Phwoar I'd investigate her non-euclidean geometry, IYKWIM

Bad Science by Ben Goldacre is pretty much essential reading in this genre. It explains the process of science, using crappy pseudoscience as examples.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bad-Science-Ben-Goldacre/dp/000728487X/

>>6879
She reminds me of Angela Rayner, except capable of intelligible thought rather than constantly going on about how working class she is.

The author of xkcd wrote this but I've never read it.

>>6891
The cover suggests it simplifies too much and too often; I've had a look at a few reviews of the book and they've said the novelty of calling things like a microwave a 'food-heating radio box' and a bridge a 'very tall road' wears thin very quickly and soon feels contrived.

>>6892

It's a mildly amusing conceit - the book explains complicated bits of science using only the thousand most common words in the English language. It's a spin-off from the "Up-Goer Five" comic. Fine if you like that sort of thing, but I don't imagine it would be particularly illuminating.

https://xkcd.com/1133/

I think you'll probably like The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets . It's mostly average but quite enjoyable.

Genome: the Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters was good, though some of the science is dated and the author's awful politics shine through (more pop sci). I really liked Paradox: The Nine Greatest Enigmas in Physics and similarly 13 Things That Don't Make Sense: The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time. Though humour wise I imagine We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe would be better though I haven't read it yet.

A Short History of Nearly Everything and it's unofficial "sequel" An Optimist's Tour of the Future: One Curious Man Sets Out to Answer "What's Next?" were both good.

I actually really want to read The Code Book by Singh. It's about how they deciphered hieroglyphics.

>>6880
His other book I'll think you'll find it's more complicated than that is also good. It's a collection of his newspaper columns.

>>6893

Reading that comic made me feel like I was being patronised by someone much thicker than me. Sky bag air, indeed.

>>6893
I don't think comic/webcomic illustrators translate well into books. For example, David Squires' weekly comic in The Guardian is brilliant and topical but I've got a couple of his books and it just quite doesn't work as well.

The again, there's plenty of people who don't succeed when they try different formats; Lucy Worsley may be an excellent historian and TV presenter but her books are below par.

>>6878
The Drunkard's Walk by Leonard Mlodinow.