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| − | This is a transcribe of the [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7349708&posted=1#post7349708 Science Books] thread in the [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/forumdisplay.php?f=75 Science Subforum], a cumulative list of various members' recommended reading. Recommendations can include anything from | + | This is a transcribe of the [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7349708&posted=1#post7349708 Science Books] thread in the [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/forumdisplay.php?f=75 Science Subforum], a cumulative list of various members' recommended reading. Recommendations can include anything from Astronomy, to Mathematics, all the way to that fiddly little thing we know as Quantum Mechanics, so long as it is a branch of Science, it's there. |
| − | + | 1. [http://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Science_Books#By_Title By Title]<br> | |
| − | + | 2. [http://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Science_Books#By_Author By Author]<br> | |
| − | + | 3. [http://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Science_Books#Resources Resources]<br> | |
| − | * [http://www.amazon.com/ | + | |
| − | * [http://www.amazon.com/ | + | ==By Title== |
| − | * [http://www.amazon.com/ | + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Time-Stephen-Hawking/dp/0553380168/sr=1-1/qid=1162426567/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-6098554-7209664?ie=UTF8&s=books&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 A Brief History of Time] by Stephen Hawking |
| − | * [http://www.amazon.com/ | + | * [http://www.amazon.com/A-Short-History-Nearly-Everything/dp/0767908171&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 A Short History of Nearly Everything] by Bill Bryson |
| − | * [http://www.amazon.com/ | + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Arcadia-Play-Tom-Stoppard/dp/0571169341/sr=1-1/qid=1162425557/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-6098554-7209664?ie=UTF8&s=books&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 Arcadia - A Play] by Tom Stoppard |
| − | * [http://www.amazon.com/ | + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Asimov-Physics-Isaac/dp/0380418487/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180267324&sr=1-1&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 Asimov on Physics] by Issac Asimov |
| − | * [http://www.amazon.com/ | + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Asimovs-Guide-Science-Penguin-Press/dp/0140172130/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3418205-6919244?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180416387&sr=1-1&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 Asimov's New Guide to Science] by Issac Asimov |
| − | * [http://www. | + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Before-Its-Late-B-L-Cohen/dp/0306414252&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 Before It's Too Late] by Bernard Cohen |
| − | * [http://www.amazon.com/ | + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Before-Fallout-Marie-Curie-Hiroshima/dp/B000I0ROB0/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959ie=UTF8&s=books&tag=jamrolsadvins-20&qid=1180269224&sr=1-1%5DBefore%20the%20Fallout%20-%20Diana%20Preston Before the Fallout] by Diana Preston |
| − | * [http://www. | + | * [http://www.simonsingh.net/Big_Bang.html Big Bang] by Simon Singh |
| − | * [http://www.amazon. | + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Black-Holes-Time-Warps-Commonwealth/dp/0393312763/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180267686&sr=1-1&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 Black Holes and Time Warps] by Kip Thorne |
| − | * [http://www.amazon.com/ | + | * [http://www.pulse-jets.com/phpbb2/files/_rocketry__bottle_rocket_handbook_952.pdf Bottle rocket handbook] by Leo C. Singleton IV |
| − | * [http://www.amazon.com/ | + | * [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Chaos-Making-Science-James-Gleick/dp/0749386061/sr=8-1/qid=1163928631/ref=sr_1_1/026-6368786-6606042?ie=UTF8&s=books&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 Chaos - Making a New Science] by James Gleick |
| − | * [http://www.amazon.com/ | + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Cosmos-Carl-Sagan/dp/0345331354/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_k2a_1_img/002-7604447-2183258&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 Cosmos] by Carl Sagan |
| + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Disturbing-Universe-Sloan-Foundation-Science/dp/0465016774/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180266351&sr=1-1&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 Disturbing the Universe] by Freeman Dyson | ||
| + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Einstein-Berlin-Thomas-Levenson/dp/0553378449/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180266882&sr=1-1&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 Einstein in Berlin] by Thomas Levenson | ||
