User:Carcharoth/Reading list

Science (mainly popular science) and natural world books on my bookshelves. This list is several years out of date - another 50 or so books need to be added to this. Could also add various DVDs and TV programmes to this list. These books were read before, during and after I studied for an undergraduate science degree (mainly chemistry, but also physics, physiology and history and philosophy of science), including modules in atmospheric chemistry and surface science. I've also sporadically read popular science magazines such as New Scientist and Scientific American.


 * The Blue Planet (2001) - Andrew Byatt, Alastair Fothergill and Martha Holmes, BBC Books, ISBN 0 563 38498 0
 * The Last Wilderness - Images of the Canadian Wild (1990) - Canadian Nature Federation and Freeman Patterson, Key Porter Books, ISBN 1 55013 251 2
 * Life on Earth (1979) - David Attenborough, Collins BBC, ISBN 0 00 219941 6
 * The Arctic World (1985) - Fred Bruemmer, Key Porter Books, ISBN 0 919493 54 8
 * Planet Earth (2002) - German Aerospace Center, Jonathan Cape, ISBN 0 224 069160
 * The Atlas of the World's Worst Natural Disasters (1998) - Lesley Newson, Dorling Kindersley, ISBN 0 7513 0606 1
 * Andes to Amazon (2000) - Michael Bright, BBC, ISBN 0 563 53705 1
 * Spiders of the World (1984) - Rod Preston-Mafham & Ken Preston-Mafham, Blandford Press, ISBN 0 7137 1377 1
 * The Earth from the Air - 365 Days (2001) - Yan Arthus-Bertrand, Thames and Hudson, ISBN 0 500 54238 4
 * Last Chance to See (1990) - Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine, Pan, ISBN 0 330 32002 5
 * The Iron Sun (1977) - Adrian Berry, Jonathan Cape, ISBN 0 224 01357 2
 * The Ethics of Science (1998) - David B. Resnik, Routledge, ISBN 0 415 16698 5
 * The Pony Fish's Glow (1997) - George C. Williams, Harper Collins, ISBN 0 465 07281 X
 * Portraits of Discovery (1998) - George Greenstein, Wiley, ISBN 0 471 19138 8
 * Eyes on the Universe (1975) - Isaac Asimov, The Scientific Book Club, ISBN *
 * How We Found Out About Black Holes (1978) - Isaac Asimov, Longman, ISBN 0 582 39160 1
 * The Perils of Progress (1998) - John Ashton and Ron Laura, Zed Books, ISBN 1 85649 696 1
 * A Brief History of Tomorrow (2000) - Jonathan Margolis, Bloomsbury, ISBN 0 7475 5335 1
 * Science: Good, Bad and Bogus (1981) - Martin Gardner, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0 19 286037 2
 * Bad Astronomy (2002) - Philip Plait, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 0 471 40976 6
 * The Structure of Evolutionary Theory (2002) - Stephen Jay Gould, Harvard University Press, ISBN 0 674 00613 5
 * The Next 500 Years (1995) - Adrian Berry, Headline, ISBN 0 7472 4395 6
 * Heaven and Earth (2002) - Amanda Renshaw (Ed.), Phaidon, ISBN 0 7148 4280 X
 * On the Shores of Endless Worlds (1974) - Andrew Tomas, Sphere, ISBN 0 7221 8545 6
 * The View From Serendip (1978) - Arthur C. Clarke, Victor Gollancz, ISBN 0 575 02303 1
 * Voice Across the Sea (1958) - Arthur C. Clarke, William Luscombe, ISBN 0 86002 068 1
 * Report on Planet Three and Other Speculations (1972) - Arthur C. Clarke, Corgi, ISBN 0 552 09413 7
