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The Best Science Books of 2018
Barbara Kiser, Science Writer
Our most recommended books
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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 -
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
by Richard Rhodes -
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
by Sam Kean -
The Elegant Universe
by Brian Greene -
Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos
by Dennis Overbye