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Science✱

Physics, biology, and the wonder of how the world is put together , written for curious non-specialists.

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New to this shelf? Begin with Why We Sleep, the gentlest on-ramp before the rest.

Cover of Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker

368 pp·7h read

Cover of Outlive by Peter Attia

496 pp·10h read

Cover of Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond

Guns, Germs, and Steel

480 pp·10h read

Cover of A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

A Short History of Nearly Everything

544 pp·11h read

Cover of The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

The Selfish Gene

Richard Dawkins

360 pp·7h read

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Paths through this shelf

Foundations of a Healthy Life

The unglamorous fundamentals: sleep, breath, and behaviour change.

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Big Ideas: How We Got Here

The human story, the forces of geography, and the cosmos that made it all.

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