Sunday, September 16, 2007

Science survey

The Canon, a Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science, by Natalie Angier, Houghton-Mifflin

Empire of the Stars: Obsession, Friendship and Betrayal in the Quest for Black Holes, by Arthur I. Miller, Houghton Mifflin

Conflict in the Cosmos: Fred Hoyle's Life in Science by Simon Mitton, Joseph Henry Press

The Scientist as Rebel, By Freeman Dyson, New York Review of Books

Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About our Lives, by David Sloan Wilson, Delacorte Press

The Fellowship: Gilbert, Bacon, Harvey, Wren Newton and the Story of the Scientific Revolution, by John Gribbin, Overlook

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