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An Immense World
How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth
4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters
Entangled Life
How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Invisible Women
Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Inventing Ourselves
The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain
Testosterone Rex
Myths of Sex, Science, and Society
The Invention of Nature
Alexander Von Humboldt's New World
Adventures in the Anthropocene
A Journey to the Heart of the Planet We Made
Stuff Matters
Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
The Particle at the End of the Universe
How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World
The Information
A History, a Theory, a Flood
The Wave Watcher's Companion
Ocean Waves, Stadium Waves, and All the Rest of Life's Undulations
Life Ascending
The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution
The Age of Wonder
The Age of Wonder: The Romantic Generation and the Discovery of the Beauty and Terror of Science
Six Degrees
Our Future on a Hotter Planet
Stumbling on Happiness
Electric Universe
How Electricity Switched on the Modern World
Critical Mass
How One Thing Leads to Another
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Right Hand, Left Hand
The Origins of Asymmetry in Brains, Bodies, Atoms and Cultures
The Universe in a Nutshell
Mapping the Deep
The Extraordinary Story of Ocean Science (Revised)
The Elegant Universe
Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory (Anniversary)
| # | Title | Subtitle | Author(s) | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A City on Mars | Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through? | Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith | 2025 | |
| 2 | An Immense World | How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us | Ed Yong | 2023 | |
| 3 | A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth | 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters | Henry Gee | 2023 | |
| 4 | Entangled Life | How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake | 2021 | |
| 5 | Invisible Women | Data Bias in a World Designed for Men | Caroline Criado Perez | 2021 | |
| 6 | Inventing Ourselves | The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain | Sarah-Jayne Blakemore | 2020 | |
| 7 | Testosterone Rex | Myths of Sex, Science, and Society | Cordelia Fine | 2018 | |
| 8 | The Invention of Nature | Alexander Von Humboldt's New World | Andrea Wulf | 2016 | |
| 9 | Adventures in the Anthropocene | A Journey to the Heart of the Planet We Made | Gaia Vince | 2014 | |
| 10 | Stuff Matters | Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World | Mark Miodownik | 2015 | |
| 11 | The Particle at the End of the Universe | How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World | Sean Carroll | 2013 | |
| 12 | The Information | A History, a Theory, a Flood | James Gleick | 2012 | |
| 13 | The Wave Watcher's Companion | Ocean Waves, Stadium Waves, and All the Rest of Life's Undulations | Gavin Pretor-Pinney | 2011 | |
| 14 | Life Ascending | The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution | Nick Lane | 2010 | |
| 15 | The Age of Wonder | The Age of Wonder: The Romantic Generation and the Discovery of the Beauty and Terror of Science | Richard Holmes | 2010 | |
| 16 | Six Degrees | Our Future on a Hotter Planet | Mark Lynas | 2008 | |
| 17 | Stumbling on Happiness | Daniel Gilbert | 2007 | ||
| 18 | Electric Universe | How Electricity Switched on the Modern World | David Bodanis | 2006 | |
| 19 | Critical Mass | How One Thing Leads to Another | Philip Ball | 2006 | |
| 20 | A Short History of Nearly Everything | Bill Bryson | 2004 | ||
| 21 | Right Hand, Left Hand | The Origins of Asymmetry in Brains, Bodies, Atoms and Cultures | Chris McManus | 2004 | |
| 22 | The Universe in a Nutshell | Stephen Hawking | 2001 | ||
| 23 | Mapping the Deep | The Extraordinary Story of Ocean Science (Revised) | Robert Kunzig | 2000 | |
| 24 | The Elegant Universe | Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory (Anniversary) | Brian Greene | 2024 |