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			A Brain for All Seasons: Human Evolution and Abrupt Climate ChangeClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Clavin takes the reader back in time and around the world travelogue fashion to explore the progress of evolution and its historic and on-going impact on the development of the human brain. author: William H. Calvin


			A Dazzle of DragonfliesClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A large-format book with stunning photographs and electronic images. Explains the natural history and folklore of dragonflies. One chapter devoted to their photograpic techniques: film, digital, and e... author: Forrest L. Mitchell and James L. Lasswell


			A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the CoelacanthClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The tale of the coelacanth, an ancient fish thought to be the direct ancestor of reptiles, its presumed extinction and resurrection. Includes black & white photographs and illustrations. author: Samantha Weinberg


			A Rum Affair: A True Story of Botanical FraudClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Investigates the suspect botanical research of British botanist, John Heslop Harrison, on the Isle of Rum, Scotland and the 1940 hoax - his claim to have found a rare plant on the island. Includes se... author: Karl Sabbagh


			A Well-Ordered Thing: Dmitrii Mendeleev and the Shadow of the Periodic TableClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A powerful biography of the creator of the periodic table of elements and journey into the world of Imperial Russia. Includes black & white photos and illustrations. author: Michael D. Gordin


			Advent of the Algorithm: The Idea That Rules the WorldClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The story of the search for and discovery of the algorithm... the language that drives computers. author: David Berlinski



			Alchemy of the MindClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Combines an artist's eye with a scientist's erudition to illuminate, as never before, the magic and mysteries of the human mind. author: Diane Ackerman


			American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of Robert J. OppenheimerClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Here is the story of the "father of the atomic bomb" from his early education, to Berkeley, to Los Alamos, to the Institute for Advanced Study. Includes 32 pages of black & white photographs. author: Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin


			An Alchemy of the MindClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Combines an artist's eye with a scientist's erudition to illuminate, as never before, the magic and mysteries of the human mind. author: Diane Ackerman


			An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical TalesClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Sacks reveals through seven anecdotes the lives of seven extraordinary people with neurological disorders. Through these stories he illlustrates how the brain works to define our individual worlds an... author: Oliver Sacks


			An Inconvenient Truth - A Global Warning (DVD)Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Vice President Al Gore's eye-opening and compelling documentary that delivers the message that global warming is a real and present danger. Also encourages each individual to become part of the soluti... author: Al Gore



			Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of EvolutionClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A novel presentation of a comprehensive look at evolution. The reader is invited to journey back through time, four billion years, with forty stops along the way at which the reader meets a common anc... author: Richard Dawkins


			Ancient Light: Our Changing View of the UniverseClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. An adaptation of "Origins: The Lives and Worlds of Modern Cosmologists" by Alan Lightman and Roberta Brawer. Tells the story of cosmology, its history, the new discoveries, and the questions and contr... author: Alan Lightman


			Annals of the Former WorldClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. In the late 1970's, John McPhee began a series of journeys back and forth across the United States, traveling with prominent geologists and attempting to describe a cross-section of the continent at a... author: John McPhee


			Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical TalesClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Sacks reveals through seven anecdotes the lives of seven extraordinary people with neurological disorders. Through these stories he illlustrates how the brain works to define our individual worlds an... author: Oliver Sacks


			Artificial Life: The Quest for New CreationClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. An account of the development of artificial intelligence, artificial life, the resulting impact across the sciences, and the power of the computer. Includes discussion of software, robots, smart mole... author: Steven Levy



			Assembling CaliforniaClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Over a span of 15 years, John McPhee made many geological field trips with tectonicist Eldridge Moores, and this book is the result. A cross-section in human and geologic time, this fourth volume in ... author: John McPhee


			Atom: An Odyssey from the Big Bang to Life on Earth...and BeyondClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A cosmic tale from the Big Bang, to the birth of the atom, to the emergence of life on Earth that begins and ends with water. From the author of the bestselling "The Physics of Star Trek." author: Lawrence Maxwell Krauss


			Autobiography of Charles Darwin: 1809-1882Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Darwin's classic autobiography, written in simple, straightforward language. Covers a range of issues not known to those who have only read his Origin of Species. Appendix containing letters adds muc... author: Charles Darwin


			Best American Science and Nature Writing 2006Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The 2006 edition of this annual series. Series editor Tim Folger and editor Brian Greene bring together 25 diverse and fascinating articles by leading scientists and writers. Topics of interest to an... author: Brian Greene, editor


			Best American Science and Nature Writing 2007Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Contains 28 essays from 20 different periodicals. Articles range in topic from the farthest reaches of space to the everyday world around us to the secrets hidden in our own bodies. The mix of hard... author: Richard Preston, editor



			Best American Science and Nature Writing 2008Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The 2008 edition of this annual series. Series editor Tim Folger and editor Jerome Groopman, M.D. bring together 24 diverse and fascinating articles by leading scientists. author: Jerome Groopman, M.D., editor


			Best American Science and Nature Writing 2009Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Twenty-one articles from a wide assortment of scientific fields, chosen by editor Elizabeth Kolbert and series editor Tim Folger. author: Elizabeth Kolbert, editor


			Best American Science and Nature Writing, 2004Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The 2004 edition of an annual collection of essays by American science and nature writers. Topics include neuroscience, cloning, genetics, bird food myths and bird watching, and the qualities of intr... author: Steven Pinker, editor Tim Folger series editor


			Best American Science and Nature Writing, 2005Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The 2005 edition of the annual series. Includes essays on NASA and space expoloration, psychology, global warming, medicine and medical research, and a computer hacker. author: Jonathan Weiner, editor & Tim Folger series editor


