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 Colin Patterson

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

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