"Art is I: Science is We" - Appreciating the Sciences - hosted by katkat1

A book about a physical or earth science.
Physics, chemistry, astronomy, geology, etc. As long as it's a natural science that focuses on non-living systems! 
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The Story of the Earth in 25 Rocks: Tales of Important Geological Puzzles and the People Who Solved Them by Donald R. Prothero

The Story of the Earth in 25 Rocks: Tales of Important Geological Puzzles and the People Who Solved Them

Donald R. Prothero

368 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative medium-paced
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

Carlo Rovelli

83 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction science informative reflective fast-paced
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean

The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements

Sam Kean

12 hours, 34 minutes • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative medium-paced
H is for Hope: Climate Change from A to Z by Elizabeth Kolbert

H is for Hope: Climate Change from A to Z

Elizabeth Kolbert

160 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature science challenging informative fast-paced
Energy: A Human History by Richard Rhodes

Energy: A Human History

Richard Rhodes

480 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction economics history science challenging informative slow-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

391 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything by Chris Hadfield

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything

Chris Hadfield

8 hours, 45 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction memoir science adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced
How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown

How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming

Mike Brown

271 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction memoir science funny informative medium-paced
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

Richard P. Feynman

368 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

nonfiction memoir science informative lighthearted medium-paced
Half Lives: The Unlikely History of Radium by Lucy Jane Santos

Half Lives: The Unlikely History of Radium

Lucy Jane Santos

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative medium-paced