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Books recommended by Brian Cox

Brian Cox recommends 21 books, among them Cosmos, The Double Helix and An Appetite for Wonder.

Cosmos

Carl Sagan

Science & nature

The Double Helix

James D. Watson

Science & nature

An Appetite for Wonder

Richard Dawkins

Biography & memoir

Empire of the Clouds

James Hamilton-Paterson

History

Gravity

James B. Hartle

Science & nature

Great Myths of the Brain

Christian Jarrett

Psychology

Human Universe

Brian Cox

Philosophy

Leonardo’s Brain

Leonard Shlain

History

Life Ascending

Nick Lane

History

Starmus

Garik Israelian

Science & nature

The Age of Wonder

Richard Holmes

History

The Blind Watchmaker

Richard Dawkins

Spirituality & religion

The First Three Minutes

Steven Weinberg

Science & nature

The Innovators

Walter Isaacson

Technology

The Perfect Meal

Betina Piqueras-Fiszman & Charles Spence

Psychology

The Quantum Moment

Robert P. Crease & Alfred S. Goldhaber

Philosophy

Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension

Matt Parker

Science & nature

What Do You Care What Other People Think?

Richard P. Feynman

Biography & memoir

What is Real

Adam Becker

History

World of Numbers

Adam Spencer

Science & nature

WTF, Evolution!?

Mara Grunbaum

Science & nature