16 best-selling nonfiction books like The Universe (Lonely Planet) by Lonely Planet

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The Universe (Lonely Planet)

By: Lonely Planet

4.41

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

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1. Lonely Planet The World: A Traveller's Guide to the Planet

By: Various , Lonely Planet

4.46

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Every country in the world, in one guidebook: Lonely Planet delivers the first guide to The World. … read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • reference
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2. Saga, Vol. 6 (Saga, #6)

By: Brian K. Vaughan , Fiona Staples

3.51

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

After a dramatic time jump, the three-time Eisner Award winner for Best Continuing Series continues… read more

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3. Congo: een geschiedenis

By: David Van Reybrouck

3.50

Format: 0 pages, Hardcover

Er is aan het begin van de eenentwintigste eeuw nauwelijks een roeriger natie dan Congo, het reusac… read more

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  • nonfiction

4. Saga, Vol. 7 (Saga, #7)

By: Brian K. Vaughan , Fiona Staples

3.95

Format: 620 pages, Paperback

From the worldwide bestselling team of Fiona Staples and Brian K. Vaughan, "The War for Phang" is a… read more

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5. Reality is Not What it Seems

By: Carlo Rovelli

3.17

Format: 120 pages,

From the best-selling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physicscomes a new book about the mind-bendi… read more

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6. The Planets: The Definitive Visual Guide to our Solar System

By: Maggie Aderin-Pocock

4.27

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Featuring all-new 3D models built using data gathered by NASA and the European Space Agency, The Pl… read more

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7. QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter

By: Richard P. Feynman

4.50

Format: 34 pages, Paperback

Famous the world over for the creative brilliance of his insights into the physical world, Nobel Pr… read more

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8. Saga, Vol. 4 (Saga, #4)

By: Brian K. Vaughan , Fiona Staples

5.00

Format: 229 pages, Paperback

Sagais the sweeping tale of one young family fighting to find their place in the universe. As they … read more

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9. The Bourne Identity (Jason Bourne, #1)

By: Robert Ludlum

3.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found  Who is Jason Bourne? Is he an assassin, a terrorist, a… read more

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10. The Interstellar Age: Inside the Forty-Year Voyager Mission

By: Jim Bell

3.91

Format: 360 pages,

The story of the men and women who drove the Voyager spacecraft mission-- told by a scientist who w… read more

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11. Seveneves

By: Neal Stephenson

4.50

Format: None pages,

What would happen if the world were ending? A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time b… read more

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12. Saga, Vol. 5 (Saga, #5)

By: Brian K. Vaughan , Fiona Staples

4.34

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Multiple storylines collide in this cosmos-spanning new volume. While Gwendolyn and Lying Cat risk … read more

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13. 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
  • astronomy
  • nonfiction
  • space
"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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14. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2)

By: Randall Munroe

4.37

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of What If? and How To provides his best answers yet to th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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15. Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime

By: Sean Carroll

4.07

Format: 347 pages, Hardcover

As you read these words, copies of you are being created. Sean Carroll, theoretical physicist a… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • space
"Don't play Quantum Russian Roulette."

-Sean Carroll, Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime

"As far as quantum field theory is concerned, a human being or the center of a star isn’t all that different from empty space."

-Sean Carroll, Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime

"The enigma at the heart of quantum reality can be summed up in a single motto: what we see when we look at the world seems to be fundamentally different from what actually is."

-Sean Carroll, Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime

"If there were some nefarious conspiracy to make the world look quantum-mechanical, it had to have been set up hundreds of years ago, when the light left those stars. It's possible, but doesn't seem l…"

-Sean Carroll, Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime

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16. A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?

By: Kelly Weinersmith

4.06

Format: 448 pages, ebook

Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away—no climate change, no … read more

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  • science
  • astronomy
  • nonfiction
  • space
"For now, if leaving Earth is humanity leaving the cradle, well, humanity is going straight to its neighbor's basement."

-Kelly Weinersmith, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?

"The Moon isn't just sort of a gray Sahara without air. Its surface is made of jagged, electrically charged microscopic glass and stone, which clings to pressure suits and landing vehicles. Nor is Mar…"

-Kelly Weinersmith, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?

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17. Grass

By: Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

4.52

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

This true story of a Korean comfort woman documents how the atrocity of war devastates women’s live… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Frágiles ramas que tiemblan en las postrimerías del largo invierno. Dentro albergan la energía de una vida nueva que pronto brotará y abrirá grietas en la corteza La tierra despertará de su hibernaci…"

-Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, Grass

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18. Tyll

By: Daniel Kehlmann

3.94

Format: 474 pages, Hardcover

Tyll, der neue Roman des Erfolgsautors Daniel Kehlmann – er veröffentlichte u.a. Die Vermessung der… read more

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"What should he do if word went around that in his throne room hung a magic picture that only the highborn could see, but he couldn't? Of course there was no picture there, it had been one of the fool…"

