Brim's Science Stuff



GOOD SCIENCE BOOKSRecommended by various teachers on NSTA’s listserv; Compiled in part by Herbert TsoiAuthor(s) / Editor(s)Name of bookPage #Publisher, year of publication, ISBNComments accompanying some of the original recommendationsAbbey, EdwardDesert Solitaire: A season in the wilderness3521985Abbott, EdwinFlatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions961992The best introduction one can find into the manner of perceiving dimensions (Asimov). Thought provoking very short book.Ackerman, DianeA natural history of the senses352Vintage Books, 1991.Ackerman, DianeThe Moon by Whale Light: And Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins, Crocodilians, and Whales249First Vintage Books, 1992. ISBN 0-679-74226-3Ackerman, DianeThe Rarest of the Rare: Vanishing Animals, Timeless Worlds 208Vintage, 1997. ISBN 978-0679776239Aczel, AmirUranium Wars: the Scientific Rivalry that Created the Nuclear Age.256Traces the story of the discoveries around radioactivity, then describes the competition to develop the fission bomb and continues with the H-bomb and the cold war.Adams, DouglasThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy208Adams, DouglasThe Restaurant at the end of the Universe2561995Adams , Douglas and Mark CarwardineLast Chance to See 256Adler, Irving & De Witt, CorneliusThe Wonders of Physics: An Introduction to the Physical World165Golden Press, 1966. ASIN B0007DVHGQAlder, KenThe Measure of All Things: The seven-year odyssey and hidden error that transformed the world448Free Press, 2002.The story of the two astronomers/scientists commissioned to measure the length of the prime meridian through France in order to determine the length of the prime meridian and, thereby, the meter. Mechain fudges his data, Delambre makes calculation errors. Alexander, CarolineThe Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition2241998Alten, SteveMeg: a novel of deep terror2882008Alvarez, WalterT-Rex and the Crater of Doom2162008Alvord, Lori & Pelt, Elizabeth Cohen VanThe Scalpel and the Silver Bear: The First Navajo Woman Surgeon Combines Western Medicine and Traditional Healing2042000. ISBN 0553378007Ambrose, StephenUndaunted Courage528American Nuclear SocietyControlled Nuclear Chain Reaction: The First 50 Years193American Nuclear Society, 1992. ISBN 0-89448-557-1Andrews, SarahFault Line (St. Martin's Minotaur Mysteries)3362003Andrews, SarahKiller Dust: A Mystery Featuring Forensic Geologist Em Hansen3202003Angier, NatalieThe Canon: A whirligig tour of the beautiful basics of science304Ardrey, RobertAfrican Genesis: A personal investigation into the animal origins and nature of man3841977A easy read.Ariely, DanPredictably Irrational322Asimov, IsaacAsimov's Chronology of Science & Discovery: Updated and Illustrated791HarperCollins Publishers, 1994. ISBN: 0062701134Asimov, Isaac Understanding Physics: 3 Volumes in One: Motion, Sound & Heat; Light, Magnetism & Electricity; The Electron, Proton & Neutron (v. 1-3)496Dorset Press, 1988. ISBN 978-0880292511Atkins, PeterGalileo's Finger: The ten great ideas of science400Atkins, PeterThe Periodic Kingdom: A Journey Into the Land of the Chemical Elements (Science Masters Series) 176Baker, Rachel and Copelman, EvelynThe First Woman Doctor192Scholastic Paperbacks, 1987. ISBN 059044767X.Baker, Robert A.A Stress Analysis of a Strapless Evening Gown: Essays for a Scientific Age192Prentice Hall, 1982. ISBN 0138526087Bakker, BobDinosaur Heresies: New Theories Unlocking the Mystery of the Dinosaurs and Their Extinction4802001Ball, PhillipElegant Solutions: Ten Beautiful Experiments in Chemistry 220Barry, JohnRising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America5281998Bartusiak, MarciaEinstein's Unfinished Symphony: Listening to the Sound of Space-Time272Berkley, 2003. ISBN 0-425-18620-2Baxter, StephenAges in Chaos: James Hutton and the Discovery of Deep Time2562006GeologyBeckette, SimonThe Chemistry of Death313Bantam Books, 2006. ISBN 978-0593055212kids will find fascinating because it is so graphic and gruesomeBeerling, DavidThe Emerald Planet: how plants changed Earth's history304Bekoff, marcMinding Animals: Awareness, Emotions, and Heart256Oxford University Press, 2003, 0195163370An exhilarating tour of the emotional and mental world of animals, meet creatures who do amazing things and whose lives are filled with mysteries.Belkin, LisaFirst, Do No Harm 368Ballantine Books, 1993, ISBN: 0-449-22290-X.Bell, Madison SmarttLavoisier in the Year One: The Birth of a New Science in an Age of Revolution214W. W. Norton & Co, 2005. ISBN 0393-05155-2Benton, Michael J.When Life Nearly Died: The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time3362005Berger, JohnNuclear Power: The Unviable Option: A Critical Look At Our Energy Alternatives384Ramparts Press, 1976. ISBN 978-0878670635Bernd HeinrichThe Geese of Beaver Bog240ASIN B000GG4FZE 2005Bernd HeinrichWinter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival 4002009. ISBN 978-0061129070Berry, AdrianGalileo and the Dolphins: Amazing But True Stories From Science2881996Biddle, WayneA Field Guide to Germs2402002Biro, DavidOne Hundred Days: My Unexpected Journey from Doctor to Patient. 304Vintage. IBSN 0-375-70673-9Bjornerud, MarciaReading the Rocks: The Autobiography of the Earth2562006Really well written story of geologyBlanding, Sharon L.The Science of Sports: How Things in Sports Work201Barnes & Noble, 2003. ISBN 978-0760735015Blum, DeborahSex on the Brain352Blum, DeborahThe Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York319Bobick, JamesThe Handy Biology Answer Book5652004. ISBN 978-1578591503Bodanis, DavidE=MC2 : The Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation337A great book for understanding a lot of basic chemistry and physics. Bodanis, DavidPassionate Minds: Emilie du Chatelet, Voltaire, and the Great Love Affair of the Enlightenment3842007Bohjalian, Chris A. Midwives384Vintage Books, ISBN 0375706771Bortz, FredLibrary of Subatomic ParticlesRosen Publishing Group, 20046 volumes. Each volume is about 64 pagesBortz, FredBeyond Jupiter – The Story of Planetary Astronomer Heidi Hammel1282006Bortz, Fred and Bortz, AlfredPhysics: Decade by Decade263Facts On File, 2007. ISBN 9780816055326Bortz, FredSuperstuff ! Materials That Have Changed Our Lives144Franklin Watts, 1990Bova, BenFaint Echoes, Distant Stars: The Science and Politics of Finding Life Beyond Earth352Harper Collins, 2004. ISBN 0-380-97519-XBown, StephenA Most Damnable Invention : Dynamite, Nitrates, and the Making of the Modern World272Thomas Dunne Books, 2005. ISBN 0-312-32913-XBradbury, Ray; Clarke, Arthur C.; Murray, Bruce; Sagan, Carl; Sullivan, WalterMars and the Mind of Man143Harper & Row, 1973. ISBN 978-0060104436Bragg, MelvinOn Giants' Shoulders: Great Scientists and Their Discoveries – from Archimedes to DNA386Wiley, 2000. ISBN 978-0471396840Brody, David Eliot and Arnold R.Science Class You Wish You Has: The seven greatest scientific discoveries in history and the people who made them.400Brown, G.Scientist, Soldier, Statesman, Spy - Count Rumford: The Extraordinary Life of a Scientific Genius182Sutton Publishing, 2001. ISBN 978-1422393239Brox, JaneBrilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light368The history of lighting is a microcosm of scientific and technological advances since the Stone Age.Bryson, BillA Walk in the Woods304Bryson, BillA Short History of Nearly Everything560The