 | Almost Like a Whale: The 'Origin of Species' Updated by Steve Jones
Buy new: £7.77 / Used from: £2.50 A brilliant re-write of a classic.
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 | Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth by James Lovelock
Buy new: £5.37 / Used from: £1.61 A modern classic and rightly so.
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 | The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis: Most Credible Theory of Human Evolution by Elaine Morgan
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £1.77 A fascinating theory on evolution.
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 | The Language of the Genes by Steve Jones
Buy new: £5.47 / Used from: £1.23 One of my all time favourites. Clear and informative.
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 | The Human Mind and How to Make the Most of it by Robert Winston
Buy new: £6.97 / Used from: £2.73 A fascinating look at the human brain.
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 | An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About it by Al Gore
Buy new: £9.99 / Used from: £0.01 An accessible look at the science behind climate change.
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 | The Revenge of Gaia: Why the Earth is Fighting Back - and How We Can Still Save Humanity by James Lovelock
Buy new: £10.89 / Used from: £2.38 An up to date look at the Gaia hypothesis.
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 | The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary edition by Richard Dawkins
Buy new: £5.77 / Used from: £3.49 Another gem on evolution and genetics.
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 | A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen Hawking
Buy new: £5.74 / Used from: £0.38 Apparently this is the book most people have on their shelves but haven't read. Believe me, it is worth the perseverance and gets better with repeated readings.
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 | Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays by Stephen Hawking
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £0.01 An accessible assortment of essays.
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 | The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £4.17 A slightly easier read than 'The Selfish Gene', but just as informative.
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 | Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
Buy new: £5.97 / Used from: £2.75 A very easy read, with some interesting ideas. Probably the least 'scientific' of the books on the list, but interesting never-the-less.
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 | Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control by Kathleen Taylor
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £3.68 In depth and fascinating read.
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 | The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
Buy new: £4.47 / Used from: £3.00 A contentious but stimulating read.
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 | Big Bang: The Most Important Scientific Discovery of All Time and Why You Need to Know About it by Simon Singh
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £3.63 Never had cosmology and physics been made so clear and engaging.
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