Your guide to well-written books on science and technology, from the editors of Technology Research News. http://www.trnmag.com/bookshelf.html The Encyclopedia of Science and Technology is a well-written and entertaining collection of articles on all the science basics, with an appropriate emphasis on today's technology. http://www.trnmag.com/Bookshelf/The%20Encyclopedia%20of%20Science%20and%20Technology.html The first chapter of Guy Brown's The Energy of Life is one of the best examples of explanatory science writing I have run across. http://www.trnmag.com/Bookshelf/The%20Energy%20of%20Life.html The Victorian Internet is the thorough and engaging tale of the rise and fall of the telegraph -- a technology whose end was long enough ago that its impact and the day-to-day details of life surrounding the technology have faded from collective memory. http://www.trnmag.com/Bookshelf/The%20Victorian%20Internet.html