I’ve been hoodwinked too many times by well-reviewed pop-sci books which I later discovered to be hated by the actual scientists who do the work. Quantum Supremacy by Michio Kaku was the final straw 😆

Cheers!

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    A good resource in general is The Teaching Company which produces The Great Courses.

    Not books, but dvd’s of college courses, typically about 300 level but also intro courses too, from places like Columbia, Harvard, etc.

    Pick a subject, they likely have a course. I’ve found these instructors to be engaging and honest about what they know, what they don’t, and what they suppose is likely (this applies to the sciences as well as history).

    Many of them you can just listen to. I get them from my local library and convert them to video and audio files.