Science & Scientists Books


How to Build a Robot Army: Tips on Defending Planet Earth Against Alien Invaders, Ninjas, and ZombiesHow to Build a Robot Army: Tips on Defending Planet Earth Against Alien Invaders, Ninjas, and Zombies
Best Price: $4.67
Daniel H Wilson has a very unique style of writing. His first two books How To Survive a Robot...
Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?: And 114 Other QuestionsWhy Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?: And 114 Other Questions
Best Price: $4.49
Fantastic book. Great for Grand Kids. Kids always have questions and now they have answers! Who...
There Are No Electrons: Electronics for EarthlingsThere Are No Electrons: Electronics for Earthlings
Best Price: $5.54
This is by far the best beginners book on electronics that I have ever read. The book uses...
What Einstein Told His Barber: More Scientific Answers to Everyday QuestionsWhat Einstein Told His Barber: More Scientific Answers to Everyday Questions
Best Price: $5.98
As would be expected from the title of the book, What Einstein Told His Barber will not saddle...
Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into the Universe (Uncle John Presents)Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into the Universe (Uncle John Presents)
Best Price: $4.58
This is an excellant book to use either as a reference for school or to read for fun (or both)....


The Science of SupervillainsThe Science of Supervillains
Best Price: $4.91
I am a student of science and a big fan of sci-fi and comic book superheroes. This book is the...
The Odd Brain: Mysteries of Our Weird and Wonderful Brains ExplainedThe Odd Brain: Mysteries of Our Weird and Wonderful Brains Explained
Best Price: $1.27
Do kleptomaniacs have a legitimate excuse to steal? Can excessive TV watching physically...
Does Anything Eat Wasps?: And 101 Other Unsettling, Witty Answers to Questions You Never Thought You Wanted to AskDoes Anything Eat Wasps?: And 101 Other Unsettling, Witty Answers to Questions You Never Thought You Wanted to Ask
Best Price: $0.97
I bought this book for my 14 year old nephew. The content looked interesting and entertaining.
Surely You're Joking Mr. FeynmanSurely You're Joking Mr. Feynman
Part physicist, part prankster, part musician, part teacher, part genius, part story teller,...
Can You Drill a Hole Through Your Head and Survive?: 180 Fascinating Questions and Amazing Answers About Science, Health and NatureCan You Drill a Hole Through Your Head and Survive?: 180 Fascinating Questions and Amazing Answers About Science, Health and Nature
Best Price: $1.14
First off let me just point out that this book is exactly the same book as How Slow Can you...


The Physics of the BuffyverseThe Physics of the Buffyverse
Best Price: $7.49
You actually might learn a few usable theories,concepts and principles while reading this book...
The Odd Body: Mysteries of Our Weird and Wonderful Bodies ExplainedThe Odd Body: Mysteries of Our Weird and Wonderful Bodies Explained
Best Price: $2.88
"The Odd Body" is on of the most fascinating books I have read so far. It is not one...
The Space Child's Mother GooseThe Space Child's Mother Goose
Best Price: $11.67
Probable-Possible, my black hen She lays eggs in the relative when She doesn't lay eggs in the...
The Best of Annals of Improbable ResearchThe Best of Annals of Improbable Research
Best Price: $15.81
As a scientist and technical professional I couldn't put this book down. I have kept up with the...
Did Dinosaurs Eat Pizza?: Mysteries Science Hasn't SolvedDid Dinosaurs Eat Pizza?: Mysteries Science Hasn't Solved
Best Price: $5.94
Have you ever seen a dinosaur in your backyard? Of course not. But where did they go? ...

Egg and Ego: An Almost True Story of Life in The Biology LabEgg and Ego: An Almost True Story of Life in The Biology Lab
Best Price: $38.09
As an undergraduate studying biology and hoping to pursue a career in research I found this book...
The Firmament of TimeThe Firmament of Time
Best Price: $8.91
Loren Eiseley is a man of great thoughts and words and here is at his best considering the...
Science Made StupidScience Made Stupid
My copy of this book is worn, tattered and well-loved. I am even using it as a pedagogical tool...
Coincidences, Chaos, and All That Math Jazz: Making Light of Weighty IdeasCoincidences, Chaos, and All That Math Jazz: Making Light of Weighty Ideas
Best Price: $16.35
Arrived on time and perfect condition.It uses easy language for serious subject, entertaining...
The Ig Nobel Prizes: The Annals of Improbable ResearchThe Ig Nobel Prizes: The Annals of Improbable Research
Best Price: $1.95
Coming to me after my admiration for The Journal of Irreproducible Results, and Annals of...