			Best American Science Writing 2004Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The 2004 edition, edited by Dava Sobel, of this annual compliation of essays by the best of American science writers. Topics include space flight, physics, medicine and organ transplants, dark matter,... author: Dava Sobel, editor & Jesse Cohen series editor



			Best American Science Writing 2006Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The 2006 edition of this annual series. Series editor Jesse Cohen and editor Atul Gawande bring together 21 diverse and fascinating articles by leading scientists. Topics of interest to and accessib... author: Atul Gawande, editor


			Best American Science Writing 2007Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Twenty essays from notable authors selected as the best picks of 2007 by Gina Kolata, award winning science and medicine reporter for the New York Times and author of "Flu: The Story of the Great Infl... author: Gina Kolata, editor


			Best American Science Writing 2008Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The 2008 edition of this annual series. Nineteen articles on diverse scientific topics, chosen by edicot Sylvia Nasar and series editor Jesse Cohen. author: Sylvia Nasar, editor; Jesse Cohen, series editor


			Best American Science Writing, 2005Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Twenty-six essays from notable authors selected by Alan Lightman, author, physicist, and MIT professor of humanities, as his best picks of 2005. Authors include Diane Ackerman, Natalie Angier, K.C. Co... author: Alan Lightman, editor


			Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous LegacyClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Reveals the science of the cosmos through the scientists that study it, the thrilling scientific discoveries, historical account and personal insight. author: Kip S. Thorne



			Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without DesignClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Considered by scientists and non-scientists as a classic read about evolution, it is very accessible, intriguing, and written in clear language. Illustrations and diagrams in black & white. author: Richard Dawkins


			Book of Nothing: Vacuums, Voids, and the Latest Ideas About the Origins of the UniverseClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Barrow explores the latest theories about the origin of the universe. (year. published, 2000) author: John D. Barrow


			Brain for All Seasons: Human Evolution and Abrupt Climate ChangeClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Clavin takes the reader back in time and around the world travelogue fashion to explore the progress of evolution and its historic and on-going impact on the development of the human brain. author: William H. Calvin


			Bringing Nature Home - How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our GardensClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. When native plant species disappear from an area, so do the native insects, which in turn affects the food source for birds and animals. Tallamy explores these vital connections and their effect on b... author: Douglas W. Tallamy


			Brotherhood of the Bomb: The Tangled Lives and Loyalties of Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, and Edward TellerClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. An engaging history of the scientists of the dawn of the nuclear age and the making of the atomic bomb. Includes black & white photos and illustrations. author: Gregg Herken



			Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented ArchitectureClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Enchanting tale of a fifteenth-century clockmaker and goldsmith who, despite the cries that he was a madman, persisted in his design for the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore and in doing so changed the e... author: Ross King


			Chaos: Making a New ScienceClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A collection of essays that trace the birth and development of the chaos theory. Includes color and black & white photos and illustrations. Essay Titles: The Butterfly Effect; revolution; Life's Ups a... author: James Gleick


			Civilized Man's Eight Deadly SinsClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Through nine essays Lorenz explores the dehumanization of society through the contributing factors of overpopulation, environmental degredation, genetic decay, increasing vulnerability to indoctrinati... author: Konrad Lorenz


			Code Book: The Evolution of Secrecy from Mary Queen of Scots to Quantum CryptographyClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The vivd telling of the history of codes from the ancient Greeks to modern computer science, and the story of treasures, treasure hunters, and the power of codes, or their breaking, to alter history. author: Simon Singh


			Coincidenses, Chaos, and All That Math Jazz: Making Light of Weighty IdeasClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Written in a style that combines his wit as a stand-up comic with his knowledge as Professor of Mathematics at Williams College, this book will appeal to puzzle and math lovers as well as probability ... author: Edward B. Burger & Michael Starbird



			Cradle of Life: The discovery of the Earth's Earliest FossilsClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Firsthand account of J. William Schopf's discovery of the fossilized remains of microgranisms that lived on Earth 3.5 billion years ago, and the story of the earliest evolution of life. author: J. William Schopf


			Dancing Wu Li Masters - An Overview of the New PhysicsClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A book for those curious about the new discoveries in advanced physics but who have no scientific background. Written in clear language with no mathematical equations, it explores quantum mechanics, ... author: Gary Zukav


			Dazzle of DragonfliesClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A large-format book with stunning photographs and electronic images. Explains the natural history and folklore of dragonflies. One chapter devoted to their photograpic techniques: film, digital, and e... author: Forrest L. Mitchell and James L. Lasswell


			Deadly Feasts - Tracking the Secrets of a Terrifying New PlagueClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A somber exploration of the emergence of deadly ?stealth? maladies known as prion diseases (mad cow disease being one). Rhodes shows how this mysterious group of human and animal diseases is spreadin... author: Richard Rhodes


			Deep - The Extraordinary Creatures of the AbyssClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Over 200 color photos of deep-sea creatures give this book a stunning realism. Text by some of the most respected researchers examines the biology of deep-sea organisms, the ecology of deep-sea habit... author: Claire Nouvian, editor



			Deep Atlantic: Life, Death, and Exploration in the AbyssClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Strikingly illustrated by the author, this book introduces us to the abyssal zone of the Atlantic Ocean (everything below 4000 m). Divided into two sections, it first delves into the history of explo... author: Richard Ellis


			DinosaursClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Take a journey through the prehistoric world and trace the evolution of the most astonishing creatures ever to have walked the earth. More than 170 giant-sized and superbly detailed computer generated... author: Steve Brusatte


			Discoveries: Great Breakthroughs in 20th Century Science, Including the Original PapersClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The 20th century saw breakthroughs in every field of science that profoundly changed the way we understand the world and our place in it. Lightman chooses 22 of these discoveries and profiles the sci... author: Alan Lightman


