'longlist' for 2006 Aventis Prize for Science Book 2006

1. 1. Electric Universe: How Electricity Switched on the Modern World by David Bodanis Drag me to re-order

2. 2. Collapse (Allen Lane Science) by Jared M. Diamond Drag me to re-order

3. 3. The Gecko's Foot: Bio-inspiration: Engineering New Materials from Nature by Peter Forbes Drag me to re-order

4. 4. The Silicon Eye: How a Silicon Valley Company Aims to Make All Current Computers, Cameras, and Cell Phones Obsolete (Enterprise) by George Gilder Drag me to re-order

5. 5. Parallel Worlds (Allen Lane Science) by Michio Kaku Drag me to re-order

6. 6. Power, Sex, Suicide : Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life by Nick Lane Drag me to re-order

7. 7. Venomous Earth: How Arsenic Caused The World's Worst Mass Poisoning by Andrew Meharg Drag me to re-order

8. 8. Empire of the Stars by Arthur I. Miller Drag me to re-order

9. 9. ? Seven Deadly Colours: The Genius of Nature's Palette and How It Eluded Darwin by Andrew Parker Drag me to re-order

10. 10. ? The Truth About Hormones – What’s Going on when we’re Tetchy, Spotty, Fearful, Tearful or Just Plain Awful Drag me to re-order

11. 11. Stalking the Riemann Hypothesis : The Quest to Find the Hidden Law of Prime Numbers by Dan Rockmore Drag me to re-order

12. 12. ? The Fruits of War - How War and Conflict have Driven Science Drag me to re-order