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Are there any pop-sci books worth reading?
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Brandon Garcia
Jose Sanders
The Quantum Enigma
I'd classify it as pop-sci, but it is of the highest level. There is no bullshit, analogies are incredibly accurate to the actual theory, but the analogous stories are within reach of anyone with a high school education.
Andrew Harris
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Tyler Jones
I don't know if it is pop-sci, but Jurassic Park's book is pretty amazing, it does concentrate on the science parts way more than the film.
Nolan James
b u l l s h i t
Juan Gray
A Brief History Of Mankind by Yuval Noah Harari is pretty good, particularly it's bit on early human civilization (read: prior to the development of agriculture). It's not well cited, so I chose to replace it with a paleoanthropology textbook, but it's pretty interesting if you want to learn about the fall of humanity.
If you want a pop-sci book that'll actually give you some more utility than an existential crisis, then I might recommend Rationality: From AI to Zombies by Eliezer Yudkowsky.
Blake Long
Elaborate
Julian Morgan
Any for which you have a genuine interest in the subject area.
Nicholas Garcia
I liked everything by Michio Kaku, especially "Physics of the Impossible"
Nathaniel Evans
Anything by Roger Penrose or Feynman is pretty good, they aren't textbooks but they will go into the details more than most pop sci books (Feynman lectures are just that, lectures). Susskind's books ain't bad for an amateur. More than books I would suggest reading articles written by people who know what they are talking about yet aimed at a general audience, quanta magazine, nature, science, and (sometimes) nautilus are good for this sort of thing. Kolmogorov math it's content and meaning is great.