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100 Or so Books that shaped a Century of Science

The 100 or so Books that shaped a Century of Science from "Scientists' Bookshelf" American Scientist, November-December 1999, Volume 87, No. 6 Biography The autobiography of Charles Darwin, 1809-1882 by Charles Darwin A mathematician's apology by G.

here A search for structure : selected essays on science, art, and history (1981) by Cyril Smith Theory of games and economic behavior (1944) by John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern ; 3d ed. here QED : the strange theory of light and matter (1985) by Richard Feynman ; 7th printing, with corrections, hereThe art of computer programming(1968) by Donald Knuth ; 2d ed here; 3d ed here History of Science Inward bound : of matter and forces in the physical world by Abraham Pais Science in history by John Desmond Bernal Microbe hunters by Paul de Kruif In the name of science(revised and expanded as Fads and fallacies in the name of science) by Martin Gardner The great chain of being ; a study of the history of an idea by Arthur O. LovejoyScience and civilization in China by Joseph Needham The making of the atomic bomb by Richard Rhodes A history of technology, edited by Charles Singer and others The right stuff by Tom Wolfe hereLaetoli, A Pliocene site in northern Tanzania by Mary LeakeyThe !Kung San : men, women, and work in a foraging society by Richard Lee Treasures of prehistoric art by Andre Leroi-Gourhan The society of mind by Marvin Lee Minsky Children's games in street and playground : chasing, catching, seeking, hunting, racing, duelling, exerting, daring, guessing, acting, pretending by Peter and Iona Opie Lectures on conditioned reflexes by Ivan P. Pavlov Clever Hans : the horse of Mr.

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