Science books

[Wendy]

The first square on the BINGO card is to read a science book. Someone almost dismissed the entire challenge because they felt that there was no way that they could read a science book. Now, our intention was not to ask people to read chemistry textbooks or engineering manuals (unless you want to) but to try something new. There are many non-technical fascinating science books, I just have to share a few with you, if you are looking for any ideas….
1. Big beautiful illustrated science books – choose books about animals, the natural world, or space. The photography is stunning, the information fascinating and they are a pleasure to browse. Just be careful, they can be heavy.



2. Anything by Oliver Sacks. Oliver Sacks was a neurologist, naturalist and author. He is best known as the author of Awakenings which was later made into a movie starring Robert De Niro and Robin Williams. His books have a literary style and are almost novelistic, the case studies are so fascinating that you won’t even realize that you have learned something about the brain.



3. Literary non-fiction about science. This includes many biographies or historical accounts of scientific achievement. Some of these titles have been made into movies – but they were books first…


As I browsed the science books, I kept finding more titles that I would recommend. If you have any favourites that you would recommend, please add them.