Today, I share a list of what I consider to be the best popular physical sciences books of the year, hoping that you’ll find lots of interesting and unusual ideas for all the maths-astro-physics-chemistry buffs on your holiday gift-giving list!
Today, I continue my series of “best of 2014” books lists by sharing the maths, physics, astronomy, chemistry and earth sciences books that I consider to be amongst the best published this year in this genre of popular sciences. Surprisingly (to me, anyway), despite being an evolutionary biologist myself, I was barely able to stop choosing books for this category! As with all these “best of” lists, I am sure I missed something that you loved, so be sure to share it with your fellow readers in the comments thread below.
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