			DNA: The Secret of LifeClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. First hand account of the unlocking of the secret of life - the story of the discovery of the structure and function of DNA. author: James D. Watson, with Andrew Berry


			Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human IntelligenceClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. An overview of the evolution of human intelligence from prehistoric to the present with an explanation how the brain developed and functions. Also discusses the future evolution of the human brain and... author: Carl Sagan



			Dying of Enoch Wallace: Life, Death, and the Changing BrainClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A fascinating history of modern neuroscience with accounts of discovery. Delves into the mysteries of the brain, how it is shaped by both genetics and experience; ever-changing and complex. author: Ira B. Black, MD


			E=mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous EquationClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Although the famous equation is familiar to so many, it is also true that it is well-understood by a relative few. The author begins by taking each letter and symbol of the equation and devoting a c... author: David Bodanis


			Earth - An Intimate HistoryClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. By exploring diverse and geologically significant places such as the Alps, Newfoundland, Hawaii, the San Andreas Fault and Mount Vesuvius, Fortey describes how plate tectonics has changed our percepti... author: Richard Fortey


			Eight Little Piggies: Reflections in Natural HistoryClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A contemplative and personal collection of essays, a series that began with Gould's "This View of Life" in Natural History magazine, that look at the connectedness of all life. author: Stephen Jay Gould


			Einstein - His Life and UniverseClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. In the first full biography of Einstein written after all of his papers became available, Isaacson shows how "his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality." Using ne... author: Walter Isaacson



			Einstein Revealed (DVD)Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. This penetrating profile of a scientist who changed our vision of physical reality includes dramatic recreations and easy-to-understand animations of Einstein?s landmark Theory of Relativity. Follows... author: NOVA - WGBH, Boston


			Einstein's Clocks, Poincaré's Maps: Empires of TimeClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. An original and engaging historical account of the advent of twentieth-century physics. author: Peter Galison


			Einstein's Relativity and the Quantum Revolution: Modern Physics for Non-Scientists (DVD)Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Parts 1 & 2, Professor Richard Wolfson, Middlebury College. Part of "The Great Courses" series from The Teaching Company. author: Richard Wolfson


			Einstein's Unfinished Symphony: Listening to the Sounds of Space-TimeClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Traces the development of Einstein?s theory of general relativity and explores what physicists have learned about gravity waves in the decades since Einstein first proposed their existence. Looks at... author: Marcia Bartusiak


			Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory (DVD)Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. An inviting explanation for the lay person interested in string theory, the first theory that successfully unites general relativity and quantum mechanics. author: NOVA



			Elements - A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the UniverseClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A color photo of every element in the universe, along with the story of its discovery, applications, and essential scientific data including atomic weight, atomic radius, a crystal structure diagram, ... author: Theodore Gray


			Emperor of Scent: A Story of Perfume, Obsession, and the Last Mystery of the SensesClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The engrossing and entertaining story of Luca Turin's quest to solve the mystery of how sense of smell works. author: Chandler Burr


			Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural HistoryClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Multiple award-winning author, Stephen Jay Gould's, first book. A classic in evolutionary biology for the layman. author: Stephen Jay Gould


			Evolution - The Triumph of an IdeaClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. This companion book to the PBS series by the same name explores the history and future of the Theory of Evolution, with many photos, anatomic diagrams and timelines. "Zimmer's text is fresh and expans... author: Carl Zimmer


			Evolution: The Remarkable History of a Scientific TheoryClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. This overview of evolution theory places it within its cultural context from the early 1800's to the present day. Notes, Guide to Further Reading, and index included. author: Edward J. Larson



			Experiencing Science: Profiles in DiscoveryClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Two faces of physics: Kepler, harmony of the world. Rabi, the modern age.--Three faces of biology: Lysenko, enemies of the people. A sorrow and a pity, Rosalind Franklin and The double helix. Lewis Th... author: Jeremy Bernstein


			Faster Than the Speed of Light: The Story of a Scientific SpeculationClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Magueijo puts forth his theory that though the speed of light is now considered a constant, it might not have always been so. His speculation is that it once traveled faster. author: João Magueijo


			Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathamatical ProblemClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The amazing story of the Holy Grail of Mathematics and the 356 years of struggle to find the proof, and of Andrew Wiles, the man who did. author: Simon Singh


			Field Notes from a Catastrophe - Man, Nature, and Climate ChangeClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Kolbert spoke to some of the world's leading climate scientists and visited some of the areas most affected by climate change - Alaska, Iceland, Greenland - before writing this book. Clear and underst... author: Elizabeth Kolbert


			Films of Charles and Ray Eames (DVD)Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Volume 1 - Powers of Ten: An adventure in magnitudes, from without and within. Journey from a picnic in Chicago to the outer edges of the universe and back again. Also included is the original 1968 ... author: Charles Eames, Ray Eames



			Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the CoelacanthClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The tale of the coelacanth, an ancient fish thought to be the direct ancestor of reptiles, its presumed extinction and resurrection. Includes black & white photographs and illustrations. author: Samantha Weinberg


			Flatland: A Romance of Many DimensionsClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A physics classic that explores the fourth dimension. The narrator exists in Flatland (two dimensions) but is able to visit Pointland (no dimensions), Lineland (one dimension) and Spaceland (three d... author: Edwin A. Abbott


			Fly in the Cathedral: How a Group of Cambridge Scientists Won the International Race to Split the AtomClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Written for the non-scientist by London author, former reporter and self-acclaimed non-scientist Brian Cathcart, "The Fly in the Cathedral" is an accessible account of the lives and work of the scient... author: Brian Cathcart


