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H2O: A Biography of Water

by Phillip Ball

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Our most recommended books

Life on a Young Planet: The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth by Andrew H Knoll

On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin & James Costa

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The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene

Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino

Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos by Dennis Overbye

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Life on a Young Planet: The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth
by Andrew H Knoll

On the Origin of Species
by Charles Darwin & James Costa

Intelligent Life in the Universe
by Carl Sagan & Iosif Shklovsky

The Elegant Universe
by Brian Greene

Cosmicomics
by Italo Calvino

Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos
by Dennis Overbye