Best Science Books 2008: The London Times
Books from the Science, Nature and Gardening lists. This list is particularly interesting since it's not centred on the US publishing industry.
- In Defence of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan
- The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology by Tim Birkhead
- Consider the Birds: Who They are and What They Do by Colin Tudge
- Southern England: The Geology and Scenery of Lowland England by Peter Friend
- The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes
- Dry Store Room No 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum by Richard Fortey
- The Making of Mr Gray's "Anatomy": Bodies, Books, Fortune, Fame by Ruth Richardson
- Bedlam: London and Its Mad by Catharine Arnold
- Bad Science by Ben Goldacre
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2 comments:
Don't forget the Royal Society Science Book Awards. They offer another non-U.S. centered set of great books.
http://royalsociety.org/landing.asp?id=6317
Dean W.
UOregon
Thanks, yes, I do know about that one. They usually post their short list a bit later in the year, though.
Does anyone know if there's a juried prize for science books in North America?
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