Science Books

This page lists the science books I have read, given in order of my favourite authors1. Books I recommend are in a larger redder font

So far I have read 34 books from 24 authors

Richard Dawkins Climbing Mount Improbable, River Out of Eden, The Blind Watchmaker, The Extended Phenotype, The Selfish Gene
Edward O Wilson Naturalist, The Diversity of Life
Julian Huxley Evolution The Modern Synthesis, Memories
Simon Singh Fermat's Last Theorem, The Code Book
Stephen Jay Gould Ever Since Darwin, The Panda's Thumb
Charles Darwin The Origin of Species
David Attenborough Life on Earth
G Ledyard Stebbins Processes of Organic Evolution
George C Williams Plan and Purpose in Nature
James D Watson The Double Helix
John C Avise Captivating Life
John Maynard Smith The Theory of Evolution
Matt Ridley The Red Queen
Michael Allaby Guide to Gaia
Michael White and John Gribbin Darwin. A Life in Science
Niles Eldredge Reinventing Darwin
Oliver Rackham The History of the CountrySide
Paul Chambers Bones of Contention
Paul Colinvaux Why Big Fierce Animals are Rare
Peter Marren Nature Conservation
Richard Leaky and Roger Lewin The Sixth Extinction
Ron Porley and Nick Hodgetts Mosses and Liverworts
Jaques Ruffie The Population Alternative
Jared Diamond The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee
Steve Jones The Language of the Genes
Steven A Rosenberg The Transformed Cell
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