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A good option is to look for winners of science book prizes. The Royal Society Winton Prize is excellent: http://www.theguardian.com/books/royal-society-scienc
by Blahah 11y ago
A good option is to look for winners of science book prizes.
The Royal Society Winton Prize is excellent: http://www.theguardian.com/books/royal-society-science-book-prize http://www.theguardian.com/books/royal-society-science-book-....
Some personal favourites:
The Incredible Unlikeliness Of Being by Alice Roberts is a wonderful book that describes how a human being develops from conception to adulthood in minute biological detail.
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography by Simon Singh is fantastic, if a little out of date by now.
Cosmos: The Story of Cosmic Evolution, Science and Civilisation by Carl Sagan.
- 811639047892938 11y agoI read The Code Book in the last year, and I wouldn't honestly say it's out of date too much, since about 80-90% of it is historical in nature. Very well written, recommend it highly, and definitely packed with information.