Best Sellers in History of Science

September 2010 to date as identified by YBP Library Services

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Aug 10, 2011

1) The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
Mukherjee, Siddhartha
Scribner
2010. ISBN 9781439107959. $30

2) Galileo
Heilbron, J.L.
Oxford University Press
2010. ISBN 9780199583522. $34.95

3) Galileo: Watcher of the Skies
Wootton, David
Yale University Press
2010. ISBN 9780300125368. $35

4) Reconfiguring the World: Nature, God, and Human Understanding from the Middle Ages to Early Modern Europe
Osler, Margaret J.
Johns Hopkins University Press
2010. ISBN 9780801896552. $50

5) How Old Is the Universe?
Weintraub, David A.
Princeton University Press
2011. ISBN 9780691147314. $29.95

6) The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance
al-Khalili, Jim
Penguin Group (USA)
2011. ISBN 9781594202797. $29.95

7) Loving + Hating Mathematics: Challenging the Myths of Mathematical Life
Hersh, Reuben
Princeton University Press
2011. ISBN 9780691142470. $29.95

8) Much Ado About (Practically) Nothing: A History of the Noble Gases
Fisher, David E.
Oxford University Press
2010. ISBN 9780195393965. $24.95

9) Massive: The Missing Particle That Sparked the Greatest Hunt in Science
Sample, Ian
Basic Books: Perseus
2010. ISBN 9780465019472. $25.95

10) Neutrino
Close, Frank
Oxford University Press
2010. ISBN 9780199574599. $18.95

11) Fixing the Sky: The Checkered History of Weather and Climate Control
Fleming, James Rodger
Columbia University Press
2010. ISBN 9780231144124. $27.95

12) Death in a Small Package: A Short History of Anthrax
Jones, Susan D.
Johns Hopkins University Press
2010. ISBN 9780801896965. $24.95

13) The Cellphone: The History and Technology of the Gadget That Changed the World
Klemens, Guy
McFarland
2010. ISBN 9780786458677. $35

14) The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World
Dolnick, Edward
HarperCollins
2011. ISBN 9780061719516. $27.99

15) The Species Seekers: Heroes, Fools, and the Mad Pursuit of Life on Earth
Conniff, Richard
W.W. Norton
2011. ISBN 9780393068542. $26.95

16) Intellectual Curiosity and the Scientific Revolution: A Global Perspective
Huff, Toby E.
Cambridge University Press
2011. ISBN 9781107000827. $90

17) Moon: A Brief History
Brunner, Bernd
Yale University Press
2010. ISBN 9780300152128. $25

18) A History of the Internet and the Digital Future
Ryan, Johnny
Reaktion Books
2010. ISBN 9781861897770. $27

19) The Chinese Roots of Linear Algebra
Hart, Roger
Johns Hopkins University Press
2011. ISBN 9780801897559. $65

20) Plagues in World History
Aberth, John
Rowman & Littlefield
2011. ISBN 9780742557055. $34.95