book provides students with the reasons of why the Scientific Method evolved as a process and why even they can become scientists. They learn that Newton was a slightly crazy alchemist, Einstein had trouble with math and school, Darwin procrastinated on publishing his ideas, and so on.Bryson, BillAt Home: A short history of private life592Bryson reconstructs the fascinating history of the household, room by room. With waggish humor and a knack for unearthing the extraordinary stories behind the seemingly commonplace.Buchmann, Stephen L. & Nabhan, Gary PaulThe Forgotten Pollinators3121997Buckingham, JohnChasing the Molecule 262Burdick, AlanOut of Eden: An Odyssey of Ecological Invasion3522006National Book Award finalistBurke, JamesThe Day the Universe Changed: How Galileo's Telescope Changed The Truth and Other Events in History That Dramatically Altered Our Understanding of the World3521995Cairns-Smith, A.GSeven Clues to the Origin of Life: A Scientific Detective Story1441990Callanan, Maggie & Kelley, PatriciaFinal Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying2391997, ISBN 0553378767Carnegie Library of Pittsburg, Science and Technology DepartmentThe Handy Science Answer Book650Visible Ink Press, 2002.ISBN 978-1578591404Carr, NicholasThe Shallows: What the internet is doing to our brains276Explores how the tools of the internet age are altering the way people find and use information.Carroll, Michael C.Lab 257: The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Germ Laboratory352New York: HarperCollins, 2004. ISBN 006-001141-6Carroll, Sean B.Remarkable Creatures352Carroll, Sean B.Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo3682006The new science of "evo devo" (evolutionary developmental biology) examines the relationships between embryonic development and evolutionary changes, despite their radically different time scalesCarroll, Sean B.The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution3042007a fast-paced look at how DNA demonstrates the evolutionary processCarroll, Sean B.Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origin of Species3522009an entertaining and readable book of the very real people and their true adventures in their search for answers in evolutionary biologyCarson, BenGifted Hands323Zondervan, 1996. ISBN: 0310214696 Autobiography of an African American doctorCarson, RachelA Silent Spring440Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1970American Geographical Society - Conservationist of the Year. 1963Cheney, MargaretTesla: Man Out of Time4002001 ISBN 978-0743215367Chown, MarcusThe matchbox that ate a Forty Ton Truck: what everyday things tell us about the universe269A cosmology writer puts basic physics principles in an everyday context.Cindi Broaddus, Cindi & Suiters, Kimberly LohmanA Random Act: An Inspiring True Story of Fighting to Survive and Choosing to Forgive2242006, ISBN 0060735155Cobb, Cathy, and Fetterolf, Monty L.The Joy of Chemistry3932005 ISBN 1591022312Colinvaux, Paul A.Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare: An Ecologist's Perspective256Princeton University Press, 1978. ISBN 0-691-08194-8Cook, RobinAcceptable Risk406The Berkeley Publishing Group, New Yorkmedical suspense novelsCook, RobinChromosome 6460The Berkeley Publishing Group, New Yorkmedical suspense novelsCook, RobinComa386The Berkeley Publishing Group, New Yorkmedical suspense novelsCook, RobinContagion496The Berkeley Publishing Group, New Yorkmedical suspense novelsCook, RobinFatal Cure464The Berkeley Publishing Group, New Yorkmedical suspense novelsCook, RobinHarmful Intent368The Berkeley Publishing Group, New York, 1991medical suspense novelsCook, RobinMutation 338The Berkeley Publishing Group, New York, 1989. ISBN 0-425-11965-3medical suspense novelsCook, RobinOutbreak340The Berkeley Publishing Group, New Yorkmedical suspense novelsCook, RobinTerminal445The Berkeley Publishing Group, New Yorkmedical suspense novelsCorwin, JeffLiving on the Edge: Amazing Relationships in the Natural World3202004Cousins, Norman, Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient: Reflections on Healing and Regeneration192Norton Publishing , ISBN 0393041905 2001Coyne, JerryWhy Evolution is True3042010Credit, Larry P., Hartunian, Sharon G., Nowak, Margaret J., Your Guide to Complementary Medicine224Avery Publishing Group, 1998, ISBN: 0-89529-831-7.Crichton, MichaelAirframe351Techno-thrillerCrichton, MichaelAndromeda Strain286Techno-thrillerCrichton, MichaelCongo348Techno-thrillerCrichton, MichaelDisclosure512Techno-thrillerCrichton, MichaelJurassic Park399Techno-thrillerCrichton, MichaelNext418Techno-thrillerCrichton, MichaelPrey528Techno-thrillerCrichton, MichaelRising Sun461Techno-thrillerCrichton, MichaelSphere544Techno-thrillerCrichton, MichaelState of Fear672Techno-thrillerCrichton, MichaelThe Lost World393Techno-thrillerCrichton, MichaelTimeline512Techno-thrillerCrichton, MichaelTravels440Techno-thrillerCrichton, MichaelFive Patients: The Hospital Explained272Bt Bound; (May 2000) ISBN: 061321546XCrick, FrancisWhat Mad Pursuit: A Personal View of Scientific Discovery2081990Crump, ThomasA Brief History of Science as Seen Through the Development of Scientific Instruments425ISBN 0-841l9-235-XDarwin, CharlesCharles Darwin's Beagle Diary (1831-1836)520Darwin, CharlesThe Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex430Long, but classic.Darwin, CharlesThe Voyage of the Beagle216A much more enjoyable read than other Darwin works. Short and a classic that any serious biology student should readDarwin, Charles; Quammen, David (ed)On the Origin of Species – illustrated edition386The illustrations are plentiful and marvelous and spaced throughout the book are letters and excerpts from Darwin's other writings. Davies, PaulThe Last Three Minutes: Conjectures About The Ultimate Fate Of The Universe 176Basic Books, 1997. ISBN 978-0465038510Davis, Sampson; Jenkins, George; Hunt, Rameck; Page, Lisa FrazierThe Pact: Three Young Men make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream2722003, ISBN 157322989XThree men who make a pact to grove up to be doctors.Dawkins, RichardA Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love272Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 2003. ISBN 0-618-33540-4Dawkins, Richard; Ward, LalaClimbing Mount Improbable352New York: W. W. Norton & Company. 1996. ISBN 0-393-31682-3Dawkins, RichardRiver Out of Eden: A Darwinian view of Life192New York: Basic Books. 1995. ISBN 0-465-06990-8Dawkins, RichardThe Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution688Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 2004. ISBN 0-618-00583-8Aventis Prize Finalist, 2005Dawkins, RichardThe Blind Watchmaker: Why the evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design496New York: W. W. Norton & Company. 1986. ISBN 0-393-31570-3L.A. Times Book Prize, 1987Dawkins, RichardThe Extended PhenotypeOxford: Oxford University Press. 1982. ISBN 0-19-288051-9Dawkins, RichardThe God Delusion406Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 2006. ISBN 0-618-68000-4Dawkins, RichardThe Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution472Transworld. 