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Recommended Science Books - Pt I
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'Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! : Adventures of a Curious Character - by Richard Phillips Feynman. W.W. Norton, 1997.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - by Jules Verne. New American Library, 1993.
A Passion for DNA: Genes, Genomes, and Society - by James D. Watson. CSHL Press, 2000.
Anatomy of Love: A Natural History of Mating, Marriage, and Why We Stray - by Helen Fisher. Fawcett Books, 1995.
Behind the Crystal Ball: Magic, Science and the Occult From Antiquity Through the New Age - by Anthony Aveni.
Born To Rebel: Birth Order, Family Dynamics, and Creative Lives - by Frank Sulloway. Vintage Books, 1997.
Children's Games in Street and Playground : Chasing, Catching, Seeking, Hunting, Racing, Duelling, Exerting, Daring, Guessing, Acting, Pretending - by "Iona Opie, Peter Opie".
Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory - by Brian Greene. W.W. Norton, 1998.
Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love - by Dava Sobel. Walker & Co, 1999.
Give Me My Father's Body : The Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo - by Kenn Harper. Steerforth Pr, 2000.
Godel, Escher, Bach : An Eternal Golden Braid - by Douglas R. Hofstadter. Basic Books, 1999.
Grand Canyon, A Century of Change - by Robert Webb. University of Arizona Press, 1996.
Honey, Mud, Maggots and other Medical Marvels: The Science Behind Folk Remedies and Old Wives' Tales - by Robert and Michele Root-Bernstein. Mariner Books, 1998.
Just Visiting This Planet : Merlin Answers More Questions About Everything Under the Sun, Moon, and Stars - by Neil De Grasse Tyson. Doubleday, 1998.
Magical Mushrooms, Mischievous Molds - by George W. Hudler. Princeton University Press, 1998.
Mathematics: The Science of Patterns: The Search for Order in Life, Mind and the Universe - by Keith Devlin. W H Freeman and Co, 1997.
Merlin's Tour of the Universe : A Skywatcher's Guide to Everything from Mars and Quasars to Comets, Planets, Blue Moons, and Werewolves - by Neil De Grasse Tyson. Main Street Books, 1997.
Millions of Monarchs, Bunches of Beetles : How Bugs Find Strength in Numbers - by Gilbert Waldbauer. Harvard University Press, 2000.
Mountain Sickness: Prevention, Recognition and Treatment - by Peter H. Hackett. Amer Alpine Club, 1980.
Music of the Spheres : The Material Universe from Atom to Quasar, Simply Explained - by Guy Murchie.
New Name for Peace: International Environmentalism, Sustainable Development, and Democracy - by Phil Shabecoff. University Press of New England, 1996.
Our Babies, Ourselves: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent - by Meredith Small. Dell Pub Co, 1999.
Rainbows,Curveballs : And Other Wonders of the Natural World Explained - by Ira Flatow.
Skull Wars : Kennewick Man, Archeology, and the Battle for Native American Identity - by David Hurst Thomas. Basic Books, 2000.
The Medicine of ER, or, How We Almost Die - by Harlan Gibbs. Harperperennial, 1997.
The Practice of Autonomy : Patients, Doctors, and Medical Decisions - by Carl E. Schneider . Oxford Univ Press, 1998.
The Privacy Law Sourcebook 1999: United States Law, International Law, and Recent Developments - by Marc Rotenberg. EPIC, 1999.
The Science of Jurassic Park and The Lost World, or, How to Build a Dinosaur - by Rob DeSalle. Harperperennial.
The UFO Invasion: The Roswell Incident, Alien Abductions and Government Coverups - by Kendrick Frazier. Prometheus Books, 1997.
The Undiscovered Mind: How The Human Brain Defies Replication, Medication, and Explanation - by John Horgan. Simon and Schuster, 1999.
The Way Life Works: The Science Lover's Illustrated Guide to How Life Grows, Develops, Reproduces, and Gets Along - by Mahlon Hoagland and Bert Dodson. Times Books, 1998.
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers:An Updated Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping - by Robert Sapolsky. W H Freeman & Co, 1998.
Women's Work : The First 20,000 Years : Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times - by Elizabeth Wayland Barber. W.W. Norton, 1995.
1939: The Lost World of the Fair - by David Gelernter.
"A Commotion in the Blood - by Stephen S. Hall. Henry Holt & Company, 1997.
"A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder - by Walter Wick. Scholastic, 1997.
"A Field Guide to the Birds - by Roger Tory Peterson. Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
"A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets - by Jay M. Pasachoff. Houghton Mifflin Co, 1999.
"A Fly for the Prosecution: How Insect Evidence Helps Solve Crimes - by M. Lee Goff. Harvard Univ. Press, 2000.
"A Man On The Moon - by Andrew Chaikin. Scholastic, 1998.
"A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts - by Andrew Chaikin. Time Life, 1999.
"A Mathematician Reads at the Newspaper - by John Allen Paulos. Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1996.
"A Miracle and a Privilege: Recounting a Half-Century of Surgical Advances - by Francis Moore. National Academy Press, 1995.
A Moment on Earth: The Coming of Age of Environmental Optimism - by Gregg Easterbrook. Scholastic, 1996.
A Moment on the Earth : The Coming Age of Environmental Optimism - by Gregg Easterbrook. Penguin USA, 1996.
A Natural History of the Senses - by Diane Ackerman. Vintage Books, 1991.
A Primate's Memoir - by Robert Sapolsky. Scribner, 2001.
A Thousand and One Things Everyone Should Know About Science - by James Trefil. Doubleday, 1992.
A Wrinkle In Time - by Madeleine L'Engle. Yearling Books;, 1973.
