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Welcome
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Welcome to ScienceBookGuide.com! As some of you may have guessed, we are the same team that developed the MysteryGuide.com site for popular fiction. We've long wanted to see a site specifically for readers of popular science books, and finally we decided to do it ourselves.
Just so you know: we are not scientists --- we don't
produce these books, we consume them.
We don't include books targeted at specialists,
nor do we try to judge the quality of the science presented.
Instead, our goal is to slice and dice the large
set of books for non-specialists
in ways that will connect you with interesting books as painlessly and
entertainingly as possible.
One way of slicing up the science-book world is by scientific field.
Check out the links under "Fields" at the left for some entry points.
An orthogonal division is by the organizing principle of the book ---
see the choices under "Approaches" at the left.
Finally, we offer a really novel way to browse for books in
our Size Scales and
Time Scales pages.
ScienceBookGuide.com is young, and it will take a while to grow to
the size of our sister site
MysteryGuide.com. Impatient? Then
contribute!
We welcome feedback, either by e-mail (editor@sciencebookguide.com) or on our public
forum.
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Certainty Quiz
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What percentage of the Earth is covered by water?
How many species of cheetah are there?
How much does the Eiffel Tower weigh?
Your wildest guesses are rewarded in the Certainty Quiz
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Science Eyes
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Do you know these eyes? Send us e-mail if you can identify this well-known scientist from his/her eyes alone --- first one with the correct answer wins a mass-market paperback of your choice,
and eternal glory in our Hall of Name.
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Quote of the instant
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| "If there ever was a prototypical shark in the popular imagination, it is most likely called the tiger shark (Galeocerdo Cuvier), the great fish sometimes called the garbage can of the sea. [..] From the stomachs of such specimens have been retrieved fish, beer bottles, bags of potatoes, coal, dogs, and parts of human bodies. One dissected giant contained three overcoats, a raincoat, a driver's license, one cow's hoof, the antlers of a deer, twelve undigested lobsters, and a chicken coop with feathers and bones still inside." | | The Diversity of Life, by Edward O. Wilson |
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New Additions
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The Pattern on the Stone by Daniel Hillis
An easy introduction to the principles behind computers and computation.
From Here to Infinity by Ian Stewart
A whirlwind tour of topics in higher mathematics, by math's best popularizer.
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Top theoretical physicist explains the large and small scale structure of the universe in lucid fashion.
The Fabric of Reality by David Deutsch
A fascinating, speculative argument for the multiple-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Wild New York by Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson
A brief guide to the flora and fauna of NYC.
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