I struggled with this list, but I have finally have chosen five excellent popular science books. I could have made up a different list of equally excellent reads, but I thought I would go for a wide range of subjects within science by extremely talented authors, so I have gone for the meaning of quantum physics, artificial intelligence, neuroscience of teenage brains, the nature of time and human genetics—mind-expanding stuff I think you'll agree, as long as your brain doesn't explode.
Beyond Weird: Why Everything You Thought You Knew about Quantum Physics Is Different, by Philip Ball
I thought I'd kick off with something simple! How about a book on the meaning of quantum physics? You may have heard the saying, ‘If you think you're not baffled by quantum mechanics then you haven't understood it'. Well, there is certainly no shortage of books out there all vying for the title of best demystifier of this counterintuitive, yet powerful, theory of the subatomic world. Philip Ball's book, which has received much praise since it was published last year, is one of the most lucid and enlightening books on the nature of reality of the quantum world that I have ever read.
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