Familyguy1
Sergeant Knight
Like any recent books on Astronomy or whatnot?
What are some good science books to read?
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Sergeant Knight
Ever read Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time?
I personally enjoyed Bill Bryson's A Brief History of Nearly Everything
Other than that, for astronomy you should probably check out Hawking or Arthur C. Clark. As far as science books go, I tend to stick to geosciences text books. Although I also found The Cosmic Serpent - DNA and the origins of knowledge (by Jeremy Narby) to be quite enjoyable too.
Other than that, for astronomy you should probably check out Hawking or Arthur C. Clark. As far as science books go, I tend to stick to geosciences text books. Although I also found The Cosmic Serpent - DNA and the origins of knowledge (by Jeremy Narby) to be quite enjoyable too.
Revilo
Grandmaster Knight
Quite good for just getting into science non-fiction.
Richard Dawkins has some pretty impressive books out as well, although I don't think those are as astronomy/astrology based as they are evolution/natural history.
Richard Dawkins has some pretty impressive books out as well, although I don't think those are as astronomy/astrology based as they are evolution/natural history.
Familyguy1
Sergeant Knight
Pretty much anything will do really. Thanks
Just get a subscription to New Scientist.
I make do without and it's still good (New Scientist.com).
New Scientist
Ars Technica
Bad Science
Are all great.
If you're looking for books, I'd recommend "The Selfish Gene" by Richard Dawkins, "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat", and everything else by Oliver Sacks and "The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the frontiers of brain science" by Norman Doidge. There's a much better book on Neuroplasticity I read a while ago, but for the life of me I can't remember it.
At any rate, they're all excellent books, interesting and accessible.
Ars Technica
Bad Science
Are all great.
If you're looking for books, I'd recommend "The Selfish Gene" by Richard Dawkins, "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat", and everything else by Oliver Sacks and "The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the frontiers of brain science" by Norman Doidge. There's a much better book on Neuroplasticity I read a while ago, but for the life of me I can't remember it.
At any rate, they're all excellent books, interesting and accessible.
BattleOfValmy
The Demon-haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, Cosmos, and The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence, all by Carl Sagan.
The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins.
Hyperspace and Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku.
The Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether and the Unification of Forces by Frank Wilczek.
The Accidental Mind: How Brain Evolution has given us Love, Memory, Dreams and God by David Linden.
The Little Book of String Theory by Steven Gubser.
Those are just what I have lying on my desk right now
The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins.
Hyperspace and Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku.
The Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether and the Unification of Forces by Frank Wilczek.
The Accidental Mind: How Brain Evolution has given us Love, Memory, Dreams and God by David Linden.
The Little Book of String Theory by Steven Gubser.
Those are just what I have lying on my desk right now
Schemer
The Universe in a Nutshell by Stephen Hawking and A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking.
