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Biology
'Let’s
begin this way, then: there is a cell, and this cell is a unicellular
organism, and this unicellular organism is me, and I know it, and I’m
pleased about it. Nothing special so far.'–Italo
Calvino
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| Campbell,
N A |
Biology |
| Clegg,
C J & Mackean D G |
Advanced
biology: principles & applications |
| Darwin,
C |
The
origin of species |
| Dawkins,
R |
The
selfish gene |
| Dawkins,
R |
The
blind watchmaker |
| Dawkins,
R |
Climbing
mount improbable |
| Diamond,
J |
The
rise and fall of the third chimpanzee |
| Diamond,
J |
Guns,
germs and steel |
| Gleick, J |
Chaos |
| Gould,
S J |
Panda’s
thumb: more reflections in natural history |
| Gould,
S J |
Bully
for brontosaurus |
| Greenfield, S |
The
human brain |
| Henig, R M |
A
monk and two peas: the story of Gregor Mendel and the discovery of genetics |
| Jones,
S |
The
language of the genes: biology, history and the evolutionary future |
| Jones,
S |
In
the blood: gods, genes and destiny |
| Jones,
S |
Almost
like a whale |
| Jones,
S |
Y:
the descent of man |
| Lovelock,
J E |
The
ages of Gaia |
| Maddox,
B |
Rosalind
Franklin: the dark lady of DNA |
| Mayr, E |
What
evolution is |
| McGowan,
C |
Diatoms
to dinosaurs: the size & scale of living things |
| Popper,
K R |
Conjectures
and refutations |
| Postgate, J |
Microbes
and man |
| Rowland,
M |
Biology |
| Taylor, D et al |
Biological
sciences 1 & 2 |
| Tudge, C |
Global
ecology |
| Tudge, C |
The
variety of life |
| Vogel,
S |
Cats'
paws & catapults |
| Watson,
J D |
The
double helix |
| Widmaier, E P |
Why
geese Wilson, E Odon’t get obese (and we do) |
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Wlson, E O |
The
diversity of life |
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Chemistry
'So
it happens, therefore, that every element says something to someone (something
different to each) like the mountain valleys or the beaches visited in
youth.' - Primo Levi
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| Atkins
P W & Jones, L |
Chemical
principles: the quest for insight |
| Atkins
P W |
Physical
chemistry |
| Atkins
P W |
Molecules |
| Ball, P |
Stories of the Invisible |
| Ball, P |
H2O : A Biography of Water |
| Djerassi, C |
Cantor's Dilemma |
| Emsley, J |
Molecules at an Exhibition |
| Emsley, J |
Nature's Building Blocks |
| Garfield, S |
Mauve |
| Housecroft, C E & Constable, E C |
Chemistry |
| Keeler,
J & Wothers, P |
Why
chemical reactions happen |
| Le Couteur, P & Burreson, J |
Napoleon's Buttons |
| Levi, P |
The Periodic Table |
| Sacks, O |
Uncle Tungsten |
| Schwarz, J |
The Genie in the Bottle |
| Selinger, B |
Chemistry
in the marketplace |
| Thomas,
J M |
Michael
Faraday and the Royal Institute: the genius of man and place |
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Geology/materials
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| Dickey,
J S |
On
the rocks: earth science for everyone |
| Gordon,
J E |
New
science of strong materials: or why you don't fall through the floor |
| Gordon,
J E |
Structures:
or why things don't fall down |
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Mathematics
‘One
factor that has remained constant throughout all the twists and turns
of the history of physical science is the decisive importance of mathematical
imagination.’ - Freeman Dyson
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| Acheson,
D |
1089
& all that: a journey into mathematics |
| Allenby, R |
Numbers
& proofs |
| Bondi, C |
New
applications in mathematics |
| Bryant,
V |
Yet
another introduction to analysis |
| Burn,
R P |
Groups:
a path to geometry |
| Cipra, B |
What’s
happening in the mathematical sciences? |
| Courant,
R & Robbins, H |
What
is mathematics? |
| Devlin,
K |
Mathematics:
the new golden age |
| Dunham,
W |
Journey
through genius |
| Feynman,
R P |
Surely
you are joking, Mr Feynman |
| Frege, G & Austin, J L (trans) |
Foundations
of arithmetic |
| Gardner, M |
Mathematical
puzzles and diversions |
| Gardner, M |
More
mathematical puzzles and diversions |
| Gardner, M |
Penrose
tiles to trapdoor ciphers |
| Gleick, J |
Chaos |
| Hall,
N (ed) |
The
New Scientist guide to chaos |
| Hardy,
G H |
A
mathematician’s apology |
| Harel, D |
Algorithmics: the spirit of computing |
| Hodges,
A |
Alan
Turing, the Enigma |
| Hodges,
W |
Logic |
| Hoffman,
P |
Archimedes’
revenge |
| Hoffman,
P |
The
man who loved only numbers |
| Hollingdale, S |
Makers
of mathematics |
| Huff,
D |
How
to lie with statistics |
| Kanigel, R |
The
man who knew infinity |
| Korner, T W |
The
pleasure of counting |
| Liebeck, M |
A
concise introduction to pure mathematics |
| Littlewood, J E, Bollobas, B (ed) |
Littlewood’s miscellany |
| Lunn, M |
A
first course in mechanics |
| Mathematical
Institute, University of Oxford |
How
do undergraduates do mathematics? |
| McLeish,
J |
Number |
| Moore,
A W |
The
infinite |
| Paulos, J A |
Beyond
numeracy |
| Riley,
K F, Hobson, M P & Bence, S J |
Mathematical
methods
for physic and engineering |
| Rowntree, D |
Statistics
without tears |
| Singh,
S |
Fermat’s
last theorem |
| Sivia, D S & Rawlings, S G |
Foundations
of science mathematics |
| Stephenson,
G |
Mathematical
methods
for science teachers |
| Stewart,
I |
Game,
set and match |
| Stewart,
I |
Does
God play dice? |
| Stewart,
I |
From
here to infinity |
| Wells,
D |
The
Penguin dictionary of curious & interesting numbers |
| Wells,
D |
The
Penguin dictionary of curious & interesting geometry |
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Physics
'The
important thing is not to stop questioning.' - Albert Einstein
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| Close,
F |
The
cosmic onion |
| Davies,
P C W (ed) |
The
new physics |
| Davies,
P C W |
The
forces of nature |
| Feynman,
R P |
QED:
the strange story of light & matter |
| Gell-Mann,
M |
The
quark and the jaguar: adventures in the simple and the complex |
| Grant,
I S & Phillips, W R |
Elements
of physics |
| Hey,
T & Walters, P |
The
quantum universe |
| Lightman, A |
Great
ideas in physics |
| Spielberg,
N & Anderson, B D |
Seven
ideas that shook the universe |
| Walker,
J |
The
flying circus of physics: with answers |
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