9 must-read science books like Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand: Fifty Wonders That Reveal an Extraordinary Universe by Marcus Chown

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Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand: Fifty Wonders That Reveal an Extraordinary Universe

By: Marcus Chown

4.04

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

Bestselling author Marcus Chown explores some of the most profound and important science about us, …

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1. The Time Illusion (Kindle Single)

By: John Gribbin

4.08

Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition

Albert Einstein said “the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persis… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • physics
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2. The Sinking of the Bismarck: The Deadly Hunt

By: William L. Shirer

4.29

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The Bismarck was the greatest warship ever built. But the Allies had to sink it - or risk losing th… read more

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  • nonfiction
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3. 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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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • popular science
  • physics
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4. The Pope of Physics: Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age

By: Gino Segrè , Bettina Hoerlin

3.68

Format: 346 pages, Hardcover

Enrico Fermi is unquestionably among the greats of the world's physicists, the most famous Italian … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • physics
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5. 1492: The Year the World Began

By: Felipe Fernández-Armesto

3.91

Format: 20 pages, Hardcover

1492: The Year the World Beganis a look at one of the most fascinating years in world history, the … read more

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  • nonfiction
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6. Alex's Adventures in Numberland

By: Alex Bellos

3.57

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The world of maths can seem mind-boggling, irrelevant and, let's face it, boring. This groundbreaki… read more

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  • popular science
  • nonfiction
  • physics
  • science

7. The Book of English Magic

By: Philip Carr-Gomm , Richard Heygate

3.77

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

The Book of English Magic explores the curious and little-known fact that of all the countries in t… read more

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  • nonfiction

8. Resurrection (Skulduggery Pleasant, #10)

By: Derek Landy

3.91

Format: 631 pages,

The top-5 best-selling return of skeleton detective Skulduggery Pleasant and it will rearrange your… read more

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9. Uncle John's UNCANNY 29th Bathroom Reader

By: Bathroom Readers' Institute

3.86

Format: 536 pages,

What's so uncanny about the 29th annual edition of Uncle John's? This enduring book series has been… read more

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10. The Eerie Silence: Renewing Our Search for Alien Intelligence

By: Paul C.W. Davies

3.84

Format: 32 pages,

50 years ago, a young astronomer named Frank Drake pointed a radio telescope at nearby stars in the… read more

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11. No Human Contact: Solitary Confinement, Maximum Security, and Two Inmates Who Changed the System

By: Pete Earley

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A deeply disturbing and human look at the American prison system’s practice of lifelong solitary co… read more

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  • audiobook
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12. Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand: Fifty Wonders That Reveal an Extraordinary Universe

By: Marcus Chown

4.04

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

Bestselling author Marcus Chown explores some of the most profound and important science about us, … read more

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  • nonfiction
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  • popular science
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  • audiobook
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13. Into Siberia: George Kennan's Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia

By: Gregory J. Wallance

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In the late nineteenth century, close diplomatic relations existed between the United States and Ru… read more

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14. Before The Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe and What Lies Beyond

By: Laura Mersini-Houghton

4.06

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

"A riveting tour of the cosmos from one of the brightest minds in astrophysics." —The Washington Po… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
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  • audiobook
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15. It's a Numberful World: How Math Is Hiding Everywhere

By: Eddie Woo

4.11

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

Why aren't left-handers extinct? What makes a rainbow round? How is a pancreas . . . like a pendulu… read more

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  • science
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16. The Beginning and the End of Everything: From the Big Bang to the End of the Universe

By: Paul Parsons

4.15

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

'Prepare to have your mind blown! A brilliantly written overview of the past, present and future of… read more

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  • audiobook
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  • astronomy
  • physics
  • science
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17. An Almost Perfect Christmas

By: Nina Stibbe

3.53

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Love, Nina -- a hilarious ode to the joys and insanities of the most wonderful t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. 100 Mysteries of Science Explained (Popular Science)

By: The Editors of Popular Science

3.52

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

Answers on subjects from dark matter to disappearing bees, from the magazine that’s been enlighteni… read more

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Cover of Lost to Time: Unforgettable Stories That History Forgot by Martin W. Sandler

19. Lost to Time: Unforgettable Stories That History Forgot

By: Martin W. Sandler

3.84

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

“A splendid book, full of fascinating, well-told tales . . . a diverse and bafflingly overlooked co… read more

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Cover of Tory Nation: The Dark Legacy of the World's Most Successful Political Party by Samuel Earle

20. Tory Nation: The Dark Legacy of the World's Most Successful Political Party

By: Samuel Earle

4.32

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

'A witty, lucid investigation into one of the great mysteries of our time' JONATHAN COE‘Should be r… read more

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7 best-selling audiobook books like Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand: Fifty Wonders That Reveal an Extraordinary Universe by Marcus Chown

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Human Universe

Brian Cox , Andrew Cohen

3.63

Transform Your Habits

No Human Contact: Solitary Confinement, Maximum Security, and Two Inmates Who Changed the System

Pete Earley

4.20

Transform Your Habits

Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand: Fifty Wonders That Reveal an Extraordinary Universe

Marcus Chown

4.04

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Into Siberia: George Kennan's Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia

Gregory J. Wallance

3.99

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17 Top audiobook books like The Beginning and the End of Everything: From the Big Bang to the End of the Universe by Paul Parsons

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Forces of Nature

Brian Cox , Andrew Cohen

4.09

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Human Universe

Brian Cox , Andrew Cohen

3.63

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The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World

Tim Flannery , Peter Wohlleben , Jane Billinghurst , Suzanne Simard

4.07

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The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything

Michio Kaku

4.10

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