science books

Another bunch of lists for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure. Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year. All the previous 2011 lists are here. This post includes the following: Readings Best Non-Fiction of 2011 The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson Seattle Times 32 of the year's best books Fire Season -- Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout by Philip Connors Never Say…

Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure. Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year. All the previous 2011 lists are here. This post includes the following: NPR Best Books 2011 Theodore Gray's Elements Vault: Treasures of the Periodic Table With 20 Removable Archival Documents, a Model Pop-up Atom, a Poster, Plus 10 Real Elements Including Pure Gold! by by Theodore Gray and Nick Mann…

Another bunch of lists for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure. Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year. All the previous 2011 lists are here. This post includes the following: Kansas City Star Top 100 Books of 2011 Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation by Andrea Wulf The Quiet World: Saving Alaska's Wilderness Kingdom, 1879-1960 by…

Another bunch of lists for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure. Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year. All the previous 2011 lists are here. This post includes the following: Publishers Weekly Best Books 2011 The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick Council on Foreign Relations: Michael Levi Holiday Reading The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World…

Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure. Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year. All the previous 2011 lists are here. This post includes the following: Five Social Media Books you Should Read. Yeah, I know this really isn't science -- and I'm not even labelling it as such -- but this is an pretty good list of books from a marketing blog for non-profits so I do see it as being for…

Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure. Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year. All the previous 2011 lists are here. This post includes the following: A Brilliant List of Science Books for People Who Want Their Minds Blown. Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution by Holly Tucker Eruptions that Shook the World by Clive Oppenheimer Radioactivity: A…

Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure. Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year. All the previous 2011 lists are here. This post includes the following: New Scientist (via Culture Lab blog). The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human Life by Robert Trivers The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True by Richard Dawkins The Better Angels of Our Nature:…

Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure. Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year. All the previous 2011 lists are here. This post includes the following: Last-Minute Shopping List by Sean Carroll on Cosmic Variance. Knocking on Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World by Lisa Randall The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence…

Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure. Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year. All the previous 2011 lists are here. This post includes the following: The Technology and Learning blog by Joshua Kim. The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World by Daniel Yergin Aerotropolis: The Way We'll Live Next by John D. Kasarda and Greg Lindsay Triumph of the City: How Our…

Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure. Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year. All the previous 2011 lists are here. This post includes the following: Kirkus Reviews. The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World by David Deutsch Deep Future: The Next 100,000 Years of Life on Earth by Curt Stager First Contact: Scientific Breakthroughs in the Hunt for Life Beyond…

Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure. Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year. All the previous 2011 lists are here. This post includes the following: Science, Non-Fiction. Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science by Michael Nielsen The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman Blue Revolution…

Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure. Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year. All the previous 2011 lists are here. This post includes the following: Marginal Revolution Very Best Books, Best General Non-Fiction. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence has Declined by Stephen Pinker Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys over Girls, and the…

Another bunch of lists for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure. Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year. All the previous 2011 lists are here. This post includes the following: American Public Media Marketplace Best Business Books Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science by Michael Nielsen Chicago Sun-Times Best Bet Holiday Gift Books Steve Jobs by…

Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure. Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year. All the previous 2011 lists are here. This post includes the following: The Economist Books of the Year. The Quantum Universe: Everything That Can Happen Does Happen by Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman Global Warming Gridlock: Creating More Effective Strategies for…

Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure. Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year. All the previous 2011 lists are here. This post includes the following: Physics World Top 10 books of 2011. Engineering Animals: How Life Works by Mark Denny, Alan McFadzean Measure of the Earth: the Enlightenment Expedition that Reshaped the World by Larrie Ferreiro The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes…

Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure. Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year. All the previous 2011 lists are here. This post includes the following: Globe and Mail Gift Books. A History of The World in 100 Weapons by Chris McNabb Voyages: To The New World and Beyond by Gordon Miller Explorers: The Most Exciting Voyages of Discovery - From the African Expeditions to the Lunar…

Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure. Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year. All the previous 2011 lists are here. This post includes the following: Brain Pickings The 11 Best Science Books of 2011. The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World by David Deutsch Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout by Lauren Redniss The Physics Book:…

Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure. Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year. All the previous 2011 lists are here. This post includes the following: Washington Post Top 10, 50 Best Non-Fiction Books, Great photobooks of 2011. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard In the Plex: How Google…

Another bunch of lists for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure. Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year. All the previous 2011 lists are here. This post includes the following: Greg Laden's Blog Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires: the History of Corpse Medicine from the Renaissance to the Victorians by Richard Sugg Fool Me Twice: Fighting the Assault on Science in America by Shawn Lawrence Otto The…

Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure. Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year. All the previous 2011 lists are here. This post includes the following: San Francisco Chronicle Biographies, Essays, History, Nature, Architecture, Travel. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard South With the Sun…