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The Elegant Universe
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Voyage of the Beagle
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The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature
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Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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Reality Is Not What It Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity
by Carlo Rovelli
