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There is a physical bookcase in the TRN offices that houses the
best science and technology books that we've read. To secure a
spot on the TRN bookshelf a book must be be accurate, clear, relevant,
interesting, and above all, well-written. One of the most important
traits of a good book is clear writing that frees the reader to
concentrate on the material rather than the way it is presented.
This online bookshelf includes reviews of these books,
with short excerpts that give a sense of the authors' powers of
explanation. Reviews also include a selection of links to books
referenced by the reviewed books.
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the TRN Bookshelf:
Reference
The
Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language by David
Crystal
The
Encyclopedia of Science and Technology edited by James
Trefil Review
Q
is for Quantum by John Gribbin
The
Oxford Dictionary of Science
Random
House Webster's Dictionary of Scientists
The
Sizesaurus by Stephen Strauss
The
Way Things Work by David Macaulay
General Science
The
Best American Science and Nature Writing 2004 edited by
Steven Pinker
Science
Matters: Achieving Scientific Literacy by Robert Hazen
and James Trefil
Image-Rich
The
Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language by David
Crystal
Connections
by James Burke
The
Encyclopedia of Science and Technology edited by James
Trefil Review
Envisioning
Information by Edward R. Tufte
The
New Way Things Work by David Macaulay
Technology
Ancient
Inventions by Peter James and Nick Thorpe
Biomimicry:
Innovation Inspired by Nature by Janine M. Benyus
The
Code Book by Simon Singh
Connections
by James Burke
Crypto
by Steven Levy
Envisioning
Information by Edward R. Tufte
The
Humane Interface by Jef Raskin
Linked
by Albert-László Barabási
The
Psychology of Everyday Things by Donald Norman
The Victorian
Internet by Tom Standage Review
The
Way Things Work by David Macaulay
Physics
Genius:
The Life and Science of Richard Feynman by James Gleick
Hyperspace
by Michio Kaku
Six
Easy Pieces by Richard Feynman
Mathematics
The
Art of the Infinite by Robert Kaplan and Ellen Kaplan
Life Sciences
The
Energy of Life by Guy Brown Review
On
Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
by Harold McGee
Osler's
Web: Inside the Labyrinth of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Epidemic
by Hillary Johnson
Tales
of a Shaman's Apprentice by Mark Plotkin
Why
We Get Sick by Randolph Nesse and George Williams
Environment
Earth
Odyssey by Mark Hertsgaard
Social Sciences
Ancient
Mysteries by Peter James and Nick Thorpe
The
Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language by David
Crystal
Guns,
Germs and Steel: The Fates Of Human Societies by Jared
Diamond
The
Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
The
Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language by Stephen
Pinker
The
Time before History: 5 Million Years of Human Impact by
Colin Tudge
Words
and Rules: The Ingredients of Language by Steven Pinker
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