Best Science Books 2009: The Economist

A good selection from The Economist.

  • The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective by Robert C. Allen
  • Why We Disagree About Climate Change: Understanding Controversy, Inaction and Opportunity by Mike Hulme
  • Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origin of Species by Sean B. Carroll
  • The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom by Graham Farmelo
  • Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human by Richard Wrangham.
  • Direct Red: A Surgeon's Story by Gabriel Weston

By the way, is anybody else noticing that the Dirac bio is shaping up to be the book of the year?

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