			Future of LifeClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author comes a book that is both a loving description of our biosphere and all its diversity, and a call for quick, decisive action to save it. With our plane... author: Edward O. Wilson


			Fuzzy Logic - The Discovery of a Revolutionary Computer Technology - and How it is Changing Our WorldClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. An introduction to fuzzy logic, a concept invented in 1964 by Lotfi Zadeh. Unlike conventional logic, which divides the world into yes and no, black and white, fuzzy logic deals in shades of gray an... author: Daniel McNeill, Paul Freiberger



			Genesis: The Scientific Quest for Life's OriginClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Astrobiologist Robert Hazen has spent years studying the fundamental mechanisms of life's genesis. In this book he gives an overview of the various ongoing scientific investigations into the origin o... author: Robert M. Hazen


			Genome - The Autobiography of a Species in 23 ChaptersClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Ridley wrote this in 1999, just before the 2000 publication of the first draft of the human genome. He picks one newly discovered gene from each of the twenty-three human chromosomes and tells its st... author: Matt Ridley


			Geons, Black Holes, and Quantum Foam: A Life in PhysicsClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Memoir of one of the most influential physicists of the 20th century. Includes his work with Neils Bohr, involvement with the Manhattan Project, theoretical physics with his student Richard Feynman, a... author: John Archibald Wheeler with Kenneth Ford


			Great Ideas in Physics: the conservation of energy, the second law of thermodynamics, the theory of relativity, and quantum mechanicsClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. An exploration of the four foundations of modern physics and their impact on the world, not only through science, but also the arts, social sciences, philosophy, and politics. author: Alan Lightman


			Guns, Germs & Steel: The Fates of Human SocietiesClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Guns, Germs, and Steel is a comprehensive treatise that brings together ecology, botany, anthropology, medicine and evolution. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction, 1998. Also availab... author: Jared Diamond



			Hen's Teeth and Horses Toes: Further Reflections in Natural HistoryClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A collection of natural history essays. Topic Headings: Sensible Oddities; Personalities; Adaptation & Development; Teilhard & Piltdown; Science & Politics; Extinction; A Zebra Trilogy. Includes black... author: Stephen Jay Gould


			Historical Perspectives on Climate ChangeClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. History of ideas concerning climate change dating from the Enlightenment to the present. Written clearly, with minimal technical jargon. Fleming traces the origin and development of earlier ideas ab... author: James Rodger Fleming


			Hunt for the Dawn Monkey: Unearthing the Origins of Monkeys, Apes, and HumansClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A journey back 45 million years into our evolutionary roots and a reconstruction of humans' extended family tree. author: Chris Beard


			In Search of NatureClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A collection of essays published between 1975 and 1993, addressing both nature and human nature and how they are closely interwoven. Wilson argues that the only way to fully understand both is to stu... author: Edward O. Wilson


			In Suspect TerrainClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. This book is the second in a series of five that together make up Annals of the Former World. In this volume, McPhee travels with and profiles the work of geologist Anita G. Harris as they cover the ... author: John McPhee



			In the Beginning was the Worm: Finding the Secrets of Life in a Tiny HermaphroditeClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The story of how three men won the Nobel Prize for their research on the nematod worm (C. elegans), and how their discovery led to the sequencing of the human genome. author: Andrew Brown


			In the Blink of an EyeClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Parker puts forth his theory that the great proliferation of life during the Cambrian period was directly related to the evolution of eyes and, consequently, the active hunting strategy that developed... author: Andrew Parker


			In the Womb: AnimalsClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Follows the developmental path of three different mammals - dog, dolphin, and elephant - and compares the time involved and the different developmental stages, from conception to when the offspring ... author: Michael Sims


			Inconvenient Truth - A Global Warning (DVD)Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Vice President Al Gore's eye-opening and compelling documentary that delivers the message that global warming is a real and present danger. Also encourages each individual to become part of the soluti... author: Al Gore


			Insect SocietiesClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Covers the classification, evolution, anatomy, physiology, and behavior of the higher social insects ? ants, social wasps and bees, and termites. As Wilson writes in the introduction, ?Why do we stud... author: Edward O. Wilson



			Invention of Clouds: How an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the Language of the SkiesClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The story of Luke Howard, an amateur English meteorologist who named the clouds in 1802 (cumulus, cirrus, stratus) and gained international fame. Combines the history of science with an entertaining ... author: Richard Hamblyn


			Invention that Changed the WorldClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. How a small group of British and American radar pioneers won the second world war and launched a technological revolution. author: Robert Buderi


			Isaac NewtonClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. An intimate look at the life and work of Isaac Newton by award-winning author James Gleick. Includes black & white illustrations. author: James Gleick


			Joy of Science (DVD)Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Professor Robert M. Hazen, an advocate of science education for non-scientists, gives 60 engaging thirty-minute lectures that explore the fundamental discoveries and principles of all the physical and... author: The Teaching Company


			Knowledge and Wonder - The Natural World as Man Knows ItClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A classic, clear presentation of usually difficult topics, Weisskopf's book summarizes many areas of modern science for the non-physics trained mind. Technical terms clearly explained. Diagrams and ... author: Victor F. Weisskopf



			Life: A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on EarthClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. An enticing narrative about the evolution of all forms of life on Earth. Includes thirty-two pages of back & white photos. author: Richard Fortey


			Life: The Unfinished ExperimentClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Presents the basic facts of genetics and cellular biology while stessing their relationship to the development and evolution of organisms. Discusses the implication of this knowledge for medicine, psy... author: S. E. Luria


			Limits to Growth: The 30-Year UpdateClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. In 1972 the original Limits to Growth was published, to worldwide notice and acclaim. Using a computer model, the authors looked toward the future and sounded an alarm about the consequences of unche... author: Donella Meadows, Jorgen Randers, Dennis Meadows