2009. ISBN 0-593-06173-XDawkins, RichardThe Selfish Gene384Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1976. ISBN 0-19-286092-5Los Angeles Times Literary PrizeDawkins, RichardUnweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion, and the Appetite for Wonder352Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1998. ISBN 0-618-05673-4De Kruif, Paul; Gonzalez-Crussi, F.Microbe Hunters372An interesting introduction to scientific thinking through the discoveries of Pasteur, Koch, and others. Be careful with this one some historic terms for people of different races may cause students and parents concernDeffeyes, Kenneth S.Hubbert's Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage232Dethier, VincentTo Know a Fly120A very slim book on scientific investigation. Easy and fun.Diamond, JaredCollapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed592Aventis Prize Finalist, 2006Diamond, JaredGuns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies496Pulitzer Prize, Aventis Prize, 1998Diamond, JaredThe Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal432Aventis and L A Times Book Prize, 1992Dillard, AnniePilgrim at Tinker Creek3041974, HarperCollins. ISBN 1-56849-706-7Pulitzer Prize Non-fiction 1975Dingus, Lowell & Lowe, TimothyMistaken Extinction : Dinosaur Evolution and the Origin of Birds332Dixon, DougalAfter Man: A zoology of the Future124Dolnick, EdwardThe Clockwork Universe: Issac Newton, The Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World.400Dolnick, EdwardDown the Great Unknown: John Wesley Powell’s 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon400Dr. SeussThe Lorax72Elementary but usable even in high school. Message is conservationDouglas, John and Olshaker, MarkMind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit375Douglas, John and Olshaker, MarkObsession: The FBI’s Legendary Profiler Probes the Psyches of Killers, Rapists, and Stalkers and their Victims and Tells How to Fight Back379Drye, WilliamStorm of the Century, the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935326Du Brul, Jack B.Vulcan’s Forge348Adventure fiction about an undersea volcanoDuane, DianeDeep Wizardry384Dubner, Stephen & Leavitt, StevenFreakonomics?320Dubner, Stephen & Leavitt, StevenSuperfreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Substitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers should by Life Insurance?320Earle, SylviaSea Change: A Message of the Oceans361Earle, SylviaThe World is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean's are One320Einstein, AlbertRelativity the Special and the General Theory: A clear Explanation that Anyone Can Understand92Gramercy, 1988. ISBN 0517029618Eisner, ThomasFor Love of Insects464Very interesting easy read if you like insects and spiders. Rather long, but the chapters stand alone so you can assign just part of the book. Eisner provides simplified explanations of lots of different experiments he and his students have performed along with their meaning. My favorite is on the silk “writing” produced by some orb weaving spiders. His ingenious simple test of a hypothesis is classic.Eisner, Thomas, Eisner, Maria, and Siegler, MelodySecret Weapons: Defenses of Insects, Spiders, Scorpions, and Other Many-Legged Creatures 384Emoto, MasaruThe Hidden Messages in Water159Atria, 2005. ISBN 978-0743289801Emsley, JohnMolecules of murder: criminal molecules and classic cases2762008Although fairly technical, this book is full of fascinating details and well presented actual case studies (both old and modern). It makes some interesting points: 1) Murder by poison (and to get away with it) is virtually impossible given our current forensic abilities, 2) many "natural" chemicals are among the most toxic 3) Most chemical have both beneficial and detrimental effects depending on dose.Emsley, JohnMolecules at an Exhibition: Portraits of Intriguing Materials in Everyday Life272Emsley, JohnNature's Building Blocks: an A-Z of the elements560Emsley, JohnThe 13th Element: the sordid tale of murder, fire, and phosphorus327All about phosphorus. Lots of bombs and boiling of urine. High school boys should like itEpstein, Fred J. Gifts of Time253The Berkley Publishing Group, 1993, ISBN: 0-425-14403-8.Epstein, Lewis CarrollThinking Physics: Understandable Practical Reality582Insight Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0935218084Explains deep ideas in physics in an easy-to-understand wayEssig, MarkEdison and the Electric Chair: The Story of Light and Death368Evans, Howard EnsignLife on a Little Known Planet330Ewing, RexHydrogen: Hot Stuff Cool Science: Discover the future of energy288PixyJack Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0977372416Farmer, NancyThe House of the Scorpion380a science fiction novel about cloning and growing people to provide body parts to keep drug lords alive.Ferris, TimothyComing of Age in the Milky Way512Ferris, TimothySeeing in the Dark: How amateur Astronomers are Discovering the Wonders of the Universe400Feynman, Richard; Feynman, Michelle; Ferris, TimothyPerfectly Reasonable Deviations From the Beaten Track: The Letters of Richard P. Feynman486Basic Books, 2006. ISBN 978-0465023714Feynman, RichardSix Easy Pieces and Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher384Perseus, 2001. ISBN 978-0738206509Feynman, Richard P.The Feynman Lectures on Physics including Feynman's Tips on Physics: The Definitive and Extended Edition1552Addison Wesley, 2005. ISBN 978-0805390452Feynman, Richard P.The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist 144Basic Books, 2005. ISBN 978-0465023943Feynman, Richard P.The Pleasure of Finding Things Out270Basic Books, 2005. ISBN 978-0465023950amazingFeynman, Richard PhillipsSurely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!352Feynman, Richard PhillipsWhat Do You Care What Other People Think?2561988 ISBN 9780553347845 Bantam BooksFiffer, SteveTyrannosaurus Sue: The Extraordinary Saga of the Largest, Most Fought Over T. Rex Ever Found272W. H. Freeman, 2001. ISBN 978-0716794622Fink, Carolyn ParnallOn Duty256ISBN 0-449-14965-XTrue stories about patients as told by a nurseFirlik, KatrinaAnother Day in the Frontal Lobe: A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside2712007, ISBN 0812973402Florman, Samuel C.The Existential Pleasures of Engineering224St. Martin’s Griffin, 1996. ISBN 978-0312141042Flatow, IraRainbows, Curveballs, and Other Wonders of the Natural World Explained2401988 ISBN 0060972378Foco, Zonya & Moss, StephenWater With Lemon: An Inspiring Story of Diet-free, Guilt-free Weight Loss!2562007, ISBN 1890926108Follett, KenA Dangerous Fortune 5331993fictionFollett, KenThe Third Twin 4801996fictionFollett, KenWhiteout 4802004fictionForbes, PeterThe Gecko's Foot: Bio-Inspiration — Engineering New Materials and Devices from Nature 292Forsyth, Adrian & Miyata, KenTropical Nature: The Life and Death in the Rain Forests of Central and South America 272Fortey, RichardEarth--An Intimate History448Fossey, DianGorillas in the Mist400Fourteen Friends. The Fourteen Friends Guide to Eldercaring: Practical Advice, Inspiration, Shared Experiences, Space for your Thoughts, 224Broadway Books, ISBN 0767906004.Fraser, AlistairChasing the Monsoon273Freese, BarbaraCoal: A Human History320Friedman, Thomas L.The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century672Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2006. ASIN B000UEX0DUFrisch, KarlAnimal Architecture306ISBN: 0156075202Animal homes beyond elementary schoolGalanti, Geri Ann. Caring for Patients from Different Cultures, 144UPA Press, ISBN 0-8122-1608-3; ISBN 0812220315; Gamow, GeorgeMr Tompkins in Wonderland or Stories of c, G, and hMacmillan Co., 