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A delightful, bite-sized exploration of the world's most delightfully baffling everyday mysteries. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?.
- lighthearted
- breezy
- intellectually stimulating
- 01
Bad Science
Ben Goldacre · 2008
A hilarious, exasperated, and fiercely intelligent takedown of the pseudoscience that surrounds us every day.
- 02
Bonk
Mary Roach
A hilarious, unapologetic romp through the awkward and fascinating science of human sexuality.
- 03
The Magic of Reality
Richard Dawkins
A visually stunning and intellectually exhilarating journey that replaces the magic of myth with the far more spectacular magic of scientific truth.
- 04
Atoms Under the Floorboards
Chris Woodford
A delightful, eye-opening tour through the hidden physics governing the ordinary objects in your home.
- 05
Weird but true!
National Geographic Kids
A high-energy, visually popping explosion of bizarre trivia that makes learning feel like a game.
- 06
The Greatest Show on Earth
Richard Dawkins · 2009
A passionate, unapologetic masterclass in scientific deduction that transforms the mechanics of biology into a source of profound wonder.
- 07
The book of general ignorance
John Mitchinson and John Lloyd
A delightfully cheeky reality check that dismantles everything you thought you learned in school.
- 08
Why evolution is true
Jerry A. Coyne · 2009
A masterclass in scientific clarity that leaves you marveling at the magnificent, undeniable reality of the natural world.
- 09
Your inner fish
Neil Shubin
A joyful, mind-expanding journey through deep time that reveals the ancient menagerie hiding within our own anatomy.
- 10
What If?
Randall Munroe
A delightful exercise in taking the most ridiculous questions imaginable and answering them with rigorous, cheerfully apocalyptic science.
- 11
The World According to Clarkson
Jeremy Clarkson
A boisterous, laugh-out-loud tour through the absurdities and eccentricities of modern life.
- 12
Bad astronomy
Philip C. Plait
A witty, myth-busting tour of the cosmos that replaces popular misconceptions with the far more fascinating truth.
