Popular Science Books

If you like learning about nature, science, and technology, but you aren't a PhD or serious academic, this list is for you! Readable nonfiction books on fascinating topics that bridge the gap between informative and entertaining. Learn something new and have fun at the same time!

Updated July 16, 2026
LINCC (Libraries in Clackamas County) Milwaukie Ledding Library
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How to : absurd scientific advice for common real-world problems
Munroe, Randall
Paper Book
For any task you might want to do, there's a right way, a wrong way, and a way so monumentally bad that no one would ever try it. HOW TO is a guide to the third kind of approach. It's full of highly impractical advice for everything from landing a plane to digging a hole.Bestselling author...
Exactly : how precision engineers created the modern world
Winchester, Simon
Paper Book
Bestselling author Simon Winchester writes a magnificent history of the pioneering engineers who developed precision machinery to allow us to see as far as the moon and as close as the Higgs boson. Precision is the key to everything. It is an integral, unchallenged and essential component of our...

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