I've been hoodwinked too many times by well-reviewed pop-sci books which I later discovered to be hated by the actual scientists who do the work. Quantum Supremacy by Michio Kaku was the final straw ๐Ÿ˜†

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[โ€“] 7 points 1 year ago

Annals of the Former World is great, for a physical/historical/structural geology primer that's also a digestible travelogue.

Stephen Jay Gould did a lot to make shale interesting in his book on the Cambrian Explosion.

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