Popular science

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Popular science (pop-sci) is a term describing books, journals, documentries etc. about science but in which technical terms and details are usually kept to a minimum so that they can convey scientific theories and concepts to people who have not studied their field in detail.

For lists of popular-science resources see the books and radio pages.

Pop-sci evo-bio Authors

• Richard Dawkins
• Daniel C. Dennett
• Jared Diamond
• Niles Eldredge
• Tijs Goldschmidt
• Stephen Jay Gould
• Donald Johanson
• Richard Leakey
• Ernst Mayr
• Simon Conway Morris
• Desmond Morris
• Steven Pinker
• Matt Ridley
• George Gaylord Simpson
• Peter Douglas Ward
• Jonathan Weiner
• George C. Williams
• Edward O. Wilson

Pop-sci journals & magazines

• Science Magazine
• New Scientist
• Nature Journal
• Natural History
• Popular Science
• National Geographic
• Scientific American
• Focus magazine

See also: In the news for news sources

Pop-sci evo-bio film & television documentries

• Evolution (PBS documentry) [1]
• Life of Mammals (BBC documentry) [2] [3]
• Life on Earth (BBC documentry) [4]
• The Blind Watchmaker, by Richard Dawkins was adapted in a BBC Horizon documentary.