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12 books with a reading profile close to Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Outward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.

1

The science of The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy

by Michael Hanlon, Michael Hanlon

Also outward-looking · analytical, science fiction

Michael Hanlon examines the physics and biology behind Douglas Adams’s space comedy, comparing fictional inventions to real laboratory research.
2

Ender's world

by Orson Scott Card, Janis Ian

analytical, science fiction

Ender’s World is a collection of essays edited by Orson Scott Card that analyzes the military, psychological, and social dimensions of the novel Ender’s Game.
3

Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries

by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, accessible

Neil deGrasse Tyson assembles a collection of essays that explain the laws governing the universe and the history of scientific discovery.
4

The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True

by Richard Dawkins

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, accessible

Richard Dawkins tackles questions that children ask about the world, such as who the first person was, what the sun is, why there are seasons, what causes earthquakes and rainbows, and why bad things happen.
5

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

by Carlo Rovelli

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, accessible

Carlo Rovelli condenses the fundamental pillars of modern physics into seven distinct segments.
6

THE DAY AFTER

by Brian Tyler Cohen

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, accessible

The author of “Shameless” looks at the relationship Republicans and Democrats have to power and prescribes ways for it to be used after Donald Trump’s presidency.
7

Physics of the Impossible

by Michio Kaku

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, science fiction

Michio Kaku categorizes the technologies of science fiction into three levels of physical possibility based on the laws of thermodynamics and electromagnetism.
8

THE INVISIBLE COUP

by Peter Schweizer

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, accessible

Peter Schweizer argues that current patterns of mass migration are not accidental shifts in population but are instead calculated tools of political warfare.
9

I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

by Ed Yong

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, accessible

Ed Yong examines the complex symbiosis between animals and the trillions of bacteria, viruses, and fungi that inhabit their bodies.
10

SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance

by Steven D. Levitt

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, accessible

Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner apply microeconomic principles to unconventional human behaviors, arguing that people respond directly to incentives regardless of moral implications.
11

Revenge of the Tipping Point

by Malcolm Gladwell

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, accessible

Twenty-five years after his first look at social epidemics, Malcolm Gladwell revisits how ideas and behaviors spread through populations.
12

Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body

by Neil Shubin

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, accessible

Neil Shubin explains how the structure of the human body originates from ancient aquatic ancestors.

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