* [http://www.simonsingh.net/Fermats_Last-Theorem_The_Book.html Fermat's Last Theorem] by Simon Singh | * [http://www.simonsingh.net/Fermats_Last-Theorem_The_Book.html Fermat's Last Theorem] by Simon Singh | ||
| − | * [http://www.amazon.com/A- | + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Fireworks-Science-Technique-Takeo-Shimizu/dp/0929388054&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 Fireworks, The Art, Science and Technique] by Takeo Shimizu |
| + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Flatland-Romance-Dimensions-Thrift-Editions/dp/048627263X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180269664&sr=1-1&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions] by Edwin A. Abbott | ||
| + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Fuzzy-Logic-Revolutionary-Computer-Technology/dp/0671875353/ref=pd_bbs_7/105-3293755-3166018?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180358364&sr=8-7&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 Fuzzy Logic] by Daniel McNeill | ||
| + | *[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393061310?ie=UTF8&tag=jamrolsadvins-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0393061310 Guns, Germs and Steel] by Jared Diamond | ||
| + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Genius-James-Gleick/dp/0349105324/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180264964&sr=1-2&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman] by James Gleick | ||
| + | * [http://www.amazon.com/God-Created-Integers-Mathematical-Breakthroughs/dp/0762419229/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 God Created The Integers] by Stephen Hawking | ||
| + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Hitlers-Scientists-Science-Devils-Pact/dp/0142004804/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-7954640-2251836?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189311346&sr=1-1&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 Hitler's Scientists: Science, War, and the Devil's Pact] by John Cornwell | ||
| + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Search-Schrodingers-Cat-John-Gribbin/dp/0552125555/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3418205-6919244?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180416512&sr=1-1&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 In Search of Schrodinger's Cat] by John Gribbin | ||
| + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Search-Big-Bang-John-Gribbin/dp/0552131466/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3418205-6919244?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180416439&sr=1-1&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 In Search Of The Big Bang] by John Gribbin | ||
| + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Just-Six-Numbers-Forces-Universe/dp/0465036732/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180268021&sr=1-1&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 Just Six Numbers] by Martin Rees | ||
| + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Lonely-Hearts-Cosmos-Scientific-Universe/dp/0316648965/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3418205-6919244?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180416332&sr=8-1&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos] by Dennis Overbye | ||
| + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Biology-Fifth-James-Watson/dp/080534635X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-7954640-2251836?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189311268&sr=1-1&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 Molecular Biology Of The Gene] by James D. Watson et. al. | ||
| + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-science-society-Science-study/dp/0385044275/ref=sr_1_3/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180361655&sr=1-3&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 Nuclear Science and Society] by Bernard Cohen | ||
| + | * [http://www.simonsingh.net/Once_Upon_A_Number.html Once Upon A Number] by John Allen Paulos | ||
| + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Out-Control-Biology-Machines-Economic/dp/0201483408/sr=8-1/qid=1162425952/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-6098554-7209664?ie=UTF8&s=books&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 Out of Control] by Kevin Kelly | ||
| + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Power-Save-World-Nuclear-Energy/dp/0307266567/ Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Energy] by Gwyneth Cravens | ||
| + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Radiochemistry-Nuclear-Chemistry-Gregory-Choppin/dp/0750674636/ref=sr_1_2/102-0291463-3096109?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1186378756&sr=8-2&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 Radiochemistry and Nuclear Chemistry] by Gregory Choppin et. al. | ||
