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Physical Science Reading List Read one NON-FICTION book related to the Physical Science topics below and complete the assignment. ? You can select your non-fiction book from the reading list created. ? You can also select a book that you find yourself, as long as it is related to the topics covered in class and has been approved by your teacher. First come first serve… once the book is chosen it is off the list for others so have a second choice in mind. Electric Universe: How Electricity Switched on the Modern World by David Bodanis (Author)To the Young Scientist: Reflections on Doing and Living Science by Alfred B. Bortz (Author)What if…? Intriguing Answers for the Insatiably Curious by Marshall Brain A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (Author)Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. ClarkeWhat if the Moon Didn’t Exist? Voyages to Earths that Might Have Been by Neil F. CominsMadame Curie: A Biography by Eve Curie (Author), Vincent Sheean (Translator)Twinkie, Deconstructed: My Journey to Discover How the Ingredients Found in Processed Foods Are Grown, Mined (Yes, Mined), and Manipulated Into What America Eats by Steve Ettlinger (Author)Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character) by Richard P. Feynman (Author), Ralph Leighton (Author)What Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard Phillips Feynman (Author)The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman by Richard P. Feynman (Author)The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2007 by Richard Preston (Editor), Tim Folger (Series Editor)The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2006 by Brian Greene (Editor), Tim Folger (Series Editor)The Best American Science & Nature Writing 2005 by Jonathan Weiner (Editor), Tim Folger (Series Editor)The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2004 by Steven Pinker (Editor), Tim Folger (Series Editor)Heavenly Intrigue: Johannes Kepler, Tycho Brahe, and the Murder Behind One of History's Greatest Scientific Discoveries by Joshua Gilder (Author), Anne-Lee Gilder (Author)The Cartoon Guide to Physics by Larry Gonick and Art Huffman18.The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry by Larry Gonick (Author), Craig Criddle (Author)19.Ten Questions Science Can't Answer (Yet!): A Guide to Science's Greatest Mysteries by Michael Hanlon (Author)20.The Physics of Superheroes by James Kakalios21.Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change by Elizabeth Kolbert (Author)22.The Physics of Star Trek by Lawrence M. Krauss23.Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History by Penny LeCouteur (Author), Jay Burreson (Author)24.The _______ Murder (H, He, Li, Be, C, B, O, N) by Camille Minichino (Author)25.Ringworld by Larry Niven26.Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood by Oliver Sachs (Author)27.Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time by Dava Sobel (Author)28.Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love by Dava Sobel (Author)29.The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward R. TuftePhysics for Future Presidents by Richard MullerBad Science by Ben GoldacreGreat Experiments in Physics edited by Morris ShamosThe Rough Guide to Climate Change by Robert HensonThe New Science of Strong Materials-- Or Why You Don’t Fall Through the Floor by J.E. GordonWithout Hot Air by David MacKayWhy Should You Care What Anyone Thinks? By Richard FeynmanDon’ t be Such a Scientist: Talking Substance in an Age of Style by Randy OlsonTitle: A Brief History of TimeAuthor: Stephen HawkingGenre: ScienceLevel: AdvancedTitle: CopenhagenAuthor: Michael FraynGenre: Science (written as a play)Level: IntermediateTitle: Player PianoAuthor: Kurt VonnegutGenre: Science FictionLevel: IntermediateTitle: Nine Crazy Ideas in ScienceAuthor: Robert EhrlichGenre: ScienceLevel: IntermediateTitle: Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed The WorldAuthor: Garfield SimonGenre: Non-fictionLevel: IntermediateTitle: Physics of Christmas: From Aerodynamics of Reindeer to the Thermodynamics of TurkeyAuthor: Roger HighfieldGenre: ScienceLevel: IntermediateTitle: Lucky Science: Accidental Discoveries from Gravity to VelcroAuthor: Jeanie RobertsGenre: non-fictionLevel: IntermediateTitle: Science in Ancient IndiaAuthor: Melissa StewartGenre: Non-fictionLevel: AdvancedTitle: The Science Class You Wish You HadAuthor: Arnold BrodyGenre: Non-fictionLevel: intermediateTitle: The Theory of Relativity and Other EssaysAuthor: Albert EinsteinGenre: Non-fictionLevel: AdvancedTitle: Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by it’s Most Brilliant TeachersAuthor: Richard FeynmanGenre: Non-fictionLevel: AdvancedTitle: Universe in a NutshellAuthor: Stephen HawkingGenre: Non-fictionLevel: AdvancedTitle: Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st CenturyAuthor: Michio KakuGenre: Non-fictionLevel: IntermediateTitle: American Steel ( The Story of Nucor Steel)Author: Richard PrestonGenre: Non FictionLevel: IntermediateTitle: e: The Story of a NumberAuthor: Eli MaorGenre: Non-fictionLevel: IntermediateTitle: Marie Curie and the Discovery of RadiumAuthor: Ann E. SteinkeGenre: Non-fictionLevel: IntermediateTitle: Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam, A Life in PhysicsAuthor: John WheelerGenre: Non-fictionLevel: AdvancedTitle: The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions and the Quest for the Ultimate TheoryAuthor: Brian GreeneGenre: Non-fictionLevel: IntermediateEarth Sciences Reading ListBook: Yes we have no Neutrons: An Eye Opening Tour Through the Twist and Turns of Bad Science Author: A.K. DewdneyGenre: NonfictionLevel: IntermediateBook: Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the SeaAuthor: Sebastian JungerGenre: BiographyLevel: Advanced Book: LongitudeAuthor: Dava SobelGenre: NonfictionLevel: Advanced Book: Map that Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern GeologyAuthor: Simon WinchesterGenre: NonfictionLevel: Advanced Book: Cadillac Desert: The American West and its Disappearing WaterAuthor: Marc Reisner Genre: Nonfiction Level: Advanced Book: The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory.Author: Brian GreeneGenre: Non-fictionLevel: Intermediate ................
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