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No Line on the Horizon, by U2
What boots?
A New Kind of Science, by Stephen Wolfram
Brilliant new foundational work in science, or the result of a man who disappeared up his own ass? You decide
Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics, by Tom Rogers
It's almost too easy, picking apart the flaws in physics of modern action movies.
Quantum Evolution, by Johnjoe McFadden
Quantum physics explains evolution? Of course!
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan
I am not going to make a "billions and billions" joke
The JASONS, by Ann Finkbeiner
We've all heard of the role of physicists in the WWII war effort, out at Los Alamos. This book describes what happened to that physics / military collaboration after the war ended.
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, by Douglas Hofstadter
I love this book, despite the fact that I'm still not quite sure how to pronounce "Godel"
The End of Science, by Paul Horgan
Of all the well-respected, serious, highbrow popular science books out there, this is by far the best bathroom reading
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers, by Peter Hoffman
You know that math-major friend of yours who was a little awkward in social situations? That ain't nothin compared to this...
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