1946Gamow, GeorgeMr Tompkins inside himself: Adventures in the new biology, 274Viking Press, 1967Gamow, GeorgeMr. Tompkins learns the facts of life116Cambridge University Press, 1953 Gamow, George; Hookam, JohnMr. Tompkins in Paperback186Cambridge University Press, 1993, ISBN 0-521-44771-2Gamow, GeorgeThe New World of Mr. Tompkins272Cambridge University Press, 2001 (revised and updated edition), ISBN 0-521-63992-1Gamow, GeorgeThirty Years that Shook Physics: The Story of Quantum Theory240Dover Publications, 1985. ISBN 978-0486248950Gardner, Martin; Ravielli, AnthonyRelativity for the MillionHarper & Brothers, 1962. ISBN 978-0025425408Gardner, MartinScience - Good, Bad, and Bogus: a skeptical look at extraordinary claims…412Prometheus Books, 1990. ISBN 978-0879755737Garfield, SimonMauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World 242Discovery of analine dyes. More interesting than it soundsGarrett, LaurieThe Coming Plague Emerging Diseases in a World out of Balance768Pulitzer, Polk and Peabody prize Gaviola, SandraMy Pocket Mentor: A Health Care Professional’s Guide to Success2562004. ISBN: 1401835082Gawande, AtwulComplications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science269Gendersen, P. ErikThe Handy Physics Answer Book450Visible Ink Press, 1998. ISBN 978-1578590582Gladwell, MalcolmBlink: The power of thinking without thinking320Gladwell, MalcolmOutliers: The Story of Success336Gladwell, MalcolmThe Tipping Point: How Little Things can make Difference301Gleick, JamesGenius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman531Vintage, 1993. Gold, Thomas K.; Dyson, FreemanDeep, Hot Biosphere: The Myth of Fossil Fuels264Goldsmith, BarbaraObsessive Genius: The inner world of Marie Curie256About Marie CurieGonick, LarryThe Cartoon Guide to Chemistry256Gonick, LarryThe Cartoon Guide to Physics224Harper Perennial, 1991. ISBN 978-0062731005Goodstein, DavidOut of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil144Gornick, VivianWomen in Science: 100 Journeys into the Territory172Touchstone Books, 1990. ISBN 978-0671695927Gottlieb, LoriStick Figure240Simon & Schuster, ISBN 0684863588Gould, Stephen JayAn Urchin in the Storm: Essays about Books and Ideas 256W. W. Norton, 1987. ISBN 0-393-02492-X Gould, Stephen JayBully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural history 544W. W. Norton, 1991. ISBN 978-0-393-02961-1 . 540 pp.Gould, Stephen Jay; Purcell, RosamondCrossing Over: Where Art and Science Meet 159Arno Press, 2000. ISBN 0-405-12751-0Gould, Stephen JayDinosaur in a Haystack: Reflections in Natural History 496New York: Harmony Books, ISBN 0-517-70393-9 Gould, Stephen JayEight Little Piggies: Reflections in natural history 480W. W. Norton, 1993. ISBN 0-393-03416-X Gould, Stephen JayEver Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History288W. W. Norton, 1977. ISBN 978-0-393-06425-4 Gould, Stephen JayFinders Keepers: Eight Collectors 192W. W. Norton, 1992. ISBN 978-0-393-03054-9 Gould, Stephen JayFull House: The Spread of Excellence From Plato to Darwin 256Harmony Books, 1996. ISBN 0-517-70394-7 Gould, Stephen JayHedgehog, the fox, and the magister's pox: Mending and Minding the Misconceived Gap Between Science and the Humanities266Vintage, 2004. ISBN 978-0099440826Gould, Stephen JayHen's Teeth and Horse's Toes: Further reflections in natural history 416W. W. Norton, 1983. ISBN 978-0-393-01716-8 Gould, Stephen JayI Have Landed: The End of a Beginning in Natural History 432W. W. Norton, 2002. ISBN 978-0-393-01716-8 Gould, Stephen JayLeonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms 432Harvard University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-674-63940-5 Gould, Stephen JayOntogeny and Phylogeny 520Harvard University Press, 1977. ISBN 0-674-63940-5 Gould, Stephen JayPunctuated Equilibrium 4082007. ISBN 0-393-02492-X Gould, Stephen JayQuestioning the Millennium: A Rationalist's Guide to a Precisely Arbitrary Countdown 224Harmony Books, 1997. ISBN 0-609-60541-0 Gould, Stephen JayRocks of Ages: Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life 256W. W. Norton, 1999. ISBN 978-0-393-06425-4 Gould, Stephen JayThe Flamingo's Smile: Reflections in natural History 480W. W. Norton, 1985. ISBN 0-393-02228-5 Gould, Stephen JayThe Lying Stones of Marrakech 384W. W. Norton, 2000. ISBN 0-393-01380-4 Gould, Stephen JayThe Mismeasure of Man 448W. W. Norton, 1981. ISBN 978-0-393-31425-0 Gould, Stephen JayThe Panda’s Thumb: More reflections in natural history352W. W. Norton, 1980. ISBN 0-393-01380-41981 National Book AwardGould, Stephen JayThe Structure of Evolutionary Theory 14642002. ISBN 978-0-393-31425-0 Gould, Stephen JayTime's Arrow, Time's Cycle: Myth and Metaphor in the Discovery of geological time 240Harvard Univ. Press, 1987. ISBN 0-674-89198-8 online previewGould, Stephen JayWonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History 352W. W. Norton, 1989. ISBN 0-393-02705-8 . 347 pp.Gould, Stephen Jay (ed)The Book of Life: An Illustrated History of the Evolution of Life on Earth256W. W. Norton, 1993. ISBN 0-393-05003-3 Gray, TheodoreThe Elements: A visual exploration of every know atom in the universe240great pictures of the elements and some good general infoGreen, DanBiology: Life as We Know It!1282008. ISBN 978-0-7534-6253-9Green, Dan; Basher, SimonPhysics: Why Matter Matters!1282008. ISBN 8-0753462140Greene, BrianIcarus at the Edge of Time34a great "picture book" that discusses Einstein's theory of relativityGreene, BrianThe Elegant Universe464Greene, BrianThe Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time and the Texture of Reality592Vintage, 2005. ISBN 978-0375727207Greenfield, Susan The Private Life of the Brain: Emotions, Consciousness, and the Secret of the Self258John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 2000. ISBN 0-471-18343-1Greenlaw, LindaThe Hungry Ocean: a swordboat captain’s journey2882000Gribbin, JohnGet a Grip on Physics192Barnes & Noble, 2003. ISBN 978-0760737484Groopman, JeromeSecond Opinions2562001. ISBN: 0140298622Haber, LouisWomen Pioneers of Science1711979. ISBN 978-0152992026Hager, ThomasThe Alchemy of Air: a Jewish Genius, a doomed tycoon, and the scientific discovery that fed the world, but fueled the rise of Hitler336The Haber-Bosch process, humanizedHakim, JoyThe Story of Science: Aristotle leads the way256is not only educational and informative, but also interesting. She is a remarkable story teller and each story is from the vantage of the scientists of that period and how their personal life intersected with the discoveries of the time. You can get a perspective of how science keeps building on past discoveries.Hallman, TomSam: The Boy Behind the Mask2402003. ISBN: 0425191745Halpern, PaulWhat's Science Ever Done for Us: What The Simpsons Can Teach Us about Physics, Robots, Life and the Universe272Wiley, 2007. ASIN B001BRYZBQHamer, Dean & Copeland, Peter Living with Our Genes: Why they matter more than you think368Random House, Inc. 1998. ISBN 0-385-48584-0Harold, Franklin M.The Way of the Cell: Molecules, Organisms, and the Order of Life 320A survey of the advances in scientific understanding about the nature of life since Schr?dinger's time.Hart, MatthewDiamond: The History of Cold Blooded Love Affair2882002Hawking, StephenA Brief History of Time224Bantam Press,1988. ISBN 055305340XHawking, StephenA Briefer History of Time176Bantam Books, 2005. ISBN 