Best Science Books 2009: Seed Magazine

Not surprisingly, being a science magazine Seed has a very fine list of books for science enthusiasts:

• Boyle: Between God and Science by Michael Hunter
• A Brilliant Darkness: The Extraordinary Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Ettore Majorana, the Troubled Genius of the Nuclear Age by João Magueijo
• NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
• Moyasimon 1: Tales of Agriculture by Masayuki Ishikawa
• Nature's Patterns: a Tapestry in Three Parts (Shapes, Flow, Branches) by Philip Ball
• Science as a Contact Sport: Inside the Battle to Save Earth's Climate by Stephen H. Schneider
• This Will Change Everything: Ideas That Will Shape the Future edited by John Brockman
• The Animal Series by series editor: Jonathan Burt
• The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe by Theodore Gray
• Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City by Eric W. Sanderson