|
Author |
Title |
Summary |
|
Aczel, Amir |
Pendulum: Leon Foucault and
the Triumph of Science |
Story of Leon Faucault and
his pendulum that proved the Earth rotated on its axis. |
|
Bodanis, David |
E=mc2 |
The story of Einstein's
equation |
|
*NEW*
Ettlinger, Steve |
Twinkie: Deconstructed |
Ever wonder what is in a Twinkie? This book
will tell you! |
|
Garfield, Simon |
Mauve: How One man Invented a
Color The Changed the World |
The story of the first man
who made a useful chemical,and started an entire industry. |
|
Gilmore, Robert |
Alice in Quantumland |
An amusing story explaining
quantum mechanics through an "Alice in Wonderland"-type story. |
|
*NEW*
Kakalios, James |
The Physics of
Superheroes |
A fabulous book explaining what's real (and
a surprising amount is!) and not about superheroes. |
|
Levi, Primo |
The Periodic Table |
Stories from Primo Levi's
life as a chemist and Italian Jew during World War II |
|
Sacks, Oliver |
An Anthropologist on Mars |
Case histories of patients
with unusual neurological disorders. |
|
Sacks, Oliver |
The Man Who Mistook His Wife
For a Hat |
Case histories of patients
with unusual neurological disorders. |
|
Sacks, Oliver |
Uncle Tungsten |
Oliver Sacks's memories of
growing up and exploring science in a home laboratory. |
|
Sobel, Dava |
Galileo's Daughter |
Letters between Galileo and
his Daughter |
|
Youngson, Robert |
Scientific Blunders: A Brief
History of How Wrong Scientists Can Sometimes Be |
An account of mistakes made
by scientists in all branches of science |
