 | Brief History of Infinity: The Quest to Think the Unthinkable by Brian Clegg
Buy new: £5.74 / Used from: £0.01 Wonderfully readable and fascinating guide to the strange world of infinity and the people who studied it
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 | The Universe Next Door: Twelve Mind-blowing Ideas from the Cutting Edge of Science by Marcus Chown
Buy new: £6.97 / Used from: £2.49 It's hard to believe it, but this is all real science, but science at the leading edge where the possibilities are mind-boggling
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 | Light Years: The Extraordinary Story of Mankind's Fascination with Light by Brian Clegg
Buy used from: £0.01 It's hard to think of anything quite as amazing in the physical world as light, and this is a great introduction to it
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 | Chaos: Making a New Science by James Gleick
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £0.52 A classic - Gleick's introduction to chaos theory is a brilliant mix of detective story and theory
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 | Fermat's Last Theorem by Simon Singh
Buy used from: £0.01 Another classic, it's amazing that Singh manages to make what should be boring maths into a real page-turner. Excellent.
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 | A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Buy used from: £0.01 Bill Bryson might not be the obvious person to write popular science, but his summary of everything is surprisingly readable
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 | Surely You're Joking, Mr.Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character by Ralph Leighton
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £3.78 Even popular science can be a little abstract, but Feynman's autobiographical tales are very human.
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 | How the Mind Works (Penguin Press Science) by Steven Pinker
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £2.09 Not a light read, and a little too long, but Pinker really challenges the reader to think about, erm, thinking.
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 | Future Shock by Alvin Toffler
Buy used from: £0.79 Once a huge bestseller it's fascinating to revisit this 1970 book and to see how its techo-future predictions panned out.
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 | Leonardo da Vinci : The First Scientist by Michael White
Buy new: £7.67 / Used from: £0.01 There's lots been written about Leonardo, but I reckon this is the best book to concentrate on his scientific output.
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