 | A Life Decoded: My Genome: My Life (Allen Lane Science) by J. Craig Venter
Buy new: £16.25 / Used from: £2.99 Shortlisted. The judges said "This is a book about a man whom you cannot ignore."
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 | Coral: A Pessimist in Paradise by Steve Jones
Buy new: £10.38 / Used from: £1.56 Shortlisted. The judges said "It's a wonderful, thought provoking, ramble through science and evolutionary history."
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 | Gut Feelings: Short Cuts to Better Decision Making by Gerd Gigerenzer
Buy new: £5.74 / Used from: £3.70 Shortlisted. The judges said "It is a completely absorbing book which will be relevant to a wide audience."
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 | Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet by Mark Lynas
Buy new: £5.35 / Used from: £2.03 Shortlisted. The judges said "A thought-provoking read which makes the issues of global warming very real and immediate."
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 | The Sun Kings: The Unexpected Tragedy of Richard Carrington and the Tale of How Modern Astronomy Began by Stuart Clark
Buy new: £12.91 / Used from: £10.64 Shortlisted. The judges said "A wonderful historical biography. This 19th century melodrama gets you straight into the science of sun spots."
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 | Why Beauty is Truth: The History of Symmetry by Ian Stewart
Buy new: £7.99 / Used from: £2.02 Shortlisted. The judges said "An elegant and beautifully written book on a key mathematical topic which links through to many different subjects."
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 | Better Looking, Better Living, Better Loving: How Chemistry Can Help You Achieve Life's Goals by John Emsley
Buy new: £21.38 / Used from: £16.20 Longlisted. The judges said "A very practical, informative and interesting read which reveals chemistry as being key to modern life."
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 | How to Fossilise Your Hamster: And Other Amazing Experiments For The Armchair Scientist by Mick O'Hare
Buy new: £3.97 / Used from: £0.01 Longlisted. The judges said "A fun book, full of experiments which shows that science can be enjoyed by everyone."
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 | Making Up the Mind: How the Brain Creates Our Mental World by Chris Frith
Buy new: £13.62 / Used from: £11.96 Longlisted. The judges said "A wonderfully clear introduction to the neuroscience of thinking. The author's personality shines through and he is charmingly entertaining."
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 | The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature by Steven Pinker
Buy new: £23.75 / Used from: £3.72 Longlisted. The judges said "This book takes a difficult subject and carries you along with it. It introduces us to how language can tell us how the mind works."
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 | Why the Lion Grew Its Mane: A Miscellany of Recent Scientific Discoveries from Astronomy to Zoology by Lewis Smith
Buy new: £17.00 / Used from: £7.24 Longlisted. The judges said "Beautifully presented and easy to read it is a book that would be great to receive as a present. It sucks the reader into the world of science."
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 | Yes! 50 Secrets from the Science of Persuasion by N. Goldstein; S. Martin; R. Cialdini
Buy new: £5.37 / Used from: £2.42 Longlisted. The judges said "A compelling book about why we do the things we do and what effect the art of persuasion has on us."
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