From Time's Top 10 Non-Fiction books:
- The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes
- Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth by Apostolos Doxiadis, Christos H. Papadimitriou, Alecos Papadatos and Annie Di Donna
As usual, if you've seen any best book of the year lists out there that you think I should mention, please let me know.
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