Cap'n Refsmmat Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 We've been plotting some new features for SFN and one was a sort of bookstore with all sorts of science-related books. So, I'd like to solicit ideas for science books. We should stick with the basics: books about physics, cosmology, medicine, etc. without having books that require a PhD. to understand. Things that someone highly interested in science, but without a degree in it, could sit down and read and enjoy. Suggest away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotcommodity Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 "How to Ace Calculus" was one of the first math books I've read outside of issued texts. I found it to be helpful as well as entertaining. Authors: Colin Adams - Joel Hass - Abigail Thompson . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timo Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Andrew Liddle: "An Introduction to Modern Cosmology". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of The Cosmos by Brian Greene are good. Penrose's Road to Reality is good as well. I can't remember the author, but The Physics of Star Trek and The Biology of Star Trek were good reads. Of course, you have A Brief History of Time and The Universe in a Nutshell by Hawking. For the more adventurous reader, there is Gravitation by Thorne, Wheeler, and Misner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaynos Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 2 from me... An excellent maths book, especially good for things such as matrices: Spiegel M.R. (1971), Advanced Mathematics for Engineers and Scientists, Schaum Outline Series, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-070-60216-6 (UL: 510 SPI) A really excellent quantum mechanics book: Rae A.I.M. (2002), Quantum Mechanics (4th edition), Institute of Physics Publishing, ISBN 0-7503-0839-7 (UL: 530.12 RAE) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timo Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 Things that someone highly interested in science, but without a degree in it, could sit down and read and enjoy. What about not restricting it to books and not restricting it to pre-scientific level? What about recommendations for someone with a scientific degree in a related area (e.g. an introductionary text about GR which is readable for physicists who didn´t take the GR course during their studies)? I see the additional advantage that on this level, a good recommendation can be really helpful while for stuff like "linear algebra for engineers" it´s mostly just a matter of taste who prefers which book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted April 6, 2007 Author Share Posted April 6, 2007 Sure, that would be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 For anybody who's on an undergraduate mathematics degree and wants to learn about some of the theory behind fractal geometry, I highly recommend Fractal Geometry: Mathematical Foundations and Applications (2nd ed) by Falconer. It's a really excellent book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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