Wednesday, July 27, 2011

CHALLENGE: Science Book Challenge 2011


Scienticity is hosting this fourth annual reading challenge here. Check them out for more infomation, or to find lots of science or science related books reviewed.

The Science Book Challenge is easy as pi: read 3 (or 3.14!) science books during 2011, then tell us and others about the books you've read and help spread science literacy. 

My pool of possible books includes:
Lavoisier in Year One
A Force of Nature by Richard Reeves
The Calculus Diaries by Jennifer Ouellette
Newton by James Gleick
How I Killed Pluto And Why it Had it Coming by Mike Brown
The Music of Pythagoras by Kitty Ferguson
Waves by Susan Casey



What I Actually Read:
1. Lavoisier in the Year One by Madison Smartt Bell
2. How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown
3. Einstein for Beginners by Joseph Schwartz, Michael McGuinness
4. A More Perfect Heaven - Dava Sobel