I really can't understand the lack of love for this category. Three days in and only three nominations (two of which are mine). Well, here are some
suggestions for consideration (Note that I'm not giving the nod to any one of them in this post):
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Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior by Leonard Mlodinow
2013 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award
260 pages
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Why Does E=mc2? by Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw
2010 Royal Society Prize for Science Books
264 pages
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The Secrets of Consciousness by
Scientific American Editors
180 pages
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth. Yet today there is only one—homo sapiens. What happened to the others? And what may happen to us?
469 pages