Lists of Bests: VeganMedusa's "the great pop-sci book project" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/58777 http://twistedphysics.typepad.com/cocktail_party_physics/2008/08/the-great-pop-s.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:15:05 GMT en-us 0 50 144 50 0 Micrographia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4856580 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> On the Origin of Species (1859) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1353264 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Darwin</div> Never at Rest http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4856582 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4856583 <div id="position">4</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Tesla: Man Out of Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4856584 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Devil's Doctor http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4856585 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Making of the Atomic Bomb http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19275 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19275"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0684813785.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Rhodes</div> Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4856586 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Physics for Entertainment http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4856587 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> 1 2 3 Infinity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4856588 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Elegant Universe http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4856589 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Warmth Disperses, Time Passes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4856590 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Alice in Quantumland: An Allegory of Quantum Physics http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10601 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10601"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0387914951.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1120697952_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Gilmore</div> Where Does the Weirdness Go http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4856591 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> A Short History of Nearly Everything http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28463 <div id="position">15</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill Bryson</div> A Force of Nature http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4856592 <div id="position">16</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Black Holes and Time Warps http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4856593 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> A Brief History of Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15903 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15903"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553380168.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen Hawking</div> Universal Foam http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4856594 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Vermeer's Camera: Uncovering the Truth behind the Masterpieces http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1767029 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1767029"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192803026.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Steadman</div> The Code Book http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4856595 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Elements of Murder: A History of Poison http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1089263 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1089263"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192806009.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V60283024_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Emsley</div> Soul Made Flesh http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4856596 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Time's Arrow http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18795 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18795"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679735720.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martin Amis</div> The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4856597 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Einstein's Dreams http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2556542 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Lightman</div> Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14256 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14256"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0465026567.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglas R. Hofstadter</div> The Curious Life of Robert Hooke http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4856598 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> A Matter of Degrees: What Temperature Reveals about the Past and Future of Our Species, Planet, and[continued] Universe http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1947751 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1947751"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/014200278X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gino Segre</div> The Physics of Star Trek http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4856599 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> E=mc2 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4856602 <div id="position">33</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23701 <div id="position">34</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Seife</div> Absolute Zero: The Conquest of Cold http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4856603 <div id="position">35</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2900072 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2900072"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/01YasymBvgL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Janna Levin</div> Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4494505 <div id="position">37</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lisa Randall</div> Apollo's Fire: A Day on Earth in Nature and Imagination http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2805130 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2805130"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01Uvl3aLjKL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Sims</div> Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4371633 <div id="position">39</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edwin Abbott Abbott</div> Fermat's Last Theorem http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4856604 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Amir D. Aczel</div> Stiff http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/717465 <div id="position">41</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Roach</div> Astroturf http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4856605 <div id="position">42</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Periodic Table http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4856606 <div id="position">43</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2506904 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2506904"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/080271529X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45112808_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dava Sobel</div> The First Three Minutes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4856607 <div id="position">45</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Mummy Congress: Science, Obsession, and the Everlasting Dead http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1458365 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1458365"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786884630.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Heather Pringle</div> The Accelerating Universe: Infinite Expansion, the Cosmological Constant, and the Beauty of the Cosmos http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/147074 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/147074"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0471399760.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mario Livio</div> Math and the Mona Lisa: The Art and Science of Leonardo da Vinci http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/533405 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/533405"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060851198.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V54483995_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bulent Atalay</div> This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4404285 <div id="position">49</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daniel Levitin</div> The Executioner's Current http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4856608 <div id="position">50</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93802 <div id="position">51</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93802"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060838590.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Simon Winchester</div> Pythagorus' Trousers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4856609 <div id="position">52</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div>