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12 primary works • 12 total works
Definitive, engaging and accessible guides to the most important subjects in science
Where the Universe Came From: How Einstein’s Relativity Unlocks the Past, Present and Future of the Cosmos
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3.92 · 129 Ratings · 10 Reviews · 8 editions
WHY GENERAL RELATIVITY LEAVES UNFINISHED BUSINESS …

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    How Your Brain Works: Inside the most complicated object in the known universe
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    3.91     · 349 Ratings · 35 Reviews · published 2017 · 10 editions
    Ever wondered what's going on inside your head?You…

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    The Quantum World: The disturbing theory at the heart of reality
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    4.02     · 292 Ratings · 31 Reviews · 2 editions
    Forget everything you thought you knew about reali…

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    The End of Money: The story of bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and the blockchain revolution
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    3.79     · 282 Ratings · 30 Reviews · 7 editions
    Murder for hire. Drug trafficking. Embezzlement. M…

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    Your Conscious Mind: Unravelling the greatest mystery of the human brain
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    3.94     · 195 Ratings · 24 Reviews · 7 editions
    What is this strange mental world that seems so es…

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    Why the Universe Exists: How particle physics unlocks the secrets of everything
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    3.71     · 138 Ratings · 14 Reviews · published 2017 · 8 editions
    Peer deep into the heart of existence and find out…

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    Machines that Think: Everything you need to know about the coming age of artificial intelligence
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    3.82     · 214 Ratings · 21 Reviews · 9 editions
    Sometime in the future the intelligence of machine…

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    How Evolution Explains Everything About Life: From Darwin's brilliant idea to today's epic theory
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    3.87     · 174 Ratings · 25 Reviews · 4 editions
    How did we get here? All cultures have a creation …

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    How Numbers Work: Discover the Strange and Beautiful World of Mathematics
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    3.84     · 329 Ratings · 27 Reviews · 7 editions
    Think of a number between one and ten. No, hang on…

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    A Journey Through The Universe: A traveler's guide from the center of the sun to the edge of the unknown
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    3.89     · 96 Ratings · 13 Reviews · 10 editions
    There's a whole universe out there ... and this bo…

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    This is Planet Earth: Your ultimate guide to the world we call home
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    4.12     · 86 Ratings · 8 Reviews · 8 editions
    The Earth as you've never seen it before.

    The ancie…

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    Human Origins: 7 million years and counting
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    4.35     · 167 Ratings · 18 Reviews · 3 editions
    Where did we come from? Where are we going?Homo sa…

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