0553804367Hawking, StephenBlack Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays192Bantam Books, 1993. ISBN 0553374117Hawking, StephenOn The Shoulders of Giants. The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy1280Running Press, 2002. ISBN 076241698XHawking, StephenThe Universe in a Nutshell224Bantam Press, 2001. ISBN 055380202XHawking, Stephen; Hawking, Lucy; Gary ParsonsGeorge's Cosmic Treasure Hunt320(Simon & Schuster, 2009) ISBN 9781416986713Hawking, Stephen & Hawking, LucyGeorge's Secret Key to the Universe304(Random House, 2007) ISBN 9780385612708Hawking, Stephen & Mlodinow, LeonardThe Grand Design280Bantam Press, 2010. ISBN 0553805371Hazen, Robert M.Genesis: The Scientific Quest for Life's Origin 368Heinrich, BerndMind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds4322007Animal BehaviorHeld, Lewis I. Jr. Quirks of Human Anatomy: An Evo-Devo Look at the Human Body2722009An Evo-Devo look at the human body - and its many "poorly designed" features; a bit technical, but light-heartedHenig, Robin MaranzThe Monk in the Garden: The lost and found genius of Gregor Mendel, the Father of Genetics3042001Heron, EchoIntensive Care: The Story of a Nurse. 384Mass Market Paperback, ISBN 0804102511.Herbert, FrankDune5171965Touted as the best science fiction book ever written.Hickam, HomerRocket Boys3842000Highfield, RogerThe Physics of Christmas: From the Aerodynamics of Reindeer to the Thermodynamics of TurkeyBack Bay Books, 1999. ISBN 978-0316366953Hoffmann, RoaldThe Same and Not the Same294Columbia University Press, 1995. 0-231-10138-4This collection of essays about the nature and practice of chemistry is as rich and diverse as the subject itself.Hofstadter, Douglas R. Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid 832Basic Books, 1999.Hopwood, DavidStreptomyces in Nature and Medicine: The Antibiotic Makers 272Holldobler, Bert & Wilson, E.O.Journey to the Ants: A story of scientific exploration3041998Horner, Jack; Gorman, JamesHow to build a Dinosaur: The new science of reverse evolution256Humes, EdwardBaby ER : The Heroic Doctors and Nurses Who Perform Medicine's Tiniest Miracles336Simon & Schuster, 2004. ISBN 0743264436Huxley, AldousBrave New World259Impey, Chris & Hartmann, WilliamThe Universe Revealed512Brooks/Cole Publishing, 1999. ISBN 978-0534248932Isaacson, WalterEinstein: his life and the universe7042007Isdell, WendyA Gebra Named Al1281993Written by an eighth graderJaffee, BernardCrucibles, the Story of Chemistry from ancient alchemy to nuclear fission3841976A history of the beginnings of atomic theory. one of my all time favorites - an easy read even for my more "average" studentsJanse, Allison & Gerba, CharlesThe Germ Freak's Guide to Outwitting Colds and Flu : Guerilla Tactics to Keep Yourself Healthy at Home, at Work and in the World1942005, ISBN: 0757303277Johnson, B. K.Optics and Optical Instruments256Dover, 1960. ISBN 978-0486606422Johnson, StevenThe Ghost Map: The Story of London’s most terrifying Epidemic3202007a meticulously researched book about the 1854 London cholera outbreakJudson, Horace FreelThe Eighth Day of Creation: The Makers of the revolution in Biology6861979Justice, BlairWho Gets Sick – How Beliefs, Moods and Thoughts Affect Your Health, 464Park Printing; ISBN 0960537678Kakalios, JamesThe Physics of Superheroes 364Gotham, 2009. ISBN 1592405088Kaku, MichioEinstein's Cosmos272Kamkwambe, WilliamThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind288about a boy from Malawi who teaches himself and then builds a wind turbine to bring electricity and irrigation to his family and villageKaplan, Michael & Kaplan, EllenChances Are: Adventures in Probability336Viking, 2006. ISBN 0670034878Karukstis, Kerry K. & Hecke, Gerald R. VanChemistry Connections: The Chemical Basis of Everyday Phenomena (2nd Ed)2502003Kasper, Joseph E. & Feller, Steven A.The Complete Book of Holograms: How They Work and How to Make Them224Dover Publications, 2001. ISBN 978-0486415802Kean, SamThe Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements416Little, Brown & Co. 2010, ISBN 978-0316-05164-4Kehret, PegSmall Steps: The Year I Got Polio2242006, ISBN 0807574597Keyes, DanielFlowers for Algernon286Bantam Books, New York 1966. ISBN 0-553-27450-3Kluger, RichardAshes to Ashes: America's Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris811First Vintage Books, 1997. ISBN 0-394-57076-6Kozima, HideoThe Science of the Cold Fusion Phenomena: In Search of the Physics and Chemistry behind Complex Experimental Data Sets208Elsevier Science, 2006. ISBN 978-0080451107Krakauer, JonInto Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster288Krauss, Lawrence M.Fear of Physics288Perseus Books, 1993. ISBN 0-465-02367-3Krauss, Lawrence M.The Physics of Star Trek280Basic Books, 2007. ISBN 978-0465002047Kuhn, Thomas S.The Structure of Scientific Revolutions226Books LLC, 2009. ISBN 978-1443255448Kumar, ManjitQuantum: Einstein, Bohr, and the Great Debate about the nature of radioactivity.448It puts a face on all the people in your chemistry text.Kurlansky, MarkCod: A biography of the fish that changed the world294Kurlansky, MarkSalt: A World History4982003Kuzrweil, RayHow to Create a Mind: The secret of human thought revealed3172012 ISBN 9780143124047 Penguin BooksLane, NickLife Ascending: the ten great inventions of evolution344Lane, NickOxygen: The molecule that made the world384Lane, NickPower, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the meaning of life3682006Aventis Prize Finalist 2006Larson, Erik & Cline, Isaac MonroeIsaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History3362000Le Couteur, PennyNapoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History384The author has retold history from the perspective of 17 groups of molecules and how important they were in the formation of civilization. … start with the simple alloys (bronze) and gold and you can quickly appreciate the importance of some raw materials. It is when you add the influence of salt supplies, dyes, synthetic rubber, etc. that the stories become very interesting Lederman, Leon with Dick TeresiThe God Particle: If the Universe is the answer, what is the question?410ISBN 0618711686Lederman, LeonFrom Quarks to the Cosmos: Tools of Discovery2421995Lederman, LeonPortraits of Great American Scientists3002001Lederman, LeonSymmetry and the Beautiful Universe3632008Lee, Laura100 Most Dangerous Things in Everyday Life240ISBN 0-7679-1716-2Leighton, RalphTuva or Bust! Richard Feynman’s last journey2601991 ISBN 0-393-32069-3About the author and his friend Richard Feynman's attempt to travel to Tuva.Leopold, AldoA Sand County Almanac: With essays on conservation194Ballantine Books, 1990. ASIN B001HZJCL0 a classic often sited even today.Levi, PrimoThe Periodic Table 241Levy, DavidImpact Jupiter: The Crash of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 93042003Lewis, ArthurThe Struggle Between Science and Superstition198Nabu Press, 2010. ISBN 978-1149555903Lightman, AlanEinstein's Dreams144Random House, 1992. ISBN 0-446-67011-1presents some ideas about time that most students have not consideredLightman, AlanThe Discoveries: Great Breakthroughs in 20th-Century Science592ISBN-13: 978-0375421686 Lindley, DavidDegrees Kelvin: A tale of genius, invention, and tradegy392978-0309096188 Joseph Henry PressLondon, OscarKill as Few Patients as Possible. 