10 Top history books like Earth: Over 4 Billion Years in the Making by Chris Packham

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Earth: Over 4 Billion Years in the Making

By: Chris Packham

4.53

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

‘Combines the natural history of programmes such as David Attenborough’s Planet Earth with the plan…

If you liked the history plot in Earth: Over 4 Billion Years in the Making by Chris Packham , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. 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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  • nonfiction
  • science
"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

2. Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution

By: Neil deGrasse Tyson , Donald Goldsmith

4.09

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

"An accessible and extremely well-written exploration of the deep waters of cosmology, astrophysics… read more

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3. My Inventions

By: Nikola Tesla

4.34

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

This important title is the autobiography of Nikola Tesla. Nikola Tesla appropriately titled his wo… read more

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4. Bible and Sword: England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfour

By: Barbara W. Tuchman

3.64

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

From Barbara W. Tuchman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Guns of August, comes history thru a … read more

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5. Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters

By: Brian Klaas

4.13

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

Want to know what chaos theory can teach us about human events? In the perspective-altering traditi… read more

Similar categories in Brian Klaas's Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters book and Chris Packham's Earth: Over 4 Billion Years in the Making

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
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6. 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 Chris Packham's Earth: Over 4 Billion Years in the Making

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
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7. No Way Out (DI Adam Fawley, #3)

By: Cara Hunter

4.18

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

It's one of the most disturbing cases DI Fawley has ever worked. The Christmas holidays, and t… read more

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8. Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism

By: Richard Dawkins

4.05

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Should we believe in God? In this new book, written for a new generation, the brilliant science wri… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
"These beliefs contradict each other, so they can’t be all right"

-Richard Dawkins, Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism

"If I’d been born in ancient Greece, I’d worship Zeus and Aphrodite"

-Richard Dawkins, Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism

"But failure to disprove something is not a good reason to believe it."

-Richard Dawkins, Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism

"There are so many different faiths. How do you know the holy book you have been brought up with is the true one? And if all the others are wrong, what makes you think your holy book isn’t wrong too?"

-Richard Dawkins, Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism

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9. Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World

By: John Vaillant

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A stunning account of a colossal wildfire that collided with a city and a panoramic exploration of … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • environment
  • science
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10. The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet

By: Jeff Goodell

4.32

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The world is waking up to a new wildfires are now seasonal in California, the Northeast is getting… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Goodell's The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet book and Chris Packham's Earth: Over 4 Billion Years in the Making

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • environment
  • science
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11. Half Baked Harvest Super Simple: More Than 125 Recipes for Instant, Overnight, Meal-Prepped, and Easy Comfort Foods: A Cookbook

By: Tieghan Gerard

4.31

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - There's something for everyone in these 125 easy, show-stopping recipes… read more

Similar categories in Tieghan Gerard's Half Baked Harvest Super Simple: More Than 125 Recipes for Instant, Overnight, Meal-Prepped, and Easy Comfort Foods: A Cookbook book and Chris Packham's Earth: Over 4 Billion Years in the Making

  • nonfiction
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12. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew

By: Emmanuel Acho

4.53

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From two New York Times bestselling authors, a timely, disarmingly honest, and thought-provoking in… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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13. What This Comedian Said Will Shock You

By: Bill Maher

4.27

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The hilarious and controversial host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest, m… read more

Similar categories in Bill Maher's What This Comedian Said Will Shock You book and Chris Packham's Earth: Over 4 Billion Years in the Making

  • nonfiction
  • history
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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

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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15. Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe

By: Philip Plait

4.27

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A rip-roaring tour of the cosmos with the Bad Astronomer, bringing you up close and personal with t… read more

Similar categories in Philip Plait's Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe book and Chris Packham's Earth: Over 4 Billion Years in the Making

  • nonfiction
  • science
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16. Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stalin, and the Miraculous Survival of My Family

By: Daniel Finkelstein

4.63

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An epic and beautifully written World War II family history that spans Europe, telling of two happy… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Finkelstein's Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stalin, and the Miraculous Survival of My Family book and Chris Packham's Earth: Over 4 Billion Years in the Making

  • nonfiction
  • history
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17. In the Dark (DI Adam Fawley, #2)

By: Cara Hunter

4.20

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Do you know what they’re hiding in the house next door? A woman and child are found locked in a … read more

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18. Dinosaurs: 10 Things You Should Know

By: Dean R. Lomax

4.45

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Travel back to the prehistoric world and discover the most fascinating parts of the lives of Earth'… read more

Similar categories in Dean R. Lomax's Dinosaurs: 10 Things You Should Know book and Chris Packham's Earth: Over 4 Billion Years in the Making

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • natural history
  • science
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19. Earth: Over 4 Billion Years in the Making

By: Chris Packham

4.53

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

‘Combines the natural history of programmes such as David Attenborough’s Planet Earth with the plan… read more

Similar categories in Chris Packham's Earth: Over 4 Billion Years in the Making book and Chris Packham's Earth: Over 4 Billion Years in the Making

  • history
  • geology
  • natural history
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • science
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20. The Planets

By: Andrew Cohen

4.31

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Please Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listin… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Planet Earth III (Planet Earth, 3) by Michael Gunton

21. Planet Earth III (Planet Earth, 3)

By: Michael Gunton

4.79

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

The iconic series that started it all accompanying an 8-part program narrated by David Attenboroug… read more

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  • nonfiction

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4.38

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