			Living With the Genie: Essays on Technology and the Quest for Human MasteryClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A collection of essays that explores the power of technology to change society both positively and negatively. Eighteen authors and sixteen essays. author: Alan Lightman, Daniel Sarewitz & Cristina Desser, Editors


			Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of EvolutionClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Describes how scientists are using DNA as a living record of evolution and their surprising findings. author: Sean B. Carroll



			Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdös and the Search for Mathematical TruthClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. An engaging biography of the eccentric , homeless, and brilliant mathematician Paul Erdös, who travelled the world in pursuit of his love of numbers. author: Paul Hoffman


			Mapping the Deep - The Extraordinary Story of Ocean ScienceClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The ocean, covering seven-tenths of the planet, is largely unexplored, yet explorations of its hidden depths over the last 50 years have completely transformed our view of it. Kunzig explores what is... author: Robert Kunzig


			MARS: Dead or Alive (DVD)Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at NASA's successful mission to Mars. This video follows scientists and engineers as they design and build the Spirit and Opportunity rovers. NOVA rejoins the mis... author: NOVA, WGBH, Boston


			Mendel in the Kitchen: A Scientist's View of Genetically Modified FoodsClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A fascinating and very readable history of agricultural modification and lore since the 1700's and a scientific look at today's genetically engineered foods. author: Nina Fedoroff & Nancy Marie Brown


			Mismeasure of ManClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A history of man's urge to classify and determine the intelligence of his fellow man, from craniometry to IQ tests, and the consequences of such pigeonholing. Includes black & white illustrations. author: Stephen Jay Gould



			Monster of God: The Man-eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the MindClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. An historic look at humans relationship with man-eating predators through the exploration of science, literature, art, and myth. author: David Quammen


			Mr. Tompkins in PaperbackClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. This is the updated versions of both of Gamow's physics classics for the layman; Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland, and Mr. Tompkins Explores the Atom. Explains the central concepts of modern physics in the... author: George Gamow


			Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed HistoryClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A compelling account of seventeen molecules that have influenced the course of history. Also a telling reminder of the importance of the atom. author: Penny Le Couteur & Jay Burreson


			No Small Matter: Science on the NanoscaleClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A stunning coffee table-style book that explores the realities and possibilities of nanoscience. Frankel's photographs beautifully illustrate Whiteside's essays on the science and technology of small ... author: Felice C. Frankel, George M. Whitesides


			On the Origin of Species - The Illustrated EditionClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. This illustrated edition marks the 150th anniversary of the first publication of On the Origin of Species. Using hundreds of excerpts and historical images from The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, Th... author: Charles Darwin; David Quammen, general editor



			One Universe At Home in the CosmosClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Using the starting points of motion, matter, and energy, this fascinating volume shows how the physical principles that operate in our kitchens and backyards are actually down-to-Earth versions of cos... author: Neil de Grasse Tyson, Charles Liu, & Robert Irion


			Origin of SpeciesClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The landmark work that set forth Darwin's theory of evolution and natural selection. Based largely on the observations from his five year voyage on the HMS Beagle, the book challenged the beliefs of ... author: Charles Darwin


			Other Worlds: The Search for Life in the UniverseClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A glimpse into the daily lives and the observatories and listening posts of the scientists who are searching the universe for extraterresrials. author: Michael D. Lemonick


			Our Own Devices: The Past and Future of Body TechnologyClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Tenner looks at how inventions of everyday items affect how we use our bodies. With chapters on athletic shoes, posture chairs, helmets, bottle feeding and more, he explores how these inventions hav... author: Edward Tenner


			Peacemaking Among PrimatesClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. An examination of how four simian species cope with aggression and how they make peace after fights. De Waal's thesis that forgiveness and peacemaking are widespread among non-human primates offers t... author: Frans De Waal



			Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. FeynmanClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A collection of essays: The pleasure of finding things out -- Computing machines in the future -- Los Alamos from below -- What is and what should be the role of scientific culture in modern society -... author: Richard P. Feynman with forward by Freeman Dyson


			Plows, Plagues & PetroleumClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Provides an historical account of the human impact on climate change since the dawn of agriculture, some 8,000 years ago, and a look into the future. author: William F. Ruddiman


			Powers of Ten - The Relative Size of Things in the UniverseClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A visual journey from the farthest dimensions of the universe to the interior of a single atom, this book contains 42 photos, each a power of ten closer than the one before it (meters in10 to the 25th... author: Philip Morrison, Phylis Morrison, C. & R. Eames


			Privilege of Being a PhysicistClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A collection of essays by the elder statesman of physics, Victor Weisskopf. Includes his thoughts on teaching science, art and science, science and society, science and culture, the frontiers and limi... author: Victor F. Weisskopf


			Reading the Forested Landscape - A Natural History of New EnglandClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A portrait of New England's forests, tracing their evolution from pre-colonial days to the present. Each chapter addresses a form of forest disturbance common in New England (fire, logging, blight), ... author: Tom Wessels



			Relativity - The Special and the General Theory: A Clear Explanation that Anyone Can UnderstandClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. An explanation of the Special and General Theories of Relativity by Einstein himself. He states that it is written for readers who are ?"nterested in the theory, but who are not conversant with the m... author: Albert Einstein


			Riemann Hypothesis: The Greatest Unsolved Problem in MathematicsClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The story of the search for the proof of the Riemann Hypothesis, for which the Clay Institute put up a $1 million prize in 2001, and of the mathematicians who have worked to solve it. Also a rare inti... author: Karl Sabbagh


