Science book suggestions for Christmas
If you’ve got a scientist in the family–or a bright spark wanting to be one–here’s a few websites listing some ideas. I suspect you’re a bit late for ordering from the like of Amazon, so you might have to resort to trotting around the better bookshops… good way of killing time anyway!
The Royal Society Prizes for Science Books 2009
Seed magasine’s suggestions
Sense about science blog’s list
Books I’ve previewed or reviewed this year:
Victorian Popularizers of Science (bit specialised and expensive, good for science communicators)
Best American Science Writing 2009 (particularly recommended)
A selection of books others here have reviewed this year (I’ve bound to have missed a few):
Stiff : the curious lives of human cadavers
Death’s Acre: Beyond the Body Farm
The Tangled Bank (more for readers interested in evolution, rather than scientists)
If you’re looking for books on atheism, Ken’s blog and this website might be a good starting point.
Readers are welcome to add their own recommendations or ideas in the comments.
4 Responses to “Science book suggestions for Christmas”
I’d add the scienceblogs.com book club, but I think the choices there aren’t what I’d choose to look at.
Amazon.com also have a “top 10” for 2009, but I didn’t want to get into the listings from the commercial companies. Borders, Waterstones, Abe, Fishpond (NZ), dadirect and other on-line book retailers will have similar lists. If anyone really wants them, let me know and I can do a quick round up of there “recommended” or “gift ideas” pages for science-related books.
Even you can’t order from them in time for Christmas, the on-line retail sites can be good sources of ideas, and the on-lines reviews by customers can help you see what others thought of the book. (Tip: look to the negative reviews that also explain why they didn’t like the book, as they’ll often give you a better idea of who the book is aimed at than the reviews that merely write “great book”.)
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