The Infinite Book: A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and EndlessThe Infinite Book: A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless
Best Price: $6.44
Barrow is one of my favorite authors, and his lucid explanation of fascinating topics is always...
Anti Gravity: Allegedly Humorous Writing from Scientific AmericanAnti Gravity: Allegedly Humorous Writing from Scientific American
Best Price: $0.45
Fast-reading, funny prose on science, pop culture, politics, and life.
Chalk Up Another One: The Best of Sidney HarrisChalk Up Another One: The Best of Sidney Harris
After working all day, and sometimes all night, at the university, I like to read humorous works...
Parallel BotanyParallel Botany
Leo Lionni created a baffling, even maddening, encyclopedic compendium that describes,...
Miracle Under the Oaks: The Revival of Nature in AmericaMiracle Under the Oaks: The Revival of Nature in America
Best Price: $14.00
reads like a novel and yet informs the reader in the complexities of the northern Illinois...

Scien-Trickery: Riddles in ScienceScien-Trickery: Riddles in Science
Best Price: $2.50
These clever riddle-rhymes cover everything from dinosaurs to gravity. The illustrations...
Absolute Zero Gravity: Science Jokes, Quotes and AnecdotesAbsolute Zero Gravity: Science Jokes, Quotes and Anecdotes
This is just a collection of jokes, anecdotes, limericks & riddles revealing the funny side...
The Ig Nobel Prizes 2: An All-New Collection of the World's Unlikeliest ResearchThe Ig Nobel Prizes 2: An All-New Collection of the World's Unlikeliest Research
Best Price: $0.74
This is another collection of what can only be described as very unique scientific research. The...
To Know a FlyTo Know a Fly
Title: To Know A Fly Author: Vincent G. Dethier Publisher: Holden Day; New Ed (June 1963) ...
The Man Who Tried to Clone HimselfThe Man Who Tried to Clone Himself
Best Price: $0.33
I love the Ig Nobel Prizes, so when I saw there was what appeared to be a new book by Marc...

Twenty Years Before the Blackboard: The Lessons and Humor of a Mathematics Teacher (Spectrum)Twenty Years Before the Blackboard: The Lessons and Humor of a Mathematics Teacher (Spectrum)
Best Price: $34.95
The book is definitely for the math expert who enjoys teaching both the subject and the...
A Briefer History of TimeA Briefer History of Time
Best Price: $14.95
It is a very rare occurance for a book to come out that will make you laugh out loud as well as...
Einstein Simplified: Cartoons on ScienceEinstein Simplified: Cartoons on Science
Best Price: $5.00
... it would be necessary to invent him. It's not just that his comics are really funny. They...
Dignifying ScienceDignifying Science
Best Price: $7.45
This well-meant companion volume to the author's _Two Fisted Science_ is, unfortunately, not...
365 Simple Science Experiments365 Simple Science Experiments
I would have given this 2.5 stars if possible. This review applies to all the books in this...

The Best of the Journal of Irreproducible ResultsThe Best of the Journal of Irreproducible Results
Best Price: $19.95
If you want to get a good laugh at scientific studies on almost anything, read this book! ...
From Personal Ads to Cloning Labs: More Science Cartoons from Sidney HarrisFrom Personal Ads to Cloning Labs: More Science Cartoons from Sidney Harris
Best Price: $49.99
'Science' magazine is one of the world's two premier outlets for the best in refereed general...
Science Magic in the Bathroom: Amazing Tricks with Ordinary Stuff (Robinson, Richard, Science Magic Series.)Science Magic in the Bathroom: Amazing Tricks with Ordinary Stuff (Robinson, Richard, Science Magic Series.)
Best Price: $0.83
With a wave of the washcloth, turn bath time into your very own magic show... Make...
Science Magic in the Bedroom: Amazing Tricks with Ordinary Stuff (Science Magic)Science Magic in the Bedroom: Amazing Tricks with Ordinary Stuff (Science Magic)
Best Price: $2.66
From now on, the only eye rubbing you?ll do will be a result of the dazzling magical illusions...
Melville and Repose: The Rhetoric of Humor in the American RenaissanceMelville and Repose: The Rhetoric of Humor in the American Renaissance
Best Price: $65.00
This is an extraordinary effort--one of the most thoughtful and innovative analyses of...

