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Cornerstones for Adults Authors: S - U

Books are listed alphabetically by author.
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Authors: A-C | Authors: D-F | Authors: G-I | Authors: J-L

Authors: M-O | Authors: P-R | Authors: V-Z

Author
Title
Nomination
Oliver Sacks An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales LA Times, Sci. 1995
Carl Safina Song for the Blue Ocean: Encounters Along the World's Coasts and Beneath the Seas Barry Logan
Carl Sagan Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science Amer. Bk., PB Sci. 1981
Carl Sagan Comet Lee Grodzins
Carl Sagan Cosmos Amer.Bk., Sci. 1979,
Hugo Non-fiction 1981
Carl Sagan The Demon-Haunted World LA Times, Science 1997,
Barry Logan
Carl Sagan The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence Pulitzer, Non-fiction 1978,
NBCC, Non-fiction 1978
Mario Salvadori Why Buildings Stand Up:
The Strength of Architecture
MLL
Jonathan Schell The Fate of the Earth Amer. Bk., Non-fiction 1983, NBCC Non-fiction 1983, LA Times, Curr. Int. 1982
Randy Shilts And the Band Played On: Politics, People and the AIDS Epidemic 100+ List
Anne W. Simon The Thin Edge: Coast and Man in Crisis Amer. Bk., Sci. PB 1980
Simon Singh The Code Book: The Evolution of Secrecy from Mary, Queen of Scots to Quantum Cryptography LA Times, Science Nominee 1999
Simon Singh Fermat's Enigma Staff
George L. Small The Blue Whale Nat. Bk., Sci. 1972
Dava Sobel Longitude Lee Grodzins, Staff
Dava Sobel Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love

LA Times, Sci. 2000
Pulitzer, Bio

C. P. Snow Two Cultures: And a Second Look 100+ List
Douglas Starr Blood: An Epic History of
Medicine and Commerce
LA Times, Sci. 1999
Walter Sullivan Black Holes: The Edge of Space, the End of Time Amer. Bk., Sci. PB 1981
Walter Sullivan We Are Not Alone: The Search for Intelligent Life in Other Worlds Nat. Bk., Science 1965
Lewis Thomas The Fragile Species Lee Grodzins
Lewis Thomas Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony Lee Grodzins
Lewis Thomas The Lives of a Cell 100+ List, Nat. Bk. 1975
Lewis Thomas The Medusa and the Snail Pulitzer 1980, Amer. Bk.
Sci., PB 1981
Lewis Thomas The Youngest Science: Notes of a Medicine-watcher Lee Grodzins
Kip S. Thorne Black Holes & Time Warps:
Einstein's Outrageous Legacy
Jonathan Jenkins
Edward R. Tufte The Visual Display of Quantitative Information Lee Grodzins

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Last updated January 3, 2007