| + | *[http://www.amazon.com/Sex-Drugs-DNA-Sciences-Confronted/dp/0230521126/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202821449&sr=8-1&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 Sex, Drugs and DNA: Science's Taboos Confronted] by Michael Stebbins | ||
| + | *[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0141037547?ie=UTF8&tag=jamrolsadvins-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0141037547 Six Easy Pieces] by Richard Feynman, et. al. | ||
| + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Surely-Feynman-Adventures-Curious-Character/dp/0393316041/ref=sr_1_1/102-1521130-5252100?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180407248&sr=1-1&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!] by Richard Feynman, et. al. | ||
| + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Character-Physical-Law-Modern-Library/dp/0679601279/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180267572&sr=1-1&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 The Character of Physical Law] by Richard Feynman | ||
| + | * [http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Books/0854045988.asp The Chemistry of Fireworks] by M S Russell | ||
* [http://www.simonsingh.net/The_Code_Book.html The Code Book] by Simon Singh | * [http://www.simonsingh.net/The_Code_Book.html The Code Book] by Simon Singh | ||
| − | * [http://www.amazon. | + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Demon-Haunted-World-Science-Candle-Dark/dp/0345409469/sr=8-1/qid=1164001265/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-0858116-8647344?ie=UTF8&s=books&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 The Demon Haunted World] by Carl Sagan |
| − | * [ | + | * [http://www.amazon.com/ELegant-Universe-Brian-Greene/dp/009928992X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180266491&sr=1-1&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 The Elegant Universe] by Brian Greene |
| − | * [ | + | * [http://www.amazon.com/End-Certainty-Ilya-Prigogine/dp/0684837056/sr=8-1/qid=1162425580/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-6098554-7209664?ie=UTF8&s=books&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 The End of Certainty] by Ilya Prigogine |
| − | * [ | + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Feynman-Lectures-Computation-Richard-Phillips/dp/0738202967/ref=sr_1_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180267853&sr=1-1&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 The Feynman Lectures on Computation] by Richard Feynman, et. al. |
| − | * [ | + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Feynman-Lectures-Physics-including-Feynmans/dp/0805390456/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-7954640-2251836?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189311210&sr=8-1&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 The Feynman Lectures on Physics] by Richard Feynman et. al. |
| − | * [http://www.amazon.com/ | + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Selfish-Gene-Anniversary-Introduction/dp/0199291152&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 The Fifth Miracle] by Paul Davies |
| − | * [http://www.amazon.com/ | + | * [http://www.amazon.com/First-Three-Minutes-Modern-Universe/dp/0465024378/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180264698&sr=8-1&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 The First Three Minutes] by Steven Weinberg |
| − | * [http://www.amazon.com/ | + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Selfish-Gene-Anniversary-Introduction/dp/0199291152&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 The Meme Machine] by Susan Blackmore and Richard Dawkins |
| − | * [http://www.amazon.com/ | + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Mind-God-Scientific-Basis-Rational/dp/0671797182/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-7954640-2251836?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189311102&sr=8-1&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 The Mind Of God] by Paul Davies |
| + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-Energy-Option-Alternative-90s/dp/0306435675/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180361622&sr=8-1&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 The Nuclear Energy Option] by Bernard Cohen | ||
| + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Species-Selection-Preservation-Favoured-Struggle/dp/1402171935/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-7954640-2251836?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189310781&sr=8-1&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life] by Charles Darwin | ||
| + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Selfish-Gene-Anniversary-Introduction/dp/0199291152&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 The Selfish Gene] by Richard Dawkins | ||
| + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Whole-Shebang-Timothy-Ferris/dp/0753804751/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180267765&sr=1-1&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 The Whole Shebang] by Timothy Ferris | ||
| + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Universe-Starry-Night-Enthusiast-CD-ROM/dp/0716795647/ref=pd_bbs_3/103-7954640-2251836?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189311564&sr=1-3&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 Universe] by William J. Kaufman | ||
| + | * [http://www.amazon.com/Warped-Passages-Unraveling-Mysteries-Dimensions/dp/0060531096/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180264848&sr=1-1&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 Warped Passages] by Lisa Randall | ||
| + | * [http://www.amazon.com/What-Care-Other-People-Think/dp/0393320928/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&qid=1180274760&sr=8-1&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 What Do You Care What Other People Think?] by Richard Feynman, et. al. | ||
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| + | ==Resources== | ||
| + | * [http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=amb_link_837472_46/002-3418205-6919244?ie=UTF8&node=75&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=browse&pf_rd_r=1YFQAB63ZYN6Y2HBW5A8&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=291199201&pf_rd_i=283155&tag=jamrolsadvins-20 Amazon Science Book search] (majority of links above are to Amazon product pages) | ||
| + | * [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7349708&posted=1#post7349708 Science Books thread] on the OCAU Forums, from which this list is updated | ||
| + | * [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/forumdisplay.php?f=75 Science subforum] on the OCAU Forums | ||
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| + | ==More Links== | ||
| + | *[[Knowledge Bank]] | ||
| + | *[[Monte-Carlo Method]], [[Numerical Analysis]] | ||
| + | *[[Science Websites]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:15, 27 April 2010
This is a transcribe of the Science Books thread in the Science Subforum, a cumulative list of various members' recommended reading. Recommendations can include anything from Astronomy, to Mathematics, all the way to that fiddly little thing we know as Quantum Mechanics, so long as it is a branch of Science, it's there.
1. By Title
2. By Author
3. Resources
Contents |
[edit] By Title
- A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
- A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
- Arcadia - A Play by Tom Stoppard
- Asimov on Physics by Issac Asimov
- Asimov's New Guide to Science by Issac Asimov
- Before It's Too Late by Bernard Cohen
- Before the Fallout by Diana Preston
- Big Bang by Simon Singh
- Black Holes and Time Warps by Kip Thorne
- Bottle rocket handbook by Leo C. Singleton IV
- Chaos - Making a New Science by James Gleick
- Cosmos by Carl Sagan
- Disturbing the Universe by Freeman Dyson
- Einstein in Berlin by Thomas Levenson
- Fermat's Last Theorem by Simon Singh
- Fireworks, The Art, Science and Technique by Takeo Shimizu
- Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott
- Fuzzy Logic by Daniel McNeill
- Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
- Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman by James Gleick
- God Created The Integers by Stephen Hawking
- Hitler's Scientists: Science, War, and the Devil's Pact by John Cornwell
- In Search of Schrodinger's Cat by John Gribbin
- In Search Of The Big Bang by John Gribbin
- Just Six Numbers by Martin Rees
- Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos by Dennis Overbye
- Molecular Biology Of The Gene by James D. Watson et. al.
- Nuclear Science and Society by Bernard Cohen
- Once Upon A Number by John Allen Paulos
- Out of Control by Kevin Kelly
- Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Energy by Gwyneth Cravens
- Radiochemistry and Nuclear Chemistry by Gregory Choppin et. al.
- Sex, Drugs and DNA: Science's Taboos Confronted by Michael Stebbins
- Six Easy Pieces by Richard Feynman, et. al.
- Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard Feynman, et. al.
- The Character of Physical Law by Richard Feynman
- The Chemistry of Fireworks by M S Russell
- The Code Book by Simon Singh
- The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan
- The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene
- The End of Certainty by Ilya Prigogine
- The Feynman Lectures on Computation by Richard Feynman, et. al.
- The Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard Feynman et. al.
- The Fifth Miracle by Paul Davies
- The First Three Minutes by Steven Weinberg
- The Meme Machine by Susan Blackmore and Richard Dawkins
- The Mind Of God by Paul Davies
- The Nuclear Energy Option by Bernard Cohen
- The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin
- The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
- The Whole Shebang by Timothy Ferris
- Universe by William J. Kaufman
- Warped Passages by Lisa Randall
- What Do You Care What Other People Think? by Richard Feynman, et. al.
[edit] By Author
[edit] Resources
- Amazon Science Book search (majority of links above are to Amazon product pages)
- Science Books thread on the OCAU Forums, from which this list is updated
- Science subforum on the OCAU Forums