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Natural Sciences
Understanding the scientific reasons for things, the scientific structure and more.
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The Once and Future World: Nature As It Was, As It Is, As It Could Be by J.B. MacKinnon

The Once and Future World: Nature As It Was, As It Is, As It Could Be

J.B. MacKinnon

272 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction nature science adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin

[DELETED] The Origin of Species

Charles Darwin

703 pages • first pub 1859 (editions)

nonfiction classics science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them by Neil Bradbury

A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them

Neil Bradbury

7 hours, 15 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction science true crime dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

16 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Ultra-Processed People: Why We Can't Stop Eating Food That Isn't Food by Chris van Tulleken

Ultra-Processed People: Why We Can't Stop Eating Food That Isn't Food

Chris van Tulleken

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink health science informative medium-paced
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

Silent Spring

Rachel Carson

400 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

nonfiction classics nature politics science informative reflective slow-paced
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

560 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science by Lawrence M. Krauss

Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science

Great Discoveries

Lawrence M. Krauss

350 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction biography science informative slow-paced
Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky

Salt: A World History

Mark Kurlansky

13 hours, 48 minutes • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
Oceans of Kansas, Second Edition: A Natural History of the Western Interior Sea by Michael J. Everhart

Oceans of Kansas, Second Edition: A Natural History of the Western Interior Sea

Life of the Past

Michael J. Everhart

460 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction science informative medium-paced