the Dark Angels spread across a hundred systems, primarch Lion El'Jonson stands as Lord Protec… read more

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7. True Girt (The Unauthorised History of Australia #2)

By: David Hunt

3.84

Format: None pages, Paperback

First there was Girt. Now comes ... True Girt In this side-splitting sequel to his best-selling his… read more

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8. Brief Answers to the Big Questions

By: Stephen Hawking

4.28

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Stephen Hawking was recognized as one of the greatest minds of our time and a figure of inspiration… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • popular science
  • astronomy
  • space
  • physics
  • audiobook
"I use the word “God"

-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions

"This “Hawking temperature"

-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions

"So some might imagine that I am an expert on time, although of course these days an expert is not necessarily a good thing to be."

-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions

"I think it is legitimate to take a broader view and include externally transmitted information, as well as DNA, in the evolution of the human race."

-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions

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9. How They Broke Britain

By: James O'Brien

4.29

Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition

The revealing, defining account of the dark network that broke out country. Something has gone r… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. A Brief History of Black Holes: And why nearly everything you know about them is wrong

By: Becky Smethurst

4.38

Format: 279 pages, Hardcover

Black Holes are the universe’s strangest and most fascinating objects — Dr. Becky explains all, and… read more

Similar categories in Becky Smethurst's A Brief History of Black Holes: And why nearly everything you know about them is wrong book and Andrew Cohen's The Universe:

  • science
  • nonfiction
  • space
  • popular science
  • astronomy
  • education
  • physics
  • audiobook
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11. The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)

By: Katie Mack

4.26

Format: 226 pages, Hardcover

From one of the most dynamic rising stars in astrophysics, an accessible and eye-opening look—in th… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • popular science
  • astronomy
  • space
  • physics
  • audiobook
"It also means that cosmology doesn’t really have a well-defined concept of “now."

-Katie Mack, The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)

"We are a species poised between an awareness of our ultimate insignificance and an ability to reach far beyond our mundane lives, into the void, to solve the most fundamental mysteries of the cosmos."

-Katie Mack, The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)

"In the meantime, we'll continue on, making new pathc through the woods to see what we might find hiding there. Someday, deep in the unknown wilderness of the distant future, the Sun will expand, the …"

-Katie Mack, The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)

"You may have heard that "we are made of stardust" (or "star stuff" if you're Sagan), and this is absolutely true if we measure by mass. All the heavier elements in your body—oxygen, carbon, nitrogen,…"

-Katie Mack, The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)

Cover of Ruinstorm (The Horus Heresy, #46) by David Annandale

12. Ruinstorm (The Horus Heresy, #46)

By: David Annandale

3.72

Format: 299 pages, Paperback

As Imperium Secundus fails, three primarchs journey into the Ruinstorm in the hope of making it bac… read more

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  • audiobook
"We all walk the assigned path."

-David Annandale, Ruinstorm (The Horus Heresy, #46)

"History altered is worse than history forgotten. - Sanguinius"

-David Annandale, Ruinstorm (The Horus Heresy, #46)

"How could we believe there could be angels without demons? - Sanguinius"

-David Annandale, Ruinstorm (The Horus Heresy, #46)

"When your goals align with the enemy's, let the enemy labor for you. - Guilliman"

-David Annandale, Ruinstorm (The Horus Heresy, #46)

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13. Lawrence of Arabia

By: Ranulph Fiennes

4.26

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Pre-order the authoritative, illuminating biography of T. E. Lawrence - the man who inspired the ic… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. The Universe:

By: Andrew Cohen

4.24

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Every night, above our heads, a drama of epic proportions is playing out. Diamond planets, zombie s… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Cohen's The Universe: book and Andrew Cohen's The Universe:

  • science
  • nonfiction
  • space
  • popular science
  • astronomy
  • education
  • physics
  • audiobook
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15. The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion

By: Sean Carroll

3.96

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The most trusted explainer of the most mind-boggling concepts pulls back the veil of mystery that h… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • popular science
  • astronomy
  • space
  • physics
  • audiobook
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16. Co pożera wszechświat? I inne zagadki kosmosu

By: Paul C.W. Davies

4.02

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Czy przestrzeń ma prędkość, a czas - kształt? Czy możliwa jest podróż w czasie i powstawanie czegoś… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • space
  • physics
  • science
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17. The Planets

By: Brian Cox

4.45

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Mercury, a lifeless victim of the Sun's expanding power. Venus, once thought to be lush and fertile… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • popular science
  • astronomy
  • space
  • physics
  • audiobook
Cover of Black Holes: The Key to Understanding the Universe by Brian Cox

18. Black Holes: The Key to Understanding the Universe

By: Brian Cox

3.95

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

By the star physicist and author of multiple #1 Sunday Times bestsellers, a major and definitive na… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • popular science
  • astronomy
  • space
  • physics
  • audiobook
Cover of The Infinite Monkey Cage – How to Build a Universe by Brian Cox

19. The Infinite Monkey Cage – How to Build a Universe

By: Brian Cox

3.98

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The Infinite Monkey Cage , the legendary BBC Radio 4 programme, brings you this irreverent celebrat… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • popular science
  • astronomy
  • space
  • physics
  • audiobook
Cover of The Art of Innovation: From Enlightenment to Dark Matter by Ian Blatchford

20. The Art of Innovation: From Enlightenment to Dark Matter

By: Ian Blatchford

3.78

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

______________ This illustrated modern history of the connections between science and art reveals a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science

16 Top nonfiction books like The Universe: by Andrew Cohen

Transform Your Habits

The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology

Ray Kurzweil

3.93

Transform Your Habits

Batavia

Peter FitzSimons

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Forces of Nature

Brian Cox , Andrew Cohen

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Human Universe

Brian Cox , Andrew Cohen

3.63

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18 Top fiction books like Ruinstorm (The Horus Heresy, #46) by David Annandale

Transform Your Habits

The Carrion Throne

Chris Wraight

4.48

Transform Your Habits

Valdor: Birth of the Imperium (The Horus Heresy: Characters)

Chris Wraight

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Solar War (The Siege of Terra #1)

John French

4.03

Transform Your Habits

The Lost and the Damned (The Siege of Terra #2)

Guy Haley

4.21

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