 * The Skeptical Environmentalist (2001) - Bjorn Lomborg, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 01068 3
 * Cosmos (1980) - Carl Sagan, Book Club Associates, ISBN *
 * Pale Blue Dot - A Vision of the Human Future in Space (1995) - Carl Sagan, Headline, ISBN 0 7472 7772 9
 * The Cosmic Connection (1973) - Carl Sagan, Coronet, ISBN 0 340 19682 3
 * The Dragons of Eden (1977) - Carl Sagan, Coronet, ISBN 0 340 23022 3
 * Broca's Brain (1980) - Carl Sagan, Ballantine, ISBN 0 345 33689 5
 * Cosmos (1980) - Carl Sagan, Futura, ISBN 0 7088 1996 6
 * Comet (1985) - Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan, Book Club Associates, ISBN CN 3827
 * Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1992) - Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan, BCA, ISBN CN 3012
 * Murmurs of Earth (1978) - Carl Sagan, F. D. Drake, Ann Druyan, Timothy Ferris, Jon Lomberg, Linda Salzman Sagan, Hodder and Stoughton, ISBN 0 340 24423 2
 * Darwin's Dangerous Idea (1995) - Daniel C. Dennett, Penguin, ISBN 0 14 016734 X
 * The Calendar (1998) - David Ewing Duncan, Fourth Estate, ISBN 1 85702 979 8
 * The Planets (1999) - David McNab and James Younger, BBC Books, ISBN 0 563 38469 7
 * The Naked Ape (1967) - Desmond Morris, Corgi Books, ISBN *
 * The Human Zoo (1969) - Desmond Morris, Corgi, ISBN 0 552 8664 9
 * Galileo's Commandment (1997) - Edmund Blair Bolles (Ed.), Abacus, ISBN 0 349 11246 0
 * What Is Life? (1944) - Erwin Schrodinger, Folio Society, ISBN *
 * The Ecology of Eden (1998) - Evan Eisenberg, Picador, ISBN 0 330 30885 8
 * The Cambridge Photographic Guide to the Planets (2001) - F. W. Taylor, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 78183 3
 * Koperwelten (2001) - Gunther Von Hagens, Institute for Plastination, ISBN *
 * Nature's Numbers (1995) - Ian Stewart, Harper Collins, ISBN 0 297 81642 X
 * Asimov on Astronomy (1974) - Isaac Asimov, Doubleday, ISBN 0 385 04111 X
 * The Collapsing Universe (1977) - Isaac Asimov, Walker, ISBN 0 8027 0486 7
 * Counting the Eons (1983) - Isaac Asimov, Granada, ISBN 0 246 12073 8
 * Earth - Our Crowded Spaceship (1974) - Isaac Asimov, Abelard-Schuman, ISBN 0 200 72279 4
 * Science, Numbers, and I (1968) - Isaac Asimov, Doubleday, ISBN *
 * Change! 71 Glimpses of the Future (1981) - Isaac Asimov, Houghton Mifflin, ISBN 0 395 31545 X
 * View From A Height (1963) - Isaac Asimov, Dobson, ISBN *
 * Asimov's Guide To Halley's Comet (1985) - Isaac Asimov, Grafton, ISBN 0 586 06685 3
 * Only A Trillion (1957) - Isaac Asimov, Ace Books, ISBN *
 * The Sun Shines Bright (1981) - Isaac Asimov, Granada, ISBN 0 586 05841 9
 * The Wellsprings of Life (1960) - Isaac Asimov, Signet, ISBN *
 * Science Past - Science Future (1975) - Isaac Asimov, Ace, ISBN *
 * OPUS (1969/1979) - Isaac Asimov, Granada, ISBN 0 586 05128 7
 * Understanding Physics: Motion, Sound, and Heat (1966) - Isaac Asimov, New American Library, ISBN *
 * Understanding Physics: Light, Magnetism and Electricity (1966) - Isaac Asimov, New American Library, ISBN *
 * Understanding Physics: The Electron, Proton and Neutron (1966) - Isaac Asimov, New American Library, ISBN *
 * Evolving the Alien (2002) - Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart, Ebury Press, ISBN 0 09 187927 2