120Ten Speed Press; 10th edition (May 1987) ISBN: 089815197XLorenz, KonradBehind the Mirror: A Search for a Natural History of Human Knowledge 2611973Lorenz, KonradCivilized Man's Eight Deadly Sins 961974Lorenz, KonradEvolution and Modification of Behaviour 1281965Lorenz, KonradKing Solomon’s Ring2241949Lorenz, KonradMan Meets Dog 2241950Lorenz, KonradOn Aggression 3341966Lorenz, KonradThe Foundations of Ethology 4041982Lorenz, KonradThe Year of the Greylag Goose 1991979Lorenz, Konrad with Leyhausen, PaulMotivation of Human and Animal Behavior: An Ethological View 480D. Van Nostrand Co., 1973. ISBN 0-442-24886-5Lorenz, Konrad with Martys, Michael & Tipler, AngelikaHere Am I - Where Are You? - The Behavior of the Greylag Goose 2701988. ISBN 0151400563Louv, RichardThe Last Child in the Woods: Saving our children from nature-deficit disorder3902008Long but provocativeLouw, G.N. & Seely, M.K.Ecology of Desert Organisms2001982A slim volume describing different strategies for surviving in the desert. Good for kids who like reptiles. Lucas, JerryThe Great Unsolved Mysteries of Science2241993 ISBN 1558702911Macdonald, AnneFeminine Ingenuity: How Women Inventors Changed America540Random House, 1992. ISBN 0-345-38314-1Macinnis, PeterPoisons: From hemlock to botox to the killer bean of calabar2562005Maddox, BrendaRosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA 416Mann, Charles C.1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus5412006Manning, GregLove, Greg and Lauren352Bantam Doubleday Dell Pub (Trd Pap); Updated edition (August 13, 2002) ISBN: 055338189XMaples, William R. & Browning MichaelDead Men Do Tell Tales304Great for a unit on anatomy or forensic science. March, RobertPhysics for Poets 304McGraw-Hill, 2002. ISBN 978-0072472172Margulis, Lynn; Sagan, DorianWhat is Life ?3032000National Medal of Science, 1999Masoff, JoyOh, Yuck--the Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty224Workman Publishing Co., 2000. ISBN 07611-0771-1Mayr, Ernst and Diamond, JaredWhat Evolution Is 226Crafoord Prize, 1999McCutchen, MarcThe Compass in Your Nose and other Astonishing Facts about Humans1921989 ISBN 0874775442McGee, HaroldOn Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen 896McGrayne, SharonPrometheans in the Lab224978-0071407953 McGraw-HillVignettes from the history of chemistry.McKibben, BillThe End of Nature224Examines the damage that human civilization has done to the planetMcKibben, BillHope, Human, and Wild: True stories of living lightly on the Earth232Offers examples and hope for a sustainable futureMcPhee, JohnAnnals of the Former World7122000McPhee, JohnThe Pine Barrens1571978Mehren, Elizabeth, Born Too Soon3201998 ISBN 1575663155.Michels, Dia & Levy, Nathan101 Things Everyone Should Know About Science160Science, Naturally, 2009. ISBN 978-0-9678020-5-3Michener, JamesAlaska8962002A fictional book about Alaska starting with the wooly mammothMiller, Jonathan & Loon, Borin VanDarwin for Beginners1762003Miller, KennethFinding Darwin's God: A scientists search for common ground between God and evolution3682007Miller, Kenneth R. Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul2562009Kenneth R. Miller is the co-author of a popular Biology text Miller, PeterThe Smart Swarm336The behavior of animal swarms, schools, and colonies hold lessons for technology and designMitchinson, JohnThe Book of Animal Ignorance : Everything You Think You Know Is Wrong256Crown, 2008. ISBN 978-0307394934Mlodinow, LeonardFeynman's Rainbow: A Search for Beauty in Physics and in Life176Warner Books, 2003. ISBN 0-446-53045-XA great story about Feynman at CaltechMlodinow, LeonardThe Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives272Vintage, 2009. ISBN 978-0307275172Monmonier, MarkAir Apparent: How meteorologists learned to map, predict, and dramatize weather3242000Montross, ChristineBody of Work: Meditations on Mortality from the Human Anatomy Lab3202007, ISBN 1594201250Moon, ElizabethThe Speed of Dark369Del Rey 2002Science Fiction; using surgery to cure autism and what is meansMorowitz, HaroldMayonnaise and the Origin of Life: Thoughts of Minds and Molecules2441991Morowitz, HaroldThermodynamics of Pizza2471992Morris, RichardThe Edges of Science: Crossing the Boundary from Physics to MetaphysicsPrentice Hall,1992. ISBN 978-0671767464Morton, AlexandraListening to Whales: What the Orcas Have Taught Us 320Ballantine Books, 2004. ISBN 978-0345442888really amazing story!Muir, JohnA Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf2722007Muir, JohnTravels in Alaska 1722011Muller, Richard A.Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind The Headlines384W. W. Norton & Co., 2009. ISBN 978-0393337112can be used as a text book but is very readableMurray, Raymond Leroy & Menke, Kristin L.Understanding Radioactive Waste256Battelle Press, 2003. ISBN 978-1574771350Nagami, PamelaThe Woman with a Worm in her Head: and other True Stories of infectious diseases2882002. ISBN: 0312306016Noble, IrisContemporary Women Scientists of America158Messner, 1979. ISBN 0671329200Packham, ChrisThe Practical Naturalist256978-0756658991 DK Publishing 2010Parker, SteveThe Human Body Book256Dorling Kindersley, 2007. ISBN 9781405316255Parsons, Paul (ed)30-Second Theories: The 50 most thought-provoking theories in science, each explained in half a minuteSterling Publishing, 2009. ISBN 9781435109568Peat, F. DavidBlackfoot Physics: A Journey Into the Native American Universe3252005. ISBN 1-57863-371-0Pellegrino, CharlesThe Last Train from Hiroshima367First hand accounts of the atomic bomb drop in HiroshimaPetroski, HenryPushing the Limits: New Adventures in Engineering304Vintage, 2005. ISBN 978-1400032945Petroski, HenryTo Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design272Vintage, 1992. ISBN 978-0679734161Pickover, Clifford A.Strange Brains and Genius : The Secret Lives Of Eccentric Scientists And Madmen352HarperCollins, 1999. ISBN 0-688-16894-9about all the strange scientists who came up with some extraordinary ideas, definitely begs the question If they had been medicated, would they have made their discoveries? (Likely not!)Pigliucci, MassimoNonsense on Stilts : How to Tell Science from Bunk336U Chicago Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0226667867includes frequent references to intelligent design and climate change criticsPink, DanielA Whole New Mind275Pinker, StephenBlank Slate: The modern denial of human nature5282003Pulitzer and Aventis Prize Finalist 2003Plait, Philip C.Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax"2882002Pollan, MichaelIn Defense of Food244a great study of the Western?diseases (Type II Diabetes,?heart disease, etc.) and their causes. Warning: This book will make you change how you look at?food, but in a good way. Pollan, MichaelThe Botany of Desire: A Plants Eye View of the World2712002the evolution of plants with human help. ?The chapter on apples alone is worth the price of the book.Pollan, MichaelThe Omnivore’s Dilemma411ISBN 9780143038580Porter, WintonJust Passin’ Thru248Postman, NeilTechnopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology240Vintage, 1993. ISBN 978-0679745402Preston, DianaBefore the Fallout: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima416Walker & Co., 2005. ISBN 9780802714459Preston, RichardThe Cobra Event422ISBN 0679457143Preston, RichardThe Demon in the Freezer304Preston, RichardThe Hot Zone330Price, George MaCreadyQ.E.D. or New Light on the Doctrine of Creation144Qontro, 2010. ASIN: B003YJES84Prothero, Donald R.Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters4082007Quammen, David; Bilger, BurkhardBest American Science and Nature Writing 2000 (ed.)3202000Quammen, DavidMonster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind528W.W. Norton and Co., 2003. ISBN 0-393-32609-8 Quammen, DavidNatural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature 352Avon Books reprint 1996. ISBN 0-380-71738-7has a classic essay on the importance of mosquitoes in preserving wild places, entitled "Sympathy for the Devil."Quammen, DavidThe Boilerplate Rhino: Nature in the Eye of the Beholder; 288Scribner, 2001. ISBN 0-7432-0032-2Quammen, DavidThe Flight of the Iguana: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature320Scribner, 1988. ISBN 0-684-83626-2Quammen, DavidThe Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution (Great Discoveries)3042006, W. W. Norton. ISBN 0-393-05981-2An interesting account of Darwin’s personal life and struggles to finish Origin of the Species.Quammen, DavidThe Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions704Scribner, 1996 (reprinted 1997). ISBN 0-684-82712-3Quammen, DavidThe Soul of Viktor Tronko3501987.Quammen, DavidThe Zolta Configuration3521983.Quammen, DavidWild Thoughts From Wild Places304Scribner, 1999. ISBN 0-684-85208-XRaymo, ChetWalking Zero : Discovering Cosmic Space and Time Along the PRIME MERIDIAN2082006Science history along the Prime MeridianReed, EvelynSexism and Science2231978. ISBN 978-0873485418Reeves, RichardA Force of Nature: The Frontier Genius of Ernest Rutherford (Great Discoveries) 208Revees-Stevens, Garfield; Reyees-Stevens, JudithIcefire7361999Fiction about a tidal wave set off by a nuclear blastReynolds, Albert B.Bluebells and Nuclear Energy302Medical Physics Pub Corp., 1996. ISBN 9780944838631Ridley, MattGenome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters352Aventis Prize Finalist, 2000Ridley, MattThe Red Queen: Sex and the evolution of human nature4162003Riesman, MichaelSimon Bloom, the Gravity Keeper320Dutton Children’s Books, 2008. ISBN 9780-525-47922-2FictionRoach, MaryPacking for Mars: The Curious Science of Live in the Void336W. W. Norton & Co., 2010. ISBN 978-0393068474Roach, MaryStiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers304About cadaversRosenblum, BruceQuantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness304OUP, 2008. ISBN 978-0195342505Royston, RobertSerendipity: Accidental Discoveries in Science2881989 ISBN 0471602035Russell, FranklinWatchers at the Pond2642000Rutherford, F. JamesScience For All Americans: Project 2061272OUP, 1991. ISBN 978-0195067712Rybczynski, Witold One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw 176Scribner, 2001. ISBN 978-0684867304Sabbagh, KarlA Rum Affair: A True Story of Botanical Fraud 296Da Capo Press, 2001. Sachs, Jessica SnyderGood Germs, Bad Germs: health and Survival in a Bacterial World3042008Sacks, OliverUncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood352Sagan, CarlBroca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science416Ballantine Books, 1979, ISBN 0-345-33689-5Sagan, CarlCommunication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence428MIT Press, 1973Sagan, CarlContact4481997. ISBN 1-56865-424-3Sagan, CarlCosmos324Random House New Edition, 2002. ISBN 0-375-50832-5Sagan, CarlOther Worlds: Is there life out there?Bantam Books, 1975Sagan, CarlPale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space384Random House, 1994, ISBN 0-679-43841-6Sagan, CarlThe Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark480Ballantine Books, March 1996, ISBN 0-345-40946-9Sagan, CarlThe Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence288Ballantine Books, 1978, ISBN 0-345-34629-7Sagan, Carl & Agel, JeromeCarl Sagan’s Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective334Anchor Press, 1973, ISBN 0-521-78303-8Sagan, Carl & Druyan, AnnBillions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium320Ballantine Books, 1997, ISBN 0-345-37918-7Sagan, Carl & Druyan, AnnComet, Revised432Ballantine Books, 1985, ISBN 0-345-41222-2Sagan, Carl & Druyan, AnnShadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search for Who We Are528Ballantine Books, October 1993, ISBN 0-345-38472-5Sagan, Carl & Shklovskii, I.S.Intelligent Life in the Universe509Random House, 1966Sagan, Carl & Turco, RichardA Path Where No Man Thought: Nuclear Winter and the End of the Arms Race499Random House, 1990, ISBN 0-394-58307-8Sagan, Carl et alMurmurs of Earth: The Voyager Interstellar Record273Ballantine Books, 1979. ISBN 978-0345283962Sagan, Carl et alThe Cold and the Dark: The World after Nuclear War268Sidgwick & Jackson, 1985Sagan, Carl; Druyan, Ann (ed)The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God - 1985 Gifford lectures304Penguin Press HC, 2006, ISBN 1-59420-107-2Salisbury, Gay; Salisbury, LaneyThe Cruelest Miles: The heroic story of dogs and men in the race against an epidemic320W. W. Norton & Co., 2005, ISBN 0393325709Sayre, AnneRosalind Franklin and DNA2401975. ISBN 0-393-32044-8Scherer, StewartShort Guide to the Human Genome173Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2008. ISBN 9780-87969-791-4Schlager, NeilScience of Everyday Things : Real Life Biology448Gale, 2002. ISBN 978-0787656348Schmidt-Nielson, KnutThe Camel’s Nose: Memoirs of a Curious Scientist349Schneider, Andrew & McCumber, DavidAn Air That Kills: How the Asbestos Poisoning of Libby, Montana Uncovered a National Scandal434New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2004. ISBN 0-399-15095-1Fascinating story. Compelling characters (good guys and bad guys). True and horrible. I read it with a freshman college non-majors biology class and they loved itSchneider, Norman HughInduction Coils: How to Make, Use, and Repair Them 324Nabu Press, 2010. ISBN 978-1144952585Schrodinger, ErwinWhat is Life? Mind and Matter1861968Nobel Prize Winner, 1933Schwarcz, JoeAn Apple A Day: The Myths, Misconceptions and Truths About the Foods We Eat 3862007, ISBN 978-0-00-200764-1Schwarcz, JoeBrain Fuel: 199 Mind-Expanding Inquiries into the Science of Everyday Life2882008, ISBN 978-0385666022Schwarcz, JoeHungary: where salami is a vegetable." 2000, ISBN 1-55025-698-3)Schwarcz, JoeLet Them Eat Flax: 70 All-New Commentaries on the Science of Everyday Food & Life 2402005, ISBN 1-55022-698-3Schwarcz, JoeRadar, Hula Hoops, and Playful Pigs: 67 Digestible Commentaries on the Fascinating Chemistry of Everyday Life 3042001, ISBN 0-8050-7407-4Schwarcz, JoeThe Right Chemistry: 108 Enlightening, Nutritious, Health-Conscious and Occasionally Bizarre Inquiries into the Science of Everyday Life.290Doubleday Canada, 2012,ISBN 978-0-385-67159 Schwarcz, JoeScience, Sense & Nonsense2562009, ISBN 978-0385666046Schwarcz, JoeThat's the Way the Cookie Crumbles: 62 All-New Commentaries on the Fascinating Chemistry of Everyday Life 2752004, ISBN 1-55022-520-0Schwarcz, JoeThe Fly in the Ointment: 70 Fascinating Commentaries on the Science of Everyday Life2722004, ISBN 1-55022-621-5Schwarcz, JoeThe Genie in the Bottle: 67 All New Commentaries on the Fascinating Chemistry of Everyday Life 3202001, ISBN 1-55022-442-5Schwartz, Joseph & McGuinness, MichaelEinstein for Beginners176Pantheon Books, 2003. ISBN 9780375714597Selinger, BenChemistry in the Marketplace6081996 ISBN 0729503348Sell, ColleenA Cup of Comfort for Nurses: Stories of Caring And Compassion3362006, ISBN 1593375425Shames, Laurence & Barton, PeterNot Fade Away: A short life well lived2242004. ISBN 