ACEEE's Green Book : The Environmental Guide to Cars and Trucks, Model Year 2001 - by John Decicco, James Kliesch. ACEEE, 2001.
About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution - by Paul Davies. Touchstone Books, 1996.
Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold - by Tom Schactman. Houghton Mifflin, 1999.
Aceee's Green Book : The Environmental Guide to Cars & Trucks - by John Decicco. Amer Council for an Energy Efficient Econom, 2000.
Acres of Skin: Human Experiments at Holmesburg Prison - by Allen M. Hornblum. Routledge, 1998.
Against the Tide: The Battle for America's Beaches - by Cornelia Dean. Columbia University Press, 1999.
Albert Einstein: A Biography - by Albrecht Folsing. Scholastic, 1998.
Alien Invasion : America's Battle with Non-native Animals and Plants - by Robert Devine. National Geographic Press, 1998.
All Over the Map: An Extraordinary Atlas of the United States :Featuring Towns That Actually Exist! - by David Jouris. Ten Speed Pr, 1994.
An Anthropologist on Mars - by Oliver Sacks. Vintage Books, 1996.
An Extraordinary Life: The Story of a Monarch Butterfly - by Laurence Pringle. Orchard Books, 2000.
An Incomplete Education - by William Wilson and Judy Jones. Ballantine Books, 1995.
An Introduction to Scientific Research - by Edgar Bright Wilson. Dover Pubns, 1991.
An Unquiet Mind - by Kay Redfield Jamison. Knopf, 1995.
Anabolic Steroids in Sport and Exercise - by Charles Yesalis (editor). Human Kinetics, 2000.
Ancestral Passions: The Leakey Family and the Quest for Humankind's Beginnings - by Virginia Morell. Touchstone Books, 1996.
Ancient Inventions - by Peter James. Ballantine Books, 1995.
Annals of the Former World - by John McPhee. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1998.
Ants at Work: How an Insect Society is Organized - by Deborah M. Gordon. Free Press, 1999.
Apollo 13 - by Jim Lovell. Pocket Books, 1996.
Are We Unique: A Scientist Explores the Unparalleled Intelligence of The Human Mind - by Jim Trefil. John Wiley and Sons, 1997.
Arrowsmith - by Sinclair Lewis. Signet Classic, 1998.
Astronomy and Astrophysics Encyclopedia - by edited by Steve Maran. John Wiley & Sons, 1991.
Beating Murphy's Law : The Amazing Science of Risk - by Bob Berger . Delta, 1994.
Beer: Tap into the Art and Science of Brewing - by Charlie Bamforth. Insight Books, 1998.
Before the Beginning: Our Universe and Others - by Sir Martin Rees. Perseus.
Being Digital - by Nicholas Negroponte. Knopf, 1995.
Betrayal of Science and Reason: How Anti-Environmental Rhetoric Threatens our Future - by Paul Ehrlich. Island Pr, 1998.
Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health - by Laurie Garrett. Hyperion, 2000.
Beyond Malthus: Nineteen Dimensions of the Population Challenge - by "Lester R. Brown, Brian Halweil, and Gary Gardner". W.W. Norton, 1999.
Birds at Your Feeder - by Erica Dunn and Diane Tessaglia-Hymes. W.W. Norton, 1999.
Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays - by Stephen Hawking. Bantam Books, 1994.
Blind Watchers of the Sky : The People and Ideas That Shaped Our View of the Universe - by "Rocky Kolb, Edward W. Kolb". Perseus, 1997.
Blind Watchers of the Sky : The People and Ideas That Shaped Our View of the Universe - by Edward (Rocky) Kolb. Helix Books, 1197.
Blue Frontier : Saving America's Living Seas - by David Helvarg. W H Freeman & Co, 2001.
Brief History of Time - by Stephen Hawking. Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1998.
Building the Book Cathedral - by David Macaulay. Houghton Mifflin, 1999.
By Nature's Design - by Pat Murphy. Chronicle Books, 1993.
Concert and Opera Halls: How They Sound - by Leo Beranek. Acoustical Society of America, 1996.
Cancer Clinical Trials : Experimental Treatments & How They Can Help You - by Robert Finn. O'Reilly, 1999.
Cantor's Dilemma - by Carl Djerassi. Scholastic, 1991.
Cartoon Guide to Genetics - by Larry Gonick. Harperperennial, 1992.
Cartoon History of the Universe - by Larry Gonick. Doubleday, 1990.
Cat's Cradle - by Kurt Vonnegut. Delta, 1998.
Cathedral : The Story of Its Construction - by David Macaulay. Houghton Mifflin, 1973.
Chaos - by James Gleick. Vintage Books, 1993.
Charging Ahead: The Business of Renewable Energy and What it Means for America - by John Berger. University of California Press, 1998.
Charles Darwin: Voyaging - by Janet Brown. Princeton University Press, 1996.
Civilizing Cyberspace - by Steven Miller. Addison-Wesley, 1995.
Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace - by Lawrence Lessig. Basic Books, 2001.
Common Birds and their Songs - by Lang Elliot and Marie Read. Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
Computer Dictionary for Beginners - by Anna Claybourne. E D C Publications, 1986.
Concise History of World Population - by Massimo Livi-bachi. Blackwell Pub, 1997.
Copenhagen - by Michael Frayn. Anchor Books, 2000.
Cosmos - by Carl Sagan. Ballantine Books, 1993.
Cracking the Genome:Inside the Race to Unlock Human DNA - by Kevin Davies. Free Press, 2001.
Crash at Corona: The U.S. Military Retrieval and Cover-Up of a Ufo - by Don Berliner. Shooting Star Pr, 1997.
Crystal Fire: The Birth of the Information Age - by Michael Riordan and Lillian Hodesson. W.W. Norton & Company, 1998.
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