 * The Identity of Man (1965) - Jacob Bronowski, Pelican, ISBN *
 * The Double Helix (1968) - James D. Watson, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, ISBN 0 297 76042 4
 * Chaos (1987) - James Gleick, Vintage, ISBN 0 7493 8606 1
 * Cassell's Laws of Nature (2002) - James Trefil, Cassell, ISBN 0 304 35759 6
 * Why Is Sex Fun? (1997) - Jared Diamond, Weidenfeld and Nicholson, ISBN *
 * The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee (1991) - Jared Diamond, Vintage, ISBN 0 09 991380 1
 * Black Holes, Wormholes and Time Machines (1999) - Jim Al-Khalili, Institute of Physics, ISBN 0 7503 0560 6
 * Teach Yourself Cosmology (1999) - Jim Breithaupt, Hodder and Stoughton, ISBN 0 340 73092 7
 * Impossibility (1998) - John D. Barrow, Vintage, ISBN 0 09 977211 6
 * The Artful Universe (1995) - John D. Barrow, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0 19 853996 7
 * Nature's Building Blocks (2001) - John Emsley, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0 19 280326 3
 * Time Warps (1979) - John Gribbin, Dent, ISBN 0 460 04430 3
 * Stardust (2000) - John Gribbin, Allen Lane - The Penguin Press, ISBN 0 71 399336 7
 * Science - A History (1543-2001) (2002) - John Gribbin, Book Club Associates, ISBN CN 108195
 * In Search of Schrodinger's Cat (1984) - John Gribbin, Black Swan, ISBN 0 552 12555 5
 * Richard Feynman - A Life In Science (1997) - John Gribbin and Mary Gribbin, Penguin, ISBN 0 14 025334 3
 * Black Holes (1973) - John Taylor, Fontana, ISBN 0 00 613509 9
 * Beyond Star Trek (1997) - Lawrence M. Krauss, Boxtree, ISBN 0 7522 2464 6
 * Afterglow of Creation (1993) - Marcus Chown, Arrow, ISBN 0 09 928051 5
 * The Worlds of Galileo (2001) - Michael Hanlon, Constable, ISBN 1 84119 283 X
 * The Last Word (1998) - Mick O'Hare (Ed.), Oxford University Press, ISBN 0 19 286199 9
 * The Last Word 2 (2000) - Mick O'Hare (Ed.), Oxford University Press, ISBN 0 19 286204 9
 * Science Reference Desk (The New York Public Library) (1995) - Patricia Barnes-Svarney (Ed.), Macmillan, ISBN 0 02 860403 2
 * Astronomy Encyclopedia (2002) - Patrick Moore (Ed.), Philip's, ISBN CN 103208
 * How To Build A Time Machine (2001) - Paul Davies, Penguin, ISBN 0 71 399583 1
 * The Matter Myth (1991) - Paul Davies and John Gribbin, Penguin, ISBN 0 14 013426 3
 * The Atlas of the Human Body (2002) - Peter Abrahams, Bright Star, ISBN 1 85605 699 6
 * Chemistry In Everyday Life (1989) - Peter Furtado (Ed.), Guild, ISBN CN 2742
 * Last Breath (2001) - Peter Stark, Macmillan, ISBN 0 333 90570 9
 * River Out of Eden (1995) - Richard Dawkins, Phoenix, ISBN 1 85799 432 9
 * The Selfish Gene (1976) - Richard Dawkins, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0 19 286092 5
 * The Origin of Humankind (1994) - Richard Leakey, Phoenix, ISBN 1 85799 334 9
 * The Sixth Extinction (1995) - Richard Leakey & Roger Lewin, Phoenix, ISBN 1 85799 473 6
 * Six Easy Pieces (1995) - Richard P. Feynman, Penguin, ISBN 0 14 027666 1
 * What Do You Care What Other People Think? (1988) - Richard P. Feynman, Unwin, ISBN 0 04 440528 6
 * Origins (2000) - Ron Redfern, Seven Dials, ISBN 1 841 88192 9
