Princeton Science Library
The Princeton Science Library is a book series of popular science written by scientists known for their popular writings and originally published by Princeton University Press.
Books include:Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott The Aim and Structure of Physical Theory by Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem The Meaning of Relativity: Including the Relativistic Theory of the Non-Symmetric Field by Albert Einstein The Causes of Evolution by J.B.S. Haldane How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method by George Polya The Mathematician's Mind: The Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field by Jacques Hadamard Symmetry by Hermann Weyl Eye and Brain by Richard L. Gregory The Enjoyment of Math by Hans Rademacher and Otto Toeplitz Adaptation and Natural Selection: A Critique of Some Current Evolutionary Thought by George Christopher Williams The New Science of Strong Materials or Why You Don't Fall Through the Floor by J. E. Gordon The Logic of Life: A History of Heredity by François Jacob Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare: An Ecologist's Perspective by Paul A. Colinvaux Hands by John R. Napier, edited by Russell H. Tuttle The Laws of the Game: How the principles of nature govern chance by Manfred Eigen and Ruthild Winkler Infinity and the Mind: The Science and Philosophy of the Infinite by Rudy Rucker The Evolution of Culture in Animals by John Tyler Bonner Neuronal Man by Jean-Pierre Changeux QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter by Richard P. Feynman Time Frames: The Evolution of Punctuated Equilibria by Niles Eldredge Fearful Symmetry: The Search for Beauty in Modern Physics by Anthony Zee A View of the Sea: A Discussion between a Chief Engineer and an Oceanographer about the Machinery of the Ocean Circulation by Henry M. Stommel Encounters with Einstein: And Other Essays on People, Places, and Particles by Werner Heisenberg The Quantum World by John C. Polkinghorne Atom and Void: Essays on Science and Community by J. Robert Oppenheimer Chance and Chaos by David Ruelle The Miner's Canary: Extinctions Past and Present by Niles Eldredge Liquid Crystals: Nature's Delicate Phase of Matter by Peter J. Collings Fractals: Endlessly Repeated Geometrical Figures by 100 Billion Suns: The Birth Life and Death of the Stars by Rudolf Kippenhahn "e": The Story of a Number by Eli Maor Designing the Molecular World: Chemistry at the Frontier by Philip Ball The Supernova Story by Laurence Marschall The Garden in the Machine: The Emerging Science of Artificial Life by Claus Emmeche A Natural History of Shells by Geerat J. Vermeij Total Eclipses of the Sun by Jack B. Zirker The Nature of Space and Time by Stephen W. Hawking and Roger Penrose Celestial Encounters: The Origins of Chaos and Stability by Florin Diacu and Philip Holmes A Guide to Fossils by Helmut Mayr T. Rex and the Crater of Doom by Walter Alvarez How the Leopard Changed Its Spots: The Evolution of Complexity by Brian Goodwin An Imaginary Tale: The Story of by Paul J. Nahin ecology and evolution of Darwin's finches by Peter R. Grant Trigonometric Delights by Eli Maor The Extravagant Universe: Exploding Stars, Dark Energy, and the Accelerating Cosmos by Robert P. Kirshner Gamma: Exploring Euler's Constant by Journey from the Center of the Sun by Jack B. Zirker Life on a Young Planet: The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth by Andrew H. Knoll Plows, Plagues and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate by William F. Ruddiman Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved by Frans de Waal The Pythagorean Theorem: A 4,000-Year History by Eli Maor Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula: Cures Many Mathematical Ills by Paul J. Nahin