| 1. |  | The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2008 (The Best American Series)
from Houghton Mifflin
Price: $11.20
Customer Review:
This anthology, edited by Jerome Groopman, is exactly what one would hope for - a wide-ranging collection of well-written, fascinating articles which will expand the reader's horizons and are fun to read. Groopman's anthology benefits from his having cast a very broad net, as well as from the depth... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing
from Oxford University Press, USA
Price: $23.07
Customer Review:
If you like science, you should really enjoy this new book by Richard Dawkins. I know that I savored it! Being retired, I start the day looking out over Lake Isabella and surrounding Sierras from my eagle's perch view. With a cup of coffee, in my comfortable recliner, and with a good book, I... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
from W. W. Norton
Price: $10.85
Customer Review:
This is science writing at it's very best but more fun and more accessible than even past masters such as Gould and McPhee. Highly recommended! | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | The Best American Science Writing 2008 (Best American Science Writing)
from Harper Perennial
Price: $10.17
Customer Review:
I'm a huge fan of this series, vastly preferring it to the competing "Best Science and Nature Writing." But this is easily the weakest volume yet, largely due to an amazingly lazy job by editor Sylvia Nasar. There are four basic problems with the book:
1. The ridiculously narrow range of... more info | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 5. | ![]() | Ideas and Opinions
from Dell Publishing Company
Customer Review:
"Ideas & Opinions" is one of those books that makes you kinda laugh to yourself at reading some of the passages and hit yourself and think, "well, that makes sense!" It's an interesting look at the issues and thought processes which shaped the way Albert Einstein would live his life and lead his... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | What Do You Care What Other People Think? (Library Edition)
from Blackstone Audiobooks
Price: $29.95
Customer Review:
Not quite as funny as "Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman", but just as touching. A pleasure to read. This books makes us like not only the man, but it also inspires us to join his quest for scientific knowledge and rational thinking. | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | Classic Feynman: All the Adventures of a Curious Character
from W. W. Norton
Price: $19.77
Customer Review:
what all the other reviewers stated.
This work sat around the house for several months b/4 I picked it up.
Why? B/cause I did not think I was in mood to have my aging brain challenged w/things I had to suffer to understand. NOT & WRONG!
This genius writes like your favorite... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2007 (The Best American Series (TM))
from Houghton Mifflin
Price: $11.20
Customer Review:
Very good collection. I subscribe to many of the magazines these articles come from and I still love this series. Very often reading about science can be laborious. This is a great collection of wide-ranging topics that give you a taste of many different areas. | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
Price: $11.20
Customer Review:
Lewis Thomas is that odd trifecta: a learned scientist; a speculative philosopher; and a master of prose both gracious and graceful.
The Lives of a Cell is a book of 29 essays originally written for the New England Journal of Medicine. They are short; they are light and airy; they are pretty;... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | What Have You Changed Your Mind About?: Today's Leading Minds Rethink Everything
from Harper Perennial
Price: $10.19
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