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Nature writing, recommended by Malcolm Richard Turner

1

Desert Solitaire
by Abbey

2

The Peregrine
by Baker

3

The Wild Places
by Macfarlane

4

The Goshawk
by White

5

Tarka the Otter
by Williamson

Nature writing

by Malcolm Richard Turner

Recreational physics, recommended by Malcolm Richard Turner

1

The Flying Circus of Physics
by Walker

2

Light and Color in the Outdoors
by Minnaert

3

Clouds in a Glass of Beer
by Bohren

4

What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks?
by Bohren

5

The Exploratorium Science Snackbook
by Exploratorium Teacher Institute

Recreational physics

by Malcolm Richard Turner

History of science, recommended by Malcolm Richard Turner

1

A Little History of Science
by Bynum

2

Science: A History
by Gribbin

3

Science: A History in 100 Experiments
by Gribbin & Gribbin

4

Asimov's New Guide to Science
by Asimov

5

A History of the Sciences
by Mason

History of science

by Malcolm Richard Turner

History of England, recommended by Malcolm Richard Turner

1

A Short History of England
by Jenkins

2

The English & Their History
by Tombs

3

A People's History of Britain
by Fraser

4

The English
by Hibbert

5

Remember, Remember
by Parkinson

History of England

by Malcolm Richard Turner

History of the world, recommended by Malcolm Richard Turner

1

A Short History of the World
by Woolf

2

A History of the World
by Marr

3

A History of the World in 100 Objects
by MacGregor

4

The Penguin History of the World
by J. M. Roberts & Westad

5

The Boundless Sea
by Abulafia

History of the world

by Malcolm Richard Turner

Evolution, recommended by Malcolm Richard Turner

1

Evolution
by Charlesworth & Charlesworth

2

The Theory of Evolution
by Maynard Smith

3

The Rough Guide to Evolution
by Pallen

4

Evolution
by Futuyma & Kirkpatrick

5

The Origin of Species & the Voyage of the Beagle
by Darwin

Evolution

by Malcolm Richard Turner

Philosophy, recommended by Malcolm Richard Turner

1

What Does It All Mean?
by Nagel

2

The Dream of Reason
by Gottlieb

3

The Dream of Enlightenment
by Gottlieb

4

How the World Thinks
by Baggini

5

History of Western Philosophy
by Russell

Philosophy

by Malcolm Richard Turner

General history of biology, recommended by Malcolm Richard Turner

1

A History of Biology to About the Year 1900
by Singer

2

A History of the Life Sciences
by Magner

3

The Rise of Experimental Biology
by Lutz

4

The Biology Book
by Gerald

5

Doing Biology
by Hagen

General history of biology

by Malcolm Richard Turner

Human physiology, recommended by Malcolm Richard Turner

1

Color Atlas of Physiology
by Silbernagl & Despopoulos

2

Medical Physiology
by Boron & Boulpaep

3

Levick's Introduction to Cardiovascular Physiology
by Herring & Paterson

4

Nunn's Applied Respiratory Physiology
by Lumb

5

Principles of Neural Science
by Kandel et al

Human physiology

by Malcolm Richard Turner

Physical biology, recommended by Malcolm Richard Turner

1

Life's Devices
by Vogel

2

Comparative Biomechanics
by Vogel

3

Animal Mechanics
by McNeill Alexander

4

Bionanotechnology
by Goodsell

5

Physical Biology of the Cell
by Phillips et al

Physical biology

by Malcolm Richard Turner

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