-Daniel Kehlmann, Tyll

"Die Liebe zu den Kindern - besser, man kämpft gegen sie an. Man kommt ja auch nicht einem Hund zu nahe; sogar wenn er freundlich aussieht, kann er zuschnappen. Stets muss man einen Abstand lassen zwi…"

-Daniel Kehlmann, Tyll

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19. Termination Shock

By: Neal Stephenson

3.83

Format: 708 pages, Hardcover

A visionary technothriller about climate change. Neal Stephenson's sweeping, prescient new nove… read more

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20. GRM: Brainfuck

By: Sibylle Berg

3.66

Format: 634 pages, Hardcover

"Vermutlich war der Einzelne schon immer unwichtig. Es fiel nur weniger auf." Die Brave New Worl… read more

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"Ein gespaltenes Volk ist ein lenkbares Volk. Es sucht nach Feinden und einem Führer."

-Sibylle Berg, GRM: Brainfuck

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21. Las gratitudes

By: Delphine de Vigan

4.30

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

«Hoy ha muerto una anciana a la que yo quería. A menudo pensaba: "Le debo tanto." O: "Sin ella, pro… read more

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"A veces conviene aceptar el vacío que deja la pérdida. Renunciar a la distracción. Aceptar que ya no hay nada que decir. Permanecer sentado, a su vera. Cogiéndola de la mano."

-Delphine de Vigan, Las gratitudes

"Tras sus miradas borrosas, sus gestos inseguros, sus cuerpos encorvados o doblados por la mitad, busco al muchacho o a la muchacha que fueron como quien pretende descubrir el esbozo original de un di…"

-Delphine de Vigan, Las gratitudes

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22. Liquid Rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives

By: Mark Miodownik

4.12

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

This fascinating new book by the bestselling scientist and engineer Mark Miodownik is an expert tou… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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23. Letters From An Astrophysicist

By: Neil deGrasse Tyson

4.06

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The natural follow-up to the phenomenal bestseller Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. Astrophys… read more

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  • science
  • astronomy
  • nonfiction
  • space
"My life is what I make of it."

-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Letters From An Astrophysicist

"School is not only a place to learn, but a place to learn how to learn."

-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Letters From An Astrophysicist

"The Cosmic Perspective reminds us that in space, where there is no air, a flag will not wave. An indication that perhaps flag-waving and space exploration do not mix."

-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Letters From An Astrophysicist

"How about if (...) pious people all lived longer than non-pious people? How about when a plane crashes, only the pious people survive? How about Jesus comes when people say he will come? How about pe…"

-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Letters From An Astrophysicist

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24. 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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  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • astronomy
  • space
  • science
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25. Lonely Planet Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania (Travel Guide)

By: Peter Dragicevich

3.85

Format: 1183 pages, Kindle Edition

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • reference
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26. Grote verwachtingen: In Europa 1999-2019

By: Geert Mak

4.21

Format: 557 pages, Paperback

Een verbluffende geschiedenis van ons heden, waarin de eerste twee decennia van dit meest fragiele … read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
Cover of Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray by Sabine Hossenfelder

27. Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray

By: Sabine Hossenfelder

4.06

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

A contrarian argues that modern physicists' obsession with beauty has given us wonderful math but b… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
"The main reason we use math in physics, however, is because we can."

-Sabine Hossenfelder, Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray

"foundational physics, which is far from experimental test as science can be while still being science"

-Sabine Hossenfelder, Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray

"if you quote this, you can be the first person to quote someone quoting someone quoting himself quoting someone"

-Sabine Hossenfelder, Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray

"Theoretical physicists used to explain what was observed. Now they try to explain why they can't explain what was not observed"

-Sabine Hossenfelder, Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray

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28. The Universe (Lonely Planet)

By: Lonely Planet

4.41

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

Let Lonely Planet take you further than ever before with the world's first and only travel guide to… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • astronomy
  • space
  • science
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29. Lonely Planet Epic Hikes of the World

By: Alex Crevar

4.17

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

With stories of 50 incredible hiking routes in 30 countries, from New Zealand to Peru, plus a furth… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • reference
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30. Lonely Planet USA's National Parks (National Parks Guide)

By: Regis St Louis

4.14

Format: 456 pages, Paperback

Lonely Planet's USA's National Parks is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on wh… read more

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31. The Art of the Cosmos: Visions from the Frontier of Deep Space Exploration

By: Jim Bell

3.78

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Hundreds of deep space missions since the 1960s have captured stunning photographs of the cosmos. M… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • space

10 Best science books like The Universe (Lonely Planet) by Lonely Planet

Transform Your Habits

Brief Answers to the Big Questions

Stephen Hawking

4.28

Transform Your Habits

What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2)

Randall Munroe

4.37

Transform Your Habits

Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime

Sean Carroll

4.07

Transform Your Habits

A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?

Kelly Weinersmith

4.06

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5 Top nonfiction books like Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

Transform Your Habits

Los surcos del azar

Paco Roca

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Grass

Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

4.52

Transform Your Habits

El abismo del olvido

Paco Roca

4.81

Transform Your Habits

La compañera

Agustina Guerrero

4.53

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