006073731XShermer, MichaelWhy People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time3842002. ISBN 0-8050-7089-3all about how easily people can be fooled and includes arguments made against evolution and the holocaust and how they are similarShubin, NeilYour Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body2562009a great study of the origins of our body parts. Great for those students that?want to argue evolution. This puts evolution in a whole new light.?Silverstein, KenThe Radioactive Boy Scout209Singer, NickyGem X311ISBN 9780823421084Singh, SimonThe Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography4322000Singh, SimonBig Bang: The Origin of the Universe560Harper Perennial, 2005. ISBN 9780007162215Skloot, RebeccaThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks4002011Smith, Walter FoxWaves and Oscillations : A Prelude to Quantum Mechanics432OUP, 2010. ISBN 978-0195393491Sobel, DavaGalileo's Daughter: A historical memoir of Science, Faith, and Love4322011Sobel, DavaLongitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time2082007The PBS movie of this was outstanding.Solomon, SusanThe Coldest March: Scott’s Fatal Antarctic Expedition4162002Standage, TomThe Neptune Files: A Story of Astronomical Rivalry and the Pioneers of Planet Hunting256Berkley Trade Books, 2001. ISBN 978-0425181737Standiford, LesLast Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the spectacular rise and fall of the railroad that crossed an ocean2882003Stegner, WallaceBeyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West496Penguin Books, 1954. ISBN 01-401-5994-0Stephens, TrentDark Remedy: The impact of thalidomide and its revival as a vital medicine2402001Stewart, IanAnother Fine Math You've Got Me Into...2691992Walker, GabrielleSnowball Earth: The Story of a maverick scientist and his theory of a global catastrophe that spawned life as we know it.2882004Strathern, PaulMendeleev's Dream: the quest for elements320Suzuki, DavidThe Sacred Balance: Rediscovering our place in nature3042007Member of the Order of CanadaSwartz, EvanThe Last Lone Inventor: A Tale of Genius, Deceit, and the Birth of Television352The story of Philo Farnsworth, the inventory of the television.Syed, MatthewBounce: Mozart, Federer, Beckam and the science of success312Sykes, BryanSeven Daughters of Eve: The Science that reveals our genetic ancestry3202002Thomas, LewisThe Lives of a Cell: Notes of a biology watcher1531978Thomas, LewisThe Medusa and the Snail: more notes from a biology watcher1921995Thorpe, T.E.Humphry Davy, Poet and Philosopher2622010Timbrell, JohnThe Poison Paradox: Chemicals as Friends and Foes 368Tompkins, Peter & Bird, Christopher The Secret Life of Plants416Harper & Row Publishers, New York, 1973. ISBN 0-06-091587-0Trefil, James101 Things You Don't Know About Science and No One Else Does Either3681997Tucker, Tommy N.Bolt of Fate: Benjamin Franklin and His Electric Kite Hoax 297Perseus Books, 2003. ISBN 1-891620-70-3very interesting, a little slowTucker, WilliamTerrestrial Energy: How Nuclear Power Will Lead the Green Revolution and End America's Energy Odyssey 420Bartleby Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0910155762Tyson, Neil DegrasseThe Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet1942009covers the controversy of the placement of pluto where it belongs with the other icy objects.Underhill, PacoWhy We Buy:? The Science of Shopping3202008Verghese, AbrahamMy Own Country. A Doctor's Story432Vintage. ISBN 0-679-75292-7.Verma, SurendraThe Cause of Mosquitoes’ Sorrow: Beginnings, Blunders and Breakthroughs in Science256Icon, 2007. ISBN 9781840468311Verma, SurendraThe Little Book of Scientific Principles, Theories, & Things 224Sterling, 2006. ISBN 978-1402738708Verma, SurendraWhy Aren't They Here? The Question of Life on Other Worlds240Totem Books, 2008. ISBN 978-1840468656Von Baeyer, Hans ChristianPasses: The History of Heat Warmth Disperses and Time 240Verne, JulesJourney to the Center of the Earth352Voter, Thomas (illustrator)Everybody's Encyclopedia of Popular Science: 861 Questions – 4000 Facts Simply told - graphically shown247Popular Science Publishing Company, 1947. Walker, Pam & Wood, ElaineCrime Scene Investigations: Real-Life Science Activities for the Elementary Grades2721999Waltar, Alan E.America the Powerless: Facing Our Nuclear Energy Dilemma235Medical Physics Publishing Corporation. ISBN 0944838588Waltar, Alan E.Radiation and Modern Life: Fulfilling Marie Curie’s Dream336Prometheus Books, 2004. ISBN 978-1591022503Watson, JamesThe Double Helix: A personal account of the discovery of the structure of DNA256Atheneum Publishers, New York, 1969, ISBN 0-451-62594-3Nobel Prize winner, 1962Weinberg, SamanthaA fish caught in time: the search for the coelacanth2202001On evolution, adventureWeiner, JonathanThe Beak of the Finch: a story of evolution in our time3321995Pulitzer Prize 1995, L A Times Book Prize, 1994. Can be a bit deep from time to time but interestingWeisman, AlanThe World Without Us4322008Wells, SpencerThe Journey of Man: A genetic odyssey2402004Students love, but do not find it quite as readableWhite, Ryan & Cunningham, Ann MarieRyan White: My Own Story352Signet, ISBN 0451173228Widmaier, Eric P.Why Geese Don't Get Obese (And We Do): How Evolution's Strategies for Survival Affect Our Everyday Lives224W. H. Freeman, 1999. ISBN 978-0716736493Wiese, JimDetective Science: 40 Crime-Solving, Case-Breaking, Crook-Catching Activities for Kids1281996Wiese, Jim & Shems, EdSpy Science : 40 Secret-Sleuthing, Code-Cracking,Spy-Catching Activities for Kids1281996Weisman, AlanThe World Without us4322008Williams, DonnaNobody Nowhere: The Extraordinary Autobiography of an Autistic. 219Avon Books. ISBN 0380722178.Williams, DonnaSomebody Somewhere240Willis, ChristopherYellow Fever, Black Goddess: the coevolution of People and Plagues303Wilson, Edward O.Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge3841998. ISBN 0-679-76867-XKind of deep, but good for advanced students.Wilson, Edward O.The Diversity of life44020101991, Crafoord Prize, 1990Wilson, Edward O.The Future of Life2562003Double Pulitzer Prize Winner 1979, Winchester, SimonA Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 19065122006Winchester, SimonKrakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 18834642005Winchester, SimonThe Map that Changed the World: William Smith and the birth of modern geology3682009Wolke, RobertWhat Einstein Told his Cook323Kitchen science explained with recipesWright, RonaldA Short History of Progress2242005Wynn, Charles M. & Wiggins, Arthur W.The Five Biggest Ideas in Science200Wiley, 1996. ISBN 978-0471138129Zewail, AhmedVoyage Through Time: Walks of Life to the Nobel Prize 344Zimmer, CarlAt the Water's Edge: Macroeveolution and the Transformation of Life290Zimmer, CarlEvolution: The Triumph of an Idea528Zimmer, CarlMicrocosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life 256L.A.Times Book Prize Finalist, 2008Zimmer, CarlParasite Rex298Zimmerman, Barry & Zimmerman, DavidKiller Germs272Zimmerman, Barry & Zimmerman, DavidWhy Nothing Can Travel Faster than Light…2861993 ISBN 9780809238217 Contemporary BooksZukav, GaryThe Dancing Wu Li Masters: An overview of the new physics416William Morrow, 1979. ISBN 0-688-03402-0a great conceptual look at quantum physics, where it came from and where it is going, amazing book ................
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