Science Reading List

Books named here include:

-Microbe Hunters- Paul DeKruif
-The Mismeasure of Man- Stephen Jay Gould
-Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History- Stephen Jay Gould
-Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms -Stephen Jay Gould
-(Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes- Stephen Jay Gould)
-The World Without Us- Alan Weisman
-A Short History of Nearly Everything- Bill Bryson
-Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking- Malcolm Gladwell
-The Selfish Gene- Richard Dawkins
-The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat- Oliver Sacks
-Awakenings- Oliver Sacks
-The Origin of Species- Charles Darwin

The list could go on, but these are just a few favorites.

If you have any questions or recommendations, please post a comment.

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• darwin

[KatherineAraya1]

i'm reading microbe hunters :D

[blackcat355]

@KatherineAraya1 yay! enjoy it, it's very fascinating to see how scientists thought in the past.

[zomgzorzzzz]

hey nice video. May recommend Lynn Margulis or James lovelock to you, their Gaia theory is very unique and interesting and probably different from things you have read before.

cheers

[blackcat355]

I've heard of the theory before, but have never read anything about it. Looks very interesting. I'll look into it.

Thanks for the suggestions.

[l0rdcompaQ]

That video shattered my hatred against woman.

I am confused :( .

[blackcat355]

lol Thanks?

I have not yet read God is not Great, but it is already on my list =)

[TheProf1988]

19th century books are solid to read. I've got a few from that time period and havn't managed to finish any of them.

I got halfway through 'Origin' and halfway through 'Dracula' and they were both very interesting, just too hard going.

[m4tthewk]

Cool video! I just finished A Short History of Nearly Everything. The World Without us sounds interesting, I think I'll check that one out next.

[TheFallibleFiend]

I read OOS the first time when I was not much older than you. Bored me to tears and I missed a lot. Reading it years later, I'm staggered at how much I missed previously, including that it's very much an intellectual adventure book.

[stratelite]

Work on saying "um" less. Otherwise very good books good to see a young lady interested in science.

[l0rdcompaQ]

I recomment "God is not Great - How Religion poisons everything" (Christopher Hitchens) for being alot more honestly about religion than anything I have read yet.