			Right Hand, Left Hand: The Origins of Asymmetry in Brains, Bodies, Atoms and CulturesClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A fascinating exploration of handedness in nature, humans and cultures; its origin and significance. Includes historical accounts and anecdotes and such musings as why mirrors reflect left-right but n... author: Chris McManus


			Rising From the PlainsClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. McPhee profiles David Love, a geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, and their travels together across Wyoming studying the rock in roadcuts of the interstate and the geologies these roadcuts repr... author: John McPhee


			Rock, Paper, Scissors - Game Theory in Everyday LifeClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Fisher takes the mathematical concepts of game theory and applies them to the problem of non-cooperation between people. From individual relationships to global warming, resource depletion, and confl... author: Len Fisher



			Rum Affair: A True Story of Botanical FraudClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Investigates the suspect botanical research of British botanist, John Heslop Harrison, on the Isle of Rum, Scotland and the 1940 hoax - his claim to have found a rare plant on the island. Includes se... author: Karl Sabbagh


			Science in the Twentieth Century: A Social-Intellectual Survey (on CD and DVD)Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Available as audio book or DVD. Taught by Professor Steven L. Goldman, Lehigh University. Lectures include: The Evolution of 20th-Century Science; Redefining Reality; Quantum Theory Makes Its Appea... author: Steven L. Goldman


			Science: Good, Bad and Bogus: A Skeptical Look at Extraordinary ClaimsClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A collection of essays addressing science fact, fraud, crackpots and quacks. author: Martin Gardner


			Sea Around UsClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A naturalist's account of the beginnings of the sea and its life zones, to the tides, and the scientific undersea exploration of the oceans that was first ignited by WWII. Includes black & white pho... author: Rachel L. Carson


			Seeing in the Dark: How Backyard Stargazers are Probing Deep Space and Guarding Earth from Interplanetary PerilClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. An adventurous and entertaining guide to the universe and an account of the global network of backyard stargazers and the important discoveries they have made. author: Timothy Ferris



			Selfish GeneClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A beautifully written account of genetics. Clear, concise, rewarding to both the scientist and non-scientist. author: Richard Dawkins


			Silent SpringClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The landmark book that spurred revolutionary changes in government policy toward the environment and exposed the dangers of pesticides. The publication of this book launched the environmental movemen... author: Rachel Carson


			Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics, Explained by its Most Brilliant TeacherClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. An introduction to the fundamentals of physics based on Feynman?s lectures at the California Institute of Technology between 1961and 1963. The six chapters introduce the following topics: atoms, bas... author: Richard P. Feynman


			So Human an Animal: How We Are Shaped by Surroundings and EventsClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A discussion of the impact of environment on the development of humans. Dubos asks, are we becoming dehumanized by the conditions in which we live? author: René Dubos


			Stories of the Invisible: A Guided Tour of MoleculesClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A guide to molecules and how they are formed, materials that are created, their relationship to energy, and molecular motors. author: Philip Ball



			Strange Matters: Undiscovered Ideas at the Frontiers of Space and TimeClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A fascinating primer recounting the theories of the past, present, and the coming frontiers of theoretical physics. author: Tom Siegfried


			Strongest Boy in the World - How Genetic Information is Reshaping Our LivesClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Reilly, a physician, geneticist and lawyer, presents twenty fascinating stories in his book that explore the possible impacts of genetics on the longevity and fitness of humans, the treatment of disea... author: Philip R. Reilly


			Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious CharacterClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A collection of stories, compiled over seven years, that provide a glimpse into the mind and methods of Richard Feynman. author: Richard P. Feynman as told to Ralph Leighton


			Symmetry - A Unifying ConceptClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A book filled with 550 photos and over 300 drawings of symmetry, both in art and in nature. Text is sometimes quite advanced, drawing from mathematics and chemistry in its discussions. Of interest m... author: Istvan Hargittai, Magdolna Hargittai


			Taking Wing: Archaeopteryx and the Evolution of Bird FlightClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A story of scientific discovery, debate, and drama. Explores the evolution of bird flight from the finding of First Bird in 1861 through to modern scientific theories and debate. Includes black & whit... author: Pat Shipman



			Tangled Wing: Biological Constaints on the Human SpiritClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Discussion of the biological basis of human behavior and emotions, and a call for further work to understand the "raw materials of life" and how they impact human behavior so that society may shape i... author: Melvin Konner


			The Advent of the Algorithm: The Idea That Rules the WorldClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The story of the search for and discovery of the algorithm... the language that drives computers. author: David Berlinski


			The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of EvolutionClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A novel presentation of a comprehensive look at evolution. The reader is invited to journey back through time, four billion years, with forty stops along the way at which the reader meets a common anc... author: Richard Dawkins


			The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2006Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The 2006 edition of this annual series. Series editor Tim Folger and editor Brian Greene bring together 25 diverse and fascinating articles by leading scientists and writers. Topics of interest to an... author: Brian Greene, editor


			The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2007Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Contains 28 essays from 20 different periodicals. Articles range in topic from the farthest reaches of space to the everyday world around us to the secrets hidden in our own bodies. The mix of hard... author: Richard Preston, editor



			The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2008Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The 2008 edition of this annual series. Series editor Tim Folger and editor Jerome Groopman, M.D. bring together 24 diverse and fascinating articles by leading scientists. author: Jerome Groopman, M.D., editor


			The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2009Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Twenty-one articles from a wide assortment of scientific fields, chosen by editor Elizabeth Kolbert and series editor Tim Folger. author: Elizabeth Kolbert, editor


			The Best American Science and Nature Writing, 2004Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The 2004 edition of an annual collection of essays by American science and nature writers. Topics include neuroscience, cloning, genetics, bird food myths and bird watching, and the qualities of intr... author: Steven Pinker, editor Tim Folger series editor


