Recommended Science Books
Books I have read and would recommend. Click the links to order from Amazon.com, or to read reviews.
Evolutionary Biology
Evolution, by Mark Ridley
Evolution, by Monroe W. Strickberger
CELLS, EMBRYOS AND EVOLUTION, by John Gerhart, Mark W. Kirschner
The Evolutionary Biology of Plants, by Karl J. Niklas
THE BLIND WATCHMAKER, by Richard Dawkins
CLIMBING MOUNT IMPROBABLE, by Richard Dawkins
RIVER OUT OF EDEN: A DARWINIAN VIEW OF LIFE, by Richard Dawkins
DARWINS'S DANGEROUS IDEA, by Daniel Dennett
Creationism
Creation and Evolution, by Alan Hayward (OEC Critique of YEC)
Science and Earth History: Exploring the Creation/Evolution Controversy, by Arthur N. Strahler
Finding Darwin's God, by Kenneth Miller
The Tower of Babel, by Robert Pennock
Abusing Science, by Phillip Kitcher
Paleontology
The Late Devonian Mass Extinction by George R., Jr McGhee
The Great Paleozoic Crisis, by Doug Erwin
The Crucible of Creation : The Burgess Shale and the Rise of Animals, by Simon Conway Morris
Trilobite : Eyewitness to Evolution, by Richard Fortey
Patterns and Processes of Vertebrate Evolution, by Robert Carroll
VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND EVOLUTION by Robert L. Carroll
The Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs by David E. Fastovsky, David B. Weishampel
The Mistaken Extinction: Dinosaur Evolution and the Origin of Birds by Lowell Dingus, Timothy Rowe
Dinosaur Tracks of Western North America by Martin Lockley and Adrian Hunt
Dinosaur Tracks and Other Fossil Footprints of Europe by Christian Meyer, Martin Lockley.
Eggs, Nests, and Baby Dinosaurs: A Look at Dinosaur Reproduction by Kenneth Carpenter
Molecular Biology
Life Itself: Exploring the Realm of the Living Cell, by Boyce Rensberger
Molecular Biology Made Simple and Fun, by David P. Clark, Lonnie Dee Russell
Molecular Biology of the Cell, by Bruce Alberts et al
The Shape of Life : Genes, Development, and the Evolution of Animal Form, by Rudolf A. Raff
Geology
Sedimentology & Stratigraphy, by Gary J. Nichols
Stepping Stones: The Making of our Home World, by Steve Drury
Night Comes to the Cretaceous, by James Lawrence Powell
Grand Canyon Geology, by Stanley S. Beus (Editor), Michael Morales (Editor).
The Colorado Plateau: A Geologic History, by Donald Baars
Northwest Exposures: A Geologic Study of the Northwest -- David D. Alt, Donald W. Hyndman
Plate Tectonics and Crustal Evolution, by Kent Condie
Cradle of Life: The Discovery of Earth's Oldest Fossils, by J. William Schopf
The Ice Age World : An Introduction to Quaternary History and Research With Emphasis on North America and Northern Europe During the Last 2.5 Million by Bjorn G. Andersen, Harold W., Jr. Born
New Views on an Old Planet : A History of Global Change -- Tjeerd H. Van Andel
Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, etc.
KINDS OF MINDS, by Daniel Dennett
Consciousness Explained, by Daniel Dennett
Phantoms in the Brain : Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind -- V. S. Ramachandran, Sandra Blakeslee
Physics and Cosmology
The Accelerating Universe : Infinite Expansion, the Cosmological Constant, and the Beauty of the Cosmos by Mario Livio
Cosmology, by Michael Rowan-Robinson
The Life of the Cosmos, by Lee Smolin
The Origin of the Universe, by John Barrow
The Whole Shebang, by Timothy Ferris
In Search of Schrodinger's Cat : Quantum Physics and Reality by John Gribbin
The Unconscious Quantum, by Victor Stenger
Nothingness: The Science of Empty Space, by Henning Genz
Miscellaneous Science Topics
Voodoo Science : The Road from Foolishness to Fraud by Robert L. Park