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Smithsonian Magazine – 10 Best Science Books of the Year
44 recognized books, each paired with conversations featuring the author.

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Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
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End of the Megafauna: The Fate of the World’s Hugest, Fiercest, and Strangest Animals
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The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World
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Origins: How Earth’s History Shaped Human History
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Superior: The Return of Race Science
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Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
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The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
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Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
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The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred
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The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration
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Extraordinary Insects: The Fabulous, Indispensable Creatures Who Run Our World
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Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl
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The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another
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Eating the Sun: Small Musings on a Vast Universe
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The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything
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Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
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Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
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Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction
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Our Moon: How Earth’s Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are
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The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
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Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
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Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World
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Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell
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Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O’Connell’s Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People
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The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean
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An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
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Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus
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Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science
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Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey
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How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures
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The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
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Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction
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Life’s Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive
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Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas
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Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
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Nerve: Adventures in the Science of Fear
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The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last
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The Human Cosmos: Civilization and the Stars
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The Reality Bubble: How Science Reveals the Hidden Truths that Shape Our World
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The Devil’s Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance
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