			The Best American Science and Nature Writing, 2005Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The 2005 edition of the annual series. Includes essays on NASA and space expoloration, psychology, global warming, medicine and medical research, and a computer hacker. author: Jonathan Weiner, editor & Tim Folger series editor


			The Best American Science Writing 2004Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The 2004 edition, edited by Dava Sobel, of this annual compliation of essays by the best of American science writers. Topics include space flight, physics, medicine and organ transplants, dark matter,... author: Dava Sobel, editor & Jesse Cohen series editor



			The Best American Science Writing 2006Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The 2006 edition of this annual series. Series editor Jesse Cohen and editor Atul Gawande bring together 21 diverse and fascinating articles by leading scientists. Topics of interest to and accessib... author: Atul Gawande, editor


			The Best American Science Writing 2007Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Twenty essays from notable authors selected as the best picks of 2007 by Gina Kolata, award winning science and medicine reporter for the New York Times and author of "Flu: The Story of the Great Infl... author: Gina Kolata, editor


			The Best American Science Writing 2008Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The 2008 edition of this annual series. Nineteen articles on diverse scientific topics, chosen by edicot Sylvia Nasar and series editor Jesse Cohen. author: Sylvia Nasar, editor; Jesse Cohen, series editor


			The Best American Science Writing, 2005Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Twenty-six essays from notable authors selected by Alan Lightman, author, physicist, and MIT professor of humanities, as his best picks of 2005. Authors include Diane Ackerman, Natalie Angier, K.C. Co... author: Alan Lightman, editor


			The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without DesignClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Considered by scientists and non-scientists as a classic read about evolution, it is very accessible, intriguing, and written in clear language. Illustrations and diagrams in black & white. author: Richard Dawkins



			The Book of Nothing: Vacuums, Voids, and the Latest Ideas About the Origins of the UniverseClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Barrow explores the latest theories about the origin of the universe. (year. published, 2000) author: John D. Barrow


			The Code Book: The Evolution of Secrecy from Mary Queen of Scots to Quantum CryptographyClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The vivd telling of the history of codes from the ancient Greeks to modern computer science, and the story of treasures, treasure hunters, and the power of codes, or their breaking, to alter history. author: Simon Singh


			The Dancing Wu Li Masters - An Overview of the New PhysicsClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A book for those curious about the new discoveries in advanced physics but who have no scientific background. Written in clear language with no mathematical equations, it explores quantum mechanics, ... author: Gary Zukav


			The Deep - The Extraordinary Creatures of the AbyssClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Over 200 color photos of deep-sea creatures give this book a stunning realism. Text by some of the most respected researchers examines the biology of deep-sea organisms, the ecology of deep-sea habit... author: Claire Nouvian, editor


			The Discoveries: Great Breakthroughs in 20th Century Science, Including the Original PapersClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The 20th century saw breakthroughs in every field of science that profoundly changed the way we understand the world and our place in it. Lightman chooses 22 of these discoveries and profiles the sci... author: Alan Lightman



			The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human IntelligenceClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. An overview of the evolution of human intelligence from prehistoric to the present with an explanation how the brain developed and functions. Also discusses the future evolution of the human brain and... author: Carl Sagan


			The Dying of Enoch Wallace: Life, Death, and the Changing BrainClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A fascinating history of modern neuroscience with accounts of discovery. Delves into the mysteries of the brain, how it is shaped by both genetics and experience; ever-changing and complex. author: Ira B. Black, MD


			The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory (DVD)Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. An inviting explanation for the lay person interested in string theory, the first theory that successfully unites general relativity and quantum mechanics. author: NOVA


			The Elements - A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the UniverseClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A color photo of every element in the universe, along with the story of its discovery, applications, and essential scientific data including atomic weight, atomic radius, a crystal structure diagram, ... author: Theodore Gray


			The Emperor of Scent: A Story of Perfume, Obsession, and the Last Mystery of the SensesClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The engrossing and entertaining story of Luca Turin's quest to solve the mystery of how sense of smell works. author: Chandler Burr



			The Films of Charles and Ray Eames (DVD)Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Volume 1 - Powers of Ten: An adventure in magnitudes, from without and within. Journey from a picnic in Chicago to the outer edges of the universe and back again. Also included is the original 1968 ... author: Charles Eames, Ray Eames


			The Fly in the Cathedral: How a Group of Cambridge Scientists Won the International Race to Split the AtomClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Written for the non-scientist by London author, former reporter and self-acclaimed non-scientist Brian Cathcart, "The Fly in the Cathedral" is an accessible account of the lives and work of the scient... author: Brian Cathcart


			The Future of LifeClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author comes a book that is both a loving description of our biosphere and all its diversity, and a call for quick, decisive action to save it. With our plane... author: Edward O. Wilson


			The Hunt for the Dawn Monkey: Unearthing the Origins of Monkeys, Apes, and HumansClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A journey back 45 million years into our evolutionary roots and a reconstruction of humans' extended family tree. author: Chris Beard


			The Insect SocietiesClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Covers the classification, evolution, anatomy, physiology, and behavior of the higher social insects ? ants, social wasps and bees, and termites. As Wilson writes in the introduction, ?Why do we stud... author: Edward O. Wilson



			The Invention of Clouds: How an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the Language of the SkiesClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The story of Luke Howard, an amateur English meteorologist who named the clouds in 1802 (cumulus, cirrus, stratus) and gained international fame. Combines the history of science with an entertaining ... author: Richard Hamblyn


			The Invention that Changed the WorldClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. How a small group of British and American radar pioneers won the second world war and launched a technological revolution. author: Robert Buderi


