Scientific American Library
The Scientific American Library is a book series of popular science written by scientists known for their popular writings and originally published by Scientific American books from 1983 to 1997. These books were not sold in retail stores, but as a Book of the Month Club selection priced from $24.95 to $32.95.
Books include:Powers of Ten: A Book About the Relative Size of Things in the Universe and the Effect of Adding Another Zero by Philip MorrisonHuman Diversity by Richard LewontinThe Discovery of Subatomic Particles by Steven WeinbergThe Science of Musical Sound by John Robinson PierceFossils and the History of Life by George Gaylord SimpsonThe Solar System: The Sun, Planets and Life by Roman SmoluchowskiOn Size and Life by Thomas A. McMahonPerception by Irvin RockConstructing the Universe by David LayzerThe Second Law by P. W. AtkinsA Guided Tour of the Living Cell, Volume 1 by Christian de DuveA Guided Tour of the Living Cell, Volume 2 by Christian de DuveMathematics and Optimal Form by Fire by John W. LyonsSun and Earth by Herbert FriedmanEinstein's Legacy by Julian SchwingerIslands by Henry William MenardDrugs and the Brain by Solomon H. SnyderThe Timing of Biological Clocks by Arthur T. WinfreeExtinction by Steven M. StanleyMolecules by P. W. AtkinsEye, Brain, and Vision by David H. HubelScience of Structures and Materials by J. E. GordonSand by The Honey Bee by James L. GouldAnimal Navigation by Talbot H. WatermanSleep by J. Allan HobsonFrom Quarks to the Cosmos by Leon M. LedermanSexual Selection by James L. GouldThe New Archaeology and the Ancient Maya by Jeremy A. SabloffA Journey into Gravity and Spacetime by John Archibald WheelerThe Science of Telecommunications by John Robinson PierceBeyond the Third Dimension: Geometry, Computer Graphics, and Higher Dimensions by Thomas F. BanchoffDiscovering Enzymes by David DresslerThe Science of Words by George Armitage MillerAtoms, Electrons, and Change by P. W. AtkinsViruses by Arnold J. LevineDiversity and the Tropical Rain Forest by John TerborghStars by James B. KalerExploring Biomechanics: Animals in Motion by R. McNeill AlexanderChemical Communication by William C. AgostaGenes and the Biology of Cancer by Harold VarmusSupercomputing and the Transformation of Science by Molecules and Mental Illness by Samuel H. BarondesExploring Planetary Worlds by David MorrisonEarthquakes and Geological Discovery by Bruce A. BoltThe Origin of Modern Humans by Roger LewinThe Evolving Coast by Richard A. DavisLife processes of plants by Arthur W. GalstonImages of Mind by Michael I. PosnerThe Animal Mind by James L. GouldMathematics: The Science of Patterns: The Search for Order in Life, Mind, and the Universe by Keith DevlinA Short History of the Universe by Joseph SilkThe Emergence of Agriculture by Bruce D. SmithAtmosphere, Climate, and Change by T. E. GraedelAging: A Natural History by Robert E. RicklefsInvestigating Disease Patterns: The Science of Epidemiology by Paul D. StolleyGravity's Fatal Attraction: Black Holes in the Universe by Mitchell BegelmanConservation and Biodiversity by Plants, People, and Culture: The Science of Ethnobotany by Michael J. BalickLife at Small Scale: The Behavior of Microbes by David B. DusenberyPatterns in Evolution: The New Molecular View by Roger LewinCycles of Life: Civilization and the Biosphere by Vaclav SmilCosmic Clouds: Birth, Death, and Recycling in the Galaxy by James B. KalerThe Elusive Neutrino: A Subatomic Detective Story by Nickolas SolomeyLasers - Harnessing the Atoms Light by James P. HarbisonConsciousness by J. Allan HobsonEvolving Brains by John Morgan AllmanMemory: From Mind to Molecules by Larry R. SquireVisual Computing by Richard Mark Friedhoff