"You Want Proof? I'll Give You Proof!": More Cartoons From Sidney Harris"You Want Proof? I'll Give You Proof!": More Cartoons From Sidney Harris
Best Price: $5.95
There's the Poet Laureate of the United States, that profound artist who can capture the...
Take Me to Your Liter: Science and Math JokesTake Me to Your Liter: Science and Math Jokes
Best Price: $10.84
Beating Murphy's LawBeating Murphy's Law
Best Price: $29.00
This is the sort of book that continually makes you stop and go, "hmmmm... I wouldn't have...
Stroke a Martian and 99 Other Things to Do Before You Die: Plus 5 to Do AfterwardsStroke a Martian and 99 Other Things to Do Before You Die: Plus 5 to Do Afterwards
Best Price: $0.99
A catalog of life-enhancing projects and activities Here is the best science has to offer the...
It Came from Beneath the Bed!It Came from Beneath the Bed!
Best Price: $2.34
I thought this book was hilarious I read it to my mother while she was sick and she also enjoyed...

On the Shoulders of Giants: A Shandean PostscriptOn the Shoulders of Giants: A Shandean Postscript
Best Price: $34.68
NORA LUKAN: An amazing insight into academicism that sheds light on the scholarships, for...
A stress analysis of a strapless evening gown and other essays for a scientific ageA stress analysis of a strapless evening gown and other essays for a scientific ageHow Does a Bee Make Honey & Other Curious FactsHow Does a Bee Make Honey & Other Curious Facts
Best Price: $5.00
The Evolution of Insect Mating Systems: Enlightenment to RomanticismThe Evolution of Insect Mating Systems: Enlightenment to Romanticism
Best Price: $22.47
Everything Bill Perez says is true. This book is a classic in entomology. I couldn't put it...
How to become extinct,: By Will CuppyHow to become extinct,: By Will Cuppy

Two-Fisted ScienceTwo-Fisted Science
Best Price: $70.53
I'm not sure if it is entirely fair for me to give a review of this book, since I was one of the...
Buzzwords: A Scientist Muses on Sex, Bugs, and Rock 'n' RollBuzzwords: A Scientist Muses on Sex, Bugs, and Rock 'n' Roll
Best Price: $1.70
Author May R. Berenbaum is head of the Entomology Dept. at U of Illinois and is a distinguished...
What's So Funny About Science?: CartoonsWhat's So Funny About Science?: Cartoons
Best Price: $44.30
Cartoonists are truly a breed apart from the rest of us. Not only must they possess a high...
The Scientific Eye: Exploring the Marvels of ScienceThe Scientific Eye: Exploring the Marvels of ScienceHow to Clone the Perfect Blonde: Using Science to Make Your Wildest Dreams Come TrueHow to Clone the Perfect Blonde: Using Science to Make Your Wildest Dreams Come True
Best Price: $0.34
I thought this was an excellent book! It explore many fascinating futuristic concepts...

The Solar Cat BookThe Solar Cat Book
The Solar Cat Book is a great introduction to solar energy using cats as a model system....
Our Living Multiverse: A Book of Genesis in 0+7 ChaptersOur Living Multiverse: A Book of Genesis in 0+7 Chapters
Best Price: $1.00
While this is a good book, it is little more than a re-issue of the author's previous book...
Petit Point: A Candid Portrait on the Aberrations of SciencePetit Point: A Candid Portrait on the Aberrations of Science
Best Price: $13.87
This is collection of very short vignettes, sketching with a somewhat acid pen the life and work...
  
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