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Endless Universe Summary
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Nature Via Nurture Summary
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Consciousness Summary
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The God Equation Summary
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The Ancestor's Tale Summary
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The Quantum Universe Summary
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Something Deeply Hidden Summary
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The Intelligence Paradox Summary
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Life on the Edge Summary
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Fermat's Enigma Summary
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The Vital Question Summary
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The Tiger That Isn't Summary
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How to Read Numbers Summary
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The Universe in a Nutshell Summary
The Universe in a Nutshell
by Stephen Hawking 2001 216 pages
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Mathematics Summary
Mathematics
A Very Short Introduction
by Timothy Gowers 2002 143 pages
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The Universe and the Teacup Summary
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by K.C. Cole 1998 224 pages
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The Music of Life Summary
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Biology Beyond Genes
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3.83
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What Is Relativity? Summary
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4.33
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Dreams of a Final Theory Summary
Dreams of a Final Theory
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by Steven Weinberg 1987 340 pages
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Visions Summary
Visions
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by Michio Kaku 1998 403 pages
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The Elephant in the Universe Summary
The Elephant in the Universe
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The Grand Design Summary
The Grand Design
by Stephen Hawking 2010 199 pages
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To Explain the World Summary
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About Time Summary
About Time
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3.88
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Trick or Treatment Summary
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by Simon Singh 2008 352 pages
4.11
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Decoding the Heavens Summary
Decoding the Heavens
A 2,000-Year-Old Computer and the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets
by Jo Marchant 2009 336 pages
4.09
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The Particle at the End of the Universe Summary
The Particle at the End of the Universe
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by Sean Carroll 2012 320 pages
4.05
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The Island of Knowledge Summary
The Island of Knowledge
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by Marcelo Gleiser 2014 359 pages
3.93
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Quantum Summary
Quantum
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by Manjit Kumar 2007 448 pages
4.26
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The Animal Kingdom Summary
The Animal Kingdom
A Very Short Introduction
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Ending Medical Reversal Summary
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Unweaving the Rainbow Summary
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Bursts Summary
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Sex by Numbers Summary
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Relativity Summary
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by Albert Einstein 1916 130 pages
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The Grapes of Math Summary
The Grapes of Math
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The Future Of Fusion Energy Summary
The Future Of Fusion Energy
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In Search of the Multiverse Summary
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by John Gribbin 2009 250 pages
4.09
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