 * Horizon at the Edge of the Universe (1983) - Simon Campbell-Jones (Ed.), Ariel Books, ISBN 0 563 17954 6
 * The Universe in a Nutshell (2001) - Stephen Hawking, Bantam Press, ISBN 0 593 04815 6
 * On the Shoulders of Giants (2002) - Stephen Hawking, Running Press, ISBN 0 7624 1348 4
 * The Lying Stones of Marrakech (2000) - Stephen Jay Gould, Jonathan Cape, ISBN 0 224 05044 3
 * I Have Landed (2002) - Stephen Jay Gould, Jonathan Cape, ISBN 0 224 06299 9
 * Bully for Brontosaurus (1991) - Stephen Jay Gould, Penguin, ISBN 0 14 015985 1
 * The Mismeasure of Man (1981) - Stephen Jay Gould, Penguin, ISBN 0 14 022501 3
 * Wonderful Life (1989) - Stephen Jay Gould, Vintage, ISBN 0 099 27345 4
 * Questioning the Millennium (1997) - Stephen Jay Gould, Vintage, ISBN 0 09 976581 0
 * Ever Since Darwin (1977) - Stephen Jay Gould, Penguin, ISBN 0 14 013534 0
 * The Panda's Thumb (1980) - Stephen Jay Gould, Penguin, ISBN 0 14 022473 4
 * An Urchin in the Storm (1987) - Stephen Jay Gould, Penguin, ISBN 0 14 012528 0
 * Eight Little Piggies (1993) - Stephen Jay Gould, Penguin, ISBN 0 14 017994 1
 * Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms (1998) - Stephen Jay Gould, Vintage, ISBN 0 099 28924 5
 * Wonderful Life (1989) - Stephen Jay Gould, Penguin, ISBN 0 14 013380 1
 * The Blank Slate (2002) - Steven Pinker, Book Club Associates, ISBN CN 108684
 * Atlas of Human Anatomy (2002) - Taj Books (Trans.), Taj Books, ISBN 1 902328 40 X
 * Planets (1995) - Thomas R. Watters, Macmillan, ISBN 0 02 860405 9
 * A Physicist on Madison Avenue (1991) - Tony Rothman, Princeton University Press, ISBN 0 691 08731 8
 * Secrets of the Dead (1999) - Veronica Horwell, Channel Four Television, ISBN 1 85144 260 X
 * The Shape of Further Things (1970) - Brian Aldiss (Ed.), Corgi, ISBN 0 552 09533 8
 * The Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov (1974) - Joseph F. Patrouch (Junior), Panther, ISBN 0 586 043934
 * Hell's Cartographers (1975) - Brian W. Aldiss and Harry Harrison (Ed.), Orbit, ISBN 0 8600 7907 4
 * Anatomy of a Scientific Discovery (1988) - Jeff Goldberg, Bantam, ISBN 0 553 17616 1
 * Animal (2001) - David Burnie (Ed.), Dorling Kindersley, ISBN 0 7513 3427 8
 * Einstein (1973) - Banesh Hoffmann and Helen Dukas, Granada, ISBN 0 586 08195 X
 * Darwin (1991) - Adrian Desmond & James Moore, Penguin, ISBN 0 14 013192 2
 * Apes Angels & Victorians (1956) - William Irvine, Readers Union, ISBN *
 * In Darwin's Wake (1997) - John Campbell, Waterline, ISBN 1 85310 755 7
 * On Giants' Shoulders (1998) - Melvyn Bragg, Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN 0 340 71259 7
 * The Man Who Loved Only Numbers (1998) - Paul Hoffman, Fourth Estate, ISBN 1 85702 829 5
 * Carl Sagan - A Life (1999) - Keay Davidson, Wiley, ISBN 0 471 25286 7
 * Astounding Days (1989) - Arthur C. Clarke, Victor Gollancz, ISBN 0 575 04446 2
 * Chronicles of the Strange and Mysterious (1987) - Arthur C. Clarke, Guild, ISBN CN 5923
 * Greetings, Carbon-based Bipeds! (1999) - Arthur C. Clarke, Voyager, ISBN 0 00 224697 X
 * By Space Possessed (1993) - Arthur C. Clarke, Victor Gollancz, ISBN 0 575 05596 0
 * Profiles of the Future (1982) - Arthur C. Clarke, Pan, ISBN 0 330 28068 6