Biology Books

I have found the following books to be interesting and useful to my teaching.

The Canon: A Whirligig Tour through Science by Natalie Angier

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

The Art of Science by Joseph J. CarrA

Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan

Why People Believe Weird Things by Michael Shermer

How Would you Move Mount Fuji by William Poundstone

The Five Biggest Ideas in Science by Charles M. Wynn and Arthur W. Wiggins

Science as a Way of Knowing: The Foundations of Modern Biology by John Moore

Surely you’re Joking, Mr. Feynman by Richard Feynman

Contribute a couple the the books you have found interesting or helpful in the comments!

One Response to “Biology Books

  • admin
    17 years ago

    Good idea….
    I use LibraryThing to catalog some of my books at home. To share these poplular science book suggestions, I’ve added a script to the left column of the KABT resource page that presents random books from my library. You can click on the “Click Here” to go to the complete catalog. The catalog is not anywhere complete as an example, I haven’t included my field guides, texts, etc. but it is a start