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Ask HN: Looking for an Engaging Science Book

#1
I want to learn more about the natural sciences, and I'm looking for a great book that'll give me the basics and keep me interested. I have a terrible attention span for reading so I want something designed to keep an idiot like me engaged.

Does anyone have any recommendations?

Re: Ask HN: Looking for an Engaging Science Book

#4
A brief list, without the links to library aggregator worldcat.org in the interest of time:

An Immense World, by Ed Yong; grabbed my attention right away

Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are, by Frans de Waal; got here from dog training and Temple Grandin and animal behaviorist Patricia McConnell

How Far the Light Reaches, by Sabrina Imbler; looks fascinating

Feral, by George Monbiot; Iteland used to be a rainforest, and salmon used to choke the rivers out here in the Pacific Northwest