			The Joy of Science (DVD)Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Professor Robert M. Hazen, an advocate of science education for non-scientists, gives 60 engaging thirty-minute lectures that explore the fundamental discoveries and principles of all the physical and... author: The Teaching Company


			The Limits to Growth: The 30-Year UpdateClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. In 1972 the original Limits to Growth was published, to worldwide notice and acclaim. Using a computer model, the authors looked toward the future and sounded an alarm about the consequences of unche... author: Donella Meadows, Jorgen Randers, Dennis Meadows


			The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of EvolutionClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Describes how scientists are using DNA as a living record of evolution and their surprising findings. author: Sean B. Carroll



			The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdös and the Search for Mathematical TruthClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. An engaging biography of the eccentric , homeless, and brilliant mathematician Paul Erdös, who travelled the world in pursuit of his love of numbers. author: Paul Hoffman


			The Mismeasure of ManClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A history of man's urge to classify and determine the intelligence of his fellow man, from craniometry to IQ tests, and the consequences of such pigeonholing. Includes black & white illustrations. author: Stephen Jay Gould


			The Origin of SpeciesClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The landmark work that set forth Darwin's theory of evolution and natural selection. Based largely on the observations from his five year voyage on the HMS Beagle, the book challenged the beliefs of ... author: Charles Darwin


			The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. FeynmanClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A collection of essays: The pleasure of finding things out -- Computing machines in the future -- Los Alamos from below -- What is and what should be the role of scientific culture in modern society -... author: Richard P. Feynman with forward by Freeman Dyson


			The Privilege of Being a PhysicistClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A collection of essays by the elder statesman of physics, Victor Weisskopf. Includes his thoughts on teaching science, art and science, science and society, science and culture, the frontiers and limi... author: Victor F. Weisskopf



			The Riemann Hypothesis: The Greatest Unsolved Problem in MathematicsClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The story of the search for the proof of the Riemann Hypothesis, for which the Clay Institute put up a $1 million prize in 2001, and of the mathematicians who have worked to solve it. Also a rare inti... author: Karl Sabbagh


			The Sea Around UsClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A naturalist's account of the beginnings of the sea and its life zones, to the tides, and the scientific undersea exploration of the oceans that was first ignited by WWII. Includes black & white pho... author: Rachel L. Carson


			The Selfish GeneClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A beautifully written account of genetics. Clear, concise, rewarding to both the scientist and non-scientist. author: Richard Dawkins


			The Strongest Boy in the World - How Genetic Information is Reshaping Our LivesClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Reilly, a physician, geneticist and lawyer, presents twenty fascinating stories in his book that explore the possible impacts of genetics on the longevity and fitness of humans, the treatment of disea... author: Philip R. Reilly


			The Tangled Wing: Biological Constaints on the Human SpiritClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Discussion of the biological basis of human behavior and emotions, and a call for further work to understand the "raw materials of life" and how they impact human behavior so that society may shape i... author: Melvin Konner



			The Universe in a NutshellClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. An accessible, thought -provoking, and wonderfully illustrated sequel to A Brief History of Time. A continuation of that journey, with Hawking's as guide, to unlock the secrets of the universe. Inclu... author: Stephen Hawking


			The Variety of Life: A Survey and a Celebration of All the Creatures That Have Ever LivedClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. An illustrated introduction to the classification of organisms. author: Colin Tudge


			The Whale and the Supercomputer - On the Northern Front of Climate ChangeClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Climate change has altered the way of life for Native people of the Arctic who live off the land and sea. It has also lured scientists north to study and try and understand the process of global warm... author: Charles Wohlforth


			The Wisdom of the Bones: In Search of Human OriginsClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A firsthand account of Walker's discovery of the best specimen of Homo erectus, the evolutionary link between primates and humans, an his investigation of the nature of the species. author: Alan Walker & Pat Shipman


			Uncertainty: Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Struggle for the Soul of ScienceClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Chronicles the birth and evolution of the Heisenberg's uncertainty principle and the clash of ideas and personalities that took place as Albert Einstein determined to prove the principle false and Nie... author: David Lindley



			Universe in a NutshellClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. An accessible, thought -provoking, and wonderfully illustrated sequel to A Brief History of Time. A continuation of that journey, with Hawking's as guide, to unlock the secrets of the universe. Inclu... author: Stephen Hawking


			Variety of Life: A Survey and a Celebration of All the Creatures That Have Ever LivedClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. An illustrated introduction to the classification of organisms. author: Colin Tudge


			Well-Ordered Thing: Dmitrii Mendeleev and the Shadow of the Periodic TableClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A powerful biography of the creator of the periodic table of elements and journey into the world of Imperial Russia. Includes black & white photos and illustrations. author: Michael D. Gordin


			Whale and the Supercomputer - On the Northern Front of Climate ChangeClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Climate change has altered the way of life for Native people of the Arctic who live off the land and sea. It has also lured scientists north to study and try and understand the process of global warm... author: Charles Wohlforth


			Wisdom of the Bones: In Search of Human OriginsClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. A firsthand account of Walker's discovery of the best specimen of Homo erectus, the evolutionary link between primates and humans, an his investigation of the nature of the species. author: Alan Walker & Pat Shipman



			Your Inner Fish - A Journey Into the 3.5 Billion-Year History of the Human BodyClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. Shubin tells the story of evolution by tracing the organs of the human body back millions of years - to worms, flies, and even fish - and showing that the bodies of these creatures are often simpler v... author: Neil Shubin


			Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous IdeaClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link. The story of zero, from ancient times to the present, and how it has fascinated and perplexed thinkers not only in mathematics, but also in science, philosophy, theology and even art. An entertainin... author: Charles Seife

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