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Non-fiction in Lesser Known Works

12 wonderful books about Lesser Known Works.

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The Lost Rainforests of Britain

Guy Shrubsole

'A treasure chest full of woodland jewels, rare, precious and beautiful' - Chris Packham

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4.6 | (439 reviews)
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Chaos

James Gleick

‘An awe-inspiring book. Reading Chaos gave me the sensation that someone had just found the light-switch’ - Douglas Adams

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4.6 | (3,064 reviews)
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The Road to Reality

A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe

Roger Penrose

** From the winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics **

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4.6 | (1,099 reviews)
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Other Minds

The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life

Peter Godfrey-Smith

What if intelligent life on earth not only evolved on land, but also in the sea?

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4.4 | (5,537 reviews)
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The Fabric of the Cosmos

Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality

Brian Greene

A national bestseller | An irresistible and revelatory journey through the biggest of the big questions

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4.6 | (2,043 reviews)
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Black Holes and Time Warps

Einstein's Outrageous Legacy

Kip S Thorne

From the Winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics

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4.7 | (779 reviews)
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The Elegant Universe

Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

Brian Greene

'Compulsively readable... Greene threatens to do for string theory what Stephen Hawking did for holes' - New York Times

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4.6 | (3,727 reviews)
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Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

Carlo Rovelli

One of the Best Books of the 21st Century according to The Guardian

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4.3 | (13,708 reviews)
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One, Two, Three... Infinity

Facts and Speculations of Science

George Gamow

A mind-expanding volume for the layman and the science-minded

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4.6 | (625 reviews)
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A Brief History of Time

From the Big Bang to Black Holes

Stephen W. Hawking

Was there a beginning of time? Could time run backwards? Is the universe infinite or does it have boundaries?

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4.5 | (2,435 reviews)
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A Student's Guide to the Schrödinger Equation

Daniel A. Fleisch

Using plain language to provide detailed explanations of the fundamental concepts and mathematical techniques underlying the Schrödinger equation

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4.8 | (459 reviews)

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